Answer

An incomprehensible spread
Makes an omen of eyes
Outright refusal in a second — a future’s end

I don’t wanna know
I turn the hand of the clock back
And let’s play our instruments from lost time
I don’t have the answer

In spiral-shapes they scatter — brilliant tears, the sound of rain
It starts up, noise resounding unstopped
Covered in shackles, but even so, here I wait

Words you swallow are hidden fangs
Remove your collar, raise your voice

I don’t wanna know
The earphones, I smashed and put away —
Strum legally

The things that I said, saw, and conveyed many times over are
Still on a CD
Install it in your heart
Let’s garnish this reality with flowers — with flowers

I don’t wanna know
I turn the hand of the clock back
And let’s play our instruments from lost time
I don’t have the answer

In spiral-shapes they scatter — brilliant tears, the sound of rain
It starts up, noise resounding unstopped
Covered in shackles, and it’s okay

The things I said, saw, and conveyed are
Still on a CD
Install it in your heart
I would garnish this reality with you
Connection, a dream

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NOTES / INTERPRETATION:

Blue font indicates text originally written in English in the official booklet.

Thoughts. A song that whirls and dashes toward liberation, and even though the words aren’t explicitly used, it makes reference to a time slip too. The imagery of a collar and shackles mixes with the softness of tears and rain, the song as a whole unyielding in its innate sense of hope and purpose.

We don’t simply listen to CDs we love; they get installed directly in our hearts.

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アリス九號. ★ ALICE NINE.
Answer
GRACE (2022)
Lyrics by 将/SHOU
Music by 虎/TORA & 沙我/Saga
Original text translated from Japanese.
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