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The Back Horn: Hikari no Kesshou
03.12.25
Artist: The Back Horn Title: Hikari no Kesshou (Light Crystals) Words: The Back Horn Music: The Back Horn After the rain lets up kick up a splash of evening color racing a bicycle through the shopping street You don't feel hope with just words so you whistle with deep breaths It doesn't matter if you're no good, only that you try to breakfree of the unbearable days I feel now, we could even fly into the sky, into that glimmer of diffused reflection *1 Looking up at the thunderhead with a tired face How long do you intend to stand there with your umbrella out? Unable to make a peep, surely the only thing that's holding together is the promise. Go to see the ocean, touching your back reassuring yourself of a fading warmth You pedalled fiercely pretending not to notice your tears are taken by the wind into that glimmer of diffused relfection and then start from here. we reach out to the light crystals over and over again, even as we stumble. Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma Translator's Notes: It's hard to tell who the subject of this song is, at first we translated it as 'we' but it became 'you' after re-examining. It seems to be a device to relate our shared human experience. The singer is making an example of one man/woman. * 1 - Diffused reflection refers to when light hits an uneven surface and the light is reflected in several different directions, kind of like a disco ball. Romaji ameagari yuuhiiro no himatsu age jitensha de shoutengai wo hashiru kibou nante kotoba dake jya kanjinai dakara shinkokyuu de utaidasu kuchibue heta datte kawamanai tada yarikirenu hibi furihodoku you ni ranhansha suru kirameki no naka he sora datte ima toberu ki ga suru nyuudoukumo tsukaregao de miageteru omae itsumademo kasa sashidashita manma de koe ni sae naranakute kitto yakusoku dake ga tsunagitomeru umi wo mi ni iku senaka ni fureteiru kiesou na netsu tashikamenagara kizukanai furi shite tsuyoku pedaru wo koida omae no namida kaze ga saratte ranhansha suru kirameki no naka he soshite koko kara hajimatteyuke tsumazukinagara hikari no kesshou ni nando demo te wo nobasu oretachi. Romaji By: Brian Stewart |