San skia

## Arcaeasan skiaユアミトス

san skia - ユアミトス
Pack (Mobile): Arcaea
Pack (Switch): Arcaea

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Japanese
名前のない記憶に喉の奥が熱くって

心の悲鳴に初めて気付く…

痛みがあるからきっと優しくもなれる

束の間の凪を尊く思う

良く出来たレプリカの星は

綺麗だけど不意に侘しい

世界に満ちた歓びの全てに

何度手を叩いても

共鳴する生きた心がなければ

ああ、同じ光を望めはしない

対極にいるようで酷く似ている

終わらない2つの螺旋を壊して知りたかっただけ

世界に満ちた感情の全てを

抱きしめてなぞっても

共に生きてく誰かがいなければ

ああ、光も影も幻想と同じ

あなたも同じ

Lyrics: Haruna (yourmythos)

Source: Official YouTube

Romaji
namae no nai kioku ni nodo no oku ga atsukutte

kokoro no himei ni hajimete kizuku…

itami ga arukara kitto yasashiku mo nareru

tsukanoma no nagi o toutoku omou

yoku dekita repurika no hoshi wa

kirei dakedo fui ni wabishii

sekai ni michita yorokobi no subete ni

nando te o tataite mo

kyoumei suru ikita kokoro ga nakereba

aa, onaji hikari o nozome wa shinai

taikyoku ni iru you de hidoku niteiru

owaranai futatsuno rasen o kowashite shiritakatta dake

sekai ni michita kanjou no subete o

dakishimete nazotte mo

tomoni ikiteku dareka ga inakereba

aa, hikari mo kage mo gensou to onaji

anata mo onaji

English TL
Memories with no name well up in the back of my throat

For the first time, I notice my heart screaming out...

I'm sure that all my pain and grief will also teach me to be kinder

And I treasure each fleeting moment of calm

Well-crafted replicas of stars

Are beautiful, and yet suddenly seem so joyless

No matter how much I may clap my hands

At all the joy that fills the world

Without a living, resonating heart

Ah, we can never hope to see the same light

We are so diametrically opposed, and yet so alike

I just wanted to know how to break the two neverending spirals

No matter how much I may embrace and trace out

All the emotions that fill the world

Without another soul to share my life with

Ah, light and shadow may as well be the same as fantasy

And so would you

Translation: YabaiYatsu

Japanese (full)
名前のない記憶に喉の奥が熱くって

心の悲鳴に初めて気付く…

痛みがあるからきっと優しくもなれる

束の間の凪を尊く思う

良く出来たレプリカの星は

綺麗だけど不意に侘しい

世界に満ちた歓びの全てに

何度手を叩いても

共鳴する生きた心がなければ

ああ、同じ光を望めはしない

私をまた拒んだ 触れたら枯れる花よ

美しいままで出会えていたら

悪夢ばかりにうなされて

僅かな予感も汚してく

世界に落ちた哀しみの全てを

憎むように見つめても

共鳴する生きた心がなければ

空虚な苛立ち 同じ涙を流せはしない

対極にいるようで酷く似ている

終わらない2つの螺旋を壊して知りたかっただけ

世界に満ちた感情の全てを

抱きしめてなぞっても

共に生きてく誰かがいなければ

ああ、光も影も幻想と同じ

あなたも同じ

Lyrics: Haruna (yourmythos)

Source: Official YouTube

Romaji (full)
namae no nai kioku ni nodo no oku ga atsukutte

kokoro no himei ni hajimete kizuku…

itami ga arukara kitto yasashiku mo nareru

tsukanoma no nagi o toutoku omou

yoku dekita repurika no hoshi wa

kirei dakedo fui ni wabishii

sekai ni michita yorokobi no subete ni

nando te o tataite mo

kyoumei suru ikita kokoro ga nakereba

aa, onaji hikari o nozome wa shinai

watashi o mata kobanda furetara kareru hana yo

utsukushi ima made deaeteitara

akumu bakari ni unasarete

wazukana yokan mo yogoshiteku

sekai ni ochita kanashimi no subete o

nikumu you ni mitsumete mo

kyoumei suru ikita kokoro ga nakereba

kuukyona iradachi onaji namida o nagase wa shinai

taikyoku ni iru you de hidoku niteiru

owaranai futatsuno rasen o kowashite shiritakatta dake

sekai ni michita kanjou no subete o

dakishimete nazotte mo

tomoni ikiteku dareka ga inakereba

aa, hikari mo kage mo gensou to onaji

anata mo onaji

English TL (full)
Memories with no name well up in the back of my throat

For the first time, I notice my heart screaming out...

