Hatsune Miku - Strobe Light (ストロボライト) - English/Romaji Sub 

He'd be 28 years old now. He will always exist as long as his music does. RIP

Your music is still alive.

I don't think it's particularly good or healthy to try and relate the themes and emotions of this song to Powapowa's suicide. I don't really think he would have wanted that. His suicide didn't define him as a person, suicidal ideation was not the extent of everything he was, he was a complete person with plenty of other things to share, and so I don't think trying to view all of his artistic work and everything he had to say under that lens is doing his body of work justice, I don't think it's something we should let color our interpretations of every song he put out. Let's try to appreciate the thoughts and messages and emotions he put into and expressed through his work and take it as it is, as it was presented to us, rather than trying to view them all as some grand cry for help. Especially because there -was- a song he put out to that end, it's Please Give Me a Red Pen, because that one is...pretty obvious what it's about. This song is very much not that.

Astronaut cat is watching over you.. always

Thank you and rest in peace.

"i walk because i was born" is one of my favourite lyrics in any song. it stands out so much and i don't think i can actually express how good of a phrase it is. i love powapowa-p's music a lot, he's genuinely amazing. i hope that he at least knew how many people he had impacted, and still continues to, because his music really has touched so many different people. thank you.

when i was a kid I related to his music so much. and then I found out what had happened to him. it was very scary to learn, as I was in a dark mental place at the time, and close to doing the same. i try to live every year beyond what he had with the utmost effort. grownups aren't cute, but now I'm one, and I'm still here, and I'm glad to be breathing.

This song is about finding reasons to live, clearly, but after we know how Powapowa really felt, this song feels a lot more like a cry for help. I transcribed a MIDI cover and noticed something; in the final few lines, he seems to be getting better or coming to terms, "If I can put into words every second I've lived, I should be able to start walking again," but, he changes key from major to minor, usually expressing sadness or regret. So... was he admitting that he knew he wasn't going to be okay in one of the only ways he knew, through creative composition, and the key was a subtle way of expressing his true feelings? Very sad. RIP.

This song helped me so many times in the past when I was feeling depressed and suicidal. I even considered writing a letter or something to powapowa thanking him for making this song that helped me so much. Now I really wish I had. I'm crying listening to this song again and I wish I could have helped him the way his song helped me, Rest in peace powapowa p, I miss you so much.

My interpretation is that the door that she originally went through was not suicide, but was just the same old her, living life every day like she always does (considering that her life seemed very boring and repetitive). She needed the extra push to make a change in her life, after realizing this.

This song is just so deep to me...that's why it's my favorite song. I understand the true meaning of this: Miku's daily life is just continuously opening the same bedroom door, riding the train to school and back, and a cycle that she always followed. When her conscious persuaded her to take a new road, to open new doors that could possibly be better than this on-going cycle of her life, to find the meaning and purpose she was looking for. And when her conscious finally couldn't take the pressure of her not finding a new path in life, she just tried it out for herself and make a difference that might have not changed the world, but something that could change HER world.

This song is already 10 years old. Time sure flies.

am I the only one who can't get over the astronaut cat

亡くなって4年 Four years have passed since you died. ·A favorite musician - Birthday ·Height These were the same. I liked you Musicians have released a new album for the first time in six years. music of musicians in heaven Listen. ･好きなミュージシャンがほぼ一緒 ･誕生日年月も一緒 ･身長も一緒 そんな事実を知りました そんな奇跡あるんですね あなたが大好きだった サカナクションは6年ぶりに ようやく新アルバムを出しました 天国で聴いていてくれたら良いな

「まだ気づかないのかな？ 　僕は僕らしく歩き出しているのさ。ほら、また。」 そうだ。 分かっていたのさ。 僕はこのままさ。 歩き出してみようかな？ 遠いあのとき。 僕は生きる意味を探す リズミカルに音が跳ねるんだ。 誰かが生きてる一秒ずつ 言葉にできたならば 僕らは生きてく気がするのさ 言葉をばらまくように 誰かが生きてる一秒ずつ 言葉にできたならば 僕らは生きてく気がするのさ 言葉をばらまくように ほら。 「今　君が見てたのは 　あの日の自分と向きあう君自身さ。ほら、また。」 …まーな。なんだかんだでさ、 僕は生きていた あの日と変わらぬまま　また。行くんだ。 僕は生きる意味をさがす …生まれたから僕は歩くんだ。 誰かが生きてる一秒ずつ 言葉にできたならば 僕らは生きてく気がするのさ 言葉をばらまくように 誰かが生きてる一秒ずつ 言葉にできたならば 僕らは生きてく気がするのさ 言葉をばらまくように ほら。 僕が生きてきた一秒ずつ 言葉にできるのなら 僕はまた歩き出せるはずだ。 …いつかの君のように。

