Eien wa Shishite Ikiru

## Eternity Is Dying and Living

**Eien wa Shishite Ikiru** (永遠ハ死シテ生キル; *Eternity Is Dying and Living*) is a song featured in the album Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Revue Album "Arcana Arcadia". It is the insert song of Revue of Destruction and Determination, Revue of Succession, Change, and Awakening, and Revue of Salvation and Rebirth.

## Tracklist

1. Shinjiru Mono ni Mon wa Hirakareru (信じる者に門は開かれる, *The Gates Shall Open to Those Who Believe*)
2. Inochi Tsukite mo Tsuki Hatezu (命尽きても尽き果てず, *Life Persists*)
3. Tsumi ga Nai no Naraba Sore ga Tsumi da (罪がないのならばそれが罪だ, *If There Is No Sin, That Is a Sin*)
4. Yami o Terasu Mono (闇を照らすもの, *What Shines the Darkness*)
5. **Eien wa Shishite Ikiru** (永遠ハ死シテ生キル, *Eternity Is Dying and Living*)
6. Hoshi no Shōjo, Tsuki ni Shōjo (星の少女、月に少女, *Star Girl, Girl On Moon*)

## Music Production

* **Vocals:** Hotaru Nomoto as Akira Yukishiro, Yume Takeuchi as Liu Mei Fan, Tomori Kusunoki as Tamao Tomoe, Suzuko Mimori as Hikari Kagura, Aina Aiba as Claudine Saijo
* **Lyrics:** Kanata Nakamura
* **Composition:** Kazuya Komatsu
* **Arrangement:** Kazuya Komatsu

## Lyrics

* Kanji
* Rōmaji
* English

ひかり • クロディーヌ • 珠緒 • 晶 • メイファン

アレはそう　昔々のミライ
コンニチハ　ゴキゲンヨウ　そしてサヨナラ
生命はイツモイツモ　旅する
安定を求めては　星の海原へ

キミが「生＝正」なら　なおさら
ボクは「死」か「逆さ」なのさ
これから　ドコへ行コウ

少しだけ背伸びして　視界がチカチカ
届かない1ミリが許せないの
キリキリ　ショックで
ウェイク　ウェイク　アップ
スレ違う　一瞬で　キミに触れよう

ボロボロのレコードを見つけたよ
シアワセのメロディはこんなにセツナイの？

キミが「勝ち」なら　なぜだか
ボクは「負け」「負け」なんだな
やっぱり消えてしまおう

真っ暗なトンネルは　気持ちがクラクラ
そんなんじゃ　出口にはたどり着けない
ビリビリ　タッチで
テイクミーアウェイ
宇宙船　壊れても　キミと笑おう

いまも　分からなくって
そして　届かなくって
カラっぽのハコ抱いて　ずっと泣いているの

少しだけ背伸びして　視界がチカチカ
届かない1ミリが許せないの
キリキリ　ショックで
ウェイク　ウェイク　アップ
スレ違う　一瞬で　キミに触れよう

Hikari • Claudine • Tamao • Akira • Mei Fan

are wa sō　mukashi mukashi no mirai
konnichiwa　gokigenyō　soshite sayonara
seimei wa itsumo itsumo　tabi suru
antei o motomete wa　hoshi no unabara e

kimi ga "sei" nara　naosara
boku wa "shi" ka "sakasa" nano sa
korekara　doko e yukō

sukoshi dake senobi shite　shikai ga chikachika
todokanai ichi miri ga yurusenai no
kirikiri　shokku de
weiku　weiku　appu
surechigau　isshun de　kimi ni fureyō

boroboro no rekōdo o mitsuketa yo
shiawase no merodi wa konna ni setsunai no?

kimi ga "kachi" nara　naze da ka
boku wa "make" "make" nanda na
yappari kiete shimaō

makkura na tonneru wa　kimochi ga kurakura
sonnan ja　deguchi ni wa tadori tsukenai
biribiri　tacchi de
teiku mii awei
uchūsen　kowarete mo　kimi to waraō

ima mo　wakaranakutte
soshite　todokanakutte
karappo no hako daite　zutto naite iru no

sukoshi dake senobi shite　shikai ga chikachika
todokanai ichi miri ga yurusenai no
kirikiri　shokku de
weiku　weiku　appu
surechigau　isshun de　kimi ni fureyō

Hikari • Claudine • Tamao • Akira • Mei Fan

That is, indeed, a future from long, long ago
Hello, how do you do, and then goodbye
Life is constantly, constantly on a journey
If you seek stability, head to the sea of stars

If you are "alive＝upright", then
I'll just be "death" or "reversed" even more
From here on, where shall we go?

Stretching out just a little further, my vision flickers
I can't let go of a single millimeter out of my reach
With a sharp shock,
Wake wake up
I'll touch you in the instant we pass by each other

I found a battered, tattered record
Is the melody of happiness so heartrending?

If you "win", for some reason
It's my "loss", "loss", I suppose
In the end, let's just let it all disappear

This pitch-black tunnel is so dizzying
You won't be able to reach the exit like that
With an electrifying touch
Take me away
Even if this spaceship crashes, let's laugh together, you and I

Even now, I still don't understand
And I can't reach it
I'm hugging an empty box, crying the whole time

Stretching out just a little further, my vision flickers
I can't let go of a single millimeter out of my reach
With a sharp shock,
Wake wake up
I'll touch you in the instant we pass by each other

Translated by Bananapepper