坂上なち - So long

So now we're onto the first song of the mini album, as much sense as that makes. It has such a cheerful tone, I remember playing this song for a while month every time I left work right up until I quit. Truly so long, I will never ever go back to you. (A bit much but... a very resolute line from the song!)

Still putting in job applications, doing this is a nice change though. It'd be nice if someone would pick me up and just throw me into a programming job. How do I even motivate myself for a personal project? Doing lyric write ups is hard enough to be motivated for...

Or alternatively, someone judge this work and give a job for it :c

So long
Vocal: nachi (坂上なち）
Lyrics: aya*k
Music: Shibayan

Changelog:
2018-04-06 - Initial release

Japanese

English

見上げる夜空　映し出すin my heart まぶしいshooting star　音も無く消えていった 暗闇の中　覗いたテレスコープ ぼやけた世界　ざわついたhidden voice of my heart Focus合わせ　動き出したrhythm 確かなheartbeat　今強く感じている あの星がまだ　見えている間に 閉じ込めてたface　気持ち軌道乗せgo on Let's get now 行ったり来たりの just another day ぐるぐる回る本当と嘘 in my life ちっぽけな世界の中 ただ流され続けているだけ back away 包み込まれたseveral nights まぎれさせていた見えないようにin my mind そうやってhold my feelings 煌いた星が照らしたthe truth of myself 始まったそのcount down 遠くに見える光信じてrun away そうさもう break out of the loop 今この瞬間に感じてtruthfullness(1) 始まったこのcount down 惑わされる前に断ち切れ let it go 今こそ強いstepで ここから飛び立つよ eliminate you from my heart * So long 何も出来なかった過去のmyself I am leaving now So long, was weak enough 逃げてばかりいた I just wanted to say So long 振り返ればそこにある shadow But leave it behind So long, I'm getting back 自分だけの future I am going lonely way Repeat * So long, to ones who took my freedom away So long, I will never ever go back to you

I look up to the starry sky, it shines back into my heart Without a sound, a bright shooting star disappears overhead In the darkness through the telescope, I see My heart's voice, noisily hidden among the blurred out world I bring it into focus and a rhythm beings to play I can feel this sure heartbeat deeply sounding While we can still see that star I throw my face and feelings I had been hiding into orbit and make my way Let's go now I'm backing away from getting thrown around by the days that just come and go, by the truth and lies that run laps around my life in this small small world Wrapped around by all these nights Hoping to blind myself to the confusion in my mind I hold my feelings in But the light from a star shines on the truth of myself The countdown has begun I believe in the star off in the distance and run away That's it, we're breaking out of the loop The truth that exists in this single moment This countdown has begun Before I get confused I'm going to cut away and let it go With a single strong step I jump up and away from here, eliminating you from my heart So long, to the past me that couldn't do anything I'm leaving now So long, I was so weak I just kept running I just wanted to say: So long, if I turn around I'll see my shadow but... I'm leaving it behind So long, I'm getting back this future of mine I am going it alone(2) So long, to the ones who took my freedom away So long, I will never ever go back to you

Footnotes:
1) The sheet has it spelled incorrectly.
2) The amount of random tensed and formed English sentences attached to the song required a little more reinterpretation than I like, please yell at me if you think the translation hasn't stayed true!

Not a lot of notes, I feel this song was way more straightforward than Turn Back Time. I guess that makes sense given the nature of the song!