| THE BLACK SWAN |

MEMBERS Jin | Itsuki | Makoto | Rena | Len "I'm envious of your white wings But I spread black wings In the hopeless world I'm the black swan" →　Official Site　←　 TBS ENGLISH FAN SUPPORT All translations are mine unless otherwise stated

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Who doesn’t love Len and Kotetsu??  ❤ ❤ ❤

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「OUSIA-dispersed-」Premium Booklet - Jin’s Comment

FORWARD: Jin’s Twitter Reply to this translation and his address to overseas fans:

“It’s a really deep song, so it’s not something that can be shown to everyone in its originality, but I think this was well translated.

I really want overseas fans who want to come [to Japan] but can’t to read this.

And please, listen to “OUSIA” when it’s released.”

—2015, Early August

Since the formation of this band, I produced over half the band’s musical compositions in a fair number of songs.

But personally, in the songs I wrote, I was unable to break away from the shell of “myself.”

That’s why I always preferred the songs of the other members, which were created “outside my shell.”

I don’t really understand music theory. I know almost nothing about chords and scales.

The songs I made myself were simply melodies “singing” inside me that I threw into a computer and rearranged.

Up to this very moment, the sounds I began to hear, complexly intertwined, weave into a new “sound.”

This is the first time in my musical career that I was able to make a song that broke me out of my own “shell.”

At that moment, that roughly 10 minute track came forth from the person I`ve been until now, in a song more beautiful that any other, a song uglier than any other.

“OUSIA.”

That song sought the “true nature” of people and the world.

I`ve done many things that I would call “evil” until now.

Not in issues of legality, I don`t mean that level; but morally, ethically, indirectly, we hurt others in many ways, living while struggling with each other.

The worth of “right and wrong” take form in the flow of the era, in the end leaving us clueless to what`s “true.”

If “the acts of hurting one another” are equally evil, then in the world there would be no “justice.”

World Wars, family quarrels, aren`t the roots of these the same?

The boundaries of right and wrong vary from person to person, and these boundaries change depending on the time.

People are painted as black or white, but in this world there`s no such things as purely “white” or completely “black,” is there?

This world is inconsistent.

In this “inconsistency,” could there be such a thing as the “true nature” of people? Of the world?

In this album, various “contradictions” overflow.

It’s true of the artists photos, of the music video.

When facing the aspect of “inconsistency,” “sex” was the one thing that stood out.

Essentially, sex is should be done for “love,” for leaving descendants, for instinct… .

However, humans can still have sex without love, or use contraception. I think the biggest contradiction imposed on sex is the world portrayed in “RUVISH.”

Whether you turn on the TV or go online, the modern age is overrun with sad news from all over the world.

Even in this seemingly peaceful country of Japan, if you really look at others, you’ll find them overwhelmed by the things muddled up inside them.

For example, “bullying” will probably be more cruel than the saddest world news in the eyes of a young boy who has been the victim of such an act.

When people are alive, they are touched by many things, embraced by many emotions.

Within that, the feeling of “losing” that makes you want to avert your eyes is a starting point for your self expression, a nucleus.

To “live” I must be aware of “death,” for the sake of a faint “hope,” I sing of “despair.”

If this song of “contradiction” of mine can help someone, then perhaps I can start to find the value of this existence I refer to as “myself.”

“OUSIA-dispersed-” is going to be handed out for free, and by doing so I hope it will build anticipation for the album “OUSIA,” set to be released this spring.

Within The Black Swan, “OUSIA” has yet to be completed.

Rather, I want the “true nature” of the completed edition to be upheld as you listen to this ”OUSIA-dispersed-．”

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{Updated with Jin’s reply/Invitation to foreign fans ♥ }

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Jin’s Address to Foreign Fans (OUSIA)

Jin was kind enough to not only retweet the translation to his comment in the OUSIA-dispersed premium booklet, he added his own shout-out to TBS’s overseas fans as well! Here’s the sweet message he wrote and his hope for overseas fans:

“It’s a really deep song, so it’s not something that can be shown to everyone in its originality, but I think this was well translated. 

