[Translation and Lyrics] Riness -Ghost of Memories- by Rigël Theatre
This track is just absolutely gorgeous, I had to go and check whether it was even the same singer as the previous one because here she just goes all out on getting that perfectly mysterious tone on the chorus, not to mention the entire song hits as many of my buzzwords as it possibly can fit. It’s interesting that the song can sound so entirely different depending on who sings it, the only version on youtube is, I’m assuming, the one from the first edition of the album. I think it does fit the image of the characters a bit better with that soft voice, but it doesn’t hit the absolute home run that the singer in the second edition does where it has a real opera feel to it and just feels like the most grandiose thing ever. Do like the youtube comment that says this could’ve been an umineko track, this could totally sound during one of those turning points near the end where Battler goes from crying to recovering hope. Also if you ever feel like reading the whole story for this album (japanese only) I warn you: it’s fucking huge, with over 30 chapters lol. Anyway, this song is easily a 10/10, lyrics down below and see you next time.
Music & Lyrics：Rigel Theatre
Sing：Saeko (in the 1st edition), Miwele (on the 2nd edition)
yami ni tozasarete ita kuroki tsubasa no tenshi
ushinawareta toki no kairou samayou hoshi no tabito
Shut away in the darkness is this black winged angel
A star traveler wandering in the discarded corridors of time
yami ni tsutsumikomareta kanashii kioku no kakera
ushinawareta kokoro no utsuwa sagashi motome tsutsuketeiru
covered in darkness in a fragment of cold memories
I continue to search for a vessel for this lost heart
akaki hitomi ni utsuru hakanai omoide no sora
ima wa mou mietekonai ano ko no yasashii egao
reflected in these red eyes is the fleeting memory of that sky
as now I cannot see the gentle smile of that girl
toki wo koe samayou kioku no boureitachi
mimimoto de sasayaite yami he to izanau
kuroki kage ni somerareta tsubasa wo habatakasete
tobidatsu no kokuu no haruka kanata
ano ko no moto he to
wandering beyond time are the memories of the departed
whispering in my ears an invitation to the darkness
and tainted in a black shadow I spread these black wings
taking flight towards the ends of this emptiness
until I get back to that girl
are wa watashi no kioku sabishii kokoro no kakera
nee kaeshite ano ko no kioku ano yasashiiki uta wo
there go my memories, a fragment of my pitiable heart
hey, please give back to me the memories of that girl, that kind song she sung
are wa watashi no tsubasa kuroki kanashimi no hane
kizamikomareta tsumi wo seoi unmei ni mi wo yudaneru
there go the feathers of sadness in my wings
engraved with a sin that I will have to eternally bear as that is my fate
kurai yozora no mukou hibiku yuugana neiro
ima wa mou kikoetekonai ano ko no yasashii uta ga
reaching across the blackened sky there was a beautiful tone that resonates
yet I can no longer hear that girl's kind song
toki wo koe samayou kioku no boureitachi
mimimoto de sasayaite yami he to izanau
kuroki kage ni somerareta tsubasa wo habatakasete
tobitatsu no kokuu no haruka kanata
ano ko no moto he to
wandering beyond time are the memories of the departed
whispering under my ears an invitation to the darkness
and tainted in a black shadow I spreads these black wings
taking flight towards the ends of this emptiness
until I get back to that girl
toki wo koe samayou kioku no boureitachi
soba ni yotte te wo nobashite sasayaki kakeru
wandering beyond time are the memories of the departed
getting closer to me and reaching their hands as they whisper
kuroki kage ni somerareta tsubasa wo habatakasete
tobitatsu no kokuu no haruka kanata
ano ko no moto he to
and tainted in a black shadow I spread these black wings
taking flight towards the ends of this emptiness
until I get back to that girl
