想像フォレスト (Souzou Forest)


Song title
"想像フォレスト" Romaji: Souzou Foresuto English: Imagination Forest
Original Upload Date
February 1, 2012 Kuusou Forest: May 19, 2012 Mousou Forest: February 5, 2012 (album release date)
Singer
IA
Producer(s)
Jin (music, lyrics) Wannyanpu (ilustration, video)
Views
3,600,000+ Kuusou Forest: 1,100,000+ (NN), 7,300,000+ (YT) Mousou Forest: N/A
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast (reprint, subbed) Kuusou Forest: Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast Mousou Forest: N/A
Description A story of a dreaming Medusa. "That's the reason why even the world is unexpected and bizarre." --Composer's comment Part of the Kagerou Project.

Alternate Versions

MEKAKUCITY ACTORS ver.

Upload date: November 26, 2014 (CD release date)

Featuring: Yoshida Takumi from saji

Producer(s): Jin (music, lyrics, arrangement), Nakanishi Ryosuke (arrangement), Toyama Tetsuro (guitar), Yamaguchi Hiroo (bass), Yoshida Taro (drums), Daisensei Muroya Strings (strings), Suzuki Masanori & Nakano Yusuke (trumpet), Takegami Yoshinari (tenor sax & flute), Handa Nobuhine (trombone)

Included on MEKAKUCITY ACTORS Vol.10 Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD releases.

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
夏風がノックする	natsukaze ga nokku suru	The summer breeze knocks,
窓を開けてみると	mado o akete miru to	And when I open up the window,
何処からか　迷い込んだ鳥の声	doko kara ka mayoikonda tori no koe	I hear the chirps of birds wandering from afar

読みかけの本を置き	yomikake no hon o oki	I put a half-read book aside,
「どこから来たんだい」と笑う	"doko kara kita ndai" to warau	And say with a smile, "Where did you come from?"
目隠ししたままの　午後三時です	mekakushi shita mama no gogo sanji desu	With my blindfold still on, three in the afternoon...

世界は案外シンプルで	sekai wa angai shinpuru de	The world is surprisingly simple,
複雑に怪奇した	fukuzatsu ni kaiki shita	But it's me who's bizarre,
私なんて誰に理解もされないまま	watashi nante dare ni rikai mo sarenai mama	With complication which no one ever understands...

街外れ、森の中、人目につかないこの家を	machihazure, mori no naka, hitome ni tsukanai kono ie o	Outside the town, in the forest, in this house beyond people's notice...
訪れる人など居ない訳で。	otozureru hito nado inai wake de.	Yes, that's why none ever come to visit.

目を合わせないで！	me o awasenaide!	Don't make eye contact!
固まった心、一人ぼっちで諦めて	katamatta kokoro, hitoribochi de akiramete	With a hardened heart, I resign to loneliness,
目に映った　無機物（もの）に　安堵する日々は	me ni utsutta mono ni ando suru hibi wa	Living out my days seeing only "things"...

物語の中でしか知らない	monogatari no naka de shika shiranai	All I know are what's in stories,
世界に少し憧れることくらい	sekai ni sukoshi akogareru koto kurai	And if I long for the world, just a bit,
許してくれますか？	yurushite kuremasu ka?	Will you forgive me for it?

淡々と流れ出した	tantan to nagaredashita	It faintly flowed along;
生まれてしまった理不尽でも	umarete shimatta rifujin demo	Even in this irrationality I was born into,
案外人生なんで。	angai jinsei nande.	Surprisingly, there was life.
私の中じゃ。	watashi no naka ja.	Somewhere inside me.

ねぇねぇ、突飛な未来を	nee nee, toppi na mirai o	Tell me, won't that wide world
想像して膨らむ世界は	souzou shite fukuramu sekai wa	In which I imagine a wild future,
今日か明日でも	kyou ka ashita demo	Whether it be today or tomorrow...
ノックしてくれないですか？	nokku shite kurenai desu ka?	Won't it knock on my door?

