Time Flows

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

☆ Title: Time Flows
★ Album: 東方幻想峠最速伝説 ~ プロジェクトDownHill Queen
☆ Album Artist: とらのあな
★ Vocals: Ayakura Mei (綾倉盟)
☆ Lyrics: Haruka
★ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
☆ Original: The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood
(メイドと血の懐中時計)


夢を見てた この時はいつも続かず
過ぎて行った この胸に寂しさ残して
私が今 この時をすべて止めても
手にしてたい このままで

yume o miteta kono toki wa itsu mo tsudzukazu
sugite itta kono mune ni samishisa nokoshite
watashi ga ima kono toki o subete tometemo
te ni shitetai kono mama de

I had a dream where this moment never continued
It passed leaving behind a feeling of loneliness in my heart
Even if I were to completely stop time now
there’s something I’ve been wanting to have, as it is

一番大事な物は 今も壊れたままなの
止めた時間 戻らない事実
今もここで 失くしているまま
時は動き続け

ichiban daiji na mono wa ima mo kowareta mama nano
tometa jikan modoranai jijitsu
ima mo koko de nakushiteiru mama
toki wa ugoki tsudzuke

What’s most important to me still remains broken
It’s a fact that I can’t turn back frozen time
Even now, here in a state of loss,
time continues to move

夢を見た 今この時に失くした物を
戻せるのなら 今でもこの手で
時計の針を 何度も止めてみたの
時は流れるのに

yume o mita ima kono toki ni nakushita mono o
modoseru no nara ima demo kono te de
tokei no hari o nando mo tomete mita no
toki wa nagareru noni

If I could restore what I lost during this moment I dreamt of
I’d do it myself right now
Over and over I tried to stop the hands on the clock,
however time flows on

夢を見ても この時はいつも残らず
過ぎて行った 胸の中寂しさ残して
私だけが この時間すべて止めてた
動き出せぬ 想いだけ私が止めてた

yume o mitemo kono toki wa itsumo nokorazu
sugite itta mune no naka samishisa nokoshite
watashi dake ga kono jikan subete tometeta
ugoki dasunu omoi dake watashi ga tometeta

Even while dreaming, time had passed by,
never leaving anything behind except loneliness in my heart
Only I had completely stopped time
All I had stopped was unmovable feelings

消えた物は 変わる事はない
止めた時間 戻らない事実
今も時は 刻み続けてた
止まることを忘れ

kieta mono wa kawaru koto wa nai
tometa jikan modoranai jijitsu
ima mo toki wa kizami tsudzuketeta
tomaru koto o wasure

There’s no change in what’s disappeared
It’s a fact that I can’t turn back frozen time
Even now time was continuing to tick
Forgetting to stop

流れ行く 時は今でも失くした物を
戻らないまま 刻み続けてた
時計の針を 何度も止めてみたの
時は流れるのに

nagare yuku toki wa ima demo nakushita mono o
modoranai mama kizami tsudzuketeta
tokei no hari o nando mo tomete mita no
toki wa nagareru noni

Still unable to restore what I lost,
time flowed and continued to tick
Over and over I tried to stop the hands on the clock,
however time flows on

Revive

In this house, we stan Beatrice. An old Alstroemeria song related to Umineko is the best gift I could have asked for. Seriously though, read the visual novel.

☆ Title: Revive
★ Album: ROKKENJIMA in LOVE
☆ Vocals: Mei Ayakura (綾倉盟)
★ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
☆ Lyrics: Haruka

今この場所 戯れは続いて
始まってる 謎は今
Play of vice

ima kono basho tawamure wa tsudzuite
hajimatteru nazo wa ima
Play of vice

Now, in this place, the toying continues
The mystery now beginning is a
Play of vice

今私は 存在しているわ
まだそれでも わからない?
ほら貴方も 私を認めるわ
この遊戯で もう少し

ima watashi wa sonzai shiteiru wa
mada sore demo wakaranai?
hora anata mo watashi o mitomeru wa
kono yuugi de mou sukoshi

At this moment, I exist
Even so, do you still not understand?
Look, even you will acknowledge me
Through this game, it won’t be much longer

流れ行く時も わからないままで
悲しみも 繰り返し
目覚めたことさえ気づかずこの場所で

nagare yuku toki mo wakaranai mama de
kanashimi mo kuri kaeshi
mezameta koto sae kidzukazu kono basho de

Without even understanding the time flowing by
The sorrow repeats
in this place, not even aware of your awakening

