L'arc en Ciel: Fate

04.02.26
Artist: L'arc en Ciel
Title: Fate
Words: Hyde
Music: Ken

it's my destiny to run deep through
the frozen conifers,
vainly pulling my wish close to my heart,
to the eddy of the flaming storm.

ah the light withdrawing
ah to the scream of my pulse

I think of you so much it hurts
these arms, this chest
beyond the earth, beyond the heart
for the one I treasure... ?

Who could laugh from far down this long track? *1

When will we forgive one another?
When is this going to end?

It can't be stopped, there's no escape
manipulated by fantasy
I continue to run, only my hands to guide me
even if I'm headed the wrong way.

What is 'love'? What are 'lies'?
I don't know -time, merciless, closes in on me-

now, I tear apart the calm
now, I descend upon them...ah
now, I set my sights
the moment I meddle.

I think of you so much it hurts
these arms, this chest
so much they freeze, so much they shiver
only you, only you
when Spring comes, when night ends
to that sky, in that place
faster than anyone,
as I run through the dark
will we really be united?

What is 'love'? What are 'lies' ?
I don't know... All I know is, I miss you, and only you.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Jojo does a nice rendition of this. If you're ever at Karaoke with him. Ask him to sing it. *!

* 1 - We interpret this line as the singer commenting on that fact that no one is laughing as their life gets closer to its end. The metaphor of life as a long railroad track is not unique to this song.

Romaji

kooru shinyoujyu no aida wo
fukaku kakenukeru unmei
nozomi hakanaku dakiyose
moeru arashi no uzu he

aa toozakaru hikari
aa kodou no sakebi ni

setsunai hodo ni kimi wo omotte
kono ude ga kono mune ga
daichi wo koete kokoro wo koete
taisetsu na hito no tame ni... ?

nagai re-ru no kanata de dare ga warau to iu no?

itsu yurushiaeru no ka
itsu owari ga kuru no ka

tomerarenakute nogarerarenai
gensou ni ayatsurare
tesaguri dake de hashiritsuzukeru
kono saki ga ayamachi dearou to

nani ga ai na no ka? nani ga uso na no ka?
wakaranai-- mujyou na toki ga semaru--

ima shijima wo kirisaki
ima yatsura ni oritatsu... aa
ima nerai wo sadamete
te wo kakeru shunkan ni

setsunai hodo ni kimi wo omotte
kono ude ga kono mune ga
kogoeru hodo ni furueru hodo ni
kimi dake wo kimi dake wo
haru ga koreba yoru ga akereba
ano sora he ano basho de
faster than anyone
if I ran through the dark
hontou ni musubareru darou ka?

nani ga ai na no ka? nani ga uso na no ka?
wakaranai.. tada kimi dake ga koishii.

Romaji By: Brian Stewart