想像フォレスト (Souzou Forest)

==Background==
This song was uploaded on January 31, 2012, and has reached over 1,000,000 views, becoming the first IA song to do so. The story about seeing eye-to-eye, and relates 's background.
Marry is a lonely girl living in the forest, who isolate herself from the rest of the word. Since no one ever notices her house, no one comes to visit. Since she is away from society everything she knows comes from reading her books. She longs for the real world and asks for forgiveness. Knowing there is life somewhere inside of her, she imagines a wild future, wishing to live the same adventures told in her books. Lost in a daydream she suddenly hears the voice of someone outside of her house. Out of panic she spills her tea and is lost about what to do.
She then remembers her mother's words who tells her not to look into anyone's eyes or they'll turn to stone, which hints her origins. She is a hybrid of Human and Medusa, a thing that she has always hated because it causes people to fear her.
Back to the present, Marry hears the person who owns the voice knocking at the door. It's the first knock she's ever heard. As she tries to pretend she didn't hear the knock she trips over a book, when the door suddenly opens.
Another flashback then shows how Marry lost her mother. When she was a kid she was attacked by two humans. Shion comes to save Marry but one of the boys grabs her leg while the other one attacks her. To protect her daughter, Shion turns both boys into stone. However the stress on Shion's body is too much and she dies as a result, leaving Marry alone.
Back to the present, Marry hides under a table and covers her eyes as the boy who was knocking the door is surprised. Marry tells him that if he looks into her eyes he'll turn to stone. The boy simply smiles, and tell her that he was afraid too. Then, in an attempt to comfort her, the boy puts headphones into Marry's ears and plays music. Marry is inspired by the music. The boy puts his hood on her head as a present and invites her to leave the house.
At the end of the song, Marry is looking up at her house as she prepared to leave it for good, when the wind blows through her hood. She turns around and smiles at her new friends, Seto, the boy and Kido, the girl who was accompanying him.
This song is one of the tracks for Jin's Kagerou Project and is featured in the album Mekakucity Days.
==Succeeding versions==
==Lyrics==
Japanese (日本語歌詞) 	Romaji (ローマ字)
夏風がノックする 	natsu kaze ga nokku suru
窓を開けてみると 	mado o akete miru to
何処からか 	doko kara ka
迷い込んだ鳥の声 	mayoikonda tori no koe
 	
読みかけの本を置き 	yomi-kake no hon o oki
「どこから来たんだい」と笑う 	"doko kara kitan dai" to warau
目隠ししたままの 	mekakushi shita mama no
午後三時です 	gogo san-ji desu
 	
世界は案外シンプルで 	sekai wa angai shinpuru de
複雑に怪奇した 	fukuzatsu ni kaiki shita
私なんて誰に理解もされないまま 	watashi nante dare ni rikai mo sarenai mama
 	
街外れ、森の中、 	machi hazure, mori no naka,
人目につかないこの家を 	hitome ni tsukanai kono ie o
訪れる人など居ない訳で。 	otozureru hito nado inai wake de.
 	
目を合わせないで！ 	me o awasenaide!
固まった心、一人ぼっちで諦めて 	katamatta kokoro, hitori-bocchi de akiramete
目に映った　に　安堵する日々は 	me ni utsutta mono ni ando suru hibi wa
 	
物語の中でしか知らない 	monogatari no naka de shika shiranai
世界に少し憧れることくらい 	sekai ni sukoshi akogareru koto kurai
許してくれますか？ 	yurushite kuremasu ka?
 	
淡々と流れ出した 	tantan to nagaredashita
生まれてしまった理不尽でも 	umarete shimatta rifujin demo
案外人生なんで。 	angai jinsei nande.
私の中じゃ。 	watashi no naka ja.
 	
ねぇねぇ、突飛な未来を 	nee nee, toppi na mirai o
想像して膨らむ世界は 	souzou shite fukuramu sekai wa
今日か明日でも 	kyou ka ashita demo
ノックしてくれないですか？ 	nokku shite kurenai desu ka?
 	
なんて妄想なんかして 	nante mousou nanka shite
外を眺めていると 	soto o nagameteiru to
突然に聴こえてきたのは喋り声 	totsuzen ni kikoete kita no wa shaberi-goe
 	
飲みかけのハーブティーを 	nomi-kake no haabu tii o
机中に撒き散らし 	tsukue-juu ni makichirashi
「どうしよう…」 	"dou shiyou..."
とドアの向こうを見つめました。 	to doa no mukou o mitsumemashita.
 	
「目を合わせると石になってしまう」 	"me o awaseru to ishi ni natte shimau"
それは両親に聞いたこと 	sore wa ryoushin ni kiita koto
私の目もそうなっている様で 	watashi no me mo sou natteiru you de
 	
物語の中なんかじゃいつも 	monogatari no naka nanka ja itsumo
怖がられる役ばかりで。 	kowa ga rareru yaku bakari de.
そんな事知っている訳で。 	sonna koto shitteiru wake de.
 	
トントン、と響きだした 	tonton, to hibikidashita
ノックの音は初めてで 	nokku no oto wa hajimete de
緊張なんてものじゃ 	kinchou nante mono ja
足りないくらいで。 	tarinai kurai de.
 	
ねぇねぇ、突飛な世界は 	nee nee, toppi na sekai wa
想像しているよりも 	souzou shiteiru yori mo
実に簡単にドアを 	jitsu ni kantan ni doa o
開けてしまうものでした。 	akete shimau mono deshita.
 	
目を塞ぎうずくまる姿に 	me o fusagi uzukumaru sugata ni
その人は驚いて 	sono hito wa odoroite
「目を見ると石になってしまう」 	"me o miru to ishi ni natte shimau"
と言うとただ笑った 	to iu to tada waratta
 	
「僕だって石になってしまうと 	"boku datte ishi ni natte shimau to
怯えて暮らしてた 	obiete kurashiteta
でも世界はさ、案外怯えなくて 	demo sekai wa sa, angai obienakute
良いんだよ？」 	iin da yo?"
 	
タンタン、と鳴り響いた 	tantan, to narihibiita
心の奥に溢れてた 	kokoro no oku ni afureteta
想像は世界に 	souzou wa sekai ni
少し鳴り出して 	sukoshi naridashite
 	
ねぇねぇ、突飛な未来を 	nee nee, toppi na mirai o
教えてくれたあなたが 	oshiete kureta anata ga
また迷った時は 	mata mayotta toki wa
ここで待っているから。 	koko de matteiru kara.
 	
夏風が今日もまた 	natsu kaze ga kyou mo mata
あなたがくれた服の 	anata ga kureta fuku no
フードを少しだけ 	fuudo o sukoshi dake
揺らしてみせた。 	yurashite miseta.
==Derivatives==
==Other media appearances==
===Animation===
This song was featured as the insert song for the tenth episode of , aptly named Souzou Forest.
===Video games===
This song was featured in the following video games:
* IA/VT Colorful
* GROOVE COASTER ZERO
* GROOVE COASTER 2 ORIGINAL STYLE
* GROOVE COASTER (arcade)
* GROOVE COASTER EX
* GROOVE COASTER 2 HEAVENLY FESTIVAL
* GROOVE COASTER 3 LINK FEVER
==External links==
===Official===
===Unofficial===
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Category:Songs featuring IA
Category:Kagerou Project series
Category:Video game songs
Category:Remastered songs