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Lyrics
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Narrator:
其れは神代の昔話でも、遥か未来の御伽噺でもない
"少女の瞳は、星屑の揺り籠。その輝きは、誰の為に在るにあらず。
彼女が愛したこの旋律…遥か天球へと響け 銀のヴィオラ…"
Instrumentation: A solitary Concertina or Harmonica plays the main, sorrowful theme. Faint sounds of a cold wind. A gentle, fingerpicked acoustic guitar plays arpeggiated chords in A-Minor. No percussion.
Instrumentation: A solitary Concertina or Harmonica plays the main, sorrowful theme. Faint sounds of a cold wind. A gentle, fingerpicked acoustic guitar plays arpeggiated chords in A-Minor. No percussion.
Verse 1 - The Solitary Maiden
Instrumentation: The acoustic guitar continues. A melancholic Cello enters, playing a long, sorrowful countermelody to the main vocal. Subtle hand percussion (like a Djembe or Bodhrán) provides a gentle, heartbeat-like rhythm.
Instrumentation: The acoustic guitar continues. A melancholic Cello enters, playing a long, sorrowful countermelody to the main vocal. Subtle hand percussion (like a Djembe or Bodhrán) provides a gentle, heartbeat-like rhythm.
Vocal Style (Soprano): A gentle, clear, slightly breathy soprano, focused on lyrical clarity and melancholic emotion. Primarily a diatonic, folk-like melody.
Vocal Style (Soprano): A gentle, clear, slightly breathy soprano, focused on lyrical clarity and melancholic emotion. Primarily a diatonic, folk-like melody.
そうして
天（あめ）が零した…銀の砂粒…星辰の欠片
凍てつく吐息…謡う少女
流星の残滓… 永劫は過ぎた (sugita~)
そうして
銀河を繋ぐ…光の橋…神話の頁
忘られし賛歌…詠う少女（わたし）
月の骸… 無限は過ぎた (sugita~)
Chorus 1 - The Question
Instrumentation: A simple string quartet enters, playing a warm, consonant chord progression. The arrangement is simple and full of space.
Instrumentation: A simple string quartet enters, playing a warm, consonant chord progression. The arrangement is simple and full of space.
Vocal Style: A mix of gentle singing and emotional spoken-word.
これぞ、愛(め)でるべき光景、
誰も言わぬ景色…ずっと独りで見ていた…
「何故、光は在るのだろう」…問い掛ける為に…我らは闇夜を彷徨う…… (samayou...)
Vocal Shift (Emotional): Voice becomes more strained and fragile.
私が見つめた永い季節(Saison)…無音の闇に抱かれながら…
「寂しくないよ」…嘘をついた… (uso o tsuita...)
瑠璃の瞳(Oculus) 凍てついたまま…… (mama...)
Interlude - The Ritual
Instrumentation: All instruments fade out except for the echoing reverb of the last vocal line. A distant Church Bell tolls three times.
Instrumentation: All instruments fade out except for the echoing reverb of the last vocal line. A distant Church Bell tolls three times.
Vocal Style (Ethereal Choir): A multi-tracked, a cappella choir composed of the soprano's own overdubbed voice, creating a "choir of one." Sung in a clear, non-vibrato, liturgical style reminiscent of early music or Gregorian Chant.
Vocal Style (Ethereal Choir): A multi-tracked, a cappella choir composed of the soprano's own overdubbed voice, creating a "choir of one." Sung in a clear, non-vibrato, liturgical style reminiscent of early music or Gregorian Chant.
"O, Stella Solitaria, in aeterna silentia." [(Main chant melody)]
"Anima tua, flos in deserto frigido." [(A soaring descant harmony enters above)]
"Lacrimare crystallinae… musica stellarum…" [(All voices join in a powerful, swelling crescendo)]
Chorus 2 - The Answer
Instrumentation: A powerful build-up. A Timpani roll brings the full ensemble back in. The string section swells to a cinematic scale. The acoustic guitar strums with more power.
Instrumentation: A powerful build-up. A Timpani roll brings the full ensemble back in. The string section swells to a cinematic scale. The acoustic guitar strums with more power.
Vocal Style: Becomes more powerful and confident, shedding the earlier fragility.
Vocal Style: Becomes more powerful and confident, shedding the earlier fragility.
これぞ、愛(め)でるべき光景、
誰も知らぬ景色…ずっと此処に在ったのだね…
「孤独の闇」が在るからこそ…星は然して輝くのだろう—— (darou...)
Climax Part 1 - The Ordeal
Instrumentation: The music becomes more dramatic and urgent. Percussion becomes more insistent.
Instrumentation: The music becomes more dramatic and urgent. Percussion becomes more insistent.
私が駆け抜けた遥かな季節…忘却の焔に灼かれながら…
ああ…それでも…唇を噛んだ…
虚ろな瞳(Oculus) 忘れないから…… (wasurenai kara...)
Climax Part 2 - The Ascension
Instrumentation: Music softens again, becoming beautiful and transcendent. The Harp enters, playing cascading arpeggios.
Instrumentation: Music softens again, becoming beautiful and transcendent. The Harp enters, playing cascading arpeggios.
Vocal Style: Becomes gentle, full of acceptance and grace.
私が生まれた朝…声を失くした天使は…
独り、星の詩となった (hoshino uta to natta)
悲しくて…でも誇らしくて…とても気高かった……
Post-Climax - The Revelation
Vocal Style (Wordless Ad-lib): The soprano voice breaks free into a soaring, ethereal, wordless ad-lib (an "Ah~" sound). The delivery is pure and crystal-clear, showcasing emotional release through pure melody over a beautiful instrumental bed.
Vocal Style (Wordless Ad-lib): The soprano voice breaks free into a soaring, ethereal, wordless ad-lib (an "Ah~" sound). The delivery is pure and crystal-clear, showcasing emotional release through pure melody over a beautiful instrumental bed.
Instrumentation: Strings and Harp reach their most beautiful and poignant moment.
Instrumentation: Strings and Harp reach their most beautiful and poignant moment.
果てしなき天球へ還りゆく前に見た
夜明けの地平…何より美しいと思ったよ…… (omotta yo...)
Climax / Polyphonic Coda
Melody Vocal Style: Cathartic and full-voiced (forte), legato melody soaring above the harmony
Melody Vocal Style: Cathartic and full-voiced (forte), legato melody soaring above the harmony
Counter-Melody Vocal Style: A rhythmic, staccato counterpoint sung simultaneously, detached and observing
Counter-Melody Vocal Style: A rhythmic, staccato counterpoint sung simultaneously, detached and observing
Tonality: Full ensemble in D Minor, powerful and dramatic
地上の乙女、瞳（め）に星を宿し
天上の少女、祈りとなりて還る
Outo - The Final Melody
Instrumentation: All instruments fade away, leaving only the solitary Harmonica/Concertina playing the main theme one last time, accompanied by the gentle acoustic guitar.
Instrumentation: All instruments fade away, leaving only the solitary Harmonica/Concertina playing the main theme one last time, accompanied by the gentle acoustic guitar.
Vocal Style (Whisper): A final, gentle whisper, filled with a serene sense of peace.
Vocal Style (Whisper): A final, gentle whisper, filled with a serene sense of peace.
私が愛したこの旋律…天球へと響け 魂の爪琴(ヴィオラ)…
天使が抱いた天鵞絨(ビロード)の闇…
願わくば… 其処から見える地球(ほし)は…安らぎを—— (yasuragi o...) [(A final harmony from the ethereal choir gently fades in and holds the last note with the main vocal, like a benediction)]