Kurayami wo Terasu HIKARI (Prologue Edition)

暗闇を照らすヒカリKurayami o Terasu HIKARILight that Shines Upon Darkness
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Information
Length	3:19
Type	Vocal
Release Date	13 January 2021
Band	Sound Horizon
Label	Pony Canyon
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暗闇を照らすヒカリKurayami o Terasu HIKARILight that Shines Upon Darkness is the fourth song of Ema ni Negai wo! (Prologue Edition) a listener may encounter. It is accessed by choosing the Right option on the choice screen shown after 夜の因業が見せた夢Yoru no Karma ga Miseta YumeDreams Brought by the Night’s Karma. Once the song finishes, the listener is presented with a choice, which will determine the end card of the memory song.

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Lyrics

Light that Shines Upon Darkness

As flowers bloom and fade,
The way of life keeps recurring since ancient times.
What kind of epilogue will the interpretation of the Laurants bring about?

[Failure to conceive] - I knew of this term subconsciously
[Failure to carry] - But this one is something I learned by experience

In wake of the repeating second night-
I was told it was [recurrent miscarriage]

In wake of the merciless third night-
It was now deemed [habitual abortion]

If there were 100 women who conceived precious children
38 of them would’ve experienced a loss at least once...
How can we even begin to face this cruel reality?

Ah...just how many children of winter are in this <⛩️orizon>[world]...
Laid to rest under the snow, having never experienced the sunlight of spring...?
If tears could melt that snow...it would transform into an ocean...

Perhaps my wishes written on the Ema were heard - my pregnancy seemed to be going well.
But on a certain beautiful st★rry night late-autumn, my child’s life came to an abrupt end...

I underwent <screening after screening after screening>
To find the cause of my miscarriage

Unseen risk factors
<Failure to carry is fiction junctioned with reality>

<More than half of patients who underwent screenings>
Could not determine the root cause

But still-
We won’t give up on [living] or [creating a future]

So at the very least...
Let me listen to a <story>[song] that can soothe this pain

I have overcome countless
Nights of [sadness] and nights of [jealousy]

So please…
Give me an <ending>[light] that can shine upon this darkness...

But...despite all that...
Despite everything...
Despite everything...
My final wish ended in vain...
Alone in dusk, I climb the slope....
A shimmering light...
Curse be upon the gods!

“Gone with this world!”

(Translated by Defade)

(As flowers bloom and fade,
The way of life keeps recurring since ancient times.
What kind of epilogue will the interpretation of the Laurants bring about?))

【不妊症】──その名称は
無意識に知っていたけれど
【不育症】──その名称は
身に降り掛かってから識った

繰り返す二度目の夜は──
【反復流産】と告げられ
三度目の無慈悲な夜は──
【習慣流産】と名付けられた

愛しい我が子を授かった女性が
100人いるなら　その中の38人が
侭...　一度は子を流すという　恐ろしい現実に
私達は　どう立ち向かえば良い?

嗚呼...　この《地⛩線》には　どれほどの
冬の子らが　春の陽も　知らずに
根雪の下で　眠るのかしら?
涙で融かせるなら　海となるでしょう

「〔願ひ〕が届いたのか、
我が子の経過は順調に思えた。
しかし、ある星の綺麗な晩秋の夜、
突然の死産を迎える事となる･･････」

流産の原因を
《探る為の選別検査に次ぐ検査に次ぐ検査》
見えざる危険因子
《不育症は虚実の真実が立体交差する現実》
《検査を受けた患者の半数以上》は
原因が不明なまま

それでも

【生きる】事を　【明日を生む】事を　私達は諦めない

だから　せめて　この哀しみに
寄り添う　《物語》を聴かせて

【嘆く】夜を　【他を妬む】夜を　幾度となく乗り越えて来た

だから　どうか　この暗闇を
照らす《結末》が欲しい

それなのに...
それなのに...
それなのに...
それなのに...
最後の〔願ひ〕も潰え...
独り宵の坂...
揺らぐヒカリ...

神
を
呪
う

(「こんな《地⛩線》、滅んでしまえばいい･･････！」)

(As flowers bloom and fade,
The way of life keeps recurring since ancient times.
What kind of epilogue will the interpretation of the Laurants bring about?)