なんて妄想なんかして	nante mousou nanka shite	As I was having such fantasies,
外を眺めていると	soto o nagameteiru to	And gazing outside,
突然に聴こえてきたのは喋り声	totsuzen ni kikoete kita no wa shaberigoe	I suddenly heard someone speaking...

飲みかけのハーブティーを	nomikake no haabutii o	I knocked over my half-drunk herb tea,
机中に撒き散らし	tsukuejuu ni makichirashi	Spilling it all over the desk
「どうしよう…」	"dou shiyou..."	"What am I to do...?"
とドアの向こうを見つめました。	to doa no mukou o mitsumemashita.	I thought, staring past the door.

「目を合わせると石になってしまう」	"me o awaseru to ishi ni natte shimau"	"Look anyone in the eyes, and they'll freeze up..."
それは両親に聞いたこと	sore wa ryoushin ni kiita koto	That's what I had heard from my parents,
私の目もそうなっている様で	watashi no me mo sou natte iru you de	And it seemed my eyes were the same...

物語の中なんかじゃいつも	monogatari no naka nanka ja itsumo	And the way that always goes in stories...
怖がられる役ばかりで。	kowagarareru yaku bakari de.	Well, such people are to be feared.
そんな事知ってる訳で。	sonna koto shitteru wake de.	I knew that, and that's why.

トントン、と響きだした	tonton, to hibikidashita	A thumping sound echoed out,
ノックの音は初めてで	nokku no oto wa hajimete de	The first knock I'd ever heard
緊張なんてものじゃ	kinchou nante mono ja	And to say I was nervous...
足りないくらいで。	tarinai kurai de.	It wouldn't be quite enough.

ねぇねぇ、突飛な世界は	nee nee, toppi na sekai wa	Let me say, that wild world
想像してるよりも	souzou shiteru yori mo	That I had imagined to knock...
実に簡単にドアを	jitsu ni kantan ni doa o	In reality, it opened the door
開けてしまうものでした。	akete shimau mono deshita.	Much more easily than I expected.

目を塞ぎうずくまる姿に	me o fusagi uzukumaru sugata ni	Finding me cowering, covering my eyes,
その人は驚いて	sono hito wa odoroite	The person was surprised;
「目を見ると石になってしまう」	"me o miru to ishi ni natte shimau"	"If I look you in the eye... freeze up..."
と言うとただ笑った	to iu to tada waratta	I stammered, but they just smiled

「僕だって石になってしまうと	"boku datte ishi ni natte shimau to	"I've been living afraid as well,
怯えて暮らしてた	obiete kurashiteta	Afraid I'd lose heart...
でも世界はさ、案外怯えなくて	demo sekai wa sa, angai obienakute	But wouldn't the world be so much better
良いんだよ？」	ii nda yo?"	Without that fear?"

タンタン、と鳴り響いた	tantan, to narihibiita	Reverberating peacefully,
心の奥に溢れてた	kokoro no oku ni afureteta	My heart overflowed with imagination,
想像は世界に少し鳴り出して	souzou wa sekai ni sukoshi naridashite	And a bit of it rang out into the world...

ねぇねぇ、突飛な未来を	nee nee, toppi na mirai o	And tell me, you who came to me
教えてくれたあなたが	oshiete kureta anata ga	To teach me about a wild future...
また迷った時は	mata mayotta toki wa	That if I'm ever lost again,
ここで待っているから。	koko de matteiru kara.	You'll be here waiting for me.

夏風が今日もまた　あなたがくれた服の	natsu kaze ga kyou mo mata anata ga kureta fuku no	The summer breeze comes again and blows the hood you gave me,
フードを少しだけ　揺らしてみせた。	fuudo o sukoshi dake yurashite miseta.	And I let it oh-so-gently sway in the wind.