Core Pride (Jap)

Born into this world, each enjoying their own life
Discovering a black box in their head... is this bliss?

The important thing is to surpass your limit line
Shall we go?
Take a step and outdo yourself today!

But what should we do with every day?
Trying to be flawless is a big no no

Stop! Notice the flow of our earth
Ignore everything else, and here we go!

If I try to suppress my heart, which is burning hot,
About things that are unobtainable or constrained

How am I different from those adults
Who I have come to despise
And will never forgive for their constant attempt
To blindly pin me down without even understanding?

It'll probably forever remain a pipe dream
That will never come true,
But the burning in my heart cannot be doused by anyone

Even if the black rain falling from the sky
Drenches me completely and never stops
I won't allow the fire in my heart to be extinguished
This is what's called my pride!

It started pouring, as predicted
A lot more buddies gathered around me than I had expected
While talking about one another's days and futures,
We became impassioned and started a fist fight

Back when we were only fifteen,
As a mean to quall our anxiety,
You laughed and said "You haven't changed a bit"
So I ended up bursting into laughter

If we don't stubbornly stand our grand like this,
Even the flow of time will become terrifying

My only real opponent whom I should hit
Is my own prideful self
But still, I don't want to lose to myself right now,
My pride is too strong to lose

Stop! Notice the flow of our earth
Ignore everything else, and here we go!

Stop! Notice the flow of our earth
Ignore everything else, and here we go!

No matter how hard I try when I'm alone at night,
I cannot understand even myself

When you're with me, and we try to understand each other
Only then will I become stronger

I don't care how things turn out,
And I don't care if I'll look uncool,
I will desperately try to change my future

Even if I'm told that my destiny is immutable
No matter what, I myself can still change
And I will prove to you that I can do it

That's right, this is pride in its rightful place

Don't perish yet, the fire in my heart,
I don't want to forget the heat in my chest yet

Don't perish yet, the fire in my heart,
I can still keep going, so here I go

Oh baby, my pride!

Monochrome Hopes

Originally written to: Missing Link by NOVELS

Smile struggling to appear on me
I don't understand why it's so important

It's not that I am hurt, but there's no reason to grin
So why do you keep on beaming at me?

I just want to go on my merry way
And not stare at those silly faces you are making

Why would you want me to smile so badly?
I really didn't know until you said...

"Monochrome hopes are blank
There's no need to pretend you have any.
So you must reach out,
And grab ahold of your dreams."

A smile played on my face, I called you a friend
No matter what happened, I would never hurt you

Even through the rough, you would wear a grin
Strength never faltering, at least not visibly

My heart broken, you gave me a smile
That told me everything would be okay

Yet you lay there, your death closing in
Eyes shutting, you took the last line

"Monochrome hopes are blank
There's no need to pretend you have any.
So you must reach out,
And grab ahold of your dreams."

A strange beaming face
Hopefully affectionate
Hopelessly naive
But...

To everyone before me, I repeated your words

"Monochrome hopes are blank
There's no need to pretend you have any.
So you must reach out,
And grab ahold of your dreams."

Embrace who you are
Don't let your ambition fall away
It will not be easy to stay strong
But hold on to your hope

Lyrics? VI - A New Chapter

How long has it been since times have changed?
How many years has it been since I first saw you?

Questions beckoning to my past
I wonder why they only just now arose

A dark past I have hidden
(A blindfold over my eyes)
A time long ago in my past
(A picture on my desk)

Memories that are here
(Love is plaguing my heart)

There is no way
That I would let my past slip away from my fingers forever
And here I am, flipping through the pages of a diary

Everything has lost all of its meanings
I try to recall the meaning of love to my heart

What I could never remember
Came back to me and shocked me

I recalled all the feelings I had
(A light in the darkness)
And my heart was resurrected
(I felt love the first time in a long time)

What if I have never forgotten?
(The answer is right in front of me)

I can't give in
To all the sweet things you keep on telling me
I can't stop myself from giving into your persistence

Your smile brightens my life
I can never thank you enough, so I yell

Despite who I was, you opened your arms to me
You held me tight and said you loved me

A new chapter started, showing I have changed
Let us see where this chapter will end, and begin anew

Lyrics? V - Join Me

Join me. Join me.

Across every region we walk slowly
Searching for the reason to keep going

Side by side we are friends and enemies
Telling stories around a fire we had built

Together we look forward into the bright future
Expecting many things to come

Not understanding everything
We run off into the horizon

Join me. Join me.

We have a long way to go
But we will always move forward
Just never give up
Is all I ask

Join me. Join me.

Let us learn from your story
And move on
So that we may grow from it

Join me.
Join me. Join me.

Lyrics? IV - Love Song

The end of the day
Marks not the end
But the beginning of another new memory

Going on forever and evermore
The day will never go on ending without starting

Many eccentric ways to go
Which is that you choose?
You don't have to answer right away, not right now

If you're wrong, it doesn't really matter
All that matters is if you do or don't listen to me

Spinning around all that I have ever known today
Where would you land if you had stopped?

I could think of many ways to say it, but it just won't come to me
Looks like all I have to do is wait

I wonder if you would say yes
If only... if I could ask it

What am I saying?
I already know the answer
I think... I know I love you

"Oh, it's nothing."

I could never muster the courage I needed
Will it come to me some day?
For now, I can only observe you from a distance
But don't mind me, I am happy

From here, i smile at you
So beautiful

You laugh and talk with your friends, and all I can do is watch you

If only... if I had enough courage to ask you

Lyrics? III - Hero

Somewhere deep in your world
The surface is covered in ruins
Nobody said that it was apparent

Whatever makes you do this
Is a mystery to even me
You repeatingly ask the same question
Again and again

A hero
Is there one
That truly reside deep in my heart?

The darkness
Is not too far
So where are you looking right now?

You don't
Have to worry about it

So just keep
Looking up

Crimson flames cover the earth
Wherever it is that you look
Death is right behind you, at your heels

You don't know when you're supposed to give up
But it doesn't really matter
Everyone is looking up at you right now

The darkness
Is in your mind
Never having left in the first place

The darkness
Is not too far
So where are you looking right now?

You don't
Have to worry about it

So just keep
Looking up

There is A
Hero in your heart
All you have to do is believe in it

The darkness
Is already running
From that light that you created

Everyone's looking up
Right at you
Don't loose hope

You're my hero
Believe in the power you hold
You cannot give up no matter what happens

But don't worry
You are a hero
In everyone's eyes

Lyrics? II - Wishing

I will vanish into the deep shallows
vanishing into the depths of darkness
Though I may not show it, loneliness burns me
I don't know if I can continue living for much longer

All I want to be is understood once
Yes, I know I'm completely useless

I will vanish into the next world
Vanishing into the next life, I don't care
I try to cry out as loud as I can
but it seems nobody can hear my voice

Why should I live?
It'll be better if I was dead anyway

("I can't seem to remember smiling
But it's never really bothered me much
so than why is it now...
Why is their a piercing pain?")

I thought I would vanish into the deep waters
But that was brightened my world
I learned what it was to be happy for the first time
It felt like i was like to be loved

I became stronger just for you
It was the reason I still live

I will vanish...
Nothing can stop the inevitable
Even though you were a light in my new eyes
There was still things that I could never tell you

I can't keep it from you anymore
My life is slowly fading from my grasp

("I'm sorry I couldn't tell you,
but I've been dying for a long time
not just emotionally, but physically")

As I lay in my death bed smiling for one last time
I wish for you to live happily forevermore...