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憧憬と屍の道

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薄闇の中進む影は 誰も心許なく
不確かな未来は何時だって
薄氷の上に咲く
夜は訪れる度に幾度も
冷たい手で俺達の首筋を
優しく撫でた

黄昏を裏切って 灯る希望の背に縋り
追い駆けた 地獄へと
向かってると知っても

夢の続きが見たいなら
お前は何を差し出せる
悪魔は甘く囁いた 屍で道を作れ
「この壁の向こうに何がある？」
幼き日々に憧れた
真実がすぐそこにある
屍の道の先に

箱庭で繰り返す
悼痛みと憾怨みの《円環構造》
流れ込む 記憶の果て
自由の意義を問う
嗚呼... 可能性に満ちていた筈の
少年達の器に
運命はそれぞれ何を吹き込んだ？
それは 誰の悲願か 誰の夢か
悲しみ憎しみが交わって
紅蓮の矢は 互いを目指す

鳥の翼に憧れた
人は空へと羽撃たける
悪魔は狡く嘯いた 屍よ道を辿れ
この空の向こうに何がある？
幼き日々に囚われた
昔日の灯が照らしだす
屍の道の先を

空の上から見たら
一体 何が見えるのだろう
【ここ】ではない【どこか】へ
行ってみたかった
幼き日に夢見た
広い 世界の果てには
目眩 覚えるほどの
不条理が潜む

自由を夢見た代償は
冷たい土の《棺》
時に《獣》の姿借りて
正義は牙を剥く
檻の中も 檻の外も
等しく地獄か？ 嗚呼...

罪の重さを背負うほど
踏み出す明日に意味がある
悪魔は低く呟いた 屍の道を進め
この闇の向こうに何がある？
幼き日々に呪われた
現実はいつ報われる
屍の道の先で

《紅蓮の衝動》が駆け抜けた軌跡
《自由への覚悟》を散らして
《捧げられた花弁》を束ねても
《手向けるべき真の暁》には早すぎる
太陽はまだ沈んでいないのだから
進み続ける波の彼方へ！

Aspire and Corpse Road

That day, humanity remembered

The shadows advancing in the dim light, making everyone feel uneasy
The uncertain future constantly
Blossoming upon thin ice
Night after night, repeatedly
Its cold hands upon the nape of our necks
Gently massaging

Clinging to the dwindling hope behind the twilight
We chased into Hell
Even knowing where we were headed

If you wish to see the continuance of the dream
What will you offer up?
The devil whispered sweetly, pave the way with corpses
“What lies beyond this wall?”
I yearned for it in my childhood
The truth is just beyond
At the end of the Corpse Road

A monotonous cycle repeated within this sandbox
Mourning pain and lingering circular resentment
Memories from the depths come flooding in
Questioning the meaning of freedom
Ah… Those vessels of boys
Once brimming with possibility
What destiny blew into each of them?
Whose aspiration is it? Whose dream?
Sorrow and hatred intertwine
Crimson arrows aimed at each other

I yearned for the wings of a bird
Humans can take flight into the sky
The treacherous devil whispered, follow the path of the dead
What lies beyond this sky?
I was captivated in my childhood
The lamp of yesteryear casts its light upon
The path beyond the Corpse Road

If I looked down from the sky
What on earth would I see?
To somewhere that isn’t 【here】
I wanted to go
What I dreamt of as a child
At the end of the wide world
An absurdity awaits
Making me dizzy

The price we paid for dreaming of freedom
Is a 《coffin》 made of cold earth
Sometimes borrowing the appearance of a 《beast》
Justice bares its fangs
Both inside and outside the cage
Is it equally hell? Ah...

The heavier the burden of sin
The more meaning there is in taking a step into tomorrow
The devil murmured in a low voice, proceed along the Corpse Road
What lies beyond this darkness?
I was cursed in my childhood
When will reality ever reward me?
At the end of the Corpse Road

The trajectory the 《Crimson Impulse》 cut through the air
Scattering 《resolve for freedom》
Even if we gather 《the offered flower petals》
It is still too early for 《the true dawn to be dedicated》
Because the sun has yet to set
Beyond the waves that continue to advance!