Genki Sunshine

— Anonymous Lyric Writer

**Genki Sunshine** (*lit. Energetic Sunshine!*) is Urania's Mirror's first song for their debut EP, *Take it all In* as well as an insert song in *Urania's Mirror comics* sung by the group to Rikku. It was released on the 11th of July 2021.

The song is written, arranged and composed by Sarina Aria Elysia,

Guitars by Ivan (musical duo) & Alex Wilson-Razzell.

Instrumental mix by James Skinner.

Vocal mix by Altu (Snow Fox) & Elsie Samuels.

## Track Listing

### **Take it all In**

#### **CD**

1. ****Genki Sunshine****
2. **Diamond Star Dance**
3. **Run away Runaway**
4. **Show me Show me**
5. **Angel Cake**
6. **Take it all in**

## Lyrics

Rain falls and all you see is a sunny day (Never grey inside)
Ten thousand miles to you is a marathon we could run (Don’t stop now!)
You skip with ev’ry step and you’re never still (Walking’s just too dull)
All you do, (HARE!) being you,
You embody a great big SMILE! (Let’s do our best!)

Each time my will began to slip
Your drive would lift my spirits.
How could I give up when you’re right there?

Genki Sunshine! Sunshine! AISHITERU
How I love to dance alongside you
You light up a fire in us all but to me,
You burn the brightest!
Genki Sunshine! How can I confess?
You inspire us all to do our best.
You bring the summer to my life

You get to class each day in a hurried mess (Overslept again!)
School’s not your strongest suit
You’ll be watching the clock all day (Just no fun!)
But when the last bell rings
You’re in overdrive (Practice, here I come!)
Then we sing (and dance!)
And you’re off
We can barely keep up with you! (GANBARIMASU!)

I always dream and never act
Saw stars but never flew there
All it took was you to push us here!

Genki Sunshine! Sunshine! AISHITERU
How I love to dance alongside you
You light up a fire in us all but to me,
You burn the brightest!
Genki Sunshine! How can I confess?
You inspire us all to do our best.
You bring the summer to my life

Not many would fight on like you
Not many would see their dreams through
Not many would smile like you
With what we’re against (Just one more try!)
So many would quit before now
You always press on somehow (We’ve still got hope!)
How many could push themselves so far? (Mmm, pushed too far!)

Genki Sunshine please don’t lose your light
Though it’s dimmed in you, in us it’s bright
You taught us to shine for ourselves
So come on! Shine once again!

Genki Sunshine! Sunshine! AISHITERU
How I love to dance alongside you
You light up a fire in us all but to me,
You burn the brightest!
Genki Sunshine! How can I confess?
You inspire us all to do our best.
You bring the summer to my life

(We love you! Our Sunshine!)
No star seems out of reach with you
(We thank you! Our Sunshine!)
Now let’s go make our dreams come true!

## Trivia

* Genki Sunshine was written by Sarina Aria Elysia before Urana's Mirror formed, back in 2018
* The story of the song was originally supposed to be dedicated to Honoka Kousaka from the Love Live series, but was later changed to be about Rikku Lavender from the whole Urania's Mirror group.
* The members all struggled with singing the line "But to me, you burn the brightest!" in the time that Sarina wanted for a comically long time.
* This song originally featured 9 singers instead of 7, before it was simplified for a smaller group.