ロウワー (Lower)

==Lyrics==
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Lyrics=
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
そう簡単な祈りだった　端から 	sou kantan na inori datta hana kara 	It was a simple prayer from the start, after all
段々と消える感嘆 	dandan to kieru kantan 	Admiration gradually disappearing now
今から緞帳が上がるから 	ima kara donchou ga agaru kara 	As the curtain’s raising up
静かな会場を後にさよなら 	shizuka na kaijou o ato ni sayonara 	We’ll leave this quiet meeting place and bid farewell.
 	 	
言いかけていた事が一つ消えてまた増えて 	ii kakete ita koto ga hitotsu kiete mata fuete 	Things I was about to say disappeared one after another
背中に後ろめたさが残る 	senaka ni ushirometasa ga nokoru 	This uneasy feeling is weighing on me
従いたい心根を吐き出さぬように込めて 	shitagaitai kokorone o hakidasanu you ni komete 	I forced down my heart’s desires that I wanted to follow so I wouldn’t spit them out
胸の中が澱のように濁る 	mune no naka ga ori no you ni nigoru 	They built up inside my chest, like dregs, and clouded me.
 	 	
受け止めたいことが自分さえ抱えられず 	uketometai koto ga jibun sae kakaerarezu 	I can’t even bear to the accept the things I want to come to terms with
持て余したそれを守っている 	moteamashita sore o mamotte iru 	I’m holding onto something that’s too much for me to handle.
霞んだ声はからからに喉を焼いて埋め尽くす 	kasunda koe wa karakara ni nodo o yaite umetsukusu 	My hazy voice burns my parched throat to a crisp
何を言うべきか分からなくて 	nani o iubeki ka wakaranakute 	I didn’t know what I was supposed to say
 	 	
感じてたものが遠く放たれていた 	kanjiteta mono ga tooku hanatarete ita 	What I was feeling was set free far away
同じ様で違うなんだか違う 	onajiyou de chigau nandaka chigau 	The same but different, somehow different
何時まで行こうか　何処まで行けるのか 	itsu made ikou ka doko made yukeru no ka 	I didn't know how long to go for, or how far we can go—
定かじゃないなら何を想うの 	sadaka janai nara nani o omou no 	If you’re not sure, then what are you thinking?
 	 	
僕らが離れるなら　僕らが迷うなら 	bokura ga hanareru nara bokura ga mayou nara 	If we are to be separated, if we are to lose our way,
その度に何回も繋がれる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo tsunagareruyou ni 	I’ll make sure we’ll be connected this time, no matter how many times it takes
ここに居てくれるなら　離さずいられたら 	koko ni ite kureru nara hanasazu iraretara 	If you will stay here with me, if I could just keep you from leaving  
まだ誰も知らない感覚で救われていく 	mada dare mo shiranai kankaku de sukuwarete iku 	You could still be saved by this feeling no one else knows
 	 	
平穏とは消耗を以て代わりに成す 	heion to wa shoumou o motte kawari ni nasu 	Tranquility is exchanged for attrition
実際はどうも変わりはなく 	jissai wa doumo kawari wa naku 	In actuality, they’re no different
享楽とは嘘で成る 	kyouraku to wa uso de naru 	Pleasure turns to lies
「綻ぶ前にここを出ていこうか」と 	"hokorobu mae ni koko o dete ikou ka" to 	“Let’s get out of here before this place busts open”
都合の良い願いを同じ様に同じ様に呟く 	tsugou no ii negai o onajiyou ni onajiyou ni tsubuyaku 	Whispering the same, always the same, convenient wish.
何処から聞こうか　何を見失うか 	doko kara kikou ka nani o miushinau ka 	I don’t know where to start, I don’t know what I’ve lost sight of
定かじゃないから此処を動けない 	sadaka janai kara koko o ugokenai 	I’m not sure, so I don’t move from this spot.
 	 	
僕らが疲れるなら　これ以上無いなら 	bokura ga tsukareru nara kore ijou nai nara 	If we grow tired, if there’s nothing more for us here,
その度に何回も逃げ出せる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo nigedaseruyou ni 	I’ll make sure we escape this time, no matter how many times it takes
心が守れる様に　奪われない様に 	kokoro ga mamoreruyou ni ubawarenaiyou ni 	So that we may protect our hearts, so no one steals them away,
互いに託して　身体を預けてよ 	tagai ni takushite karada o azukete yo 	Let’s entrust them to each other. You can lean on me!
 	 	