REST IN PEACE SIINAMOTA THIS SONG WAS THE FIRST I HAD HEARD BY YOU, AND IT WAS HONESTLY ONE OF THE BEST SONGS ID EVER HEARD. I THEN STARTED TO LISTEN TO MORE OF YOUR MUSIC AND SOON FELL IN LOVE RIGHT AWAY. YOUR DEATH WAS TOO SOON, YOU WERE VERY YOUNG. THIS SONG WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL AND I WILL STILL LISTEN TO IT CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU IN MY THOUGHTS. YOU HAD A SPECIAL TALENT THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE JOY AND ENTERTAINMENT. YOUR MUSIC EVEN HELPED PEOPLE. AGAIN, REST IN PEACE. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. YOU AND YOUR TALENTS WILL ALWAYS BEEN REMEMBERED.

ぽわぽわＰさん、素敵な歌をありがとう。ご冥福をお祈りします。 Thank you for your wonderful songs, PowaPowaP. Rest in peace.

またここへ戻ってきてしまう。ふとした時にきてしまう。 不思議だなぁ……

I first heard Strobe Last. I liked it a lot. I didn't payed to much attention to the lyrics. But somehow the song made me feel a little melancholic. I saw that there was more than one Strobe song. And i found this one. For once, i saw the lyrics. I was instantly facinated by it. I translated to my native language in Word document and tryed to see trought the lyrics and see if i could find the autors soul. That seemed so similar to mine. When i first read the lyrics in the word document. It touched my hearth and made me so sad. I knew then, that the song writer was living beacuse he was born. And i knew that he didn't wanted to go trough all of this nonsense of life. When i saw the comments section i confirmed my thoughts. He is dead. And there is no doubt about it. He stoped walking willingly.

I've been searching this song for half of an eternity, and I only found it by typing "Hatsune Miku-video with two doors and two cats". google...I'll name my firstborn child after you.

I remember being 9 or 10 and listening to PowaPowa P almost everyday, I was being s/abused at the time by someone I thought that loved me, and every will to live at that age was already fading. I attempted suicide at the age of 10 because of my abuser leaving me behind, I was relieved but still devastated for everything that already happened to me, since that was not the first time I was abused. This song is one that will always live in my heart because when I was recovering I would often daydream for a better tomorrow with this song. PowaPowa P healed me in a way that makes me cry every time, I'm so thankful for him and everything he did for a lot of people in this world, I hope that maybe my words could reach him wherever he is right now.

This is my favorite song. I don't remember when it became my favorite song, but I first heard it late February, 2014. Or maybe early March. And for some reason, though it became my favorite song, I didn't check what else the composer had created until this July. Two weeks before he passed away. In fact, I actually later heard his final song (red pen), but I didn't realize he had passed away. I wish I had something nice to say, but, damn it. Fuck. This is a tragedy.

The words “I walk because I was born” often come into my mind. This is probably the most powerful lyric I've ever heard. Knowing that life is pointless and everything you do is futile, but saying “fuck you, I don't need meaning, I am happy because I am living”

I sometimes wonder where i would've been if i never found out about vocaloid. In my early days when i was new to vocaloid and stuffs i only used to listen to vocaloid songs because they sounded great but as i started digging deep into it i found songs that were relatable and in a sense comforting for me. My childhood was not the greatest because of a lot of personal and family issues/dramas which i don't want to mention about and I never had any friends so vocaloid was my only way to comfort myself. siinamota played a really important role in it. Most of my comfort vocaloid songs were by him, i still remember listening to his songs while weeping and feeling numb as i locked myself inside of my dark room. I am very grateful that i was able to discover this community and specially siinamota, vocaloid didn't just remained a mere music genre i liked but it became a part of me, only my heart knows how much i am connected to these songs because it can't forget all those moments that I've spent with them. I am now 17 and i don't think I would've been able to make it till here without sina's songs. Getting out of my vocaloid phase will be a tough thing for me but i am not complaining! I'll continue to listen to vocaloid, listen to your songs siinamota as long as i want tho it hurts knowing that I'll never be listening to a new song by you. It's enough for now , And for the last time i wanted to say thankyou siinamota, your songs played a significant role in my life and the only way i could payback is by listening to them at all stages of my life and never let them be forgotten. Marking from now, I'll come back here every year on all of my upcoming birthdays and leave a comment showing my appreciation towards you and a little lifeupdate note. If a single year passes without me coming back to it then it would simply mean i am no more. I don't know about anyone else but you and your songs will forever be remembered by me. Rest in peace.

