恋想花火 (Koiomoi hanabi) – Fireworks of love

from STARTING NOW! single.

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Just like the memories of that day
You will disappear one day as well

As the festival orchestra echoed
There was a smell of summer ending
At the train station where we met at twilight
You passed through the ticket gate
Today, I’ll say goodbye to you
If only I had a reason to stop you

Peeking at my lowered head
You smiled teasingly
A night only for us, the first and the last
Leaving our usual back lane
I watched your back as you dashed out
Unable to say “I love you”.

As if filling up the hole that’s always been in my heart
The profusion of fireworks in the nightsky sparkle bright
“Isn’t it beautiful?” You whispered quietly
As I gripped your hand tight

When we first met
I fell in love with your cheerful smile
I thought you were so kind
But at the back of that smile
You were shedding tears alone
I treasure you more than anyone else, yet
I couldn’t do anything for you

Goodbye
Can’t be quantified
I’ll never forget
Just like the fireworks we saw that day
You continue to bloom within me even now

As if filling up the hole that’s always been in my heart
The fragments of your tears flutter down
Our disconnected futures are surely
Just a summer illusion

As the fireworks bloomed across the night sky
I cried in a world without you
Even if I marry someone else
I’ll still remember
The damselflies of that one summer
Where dreams swayed

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アンティフォーナ (Antifoona) – Antiphona

from STARTING NOW! single.

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The outcome of a story without discussion
Remains lost without the key of disclosure

Cruel reality ∞, a kind and beautiful lie
Layers deeply etched together
Playing the prelude of interweaving darkness

Yearning and desiring for love
We hurt each other
Are those thorns meant for love
Or for unpaid sorrow?

Shadowed justice dances
To a melody without an answer
The end I’ve been guided to
Can’t be called a tragedy

Embracing your hidden spirit, what do you dream of?
Can you redeem your sins by making sacrifices?

The beginning is long past
With an unfortunate synopsis
A pure life entagled within despair
Unable to do anything…

Collapsed with a loud noise
The fragments of this world
So as not to spill a single piece
I’ve always persevered alone

Mistaken foreshadowing scatters
The echoes of destruction
Continue to ring out, but
The lamentations won’t stop

Earnest wishes
Frozen and locked close
Still wait for a time to awaken
Yes, I believe that

Yearning and desiring for love
We hurt each other
Are those thorns meant for love
Or for unpaid sorrow?

Shadowed justice dances
To a melody without an answer
The end I’ve been guided to
Can’t be called a tragedy

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エゴアイディール (Ego aidiiru) – Ego ideal

from SMASHING ANTHEMS album.

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Unable to speak what I want to say
So I scribbled it down, tore and threw it away
When can I let go of this notebook full of pain?

Pretending not to hear anything
Where do I go with this lavish smile?
With high power headphones
Hey, will my voice take shape?

Resonate, like the everflowing shooting stars
Steadfastedly irregular, my universe is uncool, but
I can deliver a melody that doesn’t exist anywhere else
It’s alright if others laugh, I want to sing with all my might

Having delusions of ideals
Questioning myself
Collapsing, bound hand and foot
Before I knew it, another pose

The heat of the gazes upon me
Is perplexing, as I’m unable to check them
These choices accumulating everyday
I want to thoroughly clean them up

Scream, until the lost, lonely figure is blown out
Still so awkward, my show-off heart’s voice, but
I’m prepared for extravagant dreams
So I’ll look forward and believe in this step

To soar high and far
Imprisoned by that idea
I put off the important things
And thought too much
I want to be even more free

Resonate, like the everflowing shooting stars
Steadfastedly irregular, my universe is uncool, but
I can deliver a melody that doesn’t exist anywhere else
It’s alright if others laugh, I want to sing with all my might

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from SMASHING ANTHEMS album.

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As naturally as taking a breath
You Lock yourself up again
Closing the door I had opened
You say it’s for my sake, but
What do you know about me?
There are words which don’t reach to forever

In exchange for a love that’s seemingly calm
Hey, what have we lost sight of?

The glass slippers I’ve dreamt about
Have developed cracked on the toes over time
Next to the unchanging you
I start to search for an unfamiliar tomorrow

Unable to wait any longer, I make to step out
With memories twined around my hand
Connecting into a glittering BRACELET

The warmth of touching skin
And other signs that prove I’m not alone
There are nights when I’m afraid to let them go

Nobody knows the answer
And we grow impatient with unending silence

The constructed sandcastle
Is swamped by willful waves, disappearing in an instant
No matter how much we believe
There is surely nothing that can never be destroyed

The young self I was when we first met
Does not exist anywhere outside your memories
Hurry and turn that listless face towards me
Notice me… before this BRACELET falls off

The glass slippers I’ve dreamt about
Have developed cracked on the toes over time
Next to the unchanging you
I start to search for an unfamiliar tomorrow

It’s not habit, I just want to dream
As I yearn for “freedom” once again
I want to shake free, tears fall
I’m the one who can’t let go

Unable to wait any longer, I make to step out
With memories twined around my hand
Connecting into a glittering BRACELET

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from SMASHING ANTHEMS album.

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Oh, Yes! Superman!
Let’s go Superman!

(Su×4 Superman!)

Superman, have you noticed?
This heartbeat throbbing with hidden power
Believe in yourself Doing now!

Superman, have you found the door?
The key is in the pocket of your heart
Step out to a sparkling world, Only one

Superman…Who is it?
Superman…Who is it?
Superman…
Let’s be a “SUPERMAN”

Oh,Yes! Superman! Stand up now
Raging Power, feeling heart
Brimming Energy, nobody can stop you now

(Su×4 Superman!)