君と泣く　君と笑う　君と怒る 	kimi to naku kimi to warau kimi to okoru 	Crying with you, laughing with you, getting angry with you
君と歌う　君と踊る　君と話す 	kimi to utau kimi to odoru kimi to hanasu 	Singing with you, dancing with you, talking with you
 	 	
何時まで続くだろうと同じ様に同じ様に呟く 	itsu made tsuzuku darou to onajiyou ni onajiyou ni tsubuyaku 	Whispering the same thing, always the same: “How much longer will this last?”
いま忘れないよう刻まれた空気を 	ima wasurenai you kizamareta kuuki o 	So I may never forget the air you carved out
これから何度思い出すのだろう 	kore kara nando omoidasu no darou 	I wonder how many times I’ll be made to remember it again
 	 	
僕らだけが 	bokura dake ga 	It’s only us
 	 	
僕らが離れるなら　僕らが迷うなら 	bokura ga hanareru nara bokura ga mayou nara 	If we are to be separated, if we are to lose our way,
その度に何回も繋がれる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo tsunagareruyou ni 	I’ll make sure we’ll be connected this time, no matter how many times it takes
ここに居てくれるなら　離さずいられたら 	koko ni ite kureru nara hanasazu iraretara 	If you will stay here with me, if I could just keep you from leaving  
まだ誰も知らない感覚で僕の生きているすべてを確かめて 	mada dare mo shiranai kankaku de boku no ikite iru subete o tashikamete	I’ll make sure this feeling no one else knows—everything I live for—
正しくして 	tadashiku shite 	is right.
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Alternate Translation=
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
そう簡単な祈りだった　端から 	sou kantan na inori datta hana kara 	That’s right– It had begun as nothing more than a simple prayer.
段々と消える感嘆 	dandan to kieru kantan 	Gradually becoming disillusioned with you,
今から緞帳が上がるから 	ima kara donchou ga agaru kara 	The curtain’s about to rise– it’s showtime,
静かな会場を後にさよなら 	shizuka na kaijou o ato ni sayonara 	Thus we’ll soon say goodbye to the quietness of this theatre
 	 	
言いかけていた事が一つ消えてまた増えて 	ii kakete ita koto ga hitotsu kiete mata fuete 	I’d cut myself off from saying one thing, but soon the urge to say another would rise
背中に後ろめたさが残る 	senaka ni ushirometasa ga nokoru 	Left with a guilty conscience ever weighing down upon my back
従いたい心根を吐き出さぬように込めて 	shitagaitai kokorone o hakidasanu you ni komete 	I wouldn’t dare obey my heart’s desires– instead bottling them all up,
胸の中が澱のように濁る 	mune no naka ga ori no you ni nigoru 	And now it feels like my heart has been polluted with their rotten remains
 	 	
受け止めたいことが自分さえ抱えられず 	uketometai koto ga jibun sae kakaerarezu 	There are things in theory I’d like to come to terms with, but I just can’t
持て余したそれを守っている 	moteamashita sore o mamotte iru 	I’ve been keeping them all to myself, though I might explode from it
霞んだ声はからからに喉を焼いて埋め尽くす 	kasunda koe wa karakara ni nodo o yaite umetsukusu 	With a mangled voice, a throat that feels both completely dry and choked up at the same time,
何を言うべきか分からなくて 	nani o iubeki ka wakaranakute 	I never know the right thing to say
 	 	
感じてたものが遠く放たれていた 	kanjiteta mono ga tooku hanatarete ita 	So I’d let my feelings out somewhere far, far away
同じ様で違うなんだか違う 	onajiyou de chigau nandaka chigau 	Same as always– something about it wrong, just feeling a bit wrongThis is a line I can’t really think of a way to transcribe its wordplay into English, but essentially 違う (chigau) can mean both different and wrong. It’s being used as an antonym to 同じ (onaji), but also incorporating that double meaning in here I believe.
何時まで行こうか　何処まで行けるのか 	itsu made ikou ka doko made yukeru no ka 	How much longer until we go? How far are we even able to go?
定かじゃないなら何を想うの 	sadaka janai nara nani o omou no 	If you “don’t know yet”, well then, what’s keeping you from knowing?
 	 	
僕らが離れるなら　僕らが迷うなら 	bokura ga hanareru nara bokura ga mayou nara 	Should we be fated to part, should we be fated to lose one another,
その度に何回も繋がれる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo tsunagareru you ni 	I pray we may be reunited each and every time such a thing happensI know there is a popular translation going around which I think accidentally misinterprets the 様に (you ni) here to be used with the meaning of “in order to”, however I’m pretty sure the kind of 様に (you ni) here is the sort used to make wishes. Example: 神様の恵みがあります様に。= May the blessing of God be upon you
ここに居てくれるなら　離さずいられたら 	koko ni ite kureru nara hanasazu iraretara 	If you’d just do me the honor of staying, staying and never to part,
まだ誰も知らない感覚で救われていく 	mada dare mo shiranai kankaku de sukuwarete iku 	Then I’ll get to remain the only one who knows what this salvation feels like
 	 	