rest in piece powapowap... you were such a huge inspiration to the vocaloid community.

サビがすごい切なくなる。

listening to this song at a time when you can relate to it is really comforting. i lost a lot today. thank you, powapowa-p. i want to be safe, so i'm glad that i'm crying over this right now.

I think the meaning of this PV is kind of like that glasses-Miku is living in her comfort zone and keeps on living day by day feeling bored without knowing actual meaning of the life that she's living in (the room with the name card on it = her comfort zone). Although the cats trying to lead her out of her comfort zone = another door, she refused because, you know, people tend to stay in their comfort zone more than go outside and experience. The Miku with no glasses is the inner of her, which is strongly desiring to get out of the comfort zone and finally kicked the glasses Miku outside.

14歳くらいにこの曲知ったけど成人した今でも定期的に聴いてるとは思わなかった、それだけだいすきな曲

小学五年生(五年前)に初めてボカロを聞いてハマった曲です。 ストロボラスト、ストロボライト今も好きです。 ぽわぽわPありがとう。

R.I.P Man Heaven must sound beautiful now.

Coming back here today (July 23rd 2021) to appreciate Siinamota’s works once again. All of his songs are still so beautiful, and I hope that many people will continue to find them and love them just as I, and so many others have. Thank you for everything, PowaPowa-P.

I think this song and the song "Hello, How Are You?" taught me how songs can be interpreted in whatever way a person needs the song to be. If you want a song about a girl finding the will to live, then its a song about a girl finding the will to live. If you want a song about astronaut cats, then its a song about astronaut cats.

8年も前の曲なのにまだ聞きに来る人いるんだな(私もそのひとりだけど) 私達それぞれが生きて来た人生を言葉で語れるのなら表せられるのならと、昔を思い返しながら考えてしまうような懐かしくて切なくなる曲

高校生の時この曲が大好きでした。10代の頃の理想はほとんど叶ってないけど、それなりに楽しくやってます😊

曲は違うけどワガハイは。って曲でミクに歌わせる前に自分で歌って上に提出しないといけなくて、猫の鳴き真似の所歌うところがめちゃくちゃ恥ずかしかったってエピソードめっちゃ好き

Rest in peace Powapowa P ;_; Thank you for your wonderful music

上手く言葉に表せないけど、優しさが全部詰まってる感じがしてすごい大好き。この曲聴くと落ち着く…

この曲を作った方が椎名もたさんだということ、そして椎名もたさんが亡くなっていたということ、今知りました。涙が止まりません。亡くなったと思われる前からこの曲を好きでした。もっと早くに知りたかった…。今までお疲れ様でした。ご冥福をお祈りします。本当にありがとうございました。

rest in peace siinamota. i hope that it brings you comfort that all the songs you wrote about your own struggles are beautiful, helping others recover from the very same thing you struggled with all your life. a reminder that people aren't completely alone, i'm sorry that things had to go the way they did, i wish that you'd still be here to make music. more music to help others out of the dark like this one. thank you for existing, you're missed so dearly.

外国の方がいると、外国の方にもぽわぽわPさんが知られていて嬉しい気分になる。 When there is a foreigner, I feel happy because Pawapowa P is known to foreigners as well.

