Souyoku no Hikari

From Blank Chronicle
Souyoku no HikariLight of Dual Wings
EN
RO
RE
LE
DX
FC
DVD
Blu-Ray
ShingekinoKisekiCover.jpgShingekinoKisekiCover2.jpg
Information
Length 5:05
Type Vocal
Release Date 17 May 2017
Band Linked Horizon
Label Pony Canyon

Light of Dual Wings (in Japanese 双翼のヒカリ, Souyoku no Hikari) is the eighth track on Linked Horizon's second album Shingeki no Kiseki.

Lyrics

Anata no kibishisa wa itsumo kitto yasashisa no uragaeshi de

Shinratsu na kotoba no mukou ni mo atatakana HIKARI wo watashi wa kanjiteimashita

(Die Flugel des Lichts)

Omoi kaeseba tsurai koto mo atta keredo...
Mayoi naku warai ai ayunde koreta ki ga shita...

Saki no koto na do dare ni mo wakaranai keredo...
Sukoshi demo koukai no sukunai michi wo eraberu you ni...
Senaka wo oshite kureteita no deshou?

Sonna anata no senaka dare ga mamoru no deshou?

Chiisana hane ga hitotsuzutsu atsumatte katadoru (shiroi tsubasa)
Chiisana inochi hitotsuzutsu ushinatte nokoshita (kuroi tsubasa)

(Tori) wa tobu tame ni umaretekita to shitemo
Katayoku de wa kitto umaku sora wa tobenai deshou
Subete no shiro to kuro no ishi wo anata wa seotte
Haruka kanata kabe wo koete mina wo michibiite yuku no deshou

Watashi wa... sono koto wo... shinjite yukimasu...
Aa... nagori... oshiikedo... mou... jikan no you desu
Saigo ni... mou hitotsu... tsuaetai omoi ga...
Ie... yappari... nandemonai desu

Chiisana hane ga hitotsuzutsu atsumatte katadoru (shiroi tsubasa)
Chiisana inochi hitotsuzutsu ushinatte nokoshita (kuroi tsubasa)

Saigo no [toki] anata no [me] ni utsuru watashi yuukan'na heishi deshita ka?
Wasurenai de anata no se ni habataku no wa tsuinaru souyoku no hikari

Watashi ga kanjita HIKARI no na wa... nazukerunara... sou... kibou
Your sternness always stems from gentleness

And I felt a warm light behind those harsh words

I recall plenty of painful things...
But I made it to where I am, free of doubts, sharing smiles and laughter along the way...

Nobody knows what’ll happen in the future...
But you’ve always been behind me, giving me the push needed...

To choose the path of least regrets, right?
But who will watch your back?

Tiny feathers gather one by one, forming a white wing
Fragile lives are lost one by one, leaving behind a black wing

Though a bird may be born to soar across the skies
I’m sure it won’t be able to fly well with only one wing
But you will shoulder the determination of all that is white and black
And guide everyone to great distances beyond the walls

And so...I will die....believing that...
Oh...how I wish this would last...but...it seems like my time is up...
I have....one last thing...I’d like to tell you...
No...nevermind...it’s nothing...

Tiny feathers gather one by one, forming a white wing
Fragile lives are lost one by one, leaving behind a black wing

In my final moments, did I appear as a brave soldier to your eyes?
Don’t forget that you have the light of dual wings sprouting from your back

And if I were to give a name to the light I felt...yes...it would be...hope...

Translated by Defade.

Information

Summary

Vocals

Narration

Musicians

Electric Guitar, Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar, Nylon Strings Guitar & Steel 12-Strings Acoustic Guitar: YUKI
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Piano, Electronic Organ, Pianica & Cembalo: Koji Igarashi
Drums: JUN-JI

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Latin & Classic Percussion: Mataro Misawa

<Gen Ittetsu Strings>
Gen Ittetsu, Shigeki Ippon, Osamu Iyoku, Leina Ushiyama, Kirin Uchida, Nobuko Kaiwa, Yoshiko Kaneko, Yuko Kajitani, Cameroun Maki, Daisuke Kadowaki, Azusa Kawasuso, Kaoru Kuroki, Kazuha Takahashi, Yoshinobu Takeshita, Masahiro Tanaka, Yuki Nakajima, Chikako Nishimura, Yayoi Fujita, Masayoshi Fujimura, Yu Manabe, Shouko Miki, Toshiyuki Muranaka, Takuya Mori, Kaori Morita, Tomoshige Yamamoto

<Masanori Suzuki Brass Section>
Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Takeyuki Yoda, Shinichi Yamashita, Yuki Urata, Hitomi Niida
Trombone: Satoshi Sano, Gakutaro Miyauchi, Gen Ishii, Hiroki Sato, Shinsuke Toridsuka, Makoto Igarashi, Koichi Nonoshita, Ryosuke Koshino, Tomomi Ueda, Masashi Sasaki
Tuba: Masashi Kina, Atsushi Matsunaga, Yuki Nito, Ryosuke Kashiwada
Horn: Takashi Naitoh, Naoki Ishiyama, Takato Saijyo, Minoru Hirokawa, Yasushi Higa, Takahiro Unno, Shinji Kobuna, Makoto Yanagiya, Kazuyuki Akasaka, Toyohide Watanabe, Satoshi Matsuda, Mitsuru Oomikawa, Takashi Kimura, Masaki Tanaka, Mina Muranaka

<Hideyo Takakuwa Woodwind Ensemble>
Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane & Hidenito Naka
Fagotto: Toshitsugu Inoue & Masao Osawa

<Choir>
Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai), Ensenmble OtonoHa & Voces Tokyo
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA

Coordinator: Eiko Konoo 【Legato music】, Reina Sasamoto 【Legato music】, Masaki Imai 【CRESCE】 & Mitsugu Nakamura 【TEAM Entertainment】

Computer Programmer: Revo

Sound Effects Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu
SE Voices: ZEN SHOUJI 【DIFFERENCE】 & KANA ISHII 【DIFFERENCE】
SE Recording Studio: MEDIAGATE STUDIO

Production

The song was Written, Composed, Arranged and Produced by Revo

Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】, Hiroyuki Akita & Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Assistant Engineers:


Mixing Engineer: Suminobu Hamada 【SOUND INN】
Mastering Engineer: Yasuji Yasman Maeda 【Bernie Grundman Mastering】

Art Direction & Design: IWATA ROOM/7STARS DESIGN
Photographer: Takashi Hirano 【MEMENT】
Stylist: Yoshiaki Takami
Hair & Make-up: Tomoya Enatsu 【raftel】

Producer: Mayumi Takagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Director: Akihiro Tabuchi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
A&R: Hideki Tanaka 【PONY CANYON】 & Motomi Oiwa 【PONY CANYON】
A&R in Chief: Naoki Koizumi 【PONY CANYON】
Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Artist Manager: Shoko Aoyagi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Marketing: Masanobu Fukuyama 【PONY CANYON】
Release Operation: Tomomi Ozawa 【PONY CANYON】
Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Promotion Support: Bial and the Communication Squad 【The Linked Horizon Corps】
Fan Club Administration: Misaki Negishi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】
Production Assistant: Chinami Ohara 【RAP-PRODUCTS】

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi 【RAP-PRODUCTS】 & Kazuo Ishikawa 【PONY CANYON】

Live Performances