Saturday 30 June 2012

AKINO with bless4 - Eve no danpen イヴの断片

Fragments of Eve. This is one of the final insert songs for Aquarion Evol. Performed by AKINO with bless4, this vocal and dance unit has been providing the theme songs for the Aquarion series. Composed by Kanno Yoko of Macross and Ghost in the Shell fame, you can expect a high level masterpiece tailored to the anime and the performing artiste.
Aquarion can be summed up with one word and that is "Love". It is about love transcending time and space, about love overcoming the material and mental planes. It is about undying love as the characters get reincarnated every 12,000 years and yet still fall in love with the same partner. All that with a dash of superhuman powers and giant combining robots and you get Aquarion.
For Aquarion Evol, it felt pretty boring at the start but it started to pick up near the end when many truths about the story surfaced much like the first series. It isn't a must to watch the first series but it is advisable to at least read the legend of Aquarion from the wikipedia page.
Fragments of Eve illustrates the complex emotions felt between the hero and heroine.

君の穢れたイヴの断片を
僕のアダムが千年求める

言葉は試みに意味を捧げて
生まれおちる絶望を奇跡と呼んだ
開いた両腕が 翼になることはない
舞い上がる情熱が 空に届くことはない

谷間にうずく秘密に牙を立て
火傷する暗がりに
明かりを招かなければ


君の穢れたイヴの断片を
僕のアダムが千年求める
見つけて欲しい 見ないで欲しい
守って欲しいと泣き止まない
僕が必要なんだね ツミビト

全てを知って次に生まれても
胸の高鳴りを前にひざまづこう
しびれる奔放を 愛と呼んでもいいか
不実な残響を
涙を愛していいか

リンゴをかじる
神話をそっと齧る
埋めたい空白に
光をかざさなければ

君の穢れたイヴの断片を
僕のアダムが取り乱すから
抱きしめたい 離れたくない
放さないでとささやいて
僕と躓けばいい コイビト

図々しさも 聞きわけなさも
解き放てば音楽
神話の端にしがみついて
禁じられた口づけ交わそう

君の謎めくイヴの断片に
僕のアダムがざわめき止まない
抱きしめたい 離れたくない
放さないでとささやいて
僕と躓けばいい
見つけて欲しい 見ないで欲しい
守って欲しいと泣き止まない
僕が必要なんだね ツミビト
僕に崩れればいい 可愛い人
僕が必要なんだね ツミビト

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kimi no kegareta ivu no danpen ni
boku no adamu ga sennen motomeru

kotoba wa kokoromi ni kotoba wo sasage
umareochiru zetsubou wo kiseki to yonda
hiraita ryou ude ga tsubasa ni naru koto wa nai
mai agaru jyounetsu ga sora ni todoku koto wa nai

tanima ni uzuku himitsu ni kiba wo tate
yakedo suru kuragari ni
akari wo maneka nakereba

kimi no kegareta ivu no danpen ni
boku no adamu ga sennen motomeru
mitsukete hoshii minaide hoshii
mamotte hoshii to naki yamanai
boku ga hitsuyou nandane tsumibito

subete wo shitte tsugi ni umaretemo
mune no takanari wo mae ni hizamazukou
shibireru honpou wo ai to yondemo ii ka
fujitsu na zankyou wo
namida wo aishite ii ka

ringo wo kajiru
shinwa wo sotto kajiru
umetai kuuhaku ni
hikari wo kazasa nakereba

kimi no kegareta ivu no danpen wo
boku no adamu ga torimidasu kara
dakishimetai hanaretakunai
hanasanaide to sasayaite
boku to tsumazukeba ii koibito

zuu zuu shisa mo kikiwake nasa mo
tokihanateba ongaku
shinwa no hashi ni shigami tsuite
kinjirareta kuchizuke kawasou

kimi no nazomeku ivu no danpen ni
boku no adamu ga zawameki yamanai
dakishimetai hanaretakunai
hanasanaide to sasayaite
boku to tsumazukeba ii
mitsukete hoshii minaide hoshii
mamotte hoshii to naki yamanai
boku ga hitsuyou nandane tsumibito
boku ni kuzurereba ii kawaii hito
boku ga hitsuyou nandane tsumibito
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For a thousand years, my Adam yearned for
your tainted fragments of Eve

Words tried to offer meaning
and named the despair of being born a miracle
Your outstretched arms will never become wings
Your soaring passion will never reach the skies

I secretly bore my fangs to the throbbing in the valley
We must invite light
into this burnt darkness

For a thousand years, my Adam yearned for
your tainted fragments of Eve
"Please find me, don't look at me
Please protect me" as my tears overflow
You need me right? Sinner

Even if we reincarnated with our past memories
We will still kneel before the violent throbbing of our hearts
This uninhibited numbness, can I call it love?
These insincere echoes
Can i love these tears?

Gnawing an apple
Slowing eroding a Legend
This void that I want to fill
I need to block out the light

My Adam will scatter
your tainted fragments of Eve
Embrace me, don't leave me
Whisper to me that you will never let me go
It is fine to stumble with me, my lover

Your impudence, your lack of understanding
if I just let them go then it will become music to my ears
Let's exchange a forbidden kiss
as we cling onto the edge of this Legend

Your tainted fragments of Eve
are stirring up the Adam in me
Embrace me, don't leave me
Whisper to me that you will never let me go
It is fine to stumble with me
"Please find me, don't look at me
Please protect me" as my tears overflow
You need me right? Sinner
You can crumble into me, my darling
You need me right? Sinner


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