後半からは死後の世界から自分を見ているのだろうな

for some reason, this song is how i feel, like, all the time

I came back here today to wish Siinamota/PowaPowa-P a happy birthday! Thank you so much for making many of my favourite Vocaloid songs, they really do mean a lot to me and many others in the community. I’m glad I am able to listen to such wonderful songs because of you.

im crying my fucking eyes out

小学生の頃にぽわぽわpさんを知ってついに今年同い年になってしまいました。今でもずっとぽわぽわpさんの曲大切に聴いています。最近のコメントがたくさんあって自分の事のように嬉しくなりました。

学生の時に聞いてた時はふふんふん♪かわいい曲みっけた♪ って感じだったのに今聞くとすごう泣けてくる。 もたさ～～～んんん泣き

"Every second someone lives on, we feel ourselves live on" I am literally crying. Rest in peace. I wish I had discovered your music sooner, but I am so happy that I did at all, and so I hope you are happy. You worked hard and your music makes me smile. Thank you :)

Your music still alive till this day in 2024❤

The art is amazingly simple but so creative and cute.

i don't even really listen to vocaloid in general anymore + was just scrolling through old playlists and gave this a listen again after so long.... its crazy how in hindsight I would listen to this every day and hope things would get better and after not hearing this for almost a year, everything finally did get better 😭😭💜

When a creator dies, his soul lives on in his creations. Rest in peace, powapowaP.

powapowap was 16 when he made this

this song really feels like a hug a ghost hug you feel it, but isn't there is so warm, is my comfort song thank you, siinamota

1 million views! :') We miss you, Powapowa-P.

もたさんの初音さんの調教の仕方ほんとすき 誰かの生きてる1秒ずつ 言葉にできたならば 僕らは生きてる気がするのさ ここの歌詞とかもすき 浅いようで深いような歌詞。 本当に名曲を届けてくれてありがとうございました。 もたさんを知ったのは結構最近で、もういないのは知ってるしいつかボカロに冷めたら貴方を忘れてしまうかもしれないけど。 今は応援してます。 遠いところでも頑張ってください。

This song makes me feel so nostalgic, but also sad. The lyrics are some of the most interesting lyrics I've ever read honestly. I've never felt more invested into song lyrics than this? Plus the chord progression is totally nice and has a bittersweet feeling to it. I heard strobe last first, but I like this one better. I'm not sure why but it makes me feel like I'm in some other dimension.

RIP Powapowa-p... you were a wonderful soul.

coming back again, i can feel the tears welling up in my eyes ;-;

*i refuse to believe this song was made over 9 years ago*

Listening to this song and reading the lyrics now that I’m in university makes me understand this song more. This will always be one of my favorite vocaloid songs

This song got me through some hard times as a kid, happy birthday

I just found this song after so many years, i forget how many times listening to this help me to feel better. ❤️‍🩹

This song is very personal to me. I just relate to it so much, me having bpd and experiencing the same emptiness described in the song. Feeling the monotony of everyday life has been a constant struggle for me. Im constantly looking for meaning in my life and this song is a comfort song for me.

I don’t know how to explain it but there’s just something so special about this little song,

This was one of my first songs I’ve listened to Siinomota’s, back then I was really struggling with family issues I had. But, when finding this song own my own. I think it really eased me up and even made me cry. It felt like I was listening to someone’s lost voice. I do visit every so often to listen to Siinomota’s songs, it’s very nostalgic. I miss him a lot.

Many of these songs got me through some of the hardest moments of my depression. He may be gone but his art helped many people who felt the same way he did. I only comment this now because i’m on my own journey to healing from what happened in my life as a child, the lense of depression I saw the world through for most of my life, and how that’s affected my memories. Listening to songs like this always lights something within me that just makes the world feel hopeful for a while. Without music and art like this I wouldn’t be alive right now. RIP, this music was and still continues to be a safe place for many people. Even if he couldn’t be saved or helped himself he continues to fill the hearts of others with hope. Powa, siinamota, high-color-sunz, whatever he named himself, will be eternally loved and missed.

Happy New Year, everyone. I'm glad you all made it! I hope that, if you couldn't last year, this will be the year you'll be able to finally walk once again.

椎名もたさんのコメント欄暖かくてすごい嬉しい😿

Rest in peace powapowap (siinamota).

I don't know why, but this song makes me feel so protected and loved, but also sad. I can't put it into words, but I'm gonna be coming back to this song for a long while.

please come back powapowa i need you

I’ll never forget listening to this song when I was 12 or so years old and trying to figure myself out. I still don’t know and probably won’t for awhile, but PowapowaP’s music influenced me and I hope he knew how powerful and amazing his music is. Rest In Peace, your music helped me through a lot and I’ll always remember your wisdom.

