LiSA - Oath Sign

LiSA, an acronym for Live is Smile Always. Making her debut as yui's singing voice in the anime Angel Beats, LiSA has taken the world of anisongs by storm.
Her next collaboration with anime is the song Oath Sign, the opening song of the anime Fate/Zero. I first heard the full version of this song live at the annual Anime Festival Asia held in Singapore. The energy LiSA had along with the live band members was something constantly pulsating throughout the audience. It was definitely a performance to remember. For those interested, the performance can be found on the internet as nico nico douga was streaming the performance live.
Oath Sign basically describes the feelings of the people involved in the Holy Grail War in the anime Fate/Zero. A battle of survival between sorcerers and their servants who are ancient heroes manifested with their mana to serve them. The survivors of this Holy Grail War will gain the Holy Grail which grants them the ability to have any one wish fulfilled. As such, it is an impure miracle built upon the demise of others as touched upon in the lyrics.

繰り返す世界　何度手を伸ばしたら
儚い涙は黒い心を溶かすの？

芽生え出した思いは胸に響いたなら
君の隣でずっと変わらず護るだろう

堕ちた希望を拾って明日に繋いでゆけば
絡まった歪な願いだってほどける

光りをかざして躊躇いを消した
あげたかったのは未来で
泣いてる夜抱いたまま嘆きを叫んで

踏み入れた足を遠くの理想が
そっと癒してゆく
確かな絆を強く握り進もうどこまでも
穢れきった奇跡を背に

創られた思い触れれば何よりも
温かくて現実が霞始める

狂い出した世界に問いかけ続けても
答えなんて出ないってもう君は知っていたの？

泣いて滲んだ願いは決して揺るぎはしなくて
ただそっと痛みを終わりなく与える

哀しみを知って喜びを知った
弱さは君を変えて
立ち止まった時　剥がれすべてを壊した

届くはずのない言葉を託して
見えた瞳は
何を感じて遠ざけるの？
心隠すように

今ここにいる意味
教えてくれたなら
強くいられる　変わらずいつも

光りをかざして躊躇いを消した
あげたかったのは未来で
泣いてる夜抱いたまま嘆きを叫んで

踏み入れた足を遠くの理想が
そっと癒してゆく
確かな絆を強く握り進もうどこまでも


迷いなんて目を開いて
振り払って手を伸ばそう
穢れきった奇跡を背に
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kurikaesu sekai  nando te wo nobashitara
hakanai namida wa kuroi kokoro tokasu no?

mebae dashita omoi ga mune ni hibiita nara
kimi no tonari de zutto kawarazu mamoru darou

ochita kibou wo hirotte asu ni tsunaide yukeba
karamatta ibitsu na negai datte hodokeru

hikari wo kazashite tamerai wo keshita
agetakatta no wa mirai de
naiteru yoru daita mama nageki wo sakende

fumi ireta ashi wo tooku no risou ga
sotto iyashite yuku
tashikana kizuna wo tsuyoku nigiri susumou doko made mo
kegare kitta kiseki wo se ni

tsukurareta omoi furereba nani yori mo
atatakakute genjitsu ga kasumi hajimeru

kurui dashita sekai ni toikake tsudukete mo
kotae nante denai tte mou kimi wa shitteita no?

naite nijinda negai wa kesshite yurugi wa shinakute
tada sotto itami wo owari naku ataeru

kanashimi wo shitte yorokobi wo shitta
yowasa wa kimi wo kaete
tachi domatta toki  hagare subete wo kowashita

todoku hazu no nai kotoba wo takushite
mieta hitomi wa
nani wo kanjite toozakeru no?
kokoro kakusu you ni

ima koko ni iru imi
oshiete kureta nara
tsuyoku irareru  kawarazu itsumo

hikari wo kazashite tamerai wo keshita
agetakatta no wa mirai de
naiteru yoru daita mama nageki wo sakende


fumi ireta ashi wo tooku no risou ga
sotto iyashite yuku
tashikana kizuna wo tsuyoku nigiri susumou doko made mo

mayoi nante me wo hiraite
furi haratte te wo nobasou
kegare kitta kiseki wo se ni
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How many times do i need to reach out my hand in this repeating world
for the ephemeral tears to melt a black heart?

If this budding thought is resounding in your chest
then I will always be beside you to protect you

Pick up the fallen hope and connect it to tomorrow
then even entwined and distorted wishes will come undone

Blocking the light and erasing my hesitance
What I wanted to give was a future
Embrace the night when you were crying and scream out your grief

The foot that was trodden upon will be slowly healed
by a faraway ideal
Grab hold of your strong bonds and advance no matter where
shouldering a miracle rid of impurity

If fabricated thoughts can be felt, they are warmer than anything
Reality starts to move from a blur

Did you already know that there won't be an answer
even if you continue to question this insane world?

A wish drenched in tears is unwavering
but it will only slowly impart endless pain

Having known sadness and happiness
weakness will change you
When you come to a halt, everything would have been peeled off and destroyed

Entrusted with words that won't reach
What did those eyes see
that made you keep a distance?
To hide your heart

If you could tell me
the meaning of me being here right now
Then I can stay here forever and always

Blocking the light and erasing my hesitance
What I wanted to give was a future
Embrace the night when you were crying and scream out your grief


The foot that was trodden upon will be slowly healed
by a faraway ideal
Grab hold of your strong bonds and advance no matter where

Shake off your confusion
open your eyes and stretch out your hand
Shoulder a miracle rid of impurity