禁断は 魔女の名の下開かれる
苦しみは 今もこの手で繰り返し
蘇えれ 蘇えれ
この時は いつまでも繰り返す
Time of pain

kindan wa majo no na no moto hirakareru
kurushimi wa ima mo kono te de kuri kaeshi
yomigaere yomigaere
kono toki wa itsu made mo kuri kaesu
Time of pain

In the name of the witch, the forbidden is opened
Now, by my own hands, the suffering repeats
Revive, revive
This moment is a forever repeating
Time of pain

ほら貴方も 私を認めるわ
今この時 譲らない

hora anata mo watashi o mitomeru wa
ima kono toki yuzuranai

Look, even you will acknowledge me
I won’t hand over this moment now

流れ行く時も 感じずに過ぎて
謎はまだ 謎なまま
譲らぬ想いも望みも届かずに

nagare yuku toki mo kanjizu ni sugite
nazo wa mada nazo na mama
yuzuranu omoi mo nozomi mo todokazu ni

Time flows, passing by without you even feeling it
The mystery remains a mystery
without my hopes or feelings reaching you – I won’t concede them

幻は それは貴方が見た夢で
真実は これから味わう苦しみ
蘇えれ 蘇えれ
その体 この戯れのために

maboroshi wa sore wa anata ga mita yume de
shinjitsu wa kore kara ajiwau kurushimi
yomigaere yomigaere
sono karada kono tawamure no tame ni

The illusions are no more than a dream you saw
The truth is a pain that you’re about to taste
Revive, revive
your body, for the sake of my toying

永遠の 魔女はこの場で微笑んで
新たなる 遊戯次へと誘(いざな)うわ
さぁ踊れ いまここで
この遊戯 今も私のために
You revive

eien no majo wa kono ba de hohoende
arata naru yuugi tsugi e to izanau wa
saa odore ima koko de
kono yuugi ima mo watashi no tame ni
You revive

The eternal witch smiles in this place
and beckons you to the next, new game
Come, dance, here and now
In this game, for my sake even now
You revive

Chaotic Situation

Everybody elevators.

Just kidding. It sounds more like “Everybody innovates; Everybody innovators” in the beginning.

☆ Title: Chaotic Situation
★ Album: POP | CULTURE 6
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals and lyrics: Mei Ayakura (綾倉盟)
☆ Arrangement: Masayoshi Minoshima
★ Original Title: Youkai Domination (妖々跋扈)
☆ Website: http://alst.net/


止まらない 甘い誘い
様々な 言葉手繰る
飛び跳ねる 心踊れ
混沌に 染めてしまえ
太陽が 徐々に沈む
瞬間に よぎる黒が
指をさし 笑う姿
張り裂ける 鼓動強く

tomaranai amai sasoi
samazama na kotoba taguru
tobi haneru kokoro odore
konton ni somete shimae
taiyou ga jojo ni shizumu
shunkan ni yogiru kuro ga
yubi o sashi warau sugata
hari sakeru kodou tsuyoku

The sweet invitations won’t stop
All kinds of words pull me in
“Let your fluttering heart dance”
“Stain it completely in chaos”
The sun gradually sets
The black that passes by in an instant
reveals its figure, pointing and laughing at me
My heartbeat is too strong, I’m going to burst

抜け出せない迷路で彷徨う
ただ幸せを願っていた
自分だけの世界に溺れて
誘惑に熟れた 罪の果実

nuke dasenai meiro de samayou
tada shiawase o negatteita
jibun dake no sekai ni oborete
yuuwaku ni ureta tsumi no kajitsu

I wander around an unescapable maze
All I did was wish for happiness
I’m drowning in a world just for me
The fruit of sin, ripened by temptation

茨道を行く ナイフを片手に
空いた穴を広げるように
嘲笑う声が 頭の中から
離れなくてかき消せないよ
零れてく涙 気付いた過ち
救いの手をずっと待っている
どこにも行けない この場所で

ibaramichi o yuku naifu o katate ni
aita ana o hirogeru you ni
azawarau koe ga atama no naka kara
hanarenakute kaki kesenai yo
koborete ku namida kidzuita ayamachi
sukui no te o zutto matteiru
doko ni mo ikenai kono basho de

I walk a path of thorns with a knife in hand
in order to widen opened holes
Laughs in my head ridicule me
I can’t get away from or erase them
Noticing the tears drip was a mistake
Forever I’ll be waiting for someone’s saving hand
here in this place with nowhere I can go

