Miezaru Ude
| 見えざる腕Miezaru UdeThe Unseen Arm | |
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| Information | |
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| Length | 6:58 |
| Type | Vocal |
| Release Date | 22 November 2006 |
| Band | Sound Horizon |
| Label | KING RECORDS |
The Unseen Arm (in Japanese 見えざる腕, Miezaru Ude) is the third track on Sound Horizon's fifth story CD Roman.
Lyrics
Ah...strangling with that unseen arm...
《Phantom Dream》[fantome de reve] The pain of a crumbling ego...
In a sane state of drunkenness, he thrashes about in his castle[chateau] in the attic...
Ah...the searing pain of that unseen arm...
《Phantom Pain》[fantome douleur] Dousing himself with cheap wine, he sleeps...
“After General Alvarez--------!!”
The aged forest of beasts, stained by sunset...the two men that met on the battlefield...
The blond-haired knight[laurant], the red-haired knight[laurant]...
Conflicts spread...and corpses are piled up...
Who is the assailant...and who is the sufferer?
In the shadow of the setting sun, the blade shines a scarlet black-
His life[sa vie], taken along with his arm
He was jobless, and his lover left...
The worst kind of life[la vie], with everything lost and taken away
Living in fear of sudden bouts of pain...
“Usually[le plus souvent]...you beat me when disturbed by nightmares...
And if this keeps up...I’ll die someday...
Farewell[au revoir]...I love you more than anyone else...
Still...I don’t think you’d make a good father[pere] for this child in my belly...”
Wine[du vin]...champagne[du champagne]...brandy[de l'eau-de-vie]...
Ah...tearing apart the calmness of the slumbering forest...he appears again...
The image of him riding a horse...a nightmare indeed...shaking his hair loose, he swings the reaper’s scythe...
The image of him harvesting heads...a windmill indeed...scarlet flowers blooming vividly, the courageous needle of mentality...
Lightly cloaking himself with darkness-
Is this the reality he wakes up to, or is he still delirious in a dream?
That’s why...his life afterwards is trapped within pain...filled with wine and madness
A cross-shaped scar on his left cheek, brightly burning red hair with brown eyes
Kill him...the arm aches, 『the Unseen Arm』aches...
Who is the assailant...who is the sufferer...search for the reaper and bury him...
“I’ll kill you!”
The knight[chevalier] straddles a horse again...time changes the world in silence-
The two men[laurant] that met again in a foreign bar...
One-eyed and one-armed...dead drunk and intoxicated...
Ah...not a trace remains of his former valor...
The man that sprung out of nowhere holds a black sword[epee noir] in his hands
(“Out of my way.” “Woah!”)
The fluid[sang] splattered around bears a liking to wine[pinot noir]
(“Who the hell...are you...ahhh!”)
The name of the flower offered while stabbing is- “Good evening.”[bon soir]
(“Bon soir.”)
The name of the song brought to life while drawing out is- “Farewell.”[au revoir]
(“Au revoir.”)
The name of the man that fell down is Laurant...the name of the man that ran away is Laurencin...
The other Laurant...merely stood there, struck dumb...
Who is the assailant? Who is sufferer? The victims just keep piling up
Going around...spinning around...the windmill of hatred...dancing...dancing...just like a flame...
Ah...in the shade of the pillar...is the silhouette of a young boy...watching...with brown eyes...
“Nothing ever goes right in life, but this pain is the proof that I lived.”
The curtains draw close on the stage of revenge...and the man starts to think-
About his remaining arm...his remaining life...its unseen meaning-
A glass filled to the brim with wine...its taste lingers in his heart...
“Can roman be found there...?”
Translated by Defade.
Music Video
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Information
Summary
Vocals
Narration
Voices
Musicians
Computer Programming & Keyboard & Guitar: Revo
Guitars: Shingo Jake Saito
Keyboards: Kyoko Osako
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Drums: Kenichi Fujimoto
Percussions: Naomi Ishikawa
Flute: Ryo Sakagami
Kana Strings
〈1st Violin〉 Kana Ito, Ado Matsumoto, Izumi Hisanaga, Michiko Miura
〈2nd Violin〉 Emiko Hagino, Makiko Yamamoto, Makoto Motoi, Miyoko Tsubuku, Nagisa Kiriyama, Noriyo Odayashi, Yuki Sato, Yuko Okubo
〈Viola〉 Kaoru Hagiwara, Miho Kisanuki, Rieko Kouno
〈Cello〉 Makoto Osawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Toshihiko Tsuchida
Sound Effect: Hirokazu Ebisu (Walla-Works, Inc.)
Production
Sound Producer: Revo
Producer: Koji Takahashi (Rap Products)
Director: Mayumi Takagi (Rap Products)
Recording Engineers: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station Inc.), Hisae Yahagi (Studio Z'd), Toshiyuki Takahashi (Wonder Station Inc.) & Takahiro Suzuki (Sunrise Music Inc.)
Assistant Engineers: Akihiro Tabuchi (Wonder Station Inc.), Hisae Yahagi (Studio Z'd), Rie Mimoto (Sunrise Music Inc.), Hayato Iguchi (BEC) & Itsutaka Takusawa (Triumph)
Mixing Engineer: Tomotaka Saka (Wonder Station Inc.)
Mastering Engineer: Yukie Fuse (Bernie Grundman Mastering)
Recording Studio: Studio Z'd, Wonder Station, Malibu Studio, Sunrise Studio, Towerside Studio, Triumph
Mixing Studio: Studio Z'd, Wonder Station
Mastering Studio: Bernie Grundman Mastering
Booklet Illustration: Yokoyan
Desk: Takako Saito (Rap Products)
Design: Takafumi Kitsuda (KING RECORDS)
Art Work Coordination: Yoriko Kamano (KING RECORDS)
A&R: Shinya Yamada (KING RECORDS) & Mitsue Yokota (Bellwood Records)
Sales Promotion: Emiko Hosoda (KING RECORDS) & Hiroyuki Terui (Bellwood Records)
Executive Producer: Masato Asanuma (Bellwood Records)