What Do We See

[nebulancer]

English translation:

 

A bird hidden soundlessly, if only it could have been a dream

Someone took flight into an unknown place as I closed my eyes

 

The overflowing stars streamed down my cheek

A rusted stone I grabbed with my bare hand

I inquired of the faded photograph

The past I couldn’t return to, alone on my mattress

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

 

The ocean pierces the rain showering outside

A pen tip that created dreams

The end lies in the idle distance

Within a fleeting forest is a divine oracle of realization

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Calmed our fears in the garden’s years

Our past fears had disappeared

Beyond time

When stars align in the grand design

They became love, became the light

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

Shu // Eichi // Issei // Ichiru

Color-coded English translation:

 

A bird hidden soundlessly, if only it could have been a dream

Someone took flight into an unknown place as I closed my eyes

 

The overflowing stars streamed down my cheek

A rusted stone I grabbed with my bare hand

I inquired of the faded photograph

The past I couldn’t return to, alone on my mattress

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

 

The ocean pierces the rain showering outside

A pen tip that created dreams

The end lies in the idle distance

Within a fleeting forest is a divine oracle of realization

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Calmed our fears in the garden’s years

Our past fears had disappeared

Beyond time

When stars align in the grand design

They became love, became the light

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

Beyond time

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

Romaji:

 

oto mo naku kakureta tori yume de areba ii no ni

dareka ga tondeitta shiranai basho ni hitomi wo tojite

 

hoho wo tsutau afureta hoshi

sude de tsukanda sabita ishi

aseta shashin e kiita

modoranai kako ni hitori no shitone

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

toki wo koete

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

 

soto no furu ame ga sasu umi

yume wo egaita fudesaki

hate wa asonda haruka

hakanai mori ni kizuki no otsuge

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

toki wo koete

Calmed our fears in the gardens years

kiete itta kako no osore ga

toki wo koete

When stars align in the grand design

ai ni kawatta hikari ni kawatta

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feel so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

toki wo koete

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

 

Kanji:

 

音もなく隠れた鳥

夢であればいいのに

誰かが飛んでいった

知らない場所に　瞳を閉じて

頬を伝う溢れた星

素手で掴んだ錆びた石

褪せた写真へ訊いた

戻らない過去に　独りの褥

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feels so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

時を越えて

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story

 

外の降る雨が刺す海

夢を描いた筆先

果ては遊んだ遥か

儚い森に　気付きのお告げ

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feels so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

時を越えて

Calmed our fears in the gardens years

消えていった過去の恐れが

時を越えて

When stars align in the grand design

愛に変わった　光に変わった

 

Here we lie with no screens

Tell me why does this time feels so deep?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

What do we see, clear skies feeling free?

時を越えて

Just through storms and shadows

Let us keep writing our story