I'm sure that all my pain and grief will also teach me to be kinder

And I treasure each fleeting moment of calm

Well-crafted replicas of stars

Are beautiful, and yet suddenly seem so joyless

No matter how much I may clap my hands

At all the joy that fills the world

Without a living, resonating heart

Ah, we can never hope to see the same light

You refused me yet again, o flower that withers at my touch

If only we had met while you still had your beauty

I'm plagued by ceaseless nightmares

That defile even the smallest glimpse of a future

No matter how much I may glare and curse

At all the sorrow that has befallen the world

Without a living, resonating heart

Such frustration seems empty, and we can never shed the same tears

We are so diametrically opposed, and yet so alike

I just wanted to know how to break the two neverending spirals

No matter how much I may embrace and trace out

All the emotions that fill the world

Without another soul to share my life with

Ah, light and shadow may as well be the same as fantasy

And so would you

Translation: YabaiYatsu

Character POVs:

1st part: Hikari

2nd part: Tairitsu

Bridge: Hikari and Tairitsu

Final part: Hikari and Tairitsu

These lyrics were inspired by the world of Arcaea's main story. The first chorus is sung from Hikari's point of view, the second from Tairitsu's, and the bridge and last chorus from the POV of both Hikari and Tairitsu.

Supplemental note:
The lyrics of "san skia" are based on yourmythos' impression of Arcaea's story and setting.
There are as many interpretations as there are players.
Please keep this in mind, and enjoy our interpretation as one of many.

1st part

This part depicts Hikari's deep fascination with the beautiful memories reflected in the Arcaea, which slowly gives way to a feeling of uncanniness.
Instead of a world of passion that could create a deep impression on her emotions and memories, Hikari instead finds a sterile but well-made replica, an inorganic world that fills her with emptiness and fear.
I wanted to capture the feeling of a heart that could only reflect the beauty around her but longed for a deeper sense of connection, and the final lines, "Without a living, resonating heart, we can never hope to see the same light," express that heartache tinged with a little hope.

2nd part

The idea that Arcaea, no matter what memories it reflected, would keep inflicting the pain of rejection like a "flower that withers at one's touch" was an upsetting but striking image, and so I started this section with that imagery.
Tairitsu's situation is much like Hikari's, however, and suffering disconnected from your own feelings and experiences is the same as a nightmare with no emotional catharsis.
I felt like Tairitsu was feeling the same disorienting emptiness and fear, and the final lines, "Without a living, resonating heart, such frustration seems empty, and we can never shed the same tears," express that heartache tinged with a little hope.

Bridge

As they sing in the first two parts, Hikari and Tairitsu represent diametric opposites, but are still very much alike. I described the memories within Arcaea as a "neverending spiral" that could be observed but could never reflect one's one heart, and wrote about the story unfolding within this endless world that they could only watch.

Final part
The "joy", "dreamlike ecstasy", "despair", and "nightmares" that Arcaea manifests to Hikari and Tairitsu are all feelings that wouldn't be possible in a world where one was all alone. I believe that every person we meet, every memory we create, and every life we cross lives on in our emotions and in the connections we build. If the two could have started out seeing and sharing the same world without any emotional baggage, the two of them might have thought "Could we have become friends, embracing both light and dark together?" with the final lyrics expressing their foreboding and doubt.

## Trivia

* san skia in Greek (σαν σκιά) means "like a shadow".
* yourmythos have uploaded commentaries discussing the song's lyrics, on their YouTube and blog (translated above).
* This is the only Light side song to have Tairitsu in the song's jacket, without Hikari.
* san skia is playable in Anarch Entertainment's NOISZ STΔRLIVHT as part of the Crossing Pulse collaboration series.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jvC\_xoUrNE
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://note.com/yourmythos/n/n51c1df1a3df9
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYp1OGkJs\_w