Thank you PowaPowaP

最初で何故か泣ける

亡くなってから知り、僕の中で1番好きなボカロ曲です。ご冥福をお祈りします

ぽわぽわPさんの曲って疲れてる人に効く気がする

貴方が生きていた１秒ずつをもっと早く知りたかったです。 ご冥福をお祈りします。

Every time I listen to this song, it breaks my heart a little bit.

I literally couldn't help but cry coming back to this song, this song really kept me going as a teenager and even as an adult in these times, these lyrics still hold truer than ever.

Thank you Siinamota/Powapowa, I really need this right now. Thank you.

I don't know if its Becuase I'm depressed but god. Can't believe this song still tugs at my heart strings just like it did years ago. Not a lot of things do that for me. God I wish powapowa p was still alive and well. I'm going to go cry now. Rest in peace.

This urged me to not commit suicide when I was young. Thank you

i think this is my favorite song ever. not just for sentimental reasons, but for some reason powapowa's talent in this song really stands out to me. i usually stray towards more noisier hardcore music but i first started really listening to music in general when i first started out listening to bits and pieces of siinamota's discography (along with some other cringe shit i dont feel like mentioning) and for some reason this song and chiyoko's opening of the cabinet realls stuck out for me. when i first listened to the song, i sort of had a concept of what the lyrics itself meant but it wasn't really to a relatable level unlike nowadays where im now at a stage where im habitually trying to crawl out of a really bad borderline depression that i've been suffering with ever since i was around 11.. i want to hopefully get to a point where i no longer fully understand or relate to the song anymore, no matter how unstable i am during or after the process. once you feel happy for more than like two seconds it's sort of like crack honestly i wish powapowa saw the impact he had on other people making his music. dude was a really talented producer, even if he isn't my favorite artist in the world, he's definitely in terms of music a really young prodigy and boasts a super fucking huge discography considering how old he was before he died. rip man, may you rest in peace suicide isn't the answer as well, hope everyone who reads this gets their shit together tight

what the hell man this is a masterpiece. he has many masterpieces, hard to believe he was so young.. must have been busting his ass and working hard for many long years, exploring his depression, searching for meaning, and happiness, to express himself so truly and universally in this world that makes it so hard, MAN!! he was a genius

I remember listening to this on the bench in elementary school. That was 9 years ago!

crying uncontrollably reading the lyrics rn

I return to this song after so many years since Strobe Last's addition in project sekai. This song, Strobe Last, and A Palette Full of You (another recent powapowa addition to the roster) are two songs that mean a lot to me and I'm conflicted on how I feel about those two additions to the game as in one way its keeping Powapowa alive and that's something I think should be carried out. However, it also feels a bit like using his music for money and that's kind of sad in a way. Regardless, I will always appreciate powapowa for providing me something to relate to and help me through tough times. His music impacted me very deeply personally. Rest in Peace man and may your music live on.

ほんとにいい歌だよなぁ。。

If I'm seeing this correctly, he made this at 16? Rather damn impressive

We miss you so much, Siinamota.

Ive listened to this song for years and ever since he died seeing the girl get thrown through the door and the other one smiling happily always makes me break down for some reason

This was the first time listening to his music. I'm not sure how he died, but he had so much more potential to help the vocaloid community grow, but he's gone now. Rest in peace, PowapowaP.

貴方の歌は残っております。おくやみ申し上げます。

I wonder if he knew just how many people he reached, how many he helped maybe then he'd still be here

100万再生おめ！ もたさんありがとう！！！ 1年前は絶対忘れない！(>_>)

今頃この曲にハマってしまいました、、 日本人居ますか、??

Every year, on this day, I come back here.

社畜帰り道聴いて泣いた 過去の自分が見たらガッカリするだろうな

this song is really relevant in my time of life right now. everything is so repetitive; wake up, go to school, spend time w friends in school, then rot in bed after trying to find something to do.. but in reality im just on my phone scrolling my feed page or watch videos until i fall asleep. i havent done my hobbies in a while now because of school, and i rarely ever go out with my friends because theyre either busy with something else or my dad worries about letting me go out with them without an older guardian (im in highschool). all i can do right now is listen to music i love as a coping mechanism. i feel depressed and empty simultaneously, i just dont want to go through these emotions all the time.. sometimes i just want to end it all, but i cant. im trying to find a solution to it, and this song is getting me through rough times. thank you powapowaP. i wish he knew his songs helps thousands of people like me that has or is going through simular experiences as he did.