White, a colour brilliantly silky
Black, a curtain of darkness, plucking strings
Within the eyelids that I wipe at
The milky way transforms into a dream
I grip a lamp, follow a shooting star
In a multicoloured letter holding a prayer, what would I write?
I am of two minds, but
Even so, at times, it’s more brutal than I imagine
And I bring along with me even your smile
The goodbye I can’t put into words either
At the water’s edge softly came to be
I tried stilling my breath and heard the sound of life
The moon floated, an organ playing
It is a song of farewell—
Let’s gather up the light, decorate our memories,
colours hazy;
The morning when we doze off, not one thing remains
Aside from a memory that we loved
The drifting, floating shapes vanish, but
Being broken and breaking is okay when the future exists
It is a song of farewell—
Let’s gather up the light, decorate our memories,
colours hazy;
The morning when we doze off, not one thing remains
Aside from a memory that we loved
――Somehow, with a smile
Let’s meet again by chance
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NOTES / INTERPRETATION:
Thoughts. Aside from the title, there are no flowers written into the lyrics overtly; they appear in other songs’ lyrics instead and are merely implied here. When flowers wilt and their colours fade, we are left only with the memory of their live beauty. Like the colours of that last night, the lyrics feel soft and hazy — unhurried. Dreamlike imagery of the milky way transforming, of the water’s edge, and a floating moon melds with a reality of dozing off and waking up to everything being gone.
And though it is a song of farewell, it meanders through hopeful notes, dreaming of a possible future…
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アリス九號. ★ ALICE NINE.
Farewell Flowers
GRACE (2022)
Lyrics by 将/SHOU
Music by ヒロト/HIROTO & 沙我/Saga
Original text translated from Japanese.
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