Funinshou — sono meishou wa
Muishiki ni shitteita keredo
Fuikushou — sono meishou wa
Mi ni furi kakatte kara shitta

Kurikaesu nidome no yoru wa—
Hanpukuryuusan to tsugerare
Sandome no mujihina yoru wa—
Shuukanryuusan to na zukerareta

Itoshii waga ko wo sazukatta josei ga
Hyakunin iru nara sono naka no sanjuu hachi nin ga
Mama... ichido wa ko wo nagasu to iu osoroshii genjitsu ni
Watashitachi wa dou tachi mukaeba ii?

Aa... kono [sekai] ni wa dore hodo no
Fuyu no ko ra ga haru no hi mo shirazu ni
Neyuki no shita de nemuru no kashira?
Namida de tokaseru nara umi to naru deshou

"Ema no negai ga todoita no ka, waga ko no keika wa junchou ni omoeta.
Shikashi, aru hoshi no kirei na banshuu no yoru, totsuzen no shisan wo mukaeru koto to naru......"

Ryuuzan no gen'in o
[Saguru SCREENING, SCREENING, SCREENING]
Miezaru kiken'inshi
[Fuikushou wa FICTION JUNCTION]
[Taihan] wa gen'in ga fumei na mama

Soredemo

Ikiru koto mo asu wo umu koto wo watashitachi wa akiramenai

Dakara semete kono kanashimi ni
Yorusou [uta] wo kikasete

Nageku yoru wo ta wo netamu yoru wo ikudo to naku nori koete kita

Dakara douka kono kurayami o
Terasu [HIKARI] ga hoshii

Sorenanoni...
Sorenanoni...
Sorenanoni...
Sorenanoni...
Saigo no negai mo tsuie...
Hitori yoi no saka...
Yuragu HIKARI...

Kami wo norou

("Konna sekai, horonde shimae ba ii......!!")

Route Selection

The listener is presented with Sakuya Himeko's thoughts on the result of Izaka Nami's wish. Selecting an option will advance the listener to the memory song and also determine the memory song's outro video. The memory song shown is random, with the girl's memory shown 20 out of 24 times (4 intro videos at 5/24 probability each) and the boy's memory shown 4 out of 24 times (4 intro videos at 1/24 probability each).

I’m the Only One That’s Alive, Right? (~17% Chance)

The <Horizon> I Was Born Into (~83% Chance)

Left Choice:
You may find it hard to accept, but this is the will of the Okami.
This darkness is the <⛩️orizon> that we were born into.
If you were never born...if I were never born...or if a different Okami had descended,
perhaps we could’ve seen a different ending...

Right Choice:
Here to express your ‘gratitude’? How admirable.
You may not like it, but this is the will of the Okami.
Was this outcome too hard to swallow for you?
But if you were to attempt any sort of retribution against the Okami’s shrine,
be prepared to face the consequences of your actions.

Information

Summary

Vocals

SAK.

As Izaka Nami.

Narration

Ike Nelson

Opening narration.

Musicians

Takeshi Nishiyama

Guitar.

Hideyuki Ohashi

Guitar.

Atsushi Hasegawa

Bass.

Koji Igarashi

Keyboards.

JUN-JI

Drums.

Yuji Yono

Drums.

Yuu Ishizuka

Taiko (Traditional Drums), Kagurasuzu (Ritual bells), Tsuzumi.

Jumpei Ohtsuka

Sho (Traditional Gong), Kotsuzumi (Traditional Hand Drum).

Gen Ittetsu Strings

Gen Ittetsu, Ensemble Leader and Solo Violinist.

Takashi Honma

Koto (Japanese Plucked Half-tube Zither).

Kahori Kumada

Biwa (Japanese Short-necked Lute).

Hideyo Takakuwa

Shinobue (Japanese Flute).

Hidehito Naka

Sax.

Takuya Koketsu

Ryuteki (Japanese Flute), Gakudaiko.

Motonori Miura

Hichiriki (Double Reed Japanese Flute), Kakko (Japanese Double-headed Drum).

Production

Yokoyan

Illustration.

Live Performances

The first part of the Sound Horizon Around 15th Anniversary Festival will be the story concert for Ema ni negai wo! It will be performed six times from January through March.

Date	Open Time	Start Time	Venue
2021-1-19	16:30	17:30	Tokyo International Forum Hall A
2021-2-5	16:00	17:30	Tokyo Garden Theater
2021-2-6	16:00	17:30	Tokyo Garden Theater
2021-2-7	15:00	16:30	Tokyo Garden Theater
2021-3-30	17:30	18:30	Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall
2021-3-31	17:00	18:00	Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall

References