This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
I forgot if I've walked into a thread like this somewhere in this forum. If there's another, please kindly redirect me. Thank you.
Have any of you been tempted to write lyric for the song? Here's my first attempt, trying from Miki's POV. I give up the rhyming in the end to make the song bring a bit more message. Reviews are always more than welcome.
The Sunlit Garden (My Lyrics)
Do you remember All those time that we share
Pleasently together Summer and winter?
Do you remember That time we caught a hare
Giving it all our care Chose to go back to Mother Nature
You cried so hard Not letting go
That's why we played The piano
Under the soothing shade of the woods
Why we have to move Onto this horizon
Why those days that I loved Can't go on and on
I only treasure This single bit in heart
It's what pushed me to shine Day after day night and after night
Yes, I'd like to catch That shining past.
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Oooh . . . I didn't know there is a self-invent english lyrics thread for SKU music
Here goes my version of the Sunlit Garden --
Music: As played at the end of Ep 37
Lyrics: As sung by Kaoru Kozue in Seinen Kakumei Utena Part 6
Won’t you play for me
Our special melody
And let your fingers dance
On piano keys
All the birds and bees
Are chasing butterflies
They’re dancing endlessly
In that endless dream we used to hold”
The melody you wrote for me
With the wind so cold on our cardboard scene
Won’t you stay with me my one and only”
Let me sing for you
Our special melody
I’ll be there when you need
Another soul to help you stay afloat
Maybe we can carry the weight of two
Two hapless fools
What'd you guys think?
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Sorry for the double post, but I just couldn't resist . . .
Rinbu Revolution: Charactermobile Remix by your truly
Though the u-turns and the dark cranks on the highway of life,
(backup: Takes a long, long time!)
with the beaten paths we’ve past now all falling apart;
hold onto me,
take my revolution!
Back in that stuffy garage, you and I together,
dreaming of maybe one day we can outrun all those obstacles in life
and find what we’ve been looking for.
(backup: Many times!)
Our love today, blooms like a summer rose;
we’re the envy of all whom we know.
But will it fade, or will it stay?
That’s something we’ve got to work on.
(backup: Can it bloom forever?)
It’s a game rigged by the big shots so they never can lose
as they drive the helpless ones to the edge.
With you and me side by side fighting right back,
I’d dare say, we’d still got our chance!
In the mean time all the b.s. they’ve been throwing our way,
can’t change how our conviction’s here to stay.
In my heart is your key that keeps me from rust;
get running, full speed revolution!
Last edited by gorgeousshutin (06-22-2012 08:03:56 PM)
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These aren't my lyrics, but I found these on a website. They're for Nemuro Kinenkan and I liked them, so I saved them. Unfortunately the website went down. Here are the lyrics:
Without past or future, I embraced that present
Will this world lose its way to a painful extent?
Autumn changes, becomes winter, and I forget spring and summer
In this bare body
Though I wish to reveal a confession in my shining tears,
The eternal "secret" was lost in an unknown place
Ah, wherever, where is this, why me, who is there
In the endless darkness
(I want to know...)
Unhurt memories are the leavings of nobility
I wished for the return of a beautiful past
Is it possible for me to fall in love if a beauty arrives?
I can only do it, and for your sake, I will surely grasp
Eternity (when everything has already ended)
"If only I could return to the me of that time," is it?
If that prayer isn't answered, what shall you do?
Yes, I understand; you also have bonds that you cannot release
You are the same as me
Even if I sacrifice my soul, she will not return
If that is true, my wishes will twist into a dark parody
But right now, once again, if it ends, what shall I do?
I do not want to die
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These aren't my lyrics, but I found these on a website. They're for Nemuro Kinenkan
HonorableShadow, Thanks for putting these up for us! Nerd that I am, I tried singing the lyrics along to the OST score (it's the one where Mikage thinks back on his past with Mamiya, right?), but the words don't seem to quite "fit" with the music. Do you know if it is supposed to be sung in English?
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No problem! Haha, I did that too. It actually had some Japanese lyrics with it:
Kako to mirai nashi sono ima wo dakishimeteta
Kurushii hodo kono sekai ga mayotte iru ka
Aki ga kawaru fuyu ni naru haru to natsu wo wasureru
Kono suhada de
Kagayaku namida ni shokuhaku wo tsugetai kedo
Eien no "himitsu" ga nakunatta shiranu tokoro ni
Ah dokomademo koko ha itsu naze boku yo dare ga iru
Hatenu yami de
(Shiritai...)
Kizutsukanu omoide ha kedakasa no nokoshita mono
Utsukushii kako no modore akogareta
Koi ni shite ariuru ka reijin raiga nara
Dekiru dake anata no tame ni boku ha kitto eien wo
Te ni iru (subete ha mou owatta to)
Ano toki no jibun ni modoreru noni tte deshou
Sono inori kanawanai anata ha dou shimasu ka
Ee wakarimasu anata ni mo hourenai kizuna aru
Boku to onaji
Boku no tamashii wo sonaetemo kanojo ha kaeranai
Moshi sou nara nozomi ga yugamu kurai parodi ni
Demo ima sugu mou ichido owattara doushiyou
Shinitakunai
Last edited by HonorableShadow (06-24-2012 10:45:43 AM)
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Thanks for the jap lyrics, HonorableShadow!
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Just created a song that pretty much summed up the cruel things that Dios said to Utena in ep 39 out of the famous Bee Gees hit Melody Fair.
Warning: MISOGYNISTIC overtones as expressed by Dios the SKU character, ones that somehow closely parallels the song Melody Fair (could Ikuhara have been a Bee Gees Fan?). Don't read if this disturbs your sensitivities.
From Dios/Akio to Utena during the Duel called Revolution:
Who was that girl with the crying face,
Looking at funeral signs?
She thought her life was an ended race.
Into the coffin there she lied.
Utena-chan won't you comb your hair?
You can be beautiful too.
Utena-chan, remember you're only a princess.
Utena-chan, remember you're only a child.
Ah...
Who was that girl dueling in the sky,
Watching the Castle came down?
Utena, life isn't like the rose.
It's just like a merry-go-round.
Utena-chan won't you wear your dress?
You can be beautiful too.
Utena-chan, remember you're only a woman.
Utena-chan, remember you're only a girl.
Original Melody Fair lyrics:
Who is that girl with the crying face,
Looking at millions of signs?
She knows that life is a running race.
Her face shouldn't show any sign.
Melody Fair won't you comb your hair?
You can be beautiful too.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a woman.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a girl.
Ah...
Who is that girl at the window pane,
Watching the rain falling down?
Melody, life isn't like the rain.
It's just like a merry-go-round.
Melody Fair won't you comb your hair?
You can be beautiful too.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a woman.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a girl.
Ah...
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