Komm, süsser Tod

This song is awfully unique and controversial, since it could lead people to suicide. It’s played on the most controversial anime, The End of Evangelion. There’re some spiritual lines in there which made me to add this song into my playlist.

You can get it here.

Below are it’s lyric. I warned you, it is really sorrow and deep.

I know, I know I’ve let you down
I’ve been a fool to myself
I thought that I could
live for no one else

But now through all the hurt & pain
It’s time for me to respect
the ones you love
mean more than anything

So with sadness in my heart
(I) feel the best thing I could do
is end it all
and leave forever

what’s done is done it feels so bad
what once was happy now is sad
I’ll never love again
my world is ending

I wish that I could turn back time
cause now the guilt is all mine
can’t live without
the trust from those you love

I know we can’t forget the past
you can’t forget love & pride
because of that, it’s killing me inside

reff:

It all returns to nothing, it all comes
tumbling down. tumbling down.
tumbling down

It all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down

In my heart of hearts
I know that I could never love again
I’ve lost everything
everything
everything that matters to me,
matters in this world

I wish that I could turn back time
cos now the guilt is all mine
can’t live without
the trust from those you love

I know we can’t forget the past
you can’t forget love & pride
because of that, it’s killing me inside

reff:

It all returns to nothing, it all comes
tumbling down. tumbling down.
tumbling down

It all returns to nothing, I just keep
letting me down, letting me down,
letting me down

Blasa – Return of Condor Heroes ending theme

Suddenly remembered part of  this song when I looked on the rain outside..

Blasa by Yae

yuugure ni somaru koro umareta machi o deteyuku
wazuka na omoide o
kaban ni tsumete tsureteyuku

tooi sora nagai michi furikaerazu ni aruita
koko kara wa nakanai
mune ni kimete dekakeyou

kita no sora wa watashi o tsutsundekureru
aitai hito no basho o oshietekureteru

mado ni motarete naiteita hibi wa
ima kara kawarihajimeru deshou sayonara

kono machi wa takusan no
hito ga ikikai soreteyuku
otagai no kao ya namae sae mo
shirazu ni ikiteiru

nani mo ka mo o atarashii mono ni kaete
yumemiru koto mo wasurete hashitteyuku no

watashi no shiroi chiisai kotoba wa
todokanai kono machi ni mo anata ni sae mo

mado ni motarete naiteita hibi wa
ima kara kawarihajimeru deshou mou ichido

i shall leave my hometown when it turns dusk
i shall bring with me a bag
where i’ve packed what little memories i have

with nary a backward glance, i took to the long road under the distant sky
from here on i shan’t cry
i set out with that resolution in my heart

the northern sky embraces me
informing me the whereabouts of the person i want to meet

those days of crying by the window
will start to change now, good-bye

in this town
many people come and go
they hardly even know
one another’s name nor face

everything seems new
i run, leaving my dreams forgotten

my little, white words
do not reach anybody in town, not even you

those days of crying by the window
will start to change now, once more

*taken from here

Country Road カントリー・ロード (Jap. version)

It’s been a long time since I first heard this beautiful song on some movies I’ve rented. This special song become main soundtrack of Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart). The real version is sung by John Denver, and become hits in 70′s, but in my opinion, the japanese version is much more beautiful and could create something like ’missing to our hometown’ blaze alongside with consciusness of living can’t go back to hometown.

Below is the lyric:

** カントリー・ロード
    この道　ずっとゆけば
    あの街に　続いてる
    気がする　カントリー・ロード

    ひとりぼっち　恐れずに
    生きようと　夢見てた
    さみしさ　押し込めて
    強い自分を　守っていこ

　**

    歩き疲れ　たたずむと
    浮かんで来る 故郷の街
    丘をまく 坂の道
    そんな僕を　叱ってる

    **

    どんな挫けそうな　時だって
    決して 涙は見せないで
    心なしか 歩調が速くなってく
    思い出　消すため

    カントリー・ロード
    この道　故郷へ続いても
    僕は　行かないさ
    行けない　カントリー・ロード
    カントリー・ロード
    明日は　いつもの僕さ
    帰りたい　帰れない
    さよなら　カントリー・ロード

Can’t read? Here’s romaji version:

**Country road
     Kono michi zutto yukeba
     Ano machi ni tsuzuiteru
     Ki ga suru, Country road
     
     Hitori bocchi osorezuni
     Ikiyou to yume miteta
     Samishisa oshikomete
     Tsuyoi jibun wo mamotte iko
     
     **
     
     Aruki tsukare tatazumu to
     Ukande kuru furusato no machi
     Oka wo maku saka no michi
     Sonna boku wo shikatteru
     
     **
     Donna kujikesou na toki datte
     Keshite namida wa misenaide
     Kokoro nashi ka houchou ga hayaku natteku
     Omoide  kesu tame
     
     Country road
     Kono michi  furusato e tsuzuitemo
     Boku wa yukanai sa 
     Yukanai, Country road
     
     Country road
     Ashita wa  itsumo no boku sa
     Kaeritai kaerenai 
     Sayonara, Country road 

And below is the translation from the movie plus additional translation by me :

**Country road
     This old road, if you go right to the end
     Got a feeling it’ll take me
     To that town, Country road
     
     Had a dream of living on my own
     With no fear of being all alone
     Pushed my sadness down inside of me
     And pretended I was strong as I could be
     
     **
     
     When I stand still tired from walking
     My hometown comes to mind
     The uphill road, winds around the hill
     Scolds me for being that way
     
     **
     It doesn’t matter to me how sad I might be
     I will never ever let a tear show in my eye
     If my feet are moving faster that’s because I only want to
     Push away memories
     
     Country road
     This old road, could go right to my hometown
     I won’t go there, I can’t go there 
     Can’t go down that country road
     
     Country road
     When tomorrow comes, I’ll be like I always am
     Want to go back there, Can’t go back there 
     Farewell, Country road

 See the beautiful scene below:

 

Haruhi nggak mau perang!

 

Sebenernya berita ini sudah lama, tapi ya sekedar menghangatkan lagi soalnya I baru namatin animenya Haruhi Suzumiya pas KP ini :P

Saat pertama lihat berita ini, I kagetnya minta ampun, masa si Haruhi bisa muncul di tempat2 yang mungkin tabu untuk melihat anime dengan banyaknya rok2 pendek dan eksploitasi tubuh karakter cewe? Well, mungkin daerah timur tengah yang sekarang sudah tidak tabu lagi kali ya buat anime2? Tapi kalau dipikir2, ini cukup menegaskan bahwa Jepang sudah menjajah bangsa2 luar dengan budayanya hehe :)

Jadi, stop war with anime!