I really want overseas fans who want to come [to Japan] but can’t to read this. 

And please, listen to “OUSIA” when it’s released.”

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「OUSIA-dispersed-」Premium Booklet - Jin’s Comment

FORWARD: Jin’s Twitter Reply to this translation and his address to overseas fans:

“It’s a really deep song, so it’s not something that can be shown to everyone in its originality, but I think this was well translated.

I really want overseas fans who want to come [to Japan] but can’t to read this.

And please, listen to “OUSIA” when it’s released.”

—2015, Early August

Since the formation of this band, I produced over half the band’s musical compositions in a fair number of songs.

But personally, in the songs I wrote, I was unable to break away from the shell of “myself.”

That’s why I always preferred the songs of the other members, which were created “outside my shell.”

I don’t really understand music theory. I know almost nothing about chords and scales.

The songs I made myself were simply melodies “singing” inside me that I threw into a computer and rearranged.

Up to this very moment, the sounds I began to hear, complexly intertwined, weave into a new “sound.”

This is the first time in my musical career that I was able to make a song that broke me out of my own “shell.”

At that moment, that roughly 10 minute track came forth from the person I`ve been until now, in a song more beautiful that any other, a song uglier than any other.

“OUSIA.”

That song sought the “true nature” of people and the world.

I`ve done many things that I would call “evil” until now.

Not in issues of legality, I don`t mean that level; but morally, ethically, indirectly, we hurt others in many ways, living while struggling with each other.

The worth of “right and wrong” take form in the flow of the era, in the end leaving us clueless to what`s “true.”

If “the acts of hurting one another” are equally evil, then in the world there would be no “justice.”

World Wars, family quarrels, aren`t the roots of these the same?

The boundaries of right and wrong vary from person to person, and these boundaries change depending on the time.

People are painted as black or white, but in this world there`s no such things as purely “white” or completely “black,” is there?

This world is inconsistent.

In this “inconsistency,” could there be such a thing as the “true nature” of people? Of the world?

In this album, various “contradictions” overflow.

It’s true of the artists photos, of the music video.

When facing the aspect of “inconsistency,” “sex” was the one thing that stood out.

Essentially, sex is should be done for “love,” for leaving descendants, for instinct… .

However, humans can still have sex without love, or use contraception. I think the biggest contradiction imposed on sex is the world portrayed in “RUVISH.”

Whether you turn on the TV or go online, the modern age is overrun with sad news from all over the world.

Even in this seemingly peaceful country of Japan, if you really look at others, you’ll find them overwhelmed by the things muddled up inside them.

For example, “bullying” will probably be more cruel than the saddest world news in the eyes of a young boy who has been the victim of such an act.

When people are alive, they are touched by many things, embraced by many emotions.

Within that, the feeling of “losing” that makes you want to avert your eyes is a starting point for your self expression, a nucleus.

To “live” I must be aware of “death,” for the sake of a faint “hope,” I sing of “despair.”

If this song of “contradiction” of mine can help someone, then perhaps I can start to find the value of this existence I refer to as “myself.”

“OUSIA-dispersed-” is going to be handed out for free, and by doing so I hope it will build anticipation for the album “OUSIA,” set to be released this spring.

Within The Black Swan, “OUSIA” has yet to be completed.

Rather, I want the “true nature” of the completed edition to be upheld as you listen to this ”OUSIA-dispersed-．”

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SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THESE BOYS THIS IS WAY TOO MUCH SEXY, THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK THE INTERNET

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RUVISH - Jin (儿)

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RUVISH - RENA

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Ruvish - Itsuki (樹)

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RUVISH - Makoto (誠)

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RUVISH - Len (煉)

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RUVISH - Jin

[sychrade]

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So, we were all excited to get The Black Swan’s album pre-release for OUSIA for free at the oneman on the 5th.

