Yakusoku no Overture (約束のOverture)

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English Translation:

A babylon of mist, a hazy waning moon

The clock tower’s minute hand performs a single stroke

Its tolling bell makes tomorrow into today

In that moment, wings dwell in my dreams

The ascent drawn by a helix slips free of the dilemma

At any time, no matter where it is, I will soar away

Overture

A “beginning” comes suddenly

Only to know later that it was a junction of three roads

Both to oppose and to obey

Are antitheses of equal strategies

All the futures pass by each other at every second

I only want to take ahold of one of them

Within the morning sun, my lips tightened,

Tied together, because I’d made up my resolve

Yes, the truth is like a total solar eclipse

Its silver crown being a prism of hope

If I listen closely, I can hear the melody

From a singing heart, so it fills me with courage

Flowers whose names I don’t know bloomed on a diverging road

Without a doubt, meanings are hidden in everything

Overture

“Fate” is constantly changing

Coincidence is always beckoning

To have approached it and shaken free of it

Is a silence more talkative than words

There were days I had been searching, thinking something was missing

Even if the only thing I kept important to me was my loneliness

Solitude and freedom are two sides of one coin

Adapting has no effect with this too-blue sky

Please, no matter what, don’t sing now, if it’s a lullaby

The moment now is more necessary than tranquility

For the strength to become folklore

Overture

A “beginning” comes suddenly

Only to know later that it was a junction of three roads

Both to oppose and to obey

Are antitheses of equal strategies

All the futures pass by each other at every second

I only want to take ahold of one of them

Within the morning sun, my lips tightened,

Tied together, because I’d made up my resolve

Romaji:

kiri no babiron kagen no oborozuki

tokeitou no choushin wo hitotsuki

todoroku kane ashita wo kyou ni suru

sonotoki yume ni tsubasa ga yadoru

rasen egaki joushou jirenma wo nukedashi

itsu demo doko ni datte bokura wa toberu no sa

Overture

“hajimari” wa kyuu ni yattekuru

sansarodatta to ato de shiru

sakarau koto mo shitagau koto mo

taikyoku de doutou no fuseki

byousoku de surechigatteku miraitachi

tatta hitotsu te ni shitai yo

asahi no naka de kyutto kuchibiru

musunda no wa kakugo shita kara

shinjitsu wa sou kaiki nisshoku no you

gin no kan wa kibou no purizumu

mimi sumaseba kikoeru senritsu

kanaderu kokoro dakara isamashii

na mo shiranai hana ga saiteta mawarimichi

kanarazu subete ni wa imi ga hisondeiru

Overture

“unmei” wa tsuneni kawatteku

itsudatte guuzen ga temaneku

yorisottatte furikittatte

kotoba yori jouzetsuna chinmoku

nanika ga tarinaitte sagashiteita hibi

taisetsu datta sabishisa sae

kodoku to jiyuu wa hyouriittai

yuuzuu kikanai aosugiru sora

douka rarabai nara ima wa utawanaide

yasuragi yori mo ima wa hitsuyou

forukuroore ni naru tsuyosa ga

Overture

“hajimari” wa kyuu ni yattekuru

sansaro datta to ato de shiru

sakarau koto mo shitagau koto mo

taikyoku de doutou no fuseki

byousoku de surechigatteku miraitachi

tatta hitotsu te ni shitai yo

asahi no naka de kyutto kuchibiru

musunda no wa kakugo shita kara

Kanji:

霧のバビロン 下弦のおぼろ月

時計塔の長針をひと突き

轟く鐘 明日を今日にする

その時 夢に翼が宿る

螺旋描き上昇 ジレンマを抜け出し

いつでも どこにだって 僕らは翔べるのさ

Overture

“始まり”は急にやって来る

三叉路だったと後で知る

逆らうことも 従うことも

対極で同等の布石

秒速で すれ違ってく未来達

たった一つ 手にしたいよ

朝陽の中で キュッとくちびる

結んだのは 覚悟したから

真実は そう 皆既日食のよう

銀の冠は 希望のプリズム

耳すませば 聴こえる旋律

奏でる心 だから勇ましい

名も知らない花が 咲いてた廻り道

必ず 全てには 意味が潜んでいる

Overture

“運命”は常に変わってく

いつだって 偶然が手招く

寄り添ったって 振り切ったって

言葉より饒舌な沈黙

何かが足りないって探していた日々

大切だった 寂しささえ

孤独と自由は表裏一体

融通利かない 青すぎる空

どうか ララバイなら 今は歌わないで

やすらぎよりも 今は必要

フォルクローレになる強さが

Overture

“始まり”は急にやって来る

三叉路だったと後で知る

逆らうことも 従うことも

対極で同等の布石

秒速で すれ違ってく未来達

たった一つ 手にしたいよ

朝陽の中で キュッとくちびる

結んだのは 覚悟したから