Ark (Prelude to Elysion)

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Length 5:10
Type Vocal
Release Date 27 October 2004
Band Sound Horizon
Label BELLWOOD RECORDS

Ark is the first track on Sound Horizon's compilation album Prelude to Elysion. Previous versions of the song appeared on the first pleasure CD Pico Magic and the second pleasure CD Pico Magic Reloaded. The final version of the song appeared on the fourth story CD Elysion.

Lyrics

"――Hakoniwa wo kataru ori no naka de kindan no [kikan] ni te wo kuwaete

Ogoreru munou na [kami] ni demo natta tsumori na no..."

(...Love wishing to the "Ark")

Houkai sore wa harami tsuzuketa kisetsu nigatsu no yuki no hi [SORORU] no [yume]

"Wareware wo rakuen e michibikeru hakobune wa awarenaru tamashii wo daichi kara toki hanatsu"
Sukui wo motomeru anata ni Ark wo ataeyou"
[Sore] wa gekkou wo ukete gin'iro ni kirameita...

Omoide made uragitta tsumetai kotoba no ame
Shiawase datta futari towa ni todokanakunaru mae ni...

"Nee naze kawatteshimatta no? Anna ni mo aishiatteita no ni..."
Namida wo [emi] ni kaetsume yoru [NAIFU] wo nigitte...

――Aizou no [Ark]

("Saa... rakuen e kaerimashou, onisama")

Inga sore wa taguri yoseta ito rokugatsu no ame no hi [FURAATERU] no [yume]

Shinjiteta sono hito ni uragirareta shoujo
Nigekonda rakuen wa shinkou to iu kyouki
Atarashii sekai e to habatakeru jiko anji
Sumiwataru kakusei wa shinkou to iu kyouki

Saigo no [toki] ni megutta ibitsu na ai no kioku
Zeijaku na [kokoro] ga taekirezu ano hi uso wo tsuita...

Rissureba rissuru hodo ochiru yurusarenu omoi ni yakarenagara
Maguwau kizu wa fukaku amaku hametsu e izanau...

――Haitoku no [Ark]

("Saa... rakuen e kaerimashou, onisama")

Hikentai [WAN OO NAIN SHIKKUSU] tsuushou [SORORU] onajiku
Hikentai [WAN OO SEBUN SHIKKUSU] tsuushou [FURAATERU] wo satsugai

[KEESU NANBAA THUERUBU]
Kajou toueigatai zon ni okeru fukuro kouji no [MODERU]
Sunawachi [Ark]

Kagirinaku douitsu ni chikazukeru tsuioku wa kyouki ni mo nita gensou
Motomeru mama ni kuchibiru wo ubaiai sukoshizutsu rakuen wo owarete yuku
Onaji [TORAUMA] kasanereba hibiki au keredo sore ijou ni wa...

"――Hakoniwa wo kataru ori no naka de kindan no [kikan] ni te wo kuwaete
Ogoreru munou na [kami] ni demo natta tsumori na no?" ka...

Arishi hi ni sakaseta hanabira wa kurayami ni chiri yuku you ni rin to
Shoujo no kowairo de sasayaku "rakuen e kaerimashou"...

(Love wishing to the "Ark")

[WOCCHAA] wa ten wo aogi bukai tameiki wo tsuku
Ushinatta hazu no [basho] ga munashiku uzuita

――Futo kare ga [MONITAA] no mukou e shisen wo modosu to

Aa... itsu no manika kanojo no haigo ni wa "Kamen no Otoko" ga tatteita――
“-Within the cage in the pretense of a miniature garden, you lay your hands on the forbidden hippocampus[organ].

Do you think that you’ve become a pompous yet powerless Creator God?”

... love wishing to The Ark

Collapse   That is a season continuously conceived
A snowy day in February   The『Sister’s』[Soror] Memory[Dream]

“The ark that guides us to paradise will release pitiful souls from this land.
I shall bestow upon you, who seeks salvation, Ark.”

Bathing in the moonlight, 《the thing called Ark》[it] shined in silver...

The rain of heartless words that betrayed her very feelings
The two of them were happy, until they failed to reach eternity...

“Hey...why did everything change? Even though we loved each other that much.”

Changing her tears into a smile, she closed in, gripping 《the thing called Ark》[the knife]...

── The Ark of love and hate

“Come, let's return to paradise, brother...”

Karma   It is a string hauled in
A rainy day in June   The 『Brother’s』[Frater] Memory[Dream]

A girl who was betrayed by one she trusted
The paradise she escaped into was an insanity in the name of faith
A hint to herself - to take flight towards a new world
The clear awakening was a lethal weapon in the name of progression

In his last moments[time], the memories of a twisted love flashed before him
His fragile mentality[heart] could not bear it, and he lied that day...

The more he judged and measured, the deeper he fell...all while being burnt by unforgivable feelings
The wound of copulation was deep and sweet, inviting him towards destruction...

──The Ark of Sins

“Come, let’s return to paradise, brother...”

Subject #1096 Called 『Sister』[Soror] killed
Subject #1097 Called 『Brother』[Frater] Soror
with the “Ark”, Frater in the Dark

<Case Number 12>
The model depicting over-reliance on a projection, resulting in a dead end.

In other words, 《Illusionary Ark Reliance Syndrome》[Ark]
Soror with the “Ark”, Frater is Dead

Boundlessly becoming closer as one   Remembrances are illusions that seem close to insanity
Merely seeking each other's lips in desire, being chased away from paradise little by little
The same wounds of the heart[trauma] may resonance with each other...but any more than that...

“-Within the cage in the pretense of a miniature garden, you lay your hands on the forbidden hippocampus[organ].
Do you think that you’ve become a pompous yet powerless Creator God?” huh...

The petals that bloomed in past days, as if being scattered into darkness, whisper bravely
With the voice of a girl's, 『Let's return to paradise』...

... Love wishing to The Ark

The watcher looked towards the sky and let out a sigh
His lost《Left Ring Finger》[place] hurt with a dull pain.
-when he set his sights on the monitor again

Ah...before anyone noticed...a 『Masked Man』stood behind the girl-

Information

Summary

Vocals, Voices, Narration

Musicians

Guitar, Keyboards, Computer Programming, etc...: Revo

『Elysion』Special Strings Section
1st Violin: Mutsumi Suzuki, Ayako Kayukawa, Ayako Himata, Nobuko Sakota
2nd Violin: Izumi Murayama, Yumiko Shimamura, Kanako Noto, Ayumu Koshikawa
Viola: Shiori Tanaka, Keita Ishii
Cello: Shigeru Ohara, Mao Tomonoh

Production

Produced by Yoshio Usuda (CRASYS.co)
Sound Produced by Revo (Sound Horizon)

Lyrics, Compose, Arrangement: Revo

Sound Engineers
Recorded at Studio C5, WONDER BEAT STUDIO, studio-EAST
Recorded by Kazuto Sato (WONDER BEAT STUDIO)
Mixed by Shyoichi Shimura (studio-EAST)
Assistant Engineer: Manabu Ito (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) & Naomi Irie (studio-EAST)

Cover Illustration: Yokoyan
Booklet & Label Design: Hazeri Kuri
Executive Producer: Tetsuhito Yoshizawa (Harvest Entertainment)

Live Performances