平穏とは消耗を以て代わりに成す 	heion to wa shoumou o motte kawari ni nasu 	“Peace” is replaced with attritionLiterally “peace, as it is to be defined, exhaustion is made into its replacement”. But 消耗 (shoumou) might also refer to 消耗戦 (shoumousen), i.e. attritional warfare. This is a military strategy where a country attempts to beat the enemy by basically wearing them down until they’re flat out of resources and any real way to fight back. My personal take on this lyric is it might be referring to how in the singer’s mind, feeling “peace” has been replaced with feeling “exhaustion”. Yet “nothing has really changed”, since the singer cannot spit out thier feelings and thus bottles this “exhaustion” up despite its existence, as if peace were still present. Also just a side note, but I enjoy the wordplay here with 代わりに成す (kawari ni nasu) and 変わりはなく (kawari wa naku).
実際はどうも変わりはなく 	jissai wa doumo kawari wa naku 	But in truth, there’s hardly a difference between them
享楽とは嘘で成る 	kyouraku to wa uso de naru 	“Pleasure” is founded upon sinA bit more liberal here. But I’ve only ever seen 京楽 (kyouraku) used in settings meant to evoke religious/fantastical imagery… 京楽の悪魔 (kyouraku no akuma) or a demon of pleasure, etc. 嘘 (uso) means lie but it can also refer to the more ambiguous idea of just something not beign what you thought it was… So I thought “sin” would be the best choice here, given the song’s themes. For similar reasons, I also have translated 救われる (sukuwareru) or to be saved as “salvation”.
「綻ぶ前にここを出ていこうか」と 	"hokorobu mae ni koko o dete ikou ka" to 	“Why don’t we get out of here before it all goes to hell?”
都合の良い願いを同じ様に同じ様に呟く 	tsugou no ii negai o onajiyou ni onajiyou ni tsubuyaku 	…Again and again, I’m whispering that too-good-to-be-true wish to myself
何処から聞こうか　何を見失うか 	doko kara kikou ka nani o miushinau ka 	Where to even start, what it is that I’ll lose–
定かじゃないから此処を動けない 	sadaka janai kara koko o ugokenai 	The uncertainty of it all has rendered me frozen in place
 	 	
僕らが疲れるなら　これ以上無いなら 	bokura ga tsukareru nara kore ijou nai nara 	Should we ever tire, should we ever feel as though we can’t take anymore
その度に何回も逃げ出せる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo nigedaseru you ni 	I pray we may be able to run away from it all each and every time
心が守れる様に　奪われない様に 	kokoro ga mamoreru you ni ubawarenai you ni 	So we may protect our hearts, so they may never be stolen away,
互いに託して　身体を預けてよ 	tagai ni takushite karada o azukete yo 	Let’s entrust them to one another– put your trust in me
 	 	
君と泣く　君と笑う　君と怒る 	kimi to naku kimi to warau kimi to okoru 	To cry with you… To laugh with you… To get angry at something with you…
君と歌う　君と踊る　君と話す 	kimi to utau kimi to odoru kimi to hanasu 	To sing with you… To dance with you… To talk with you…
 	 	
何時まで続くだろうと同じ様に同じ様に呟く 	itsu made tsuzuku darou to onaji you ni onaji you ni tsubuyaku 	“I wonder how much longer this’ll last” Again and again, I whisper
いま忘れないよう刻まれた空気を 	ima wasurenai you kizamareta kuuki o 	I wonder how much I’ll think back on
これから何度思い出すのだろう 	kore kara nando omoidasu no darou 	This moment that feels so etched into my brain, in a “you’ll never be able to forget” way
 	 	
僕らだけが 	bokura dake ga 	Should we– as in nobody else–
 	 	
僕らが離れるなら　僕らが迷うなら 	bokura ga hanareru nara bokura ga mayou nara 	Should we be fated to part, should we be fated to lose one another,
その度に何回も繋がれる様に 	sono tabi ni nankai mo tsunagareruyou ni 	I pray we may be reunited each and every time such a thing happens
ここに居てくれるなら　離さずいられたら 	koko ni ite kureru nara hanasazu iraretara 	If you’d just do me the honor of staying, staying and never to part, 
まだ誰も知らない感覚で僕の生きているすべてを確かめて 	mada dare mo shiranai kankaku de boku no ikite iru subete o tashikamete	Then please, as I live on with this feeling nobody else has yet to feel, look at that existence itself
正しくして 	tadashiku shite 	And tell me if it’s right
==Translation Notes==
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==Notable Derivatives==
*Cover feat. Fuwa Minato and Mafumafu - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. Kagamine Rin and Len by Earthy X6 (tuning) - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. , , , , - YT
*Cover feat. and - YT
*English Cover feat. - YT
*Cover feat. Furen E Lustario - YT
*Piano Cover by Marasy - YT
*Piano Cover by Banken - YT
*Cover feat. Seijin Dansei 3ningumi - YT
*Cover feat. - YT
*English Cover feat. Trickle - YT
*Cover feat. Nanami Urara - YT
==Discography==
This song was featured on the following album:
*ULTRAPANIC2 (album)
==External Links==
*Dropbox - Instrumental
*NexTone - Streaming
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*VOCALOID Wiki
*Tumblr - Alternate translation source
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