"hOw WiLL i EvEr SurViVe wiThOut cOmPOsIng tHe fuTuRE????" anyways
this song makes me so crazy. it's so soft yet so powerful. it feels so true to the nightcord style, even if it's a slower song. translating the lyrics for this one was also super fun, the lyrics were obviously chalked full of n25 references that i really wanted to dig into.
this song feels like a really good homage to n25's story of trying to rebuild something they all lost, and this song really captures this. i hope my cover did it justice 🙇
i also considered doing custom art for this one but cmon this mv is too pretty i could never win
-- CREDIT --
Original Song: toa
Vocals, lyrics, mix: rainyholmes
Illustrations: oo6
MV: Lye
-- LYRICS (feel free to use with credit) --
I swear one day I'll reach you, and call out to these feelings we've endured
To save you, to save you, to save you
If your path grows cold, come here, we'll build a home
And trace around the lines of what we see behind the veil
Hold on tightly even if we're unable
Pull me closer even if we're unstable
That song of yours I long for, still so far out of reach
A mirror abandoned, sole utopia
A cocoon now stranded, dive into my heart
Can you see me, tell me?
Where are you, nowhere I can see, nowhere I can reach
Tell me what could you lose, what answers you
And when the twilight finally reaches, I'll show you all that's kind now we can see
So should this goodbye last forever, can we dance? Can we dance?
And when the world returns to claim us, we'll share a home within this melody
And live on, and live on, and live on
So smile on, smile on
If you lose your voice, come home, turn on the lights
We'll search through history, and maybe move the veil for just a small peek
The immiscible discord the melody plays
Watching threads never intersect that we made
That song of yours I long for, still so far out of reach
A frame with no canvas, regrets I repent
A worn out music box, that dream I will mend
Can you see me, tell me?
No I will never be enough, or deserve your trust
Tell me could I solve the pain if I just pray?
The melody pulled from the depths of despair
The lyrics I wish lost children will hear
The art, that may stay blank, but paints my vision
The video strung up with this ribbon
In everything they see and what they hear
If it can reach beyond the screen and sever your anxiety
I'll hold out until I see the bleeding twilight
And hum alone until I find the chord that says "we're alright"
And when the twilight reaches, I'll take your hand and tell you it's okay
Although the tightrope shakes beneath us, can we dance? Can we dance?
One day I’ll reach my hand to save you, and call out to to the world you tucked away
To save you, to save you, to save you
So can we sing? Can we sing? Can we sing?
So I'll write until these feelings overlap
Now I'll search to find the heart that I should have
One day, I'll accept the unforeseen future
Someday, I'll learn to cry in front of you
The path ahead, though the twilight can't reach it
It bleeds red, like a distance kept secret
I just hope something hears me beyond the screen
And we'll dance in light, smile in light, twilight's light
18 ноя 2023