Let’s go Superman, just take that hand
So love and dreams, there’s a Peaceful world
Wake up with your guts
Be a Superman

Superman…Who is it?
Superman…Who is it?
Superman…
Yes, I am “SUPERMAN”

Oh,Yes! Superman!
Let’s go Superman!

(Su×4 Superman!)

Superman, have you found the tears?
Be courageous, you are “SUPERMAN”
Make up that precious girl’s smile!

Superman…Who is it?
Superman…Who is it?
Superman…
Let’s be a “SUPERMAN”

Oh,Yes! Superman! Your one voice
Can create raging Magic
Brimming Energy, nobody can stop you now

(Su×4 Superman!)
Let’s go Superman, your joined hands
So love and dreams, drawing a Peaceful world
Wake up your courage
Be a Superman

Superman…
Yes, I am “SUPERMAN”

Oh,Yes! Superman! Stand up now
Raging Power, feeling heart
Brimming Energy, nobody can stop you now

(Su×4 Superman!)

Let’s go Superman, just take that hand
So love and dreams, there’s a Peaceful world
Wake up with your guts
Be a Superman

Superman…Who is it?
Superman…Who is it?
Superman…
Yes, I am “SUPERMAN”

Oh,Yes! Superman!
(I am Superman)
Let’s go Superman!
(Oh,Yes! Superman! )

(Su×4 Superman!)

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from SMASHING ANTHEMS album.

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The darkness of heavy rain
Roaming dawn that stops my breath
Shut away
Every world is clever

The boundaries drawn by someone
We just abide by them
Half of what we think
Remains unspoken, without resistance

Like penetrating the backlight now
Don’t escape anymore via excuses
Like cutting through the headwind now
Release your heart

Gripping on to loneliness
Never let go Never let go
A heartbeat that won’t be calmed
If that’s real, never, Never let it go

At the end of the maze
Reality is different from real
It’s all fake
Desire that resembles love

Even if you’re right, you’re a minority
To be driven into a corner
Silence can’t stop anything
Even dreams somehow become mirages

Standing at the cliffs now
Don’t let go of your soul again
As if bowing down before illusion now
Wipe those tears away

Even if assaulted by sorrow
Never let go Never let go
A heartbeat that won’t betray you
If that’s real, never, Never let it go

A critical point definitely exists
Just believe in it
Compared to lamenting over wounds
Having no reaction is even more frightening

Like penetrating the backlight now
Don’t escape anymore via excuses
Like cutting through the headwind now
Release your heart

Gripping on to loneliness
Never let go Never let go
A heartbeat that won’t be calmed
If that’s real, never, Never let it go
Never let it go
Just Never let it go

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from SMASHING ANTHEMS album.

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Now, I send a prayer to the heavens
Please grant me another sliver of strength…
Do I have the burden of preparedness in my heart?
Strength is somehow the
Reason why I can fight…!

“Loneliness suits you more than warmth”
They tell me, and what killed my heart was
My clinging on to false “strength”

As tears overlap, proven reality is
A truly cruel ―termination―

(Desperate) Twisted prayers that can’t be surpressed
Wish for an answer, like choking disorder to the end of darkness…I scream!

Now, I send a prayer to the heavens
Please grant me another sliver of strength…
“You can’t hope for it”
Denying myself, my hand reaches out

No matter how many times I’m hurt (Glorious Break)
I’ll embrace impulse and shine

Tangled within “justice”, I get hurt, count my sins
Nightmares continuously invading the bottomless abyss

Trusting, being betrayed… Memories smeared with blood
Reversed desires baring their fangs

(Misery) When did it begin? When even reason is burnt out
Nothing can be saved by total destruction, so…

Please give me a sign
Will this sorrowful song reach anyone?
A soul shaking with lamentation, realizing its powerlessness

Dignified, piercing courage (Glorious Break)
As I am, as myself

Things like “real strength”, things I hope for
Pounding ―vital―, wake up
With a final breath…!

Now, I send a prayer to the heavens
Please grant me another sliver of strength…
Do I have the burden of preparedness in my heart?
Shall I face it without fear?

Now, with unbreakable fighting spirit (Glorious Break)
I’ll just flap my wings towards the dawn sky
That’s the Reason why I can fight…!

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ファーストカレンダー (Faasuto Karendaa) – First Calendar

from Great Activity album.

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Your familiar back-shot
The second I call out, I blush with hesitation
The title of “lover”, where is it written?
Stretching my back longer than usual
A long friendship ends
And what’s left is truly, I love you

Can I like you?
All this while, and forever into the future
I’ll find all your good qualities for you
A new calendar
Let’s go buy one, and fill it in together
Everyday’s an anniversary
Now, our hands are held
I’m glad you’re here

“When did you start liking me?”
How should I answer such a teasing question?
Everytime you call me, I fall in love with my name
That’s how it is

Let’s tell our friends about us next week
Will they be shocked? Will they say “finally”?

I want to like you
I’ll work hard to become beautiful
Tomorrow and the day after, just stay with me
A new calendar
Let’s go buy one, and fill in the future
Flipping pages of Happy days
Our eyes met for no reason
And there is your smile

Can I like you?
All this while, and forever into the future
I’ll find all your good qualities for you
A new calendar
Let’s go buy one, and fill it in together
Everyday’s an anniversary
Once more, our hands are held
I’m glad you’re here

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