Midnight Showtime

-Midnight Ball-

"*Shall we dance until the end of the night?*"— **Description from the music video**
**Midnight Showtime** (真夜中、午前二時のショータイム, *Mayonaka, Gozen Niji no Showtime*[?], aka Midnight 2am Showtime) is a song by Guchiry featuring IA. It is the second track of the album *Butterfly Dream*, the fourth track of the album *Life, a losing battle*, and the image song for Shou.

### Guchiry's comment

Hello, this is Guchiry.
This is a story that follows you everywhere.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

暗い街　深い眠りにつく

いつも通りの午後10時

月明かりひとつ見えやしない

闇夜に姿見せた　黒い影

白昼夢　眩む視界の先に

突如現る招待状

宛名もない　封蝋もない

訳も分からず　眩暈

世界が踊り出す

目が覚めたら　無数の影

暗闇のダンスホール

真夜中　午前2時のショータイム

ここは中世の舞踏会場だ

始まる合図のチャイムが鳴ったら

朝まで踊り明かそうぜ　Ah

真夜中　午前2時のショータイムは

日が昇るまで終わらない　さあ

今夜は貴女とボクとで踊りましょう？

深紅の絨毯　ナイトの銅像

豪華絢爛な　シャンデリア

鏡張りの壁　幾何学模様

踊り狂う　黒い影

前世夢？　願望夢？　違う！

質感　手触りある　招待状

わかることは一つ　ここにいる

誰もが踊り　歌い　狂っていること

貴女は誰？　澄んだ瞳

黒髪が揺れる

仮面の下　何を思う？

どうして踊るの？

遠い思い出と

温もりが蘇る

永遠に夢を見続けよう

さあ手をとり 踊れ

真夜中　午前2時のショータイム

漆黒のドレスを纏って

惑わかす闇に消えた泡沫

逃さないよう手をとった

真夜中　午前2時のショータイム

貴女に導かれ踊る

仮面を外したら 見つめ合いながら

死ぬまで踊り明かそうぜ

間もなく午前5時

ショータイムは幕引きさ　お別れだ

人ひとりいない広間の絨毯には

2つの影が手をとっている

ショータイム

夢のショータイム

Kurai machi fukai nemuri ni tsuku

Itsumo touri no gogo juuji

Tsukiakari hitotsu mie ya shinai

Yamiyo ni sugata miseta kuroi kage

Hakuchuumu kuramu shikai no saki ni

Totsujo genru shoutaijou

Atena mo nai fuurou monai yaku mo wakarazu memai

Sekai ga odoridasu

Me ga sametara musuu no kage

Kurayami no dansuhouru

Mayonaka gozen niji no shou taimu

Koko wa chuusei no butou kaijouda

Hajimaru aizu no chaimu ga nattara

Asa made odori akasouze Ah

Mayonaka gozen niji no shou taimu wa

Nichi ga noboru made owaranai saa

Konya wa kijo to boku to de odorimashou？

Shinku no juutan naito no douzou

Gouka kenranna shanderia

Kagamibari no kabe kikagaku moyou

Odori kuruu kuroi kage

Zensei yume？Ganbou yume？Chigau！

Shitsukan tezawari aru shoutaijou

Wakaru koto wa hitotsu koko ni iru

Dare mo ga odori utai kurutteiru koto

Kijo wa dare？Sunda hitomi

Kurokami ga yureru

Kamen no shita nani o omou？

Doushite odoruno？

Toui omoide to

Nukumori ga yomigaeru

Eien ni yume o mitsuzukeyou

Saa te o tori odore

Mayonaka gozen niji no shou taimu

Shikkoku no doresu o matotte

Madowa kasu yami ni kieta houmatsu

Nogasanai you te o totta

Mayonaka gozen niji no shou taimu

Kijo ni michibikare odoru

Kamen o hazushitara mitsumeainagara

Shinu made odori akasouze

Mamonaku gozen goji

Shou taimu wa maku hiki sa o wakareda

Hito hitori inai hiroma no juutan ni wa

Tsu no kage ga te o totteiru

Shou taimu

Yume no shou taimu

A dark city falls into a deep sleep

10pm as usual

Not a single moonlight can be seen

A black shadow in the dark night

Daydreaming beyond the dazzling vision

An invitation suddenly appears

No address, no sealing wax

I don't understand why I'm dizzy

The World dances

I wake up in countless shadows

Dark dance halls

Midnight, 2am Showtime

This is a medieval ballroom

When the chime rings to signal the beginning

Let's dance till morning, Ah

Midnight, 2am Showtime

It doesn't end till the sun comes up. Come on

Shall we dance tonight, you and me?

