a bottomless despair, looms large before your eyes
frozen by the fear, your body beleaguered
it elicits chaos, drawing you to the depths of the darkness
and will forever continue to bind your mind.

out of the blue, an unpredictable despair looms large
tired and drained of strength, your body beleaguered
you’ll never be able to take your eyes off it, swallowed by the depths of the darkness
it will feed off of your mind and never let go.

Remember what you felt as a stream of tears ran down your cheek
are you prepared to leave it all behind?

The gospel you heard when you were at your saddest,
brings out a scream to wipe out your resignation
you’ll receive such benediction as to make you quiver
and reborn, you’ll be more beautiful than anyone else.

What you see leaves you speechless, a scene that defies the imagination
it ruthlessly takes away even the shred of hope you lightly clung to
crying out until you’re hoarse, when the seeds of anger begin to sprout
then you’ll start to see your true self, hidden until now within the darkness.

Honing the emotions you felt as you shrieked
Are you prepared to bid your past a fond farewell?

The gospel you heard when you were at your saddest,
brings out a scream to wipe out your resignation
you’ll receive such benediction as to make you quiver
and reborn, you’ll be more beautiful than anyone else.

The earth rings out with the sound of crying,
a cruel tomorrow will draw us together once more.

The gospel that plays beyond the devastation
brings out the answer, you’d lost sight of through the tears.
awash in the blessing of the radiant light of god
reborn, you are more dear to me than anyone else.

Translated by: Brian & Takako Stewart

those tearful eyes reflect the nightmare stage
shattered into pieces, like sparks flying everywhere, until the curtain call

If you desire, once more
the DNA will rearrange with a big bang.

No way, No more, feel the pain? if you’re tired  of crying
No way, No more, feel despair, do it again, i know you want it

revelation, god’s plan, a natural evolution
infection, awakening, attempted violent acts

If you desire, once more,
the DNA will burst out onto your dried skin.

No way, No more feel the pain? if you’re tired of crying
No way, No more, feel despair. do it again, I know you want it
Always hopeless broken world. It’s god’s will be done.
Always keep staring at you. do it again, blooming out of season

drifting on a sea of darkness…

No way, No more feel the pain? if you’re tired of crying
No way, No more, feel despair. do it again, I know you want it
Always hopeless broken world. It’s god’s temptation.
Always keep staring at you. do it again, touching the hair on the back of your head

It is reality. It is confusing. It is a birthcry full of warnings.

Translated By: Brian & Takako Stewart

Translator’s Notes: I looked up Plosive online and got a lot of links about speech. A plosive is the sound we make using words with a p or b etc. sound. The Japanese use the word “haretsuon” to describe this. Here’s where things get weird. Haretsuon also means explosion or, in our translation, “big bang.” So either Plosive is another way to say Explosive or Kirito lost the meaning in translation because he clearly means it as “Explosive”.

We chose to translate kuruizaku in two ways to reflect the dual nature of this song. On the one hand it’s clearly about DNA and evolution thus “blooming out of season could refer to changes on a genetic level which happen because of outside influence. On the other hand, it’s clearly about sex and possibly rape. Those opening lines give me a rape vibe as does the part about “DNA bursting out onto dried skin” what else could that mean except possibly things that were once fish, now walking on land and being dry because they aren’t in the sea?? How does DNA burst out onto their skin though?? I’ve said too much, these are just impressions and theories. Make up your own mind how to interpret the individual lines.

I haven’t, I won’t yet wake from this dream
at the other end of this road, what is it that awaits me?
I’m sure, I know for sure that there’s an answer
so I won’t give up, and I won’t stop

but I’m reluctant, I know it’s just a little further but
I want to be there alongside your gentle smile

I make a beeline for it, the cloudless blue sky so bright
propelled by a fair wind, I begin a new journey
so we can see each other again one day
I head straight for tomorrow without looking back.
Good luck my way, towards the road I believe in.

Running around all over the place
unless I drill it into my brain, it seems like I’ll never find the answer
I’m sure, I know for sure, I’ll have no regrets
I’ll keep pushing ahead so we can laugh about it someday

Because you see, I’m not scared anymore
no matter what tomorrow may bring
I can get through it, because even if I stumbled on my way
I got this far.

To be able to find someone like you
in a corner of this bustling world made me happy
I couldn’t find the words to express all these feelings
bursting from within me
if we meet again one day, maybe I’ll have learned to express myself
Good luck my way, smile at me.

I make a beeline for it, the cloudless blue sky so bright
propelled by a fair wind, I begin a new journey
so we can see each other again one day
I head straight for tomorrow without looking back.
Good luck my way, smile at me.

To be able to find someone like you
in a corner of this bustling world made me happy
I couldn’t find the words to express all these feelings
bursting from within me
if we meet again one day, maybe I’ll have learned to express myself
beyond the distant rainbow,
Good luck my way, towards the road I believe in.

Translated by: Brian & Takako Stewart

When I was a boy,
I dreamed of traveling through space and superheroes
it was a time when the monsters that used to scare me, were real.
passing through the Milky Way towards Andromeda
with mounting anticipation I gazed upon the picture book.

