Vanitas of the Lunar Eclipse

## Different names

**“Vanitas of the Lunar Eclipse”** (月蝕のヴァニタス, *“Gesshoku no Vanitas”*) is the normal (bad) ending theme for the *ChäoS;Child* visual novel. It is by the band PHANTASM, sung by FES.

## Lyrics

* Rōmaji
* Japanese
* English (CoZ TL)

Donna kegare no nai muku na hitomi ni mo　kagerisasu hakanai sadame

Bibou no gekka ni wa sajou no roukaku　oto mo naku ushinawareta basho

Omoishiru darou　oroka na sentaku　usurawarai no kami no hitsujitachi yo

Kyouki haranda yume kakagete　tadashii mono dake wo kowashite yuku

Ima koko ni utsuru subete ga　gizen no mayakashi nara

Giseisha no shikabane ga　shin no ishi wo kataru darou

Sono toki wo materi shinsekai no taidou nozokikomu shin'en ni rensa shiteku keiji kara

Hitosuji dake no hikari ga abakidasu mono shinjitsu to wa utsukushiki itami

Dare mo mizukara dake kabau uragiri ni mi wo yatsushi mujihi wo warau

Kyoei no garan ni wa kugutsu no rougoku rifujin ni yugamerareta kagi

Omoishiru ga ii kedakaki “sono me” de kurikaesareru nazo no mugenrasen

Kokoro okasare hiku TRIGGER otoritachi no mure ni nomarete yuku

Tada hitotsu no shinri dake wo motome tsuzukete hoshii

Sore ga kitto ashita no aganaida to negau kara

Nemuri wo tokareta shinsekai no taidou kakusareteta fugou ni temaneki suru hametsu e to

Tatoe donna ni zankoku na ketsumatsu demo shinjitsu nara tamerai wa shinai

Kimi ga nozomu naraba unmei wo miseyou

Nogarerarenai mousou, shinshoku, VANITAS, eien…

Ima koko ni utsuru subete ga gizen no mayakashi nara

Giseisha no shikabane ga shin no ai ni kawaru darou

Sono toki ga kitari shinsekai no taidou otosareta shin'en ni hibiki wataru sakebi kara

Hitosuji dake no hikari ga sashishimesu mono shinjitsu to wa tsumibukaki inochi

どんな穢れのない無垢な瞳にも　翳り射す儚いさだめ

美貌の月下には砂上の楼閣　音もなく失われた場所

思い知るだろう　愚かな選択　薄ら笑いの神の羊たちよ

狂気孕んだ夢掲げて　正しいものだけを壊してゆく

今ここに映るすべてが　偽善のまやかしなら

犠牲者の屍が　真の意思を語るだろう

その時を待てに　新世界の胎動　覗き込む深淵に　連鎖してく啓示から

ひと筋だけの光が暴き出すもの　真実とは美しき傷み

誰も自らだけ庇う裏切りに　身をやつし無慈悲を嗤う

虚栄の伽藍には傀儡の牢獄　理不尽に歪められた鍵

思い知るがいい　気高き「その目」で　繰り返される謎の無限螺旋

心侵され引くトリガー　囮たちの群れに飲まれてゆく

ただひとつの真理だけを　求め続けて欲しい

それがきっと明日の　贖いだと願うから

眠りを解かれた　新世界の胎動　隠されてた符号に　手招きする破滅へと

たとえどんなに残酷な結末でも　真実なら躊躇いはしない

君が望むならば　運命を見せよう

逃れられない妄想、侵食、ヴァニタス、永遠…

今ここに映るすべてが　偽善のまやかしなら

犠牲者の屍が　真の愛に変わるだろう

その時が来たり　新世界の胎動　堕とされた深淵に　響き渡る叫びから

ひと筋だけの光が指し示すもの　真実とは罪深き命

Though capable of holding innocence and purity, no eyes are spared the shadow of an ephemeral fate

Dazzling moonlight settles over a house of cards, a place entirely lost to silence

You will realize your foolish choice, O lambs of the derisive Lord

Dreams swelling with insanity are brought forth eradicating that which is righteous

And now, should everything reflected here simply be hypocritical deception

Then the corpses of the victims shall speak unto you the truth

The New World will quicken as it awaits that moment down into the peering abyss, through a chaining revelation

A sole glimmer of light reveals the truth: an exquisite pain

All sneer at the treacherous who shield themselves and the ruthless who disguise themselves

The temple of vanity acts as the puppet's prison, its key warped by the outrageous

And it will become known that “those eyes”, though dignified, repeat the enigmatic and never-ending spiral

The trigger pulled through a defiled mind, the flock of decoys swallow it whole

I ask that you search only for a single truth

As it is undoubtedly tomorrow's salvation

The New World will quicken as its slumber draws to a close, the hidden symbols giving way to the beckoning ruin to come

No matter how cruel the end, you must face the truth with no hesitation

Should you choose, I will reveal unto you your destiny

An inescapable delusion, erosion, Vanitas, and an eternity...

And now, should everything reflected here simply be hypocritical deception

Then the corpses of the victims will reshape into true love

The awaited moment will have arrived as the New World quickens as it plunges to its demise through the echoing screams

A sole glimmer of light reveals the truth: a sinful life

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 VGMdb.net - *PHANTASM THE BEST*