Crimson carpet, bronze Knight's statue

Luxurious chandeliers

Mirrored walls, Geometric patterns

Dancing black shadows

A dream of past life? Wishful dream? No!

Soft and textured invitations

One thing I do know is that I'm here

That everyone is dancing, singing, going crazy

Who are you?　Clear eyes

Her black hair sways

What do you think is going on under that mask?

Why are you dancing?

Distant memories and

Warmth comes back to life

Let's keep dreaming forever

Come on, take my hand, let's dance

Midnight, 2am Showtime

Wearing a jet-black dress

Bubbles lost in deceptive darkness

I took his hand so he wouldn't miss it

Midnight, 2am Showtime

You lead me to dance

When we take off our masks, we'll look at each other

Let's dance till we die

Soon it will be 5am

Showtime's drawing to a close, so let's say goodbye

Not a single person is on the carpet in the hall

Only two shadows holding hands

Showtime

Dream Showtime

**Original translation done with DeepL Google Translate and RomajiDesu, edited by Wojobart**

## Characters

* Shou (MC)
* Sophie (side)

## External Links

### Official

* ~~YouTube~~ (private)
	+ YouTube (-album ver.-, album preview)
	+ YouTube (-SS style-)
* ~~NicoNico~~ (private)
	+ NicoNico (-album ver.-, album preview)
	+ NicoNico (-SS style-)
* BiliBili
* Ameblo - Lyrics
* piapro - Off Vocal

## Trivia

* The demo for the song was uploaded to Guchiry's SoundCloud as early as February 4, 2016.
* The music video for the song was made private on YouTube and NicoNico by Guchiry, along with some of the other songs (possibly somewhere around August 2021).
	+ The clip of the song is shown on Guchiry's Twitter account.
	+ One of the reasons why the music video was made private is that *Guchiry* wanted everyone to listen to Shishido's arrangement of the song.
* Guchiry is working on a remake of the song for the *Re:Butterfly Dream* album.
* The song was originally intended to be included in the *Midnight Ball EP*, but it was ultimately included in *Butterfly Dream* album instead and the EP was never released.
* When Guchiry wrote the song he had no idea how story would end up.

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/6hjDwJTCjQM&t=1280
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless\_race/status/1196050138533285889
"（これは独り言なんですが、「真夜中、午前二時のショータイム」は『人生、負け戦』のシシドアレンジが神すぎるのでもうそっちいっぱい聴いてほしさに非公開にしちゃった……YouTubeにはあるんで気になる人は聴き比べしてみて……）/(I'm talking to myself here, but I've decided to keep *Midnight Showtime* private, because I want you to hear Shishido's arrangement of *Life, a losing battle* which is too divine...... It's available on YouTube. If you are interested, please listen and compare......)"
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless\_race2/status/1721615882475237699"胡蝶之夢楽曲も残すところあと5曲くらいだな、リメイク待機　Re:胡蝶之夢(仮題、配信限定)は、夢物語に入るやつ除いきつつ、まだ配信されてない曲をリメイクして入れるやつにしようかな/There are about 5 songs left in *Butterfly Dream*, waiting for remakes. *Re:Butterfly Dream* (tentative title, limited distribution), I think I'll exclude the songs that were included in *Yume Monogatari*, but I'll include remakes of songs that haven't been distributed yet."
4. ↑ 雑談、曲についてとか話しながらご飯食べる / 自由にやります 27:19"それこそ真夜中、午前二時のショータイムとか、今途中までワンコーラスまでリメイクできてて、ちょっとずつちょっとずつ作ってるんで、待っててください。/I'm in the middle of remaking one chorus of "*Midnight Showtime*" and I'm making it little by little, so please wait."
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless\_race2/status/1103097913826148352
"/The first five song of "*Butterfly Dream*" were intended to be released as the "*Midnight Ball EP*", but I decided against it, and the EP was never released."
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/bomless\_race2/status/1114906950800629760
"「真夜中、午前二時のショータイム」なんか、最初このフレーズありきで作ってたのに、それが最終的に亡霊の舞踏会になるなんて思ってなかったし、主人公がパン屋店主になるとは考えもしてなかった/I had this phrase in mind when I wrote "*Midnight Showtime*", but I had no idea that it would end up being a ghost ball, or that the main character would become a bakery owner. I didn't even think about it."