When I was a boy,
I dreamed of a future world with flying cars
the robots that used to scare me
now just seem kind of sad

if I had believed, could I have gone there, to that future world?
I never made it there, but I’m sure you can.

passing through the Milky Way towards Andromeda
I never made it there, but to have you, that’s enough.
sweet dreams, good night.

Translated by: Brian & Takako Stewart

Do you remember when we first met, by the side of the park?
You walked right on through the bright morning scene I thought I knew so well.

I may have breathed my last, but time marches on… I start to say something
It’s not my desire to resist when I know it’s fate but…

I really did (I won’t cry) wish we could be together (I won’t cry) just a little while longer.

I remember how you’d splash paint all over and paint a new path… it was like magic.

I don’t like to be gloomy so I tried to keep a poker face
and act like it didn’t bother me. Did I fool you?

Let me tell you, (I won’t cry) there’s a brand new world out there waiting for you, so stop sulking.
You have, like, (I won’t cry) the most wonderful smile in the world, (I won’t cry) don’t forget it!

I give a tiny wave of my hand and a gentle “bye-bye” to you as you go on your way.

Does the fear of being so far away, trouble you? Don’t worry.
I’m positive everyone will love your magic.

Seeing you walk by, (I won’t cry) surrounded by such a dazzling season,
I really did (I won’t cry) wish we could be together (I won’t cry) just a little while longer.

I give a tiny wave of my hand and a gentle “bye-bye” to you as you go on your way
so that you won’t turn around, I whisper “bye-bye.”

Translated By: Brian & Takako Stewart

the world you desire, appearing faintly
I made up my mind to realize it for you,
even if it means my destruction.

a sharp pain pierces my skin
I embrace it

I close my eyes to the wind that blows against me
and pursue what I desire,
what I was trying to get was obviously your smile.

the world you believe in, gone without a trace
I made up my mind to deliver it unto you,
even if it means the end of me.

a voice of prayer drifts in the air
I embrace it.

I entrust my fate to the wind that blows against me
and pursue what I desire,
what I was trying to get was obviously your smile

a promised flower that returns to bloom, at the grave post
a flash of light, that penetrates the all encompassing darkness.

if only to bring back a distant memory
that wavers still at the bottom of the sea.

I sever myself from the wind that blows against me
and until the day that I die again,
what I will be trying to get is obviously your smile.

“Dawn, can you feel death and life it?” With dawn…
“With dawn, Can you see all of the end?”
Knowing… Knowing… Knowing… Arousal…

Translated by: Brian & Takako Stewart

note: the song title is Calvary and not Cavalry as you might first think. (~.^)

I direct my gaze high into the sky, remove the chains that bind me
and open the door.
I won’t give up until I feel that empty sky, still just out of sight,
with these hands.

it pierces right through my skin, a helix of destruction
that changes everything
in order to survive, a new breed is born,
that separates me from the past

the sound as it crumbles
the end result of lust with no outlet

hair streaming in the wind, spraying your poison about
the sins begin to pile up
trading the sadness that breaks your heart for the purpose behind your vows.
in the corroding darkness, it was like I couldn’t see anything
it was as if even the faintly blurring memory never existed at all.

deep in those black eyes, the fading light shows me wings
in that empty sky, still just out of sight,
I sought the future.

carried up and away on the wind
the end result of lust from which there is no escape

hair streaming in the wind, spraying your poison about
the sins begin to pile up
trading the sadness that breaks your heart for the purpose behind your vows.
in the corroding darkness, it was like I couldn’t see anything
it was as if even the faintly blurring memory never existed at all.

I evolve and bring with me thoughts that connect through the ages

I stand there in the scenery that vanishes like an illusion unable to do anything
forever speaking to you, who has forgotten even how to smile
in the ruins that obscure the view, I see you there and nothing else
even if we’ve angered the heavens, our impulse remains, provoking the ire.

Translated By: Briana & Takako Stewart

white feathers fall through the air
caught in a rain that rewrites even the future
blending together with the tears
nowhere left to run, a sad face looks on.

the more you hunger for the future you fantasize about
the farther away it gets
your mind to be shut by the cold wind
that blows through the recesses of your heart

when you look up, floating there without fail, is the sun that will one day burn us all up
please guide the feelings that we’ve held for an eternity.

the red string of fate pulled taut, caught in a rain that robs you of even your hope
you’ve followed that string to its end over and over again,
but every time you catch the end, you lose it. And still you long for it.

the closer you get to the end you fantasize about,
the farther away it gets
the fever of your pulse rising in the recesses of your heart, makes up your mind

when you look up, floating there without fail, is the sun that will one day burn us all up
please guide the feelings that we’ve held for an eternity.

and yet still, one far off distant day, we’ll tire of this and die off
like we forsake the throngs of people that once believed in the infinite.

when you look up, floating there without fail, is the sun that will one day burn us all up
please guide the feelings that we’ve held for an eternity.
when you look up, floating there impermanently, is the sun that sees all
please guide the feelings, that continue to gush forth without end

Translated By: Briana & Takako Stewart

There’s no commentary needed on this video. I adore Kristen Bell.