Eru no Tenbin
| エルの天秤Eru no TenbinEl’s Balance | |
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| Information | |
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| Length | 5:21 |
| Type | Vocal |
| Release Date | 13 April 2005 |
| Band | Sound Horizon |
| Label | BELLWOOD RECORDS |
El’s Balance (in Japanese エルの天秤, Eru no Tenbin) is the seventh track on Sound Horizon's fourth story CD Elysion.
Lyrics
-As if selling his soul to the devil, the man would do anything as long as it brought him money
The means shouldn't be questioned - to the man, the ends are everything
An urgent reality - he needed money...
A balance that continued to tip...before its left plate sinks completely
The right plate needed to be filled with enough money to raise the left side through force alone...
And...even in that night, the mask dances to the balance...
Cloaking themselves in darkness, they felt through the silence of the night, letting their eyes meet
Overlapping their lips under the romantic moonlight, they held in their breath...
Letting their hurried pursuers pass by, they held each other's hands
The two lives who are intoxicated with a dramatic act of escape are offered to love...
Goodbye....A convenient card for dogs of authority
Goodbye...In exchange for selling the daughter, an exquisite chair can be bought
A love separated by ranks - even knowing it to be forbidden, man and woman attracted each other
Kicking away the sadistic doctrine of nobles and slipping out of the cage...ah, such a tragedy
Seeking power over others on this board of fate, life and death continued to take from each other
To laugh at a drastic tale of mourning is life itself....ah, it is rather a comedy...
Goodbye...a world where people hired by coins betray
Goodbye...to reproach others for absurdity is pitiful
A journey to paradise. Setting sail to freedom. At the end of their escape, they arrived on a shore.
When the man disguised as a boatman clicked his fingers, black cloaked shadows surrounded the ship
“If you're worrying about the fare back, then rest assured that I have received more than enough. However, he'll have to part with us here.”
“What a pity...”
“It's fine as long as the girl gets back safe. You can kill the servant[man] for all I care.”
Without ever meeting his eyes, the Earl spoke...ramming a bagful of golden coins on the table...
Even though people are always happier in ignorance
As long as they seek, they'll yearn to know everything
-Why do they step forth towards destruction?
A grandiose wedding. A happy bride. What kind of scenario does the Goddess of Fate prefer...
A fake wedding. A missing bride. The Goddess of Destruction will not overlook any open seam...
Ah...his back felt hot as if being burnt. With his outstretched hand, the man felt something stabbed onto him.
Ah...while looking at his hand stained scarlet, the masked man slowly crumbled
Ah...a girl was standing behind him, staring at the man's prostrate with a dreadful look
Ah...she steps back while shouting something and ran away into the deepening darkness....
-within the water bottom of his gradually fading consciousness, he struggled to grasp a rusted key
The door is right in front of him, he has to hurry...soon...soon it'll be his daughter's promised-
Translated by Defade.
Information
Summary
Vocals & Voices
Musicians
Electric Guitar & Nylon Strings Guitar & Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar & Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar: Shingo Jake Saito
Electric Bass & Electric Fretless Bass: Shigeru Tamura
Drums: Ryo Sakagami
Tambourine: Toriko Himeno
Other Percussions: Yasurou Yagami
Piano: Miyuki Takii
Trumpet: Kentarou Yamagata & Yoshiaki Kayano
Trombone: Makoto Igarashi
Alto Sax: Ryochi Daigou
Tenor Sax: Kei Suzuki
Baritone Sax: Naoya Takemura
『Elysion』Special Strings Section
1st Violin: Mutsumi Suzuki, Ayako Kayukawa, Ayako Himata, Nobuko Sakota, Daisuke Tanaka, Ayano Kitajima
2nd Violin: Izumi Murayama, Yumiko Shimamura, Kanako Noto, Ayumu Koshikawa, Kyoko Hamada, Junko Tabira
Viola: Shiori Tanaka, Keita Ishii, Yumi Takase
Cello: Shigeru Ohara, Mao Tomonoh, Tomoko Sasaki
Production
Sound Produced by Revo
Produced by Koji Takahashi (Rap Creative)
Directed by Mayumi Takagi (Rap Creative)
Sound Effect: Masahiko Ueda (Sound Forest), Hirokazu Ebisu (Walla-Works,inc.) & Yuki Yoshida (Walla-Works,inc.)
Recorded by Katsuhiko "chara" Asano & Kazuto Sato (WONDER BEAT STUDIO)
Recorded at WONDER BEAT STUDIO, MALABU STUDIO & STUDIO Z'd
Mixed by Katsuhiko "chara" Asano
Mixed at WONDER BEAT STUDIO & STUDIO Z'd
Assistant Engineers: Manabu Ito (WONDER BEAT STUDIO) & Tsutomu Sukigara (MALIBU STUDIO)
Mastered by Ken Shibusawa (KING SEKIGUCHIDAI st.)
Promotion Producer: Masato Asanuma
A&R: Shinya Yamada
Sales Promoter: Hiroyuki Terui
Sales Desk: Yukari Kobayashi
Cover Illustration: Yokoyan
Design: Takafumi Kitsuda
Art Work Coordinator: Yuriko Kamano
Executive Producer: Koji Takahashi (Rap Creative), Yukio Okamoto (OBCAT) & Michiko Shinohara (OBCAT)