止まらない 輪廻巡る
少しずつ 醒める熱が
傾いた 月と共に
覗き込み 瞳曇る
翳りゆく 時の中で
思い出す 不善の日々
後悔の 思いだけが
揺らめいて 離れないよ

tomaranai rinne meguru
sukoshi zutsu sameru netsu ga
katamuita tsuki to tomo ni
nozoki komi hitomi kumoru
kageri yuku toki no naka de
omoi dasu fuzen no hibi
koukai no omoi dake ga
yurameite hanarenai yo

The wheel of fortune spins endlessly
Little by little, I return from my fever
The moon, close to setting, looks down on me
My eyes cloud over, and together they peek in
In such a darkening time
I recall days of mischief
Only thoughts of regret
flicker in, and they won’t leave

壊れていく器に残った
僕の一欠片はいつから
黒く染まってしまったのかな
蝕まれていく 罪の意識

kowarete iku utsuwa ni nokotta
boku no hito kakera wa itsu kara
kuroku somatte shimatta no kana
mushibamarete iku tsumi no ishiki

When did this fragment of me
left in its breaking container
become completely stained black
I’m being eaten away by my awareness of sin

茨道を行く 暗闇切り裂き
空いた穴は戻らないけど
埋まらない傷も 痛みも抱きしめ
生きていると感じてみたい
零れてく涙 心を溶かして
きっといつか全てを受け止め
やり直せるはず この場所で

ibaramichi o yuku kurayami kiri saki
aita ana wa modoranai kedo
umaranai kizu mo itami mo daki shime
ikiteiru to kanjite mitai
koborete ku namida kokoro o tokashite
kitto itsu ka subete o uke tome
yari naoseru hazu kono basho de

I walk a path of thorns, cutting through the darkness
The opened holes can’t be fixed though
I want to feel that I’m alive
by embracing my pain and open wounds
The dripping tears melt my heart
I’m sure someday I’ll be able to accept everything
and redo it all again at this place

Dream Again

One of the better songs from the album. Funnily enough, I think all the best songs from this album weren’t done by Minoshima (Eyes of Truth, Dream Again), but I also think all the worst songs from this album also weren’t done by Minoshima (Score, Kokytus).

☆ Title: Dream Again
★ Album: IGNITION DANCEHALL
☆ Album Artist: Alstroemeria Records
★ Vocals: Mei Ayakura (綾倉盟)
☆ Arrangement and lyrics: Camellia
★ Original Title: the Last Judgement
☆ Website: http://alst.net/


秒針の音が響く空間 狭くて安心するほど
割り込んだ感覚に目を閉じる 光がまた眩しすぎて

byoushin no oto ga hibiku kuukan semakute anshin suru hodo
wari konda kankaku ni me o tojiru hikari ga mata mabushi sugite

The space where the sound of the clock’s second hand echoes is narrow, to the point that it’s reassuring
I close my eyes to the sensation that came in uninvited, but the light is again too bright

消え去った夢の残香が また私を呼んでいる
続きはどこにもないけれど
透き通った夜の逆光が また私を連れ戻す
夢溢れる海へ

kie satta yume no zankou ga mata watashi o yondeiru
tsudzuki wa doko ni mo nai keredo
suki tootta yoru no gyakkou ga mata watashi o tsure modosu
yume afureru umi e

The scent lingering from the dream that disappeared is calling me again
though the next one is nowhere to be found
The backlight of the transparent night brings me back again
to the sea overflowing with dreams

どこまでも続いていく階段 降った途方も無いほど
行きたい場所はもう決まっている 幻想の声のする所

doko made mo tsudzuite ku kaidan kudatta tohou mo nai hodo
ikitai basho wa mou kimatteiru gensou no koe no suru tokoro

I went down the forever continuing stairs to the point where it was ridiculous
I’ve already decided where I want to go: the place where the voice of fantasy comes from

消え去った夢の残香が また私を呼んでいる
続きはどこにもないけれど
透き通った夜の逆光が また私を連れ戻す
夢溢れる海へ

kie satta yume no zankou ga mata watashi o yondeiru
tsudzuki wa doko ni mo nai keredo
suki tootta yoru no gyakkou ga mata watashi o tsure modosu
yume afureru umi e

The scent lingering from the dream that disappeared is calling me again
though the next one is nowhere to be find
The backlight of the transparent night brings me back again
to the sea overflowing with dreams