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虚無の中での遊戲 [Kyomu no Naka de no Yūgi] (2000)

MALICE MIZER
Title Translation: “Amusement in Nothingness” (Japanese)
Music: Mana
Lyrics: Mana
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Lyrics
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Caught between the crevice of delusion and reality
surge  vague  twine  rip  assault  mind
Through the shattered pieces of glass  Countless rays of light are reflected

In my ruined and dissolute mind
I ridicule nihility, I dissipate in solitary
Cold blood flows
My faded mind is slipping through

From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past
Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, Reminiscence
From yonder of time, the present tied to the past
With pieces of recollection, Reminiscence

From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, Reminiscence
Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, Reminiscence
Light pierced awakened the past, Reminiscence

Why am I here nowhere?
Just stare at the end of the everlasting infinity
Enormous wandering shadows are crumbling
Time passes as your heart mingles with the flowing waters

slimy  hole  bind  detain  insane  sensual
surge  vague  twine  assault  mind

Crumbling forms are closing in towards me
I wish everything would collapse and scatter away

From yonder of darkness, pierced light, Reminiscence
Recollection, Reminiscence
Reminiscence
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Modified Lyrics
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Caught between the crevice of delusion and reality

Surge…vague…twine…rip…assault…mind

Through the shattered pieces of glass…countless rays of light are reflected


In my ruined and dissolute mind

I ridicule nihility, I dissipate in solitary

Cold blood flows

My faded mind is slipping through


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


Why am I here nowhere?

Just stare at the end of the everlasting infinity

Enormous wandering shadows are crumbling

Time passes as your heart mingles with the flowing waters


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


時の彼方から光さす隠けくしたるか過去

Reminiscence

闇の彼方から永遠の瞬間への刻む過去

Reminiscence


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind

(Crumbling forms are closing in towards me

I wish everything would collapse and scatter away)


From yonder of darkness, pierced light, 

Reminiscence

(Recollection, reminiscence)

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Rmaji Lyrics
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Caught between the crevice of delusion and reality

Surge…vague…twine…rip…assault…mind

Through the shattered pieces of glass…countless rays of light are reflected


In my ruined and dissolute mind

I ridicule nihility, I dissipate in solitary

Cold blood flows

My faded mind is slipping through


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


Why am I here nowhere?

Just stare at the end of the everlasting infinity

Enormous wandering shadows are crumbling

Time passes as your heart mingles with the flowing waters


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


Toki no kanata kara hikari sasu mekakushitaru ka kako?

Reminiscence

Yami no kanata kara eien no shunkan e no kizamu kako

Reminiscence


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind

(Crumbling forms are closing in towards me

I wish everything would collapse and scatter away)


From yonder of darkness, pierced light, 

Reminiscence

(Recollection, reminiscence)

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My English Translation

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Caught between the crevice of delusion and reality

Surge…vague…twine…rip…assault…mind

Through the shattered pieces of glass…countless rays of light are reflected


In my ruined and dissolute mind

I ridicule nihility, I dissipate in solitary

Cold blood flows

My faded mind is slipping through


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


Why am I here nowhere?

Just stare at the end of the everlasting infinity

Enormous wandering shadows are crumbling

Time passes as your heart mingles with the flowing waters


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, pierced light awakened the past

Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence

From yonder of time, the present tied to the past

With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence


From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence

(Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence)

Reminiscence..reminiscence..reminiscence

(Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence)


From beyond the reaches of time, as light shines, has the past been concealed?

Reminiscence

The past carved from beyond the darkness, leading toward an eternal moment

Reminiscence


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind


Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual

Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind

(Crumbling forms are closing in towards me

I wish everything would collapse and scatter away)


From yonder of darkness, pierced light, 

Reminiscence

(Recollection, reminiscence)

11 comments:

  1. So...you know how no one knows what the voices are saying right before the part that goes "Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual
    Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind"?
    Well, turns out in the booklet of both the single and album that they're speaking Japanese!
    It goes...
    "Koku no kanata kara hikari sasu mekakushitaru ka kako
    Reminiscience
    Yami no kanata kara eien no shunkan o kizamu kako
    Reminiscience"
    Or in english..
    "From beyond time
    The light shines through the eyes of the past
    Reminiscience
    From beyond the darkness
    The past that marks an eternal moment
    Reminiscience"

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    1. XD You've been a huge help, but maybe communicating through an app would be easier than the comments? Would be easier for me to upkeep :) Do you happen to use WhatsApp? If so, send me an email and we can see about handling updates through there: nightxwolf@icloud.com. Thanks!

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  2. Also, I believe that while the lyrics "Crumbling forms are closing in towards me
    I wish everything would collapse and scatter away" are being sung, these lyrics..
    "Slimy…hole…bind…detain…insane…sensual
    Surge…vague…twine…assault…mind"
    ..are being sung aswell, so basically overlaid over each other.

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  3. Correction from my first comment since there were grammatical and spelling issues, but it was actually
    "Toki no kanata kara hikari sasu mekakushitaru ka kako
    Reminiscence
    Yami no kanata kara eien no shunkan o kizamu kako
    Reminiscence"

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  4. Sigh..turns out there was more to the lyrics that I was discovered, so disresgard the comment I made about the grammar and spelling cause turns it out it goes like this..

    "Toki no kanata kara hikari sasu mekakushitaru ka kako
    Reminiscence
    Yami no kanata kara eien no shunkan e no kizamu kako
    Reminiscence"

    Sorry if the comments might be annoying.

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  5. One final correction, but I'm pretty sure the line "From yonder of time, the present tied to the past
    With pieces of recollection, reminiscence"
    Actually has the word broken in-between "with" and "pieces", so it's basically..

    "From yonder of time, the present tied to the past
    With broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence"

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  6. Final final correction, but I don't think the lines "Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly, reminiscence
    Light pierced awakened the past, reminiscence" are ever sung after "From yonder of darkness, the broken pieces of recollection, reminiscence", as the vocals keep singing "Reminiscence."

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  7. And they sing the lines 3 times methinks.

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  8. Turns out "Eternity of time is ticking away endlessly," is sung but it's so quiet so it's just in the background..💔

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