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|song={{LanguageInline|jp=エルの絵本【魔女とラフレンツェ】|ro=Eru no Ehon【Majo to Rafurentse】|en=El’s Picture Book【The Witch and Lafrenze】}}
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|length=5:52
|type=Vocal
|releasedate=13 April 2005
|band=[[Sound Horizon]]
|label=BELLWOOD RECORDS
|album=Elysion ~Rakuen Gensou Monogatari Kumikyoku~{{!}}Elysion
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{{Nihongo|jp=エルの絵本【魔女とラフレンツェ】|ro=Eru no Ehon【Majo to Rafurentse】|en='''El’s Picture Book【The Witch and Lafrenze】'''}} is the third track on [[Sound Horizon]]'s fourth story CD [[Elysion ~Rakuen Gensou Monogatari Kumikyoku~|Elysion]]. An early version of the song appeared on the first pleasure CD [[Majo to Lafrenze［Pico Magic ver.］|Pico Magic]].

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== Lyrics ==
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|en=Thick and overgrown trees of dark green&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The eerie chirping of birds<br>
The infant was abandoned in woods far away from human dwelling<br>
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Whether fortunate...or unfortunate...the one who took in the child who was abandoned as though out of fear for onlookers<br>
Was《the Supreme Flame》[Crimson] Old-Rose, the one-eyed witch banished from the kingdom<br>
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Silver hair and scarlet eyes, skin as white as snow<br>
The infant eventually grew into a girl whose beauty sends shivers down the spines of any that cared to look...<br>
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A state of flux is the foundation of all creation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As long as time flows, it is not an exception<br>
The curtains draw upon the story revolving two paradises, with none the wiser...<br>
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“We have many regrets...let us out...save us...”<br>
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“Lafrenze...don’t forget...”<br>
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Letting her silver hair flow with the wind, Lafrenze prays for the dead...<br>
Her tiny lips play a requiem&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sing, Lafrenze, and resound through eternity...<br>
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A serpent that devours time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The canon of burnt chains<br>
Lycoris that bloom in frenzy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A paradise[Elysion] that they cannot return to<br>
Once the candle disappears, there’ll be a river that cannot be crossed<br>
Forgetting even its beginning, it embraces endless emptiness[sky]...<br>
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“Let us out...save us...”<br>
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“Creature’s voice- damn you, Lafrenze”...the dissonance[harmony] of pained screams<br>
“Unsatisfied- hateful Lafrenze”...the flames of grudging curses burn<br>
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Whilst knowing it to be a fragile fantasy, the living seek paradise on the shore across<br>
Similarly, the dead seek paradise on the shore they cannot return to<br>
The cold river of Hades that separate them<br>
The maiden’s tears shall never run dry<br>
The river of lament will simply rise higher...<br>
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-A beautiful harp melody that awakens the girl from her nightmare<br>
The player with sad eyes – the name of the beautiful youth was...<br>
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“Lafrenze...don’t forget... You are the last guardian of the door that protects this world from the dead that dwell in Hades...<br>
You cannot ever break the barrier of purity...”<br>
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Her grandmother disappeared, and she shut her lips<br>
She knew that the wind blowing past her was loneliness<br>
He arrived, and she opened her lips<br>
She became so happy that she forgot her own promise..<br>
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-That is<br>
The magic of the instant that hands touch<br>
Her heart beats rapidly, ringing a tiny silver bell<br>
The magic of the instant that eyes meet<br>
A forbidden flame, the girl knew love...<br>
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Taking one will leave her yearning for ten, depriving ten will leave her lusting for a hundred<br>
Those flames of hers won’t extinguish till they’ve burnt up all of him...<br>
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“Lafrenze...don’t forget...”<br>
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Lafrenze, choking with lust and love, scattered her flowers of purity<br>
Lafrenze, ignorant of love and hate, embraced a pitch black flame<br>
He groped for the beast’s cage connected to darkness and released it<br>
He descends towards the depths of Hades, connected within the girl’s womb...<br>
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-Footsteps that draw close<br>
Eventually, he[Orpheus] will take the maiden’s[Eurydice’s] hand and dash up the stairs of darkness<br>
However, the girl sang a cruel curse in retaliation to his betrayal<br>
Ah...soon, he will...he will turn around-<br>
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“Did the witch give birth to Lafrenze...or did Lafrenze give birth to the witch..<br>
The story lies outside of its pages-”<br>
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“And thus...the gates of paradise are opened.”<br>
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== Information ==
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=== Summary ===
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=== Vocals ===
* [[Aramary]]
* [[Jimang]] (Chorus)
* [[Miyoshi Harito]] (Soprano)

=== Narration & Voices ===
* [[Aramary]]

=== Musicians ===
Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar: [[Shinichiro Hukuda]]<br>
Electric Bass & Electric Fretless Bass: [[Shigeru Tamura]]<br>
Drums: [[Ryo Sakagami]]<br>
Tambourine: [[Toriko Himeno]]<br>
Other Percussions: [[Yasurou Yagami]]<br>
Piano: [[Miyuki Takii]]<br>
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Flute: [[Ryo Sakagami]]<br>
Oboe: [[Masayo Miyata]]<br>
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<big>『Elysion』Special Strings Section</big><br>
1st Violin: [[Mutsumi Suzuki]], [[Ayako Kayukawa]], [[Ayako Himata]], [[Nobuko Sakota]], [[Daisuke Tanaka]], [[Ayano Kitajima]]<br>
2nd Violin: [[Izumi Murayama]], [[Yumiko Shimamura]], [[Kanako Noto]], [[Ayumu Koshikawa]], [[Kyoko Hamada]], [[Junko Tabira]]<br>
Viola: [[Shiori Tanaka]], [[Keita Ishii]], [[Yumi Takase]]<br>
Cello: [[Shigeru Ohara]], [[Mao Tomonoh]], [[Tomoko Sasaki]]<br>
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=== Production ===
Sound Produced by [[Revo]]<br>
Produced by [[Koji Takahashi]] (Rap Creative)<br>
Directed by [[Mayumi Takagi]] (Rap Creative)<br>
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Sound Effect: [[Masahiko Ueda]] (Sound Forest), [[Hirokazu Ebisu]] (Walla-Works,inc.) & [[Yuki Yoshida]] (Walla-Works,inc.)<br>
Recorded by [[Katsuhiko "chara" Asano]] & [[Kazuto Sato]] (WONDER BEAT STUDIO)<br>
Recorded at WONDER BEAT STUDIO, MALABU STUDIO & STUDIO Z'd<br>
Mixed by [[Katsuhiko "chara" Asano]]<br>
Mixed at WONDER BEAT STUDIO & STUDIO Z'd<br>
Assistant Engineers: [[Manabu Ito]] (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) & [[Tsutomu Sukigara]] (MALIBU STUDIO)<br>
Mastered by [[Ken Shibusawa]] (KING SEKIGUCHIDAI st.)<br>
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Promotion Producer: [[Masato Asanuma]]<br>
A&R: [[Shinya Yamada]]<br>
Sales Promoter: [[Hiroyuki Terui]]<br>
Sales Desk: [[Yukari Kobayashi]]<br>
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Cover Illustration: [[Yokoyan]]<br>
Design: [[Takafumi Kitsuda]]<br>
Art Work Coordinator: [[Yuriko Kamano]]<br>
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Executive Producer: [[Koji Takahashi]] (Rap Creative), [[Yukio Okamoto]] (OBCAT) & [[Michiko Shinohara]] (OBCAT)<br>
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