千年の独奏歌 (Sennen no Dokusouka)

==Background==
The song is yanagiP's most notable work. Not only is this KAITO's first song to have reached one million views, it's also the first KAITO original song to have hit the first rank on the Weekly VOCALOID Ranking. This folk song has many remixes; an album with the title A Thousand-Year Solo was released featuring three remixes by three different producers (sasakure.UK, k-shi, and baker). KAITO Append's version was used as a demo and can be heard in the album VOCALOID Minzoku Chou Kyokushuu.
An interpretation of the song tells of an "artificial" being (KAITO) who is singing a song to someone (possibly a love interest) who has passed away. Even though thousands of years have passed since that person died, and "he" knows that he can never see "that person" ever again, KAITO keeps on singing for that person (thus explaining the title of the song, a thousand year solo).
==Succeeding Versions==
==Lyrics==
<tabber>Japanese Lyrics = 
Japanese (日本語歌詞) 	Romaji (ローマ字)
ひとり灰色の丘　乾いた枯草踏みしめて 	hitori haiiro no oka kawaita karekusa fumishimete
思い巡らせる　空の彼方に 	omoi meguraseru sora no kanata ni
 	
風に揺れる花びら　柔らかなあなたの微笑み 	kaze ni yureru hanabira yawaraka na anata no hohoemi
淡い記憶のかけら　セピア色の向こうの幻 	awai kioku no kakera sepia iro no mukou no maboroshi
 	
誰も知らない　歌を奏でよう 	dare mo shiranai uta o kanadeyou
この身が錆びて　停まろうとも 	kono mi ga sabite tomarou to mo
崩れかけた墓標に　歌い続けよう 	kuzure kaketa bohyou ni utai tsudzukeyou
あなたの　残した歌を 	anata no nokoshita uta o
 	
この体は全て　作り物でしかないけど 	kono karada wa subete tsukurimono de shikanai kedo
この心はせめて　歌に捧げていよう 	kono kokoro wa semete uta ni sasagete iyou
 	
沈む夕陽に向かう　色あせたギターを片手に 	shizumu yuuhi ni mukau iroaseta gitaa o katate ni
響くこだまに踊る　影法師 	hibiku kodama ni odoru kageboushi
 	
擦り切れた指先は　光を鈍く照り返して 	surikireta yubisaki wa hikari o nibuku terikaeshite
口ずさむメロディは　風に乗って空の向こうまで 	kuchizusamu merodi wa kaze ni notte sora no mukou made
 	
かすかに軋む　銀の歯車 	kasuka ni kishimu gin no haguruma
響いてゆく　の鼓動 	hibiite yuku nibiiro no kodou
ガラスの瞳に　映るこの空は 	garasu no hitomi ni utsuru kono sora wa
どんな　まやかしだろう 	donna mayakashi darou
 	
この月の下で　もうめぐり逢うこともないけど 	kono tsuki no shita de mou meguriau koto mo nai kedo
この空に向かって　歌い続けていよう 	kono sora ni mukatte utai tsuzukete iyou
 	
あなたと出逢った　すみれの丘も 	anata to deatta sumire no oka mo
幾千の夜に　灰色の 	iku sen no yoru ni haiiro no nakigara
 	
この体は全て　作り物でしかないけど 	kono karada wa subete tsukuri mono de shikanai kedo
この心はせめて　歌に捧げていよう 	kono kokoro wa semete uta ni sasagete iyou
この月の下で　もうめぐり逢うこともないけど 	kono tsuki no shita de mou meguriau koto mo nai kedo
この空に向かって　歌い続けていよう 	kono sora ni mukatte utai tsudzukete iyou
|-|Approved English Lyrics = 
Alone on a grey hill, treading on dry grass
In the distant sky that sets my mind to wander
Flower petals in the breeze, and your gentle smile
Faint fragments of memory, faded into sepia tones
I'll play a forgotten song
Though my body may rust and decay
I'll still sing to the fading gravestone
The song you left behind
My body may be artificial
But my heart, I'll give to this song
Softly grinding silver gears
Echoing leaden heartbeats
The sky reflected in these glass eyes
Is seeing really believing?
After thousands of nights,
Even the hill of violets where we met
Has become a monochrome wasteland
My body may be artificial
But my heart, I'll give to this song
Beneath this moon
Though we shall never meet again
I'll keep singing to the sky
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==Derivatives==
==Other Media Appearances==
===Literatures===
A novel based on this song was released on July 25, 2016 from PHP Institute, Inc.
===Discography===
This song was featured in the following compilation albums:
* DEBUTANTE
* VOCALOID BEST from Nico Nico Douga (Ao)
* Vocalonation
* The VOCALOID ft. d.g.mix
* VOCALOID民族調曲集 (VOCALOID Minzokucho Kyokushu) ft. kaoling mix
* 初音ミク -Project DIVA- extend Complete Collection
* HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2014 in INDONESIA
* KAITO 10th Anniversary -Glorious Blue-
===Concerts===
This song was featured in the following concerts:
* MikuPa Live in Sapporo 2013
* MikuPa Live in Kansai 2013
* MikuExpo Live in Indonesia 2014
* Magical Mirai 2021 (Osaka, Day 2/Tokyo,Day 2)
* Hatsune Miku JAPAN TOUR 2023 ~THUNDERBOLT~ (Nagoya / Fukuoka / Tokyo, Day 2)
===Video games===
This song was featured in the following video games:
====Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Series====
====Other games====
* Hatsune Miku: Dreamy Vocal
* 
==Gallery==
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|-|Games=
Module_sumire.png|KAITO's Violet module for the song "A Thousand-Year Solo" for the videogame Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- extend
AThousandYearSolo.jpg|KAITO's Violet module for the song "A Thousand-Year Solo" for the videogame Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- F 2nd
Kaito 11.jpg|KAITO's Violet module for the song "A Thousand-Year Solo" from the videogame Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Arcade Future Tone
Games - Project DIVA - Sennen no Dokusou Ka.jpg|Music jacket featured in -Project DIVA- Arcade and Mega Mix
|-|Merchandising=
Sennen_album.jpg|The album "A Thousand-Year Solo" featuring 3 remixes+original tracks by 3 different producers. Also featured as the music jacket in the game Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku
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==External links==
===Official===
===Unofficial===
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