Little did we realize how hard we were being trolled. Looooool

(Out of the 99 ‘tracks’ on the CD only 9 were actual songs. I fucking love this band xD)

#theblackswan #tbs #ousia #dispersed #damntrolls #imstilllaughing #gawdiloveyouguys

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Ketsuraku no Kakera (欠落の欠片) - THE BLACK SWAN English Lyrics Translation

欠落の欠片 Missing Pieces

Music & Lyrics: Jin Arrangement: THE BLACK SWAN

A life given 　　　　 An obscured light 

Scorned values and countless empty shells

The things you were made to whisper to compensate for your lies Cannot unburden you of the problem, and out of your thoughts flow The senseless words that burn in the back of your mind Substantiated by your way of thinking, you are already The palace of a fool

Tomorrow you’ll be gone In a dream sweeter than candy You’ll sing, meaning that everything will fall apart and “you” will no longer be visible Tomorrow you’ll be suffocated In a past more heartbreaking than anyone’s If this voice that warned you of the end doesn’t get through to you

The life you were given　　　       Let it shine Living bathed in the light of your song Subtle admiration, you secretly envy Having those borrowed opinions won’t make them yours

Again and again Your voice pours out regret An answer you supposedly understood Why do you keep making the same mistake? The missing pieces accumulate      A false portrait

The gears of time Can’t wind back, meaning that in impartiality Tears overflow from a distorted sky In the flow of time The answer doesn’t change, only the motive Always….

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KAGUNE Translation Correction

( a.k.a. more reasons Jin is a genius)

Hello everyone, 

I wanted to add a translator’s note about the song title ‘Kagune.’ Originally I misinterpreted the title as “Shining Sound.” The title should be “Red Sound.”

The reason being, this single was loosely based off of  Tokyo Ghoul.In this anime/manga, the ghouls use an organ-like substance called kagune to fight. In the original manga, the kanji 赫子 (;Red Child”) is used. But Jin, being the sneaky deep-thinking poet that he is, changed the second kanji to 音. This character means “sound” and can be read the same way as 子.

Essentially, Jin twisted the original meaning of Kagune (the ghoul’s weapon) to say that TBS has its own weapon--music.  And he did it without ever even changing the pronunciation of the word. 

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So for everyone who missed it, TBS (but especially Len) was featured on a TV show called “生き物にサンキュー” (Thanks to our Animals!”). It tells the story of how Len found Kotetsu and nursed him (in a great dramatization by Len, who reinacted it for us at an instore yesterday! haha). It’s really cute and really funny so you should definitely take a look! The whole band is featured in a short segment. Enjoy! (○´ω`○)ﾉ

(Video link courtesy of the ever-amazing dead-thecreator )

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYUEvkYa-Ms )

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The Black Swan - 赫音 (KAGUNE) －finis－ Lyrics (ENGLISH)

赫音－finis－

Red Sound-finis-

Lyrics: Jin Music: Makoto

The death of a loved one is devastating Yet the death of an enemy brings glory and fame The death of a single loved one is grievous But the staggering death toll of war is nothing but ‘a number’ The value of life…

Until die out…

Through the deserted ruins of the fire, you just keep on walking Not even addressing The black of your shadow lost in the red sky

I know it is the same 'human’ Why you kill me? The same 'human’

At the ends of this abnormal world why it’s deprived Even when you were broken each day you don’t know those worth You’re completely and utterly buried under the ashes that accumulate

A red nightmare in a sea of flickering flame This life flutters about like a petal You question value

The meaning of opposition That’s the reason we fight each other We only see worth when we lose it

The reason you cry when you lose 'someone’ Is because your heart is shaken, touched by the idea of 'someone.’ Why is it only in that pain? It’s just the stupidity of an idea that can’t be felt

A red nightmare in a sea of flickering flame This life flickers about like a petal Your trembling voice, a red sound

Now, the ending world = a future built by 'humans’

It’s a very sorrowful death of a loved one And yet, enemy’s death made rapture and fame The death of enormous in war, there is only a 'number’ The life worth is…