Monochrome

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**Monochrome** (モノクローム *Monokuroomu*) is Arianrhod's lament. The Japanese version is sung by ChouCho.

## Media

【MV】モノクローム（Song by ChouCho）(フル音源Ver.)【メメントモリ】Japanese version【MV】CV. 高田憂希／Song. ChouCho「モノクローム」（Special Ver.）【メメントモリ】Japanese version (Special ver.)【Lyric MV】Arianrhod "Monochrome" (Full Ver.) 【MementoMori】English version
## Lyrics

* English version
* Japanese version

Shadows in my way, traces of punishment and crime

Walking straight ahead, I’m not afraid to say goodbye

Fears of yesterday, they still remain without a shape

Distorting every choice that I make

There’s a feeling in the air, and I can’t make it disappear

Like a sky before a storm, casting over busy crowds

A world in monochrome, falling into black and white

‘Cause the more I try, the more I feel like letting go

Tired of the pain, now all I wanna do is to forget

So I’ll spend another day lost in this sullen shade of gray

To where the rainbow ends, how it seems so long ago

All the days I used to dream in color’s gone away

But I know we’ll meet again before the night begins to fall

Even though I understand nothing is promised in this life

So I believe

For creatures in the wild, each day’s a battle to survive

Fighting to protect and feed the young that waits at home

People wear a smile upon their faces every day

So tell me who they’re doing it for?

Not a question in my mind, yes, I believed I knew it all

Two colors, right and wrong, that’s all ever saw

A world in monochrome, twisting into black and white

I’m still trying to understand what lies behind the rage

Everything you say, the words that keep on spilling from your heart

They’re the answers to the questions you make to tell me who you are

Beyond the rainbow’s where I believed that I could go

Every sight I came across back then was beautiful

And although the colors on my heart has long faded away

If I keep on layering these lines of gray I’ll find the way

So I believe

Black and white, seems like it’s all a fantasy

They melt and they evanesce, eternally

Time waits for no one, always leaving me behind

Till the day I wake up and rise again

A world in monochrome, falling into black and white

’Cause the more I try, the more I feel like letting go

Tired of the pain, now all I wanna do is to forget

So I’ll spend another day lost in this sullen shade of gray

To where the rainbow ends, how it seems so long ago

All the days I used to dream in color’s gone away

But I know we’ll meet again before the night begins to fall

Even though I understand nothing is promised in this life

If I keep on layering these lines of gray, I’ll find the way

So I believe

* Japanese
* Romaji
* English translation

選り分けた 罪と罰の影

不安がる 昨日に さよなら

曖昧に 浮かぶ輪郭は いびつな境目

曇りの空とよく似た気持ちが

立ち込めてる 人の行く群れ

モノクロームに 落ちていくように

赦しより増えてく諦め

決めることはいつでも辛いから

今日もグレーのままで回る世界

虹の根元 探してた頃

少しだけ色づいてた夢

また会えるから 夜の来る前に

確かなものは何もないけれど

So I believe

獰猛に奪い合う獣

帰り待つ仔のため 牙剥く

人はみな裏腹な笑顔 それは誰のため？

二つの色で描き出せるもの

沢山あるものと思ってたけど

モノクロームに ひずむ世界で

怒りと理解の裏表

吐き出した言葉が表すのは

君を作る問いの答え合わせ

虹の向こう 目指してた頃

見えていた景色は綺麗で

本当の気持ち 色あせた今も

灰色の描線 重ねれば届く

So I believe

白も黒も幻で 溶けて消えてくばかり

時だけはただ過ぎていく

やがて 目を覚ますまで

モノクロームに 落ちていくように

赦しより増えてく諦め

決めることはいつでも辛いから

今日もグレーのままで回る世界

虹の根元 探してた頃 少しだけ色づいてた夢

また会えるから 夜の来る前に

確かなものは何もないけれど

灰色の描線 重ねれば届く

So I believe

yori waketa tsumi to bachi no kage

fuangaru kinou ni sayonara

aimai ni ukabu rinkaku wa ibitsu na sakaime

kumori no sora to yoku nita kimochi ga

tachikometeru hito no yukumure

monokuroomu ni ochite yuku you ni

yurushi yori fueteku akirame

kimeru koto wa itsudemo tsurai kara

kyou mo guree no mama de mawaru sekai

niji no nemoto sagashiteta koro

sukoshi dake irozuiteta yume

mata aeru kara yoru no kuru mae ni

tashikana mono wa nani mo nai keredo

So I believe

doumou ni ubaiau kemono

kaerimatsu ko no tame kibamuku

hito wa mina urahara na egao sore wa dare no tame?

futatsu no iro de egakidaseru mono

takusan aru mono to omotteta kedo

monokuroomu ni hizumu sekai de

ikari to rikai no uraomote

hakidashita kotoba ga arawasu no wa

kimi o tsukuru toi no kotaeawase

niji no mukou mezashiteta koro

miete ita keshiki wa kirei de

hontou no kimochi iroaseta ima mo

haiiro no rain kasanereba todoku

So I believe

shiro mo kuro mo maboroshi de tokete kieteku bakari

toki dake wa tada sugite yuku

yagate me o samasu made

monokuroomu ni ochite yuu you ni

yurushi yori fueteku akirame

kimeru koto wa itsudemo tsurai kara

kyou mo guree no mama de mawaru sekai

niji no nemoto sagashiteta koro

sukoshi dake irozuiteta yume

mata aeru kara yoru no kuru mae ni

tashikana mono wa nani mo nai keredo

haiiro no rain kasanereba todoku

So I believe

Punished for my sins—I know exactly what I’ve done

Haunted by fear, so I put it all behind me

But light and dark’s divide dims before my eyes

My mind is now one with the clouds in the sky

Looming over the busy crowds below

I feel like I’m falling into monochrome

Giving up more than I can ever forgive myself for

The choices I make will always be full of pain

So I’ll spend another day sunken in the gray

When I chased rainbows,

my dreams were faint with color

We’ll meet again before nightfall

Nothing in life is ever certain

So I believe

Animals fight to claim what’s theirs

Baring their fangs for the young waiting at home

Every person wears a smile—but a smile meant for who?

My heart could take these two colors

And paint hundreds of pictures, or so I thought

The world twists into monochrome

Anger and sympathy on both sides of the coin

The words that pour out your mouth

Are the answers to the questions you create

When I set out beyond the rainbow

Every sight my eyes beheld was so beautiful

Although my heart has lost all its color

I’ll reach you if I keep drawing in lines of gray

So I believe

Black and white are illusions that only fade away

Time will just go on without me

Until the moment I finally awaken

I feel like I’m falling into monochrome

Giving up more than I can ever forgive myself for

The choices I make will always be full of pain

So I’ll spend another day sunken in the gray

When I chased rainbows, my dreams were faint with color

We’ll meet once again before nightfall

Although nothing in life is ever certain

I’ll reach you if I keep drawing in lines of gray

So I believe