II. THE SOUL

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**II. THE SOUL** is Armstrong's Lament. The Japanese version is sung by Yu Kobayashi.

## Media

【MV】Ⅱ. THE SOUL（Song by アームストロング(小林ゆう)）(フル音源Ver.)【メメントモリ】Japanese version【Lyric MV】Armstrong "Ⅱ. THE SOUL" (Full Ver.) 【MementoMori】English version

## Lyrics

* English version
* Japanese version

Tracing the memories, unraveling and old

Untold heartbeats left behind

The voices have ceased to be

Don't elude me, hear my plea

Oh, an untold tale, a story unknown

Prayers entwined in our dreams

A clock that will never chime

Embracing frozen time

Countless lives and smiles lost in the past

A delicate thread fading at last

Forgotten and lost in the depths of time

Come my friends, let our souls intertwine

Till the end I will keep your names alive

Come my friends, till the world's last breath

All together they will know our endless pain

Oh, the weight of the trigger I pulled that day

Never leaves my memory

I slowly close my eyes

Silent, lost in the haze

Oh, precious remnants of life lead the way

Passing by, I bow and pray

Silent as the memories you left

beneath the waving flag

The once gentle light, so nostalgic and dear

Now tainted, obscured, with a sense of fear

As if it mocks our battles fought in strife

Come my friends, if cursing be your plea

I'll embody all your rage, as you desire

Come my friends, I'll offer all I hath

Curse me till my soul decays, forevermore

Embrace despair with all your might

We will ravage and torment all barricades

Come my friends, carve as deep as your screams

Honor you with all my strength

We'll seek revenge

Come with me, come my friends

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English translation

ああ 解かれた記憶 辿る

乾いた鼓動 ひとつ残った

声 途絶えて

ああ 繋がらない物語

束ねた祈り

針が止まったままの時計を握る

捨てられた命だけが

赤く細い線となり 消えていく

忘れられて

友よ 我が血になれ

その名を胸に 終わりへ

友よ 滅びるまで

静かに誓おう 痛みを

ああ 引き金の重さだけが

消えることなく 指に残った

音も絶えて

ああ 亡骸を標にして

手向けた祈り

影に染まった旗の下 捧げる

懐かしい光すらも

忌まわしく淀んでいる

戦場を嗤うように

友よ 怒りとなれ

この身を貸そう 望むなら

友よ 我を呪え

この魂を喰らうまで

さあ 絶望となれ

屍すらも飲み込め

友よ 深く刻め

我らの影を 墓標へ 深く

aa hodoka reta kioku tadoru

kawaita kodou hitotsu nokotta

koe todaete

aa tsunagaranai monogatari

tabaneta inori

hari ga tomatta mama no tokei o nigiru

suterareta inochi dake ga

akaku hosoi sen to nari kieteiku

wasurerarete

tomoyo waga chi ni nare

sono na o mune ni owari e

tomoyo horobiru made

shizuka ni chikaou itami o

aa hikigane no omosa dake ga

kieru koto naku yubi ni nokotta

oto mo taete

aa nakigara o shirube ni shite

tamuketa inori

kage ni somatta hata no moto sasageru

natsukashii hikari sura mo

imawashiku yodonde iru

senjou o warau you ni

tomoyo ikari to nare

kono mi o kasou nozomunara

tomoyo ware o noroe

kono tamashii o kurau made

saa zetsubou to nare

shikabane sura mo nomikome

tomoyo fukaku kizame

warera no kage o bohyou e fukaku fukaku

Ahh, I retrace an unraveled memory

One withered heart was still beating

As every voice fell silent

Ahh, so many stories cut short

I bundled their prayers around my neck

Clinging to the clock that no longer ticks

Only the lives that are cast away

Become the thin red line, and fade away

Forgotten forever

My comrades, let your blood flow within me

I'll march to the end with your names etched in my heart

My comrades, I quietly vow to you all

Until the day I fall, I'll free you from the pain

Ahh, I can still feel the trigger

Its weight lingered on my fingertip

As my world fell silent

Ahh, looking towards my fallen comrades

I offered my hands in prayer

Beneath a flag blackened by shadows

Even the lights I once longed to see

Now swarm with filth and corruption

As if sneering at all the battles we fought

My comrades, unleash your rage

This body is yours to use, if you so desire

My comrades, cast your curse onto me

Until you consume all that's left of my soul

Now, overrun everyone with despair

Devour them all, be they dead or alive

My comrades, carve deep so they remember

Carve our shadows deep into their tombstones

Carve deep

Carve deep

## Trivia

* II. THE SOUL samples from Ravel's *Bolero*.