blackbox

Song title
"blackbox" also known as: "black box"
Original Upload Date
April 11, 2013
Singer
Hatsune Miku
Producer(s)
marasy (music, lyrics) katmax (mix) Tom Coyne (mastering) Kasoku Sato (video (3D modeling, animation, composite, logo design))
Views
360,000+ (NN), 450,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast YouTube Broadcast (reprint, subbed)
Description

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
突然立ち止まる	totsuzen tachidomaru	I suddenly stop
こっち？そっち？あっち？そっち？どっち？	kocchi? socchi? acchi? socchi? docchi?	This way? That way? Over there? That way? Which way?
「遅刻してしまうよ」	"chikoku shite shimau yo"	"I’m going to be late”
絵に描いたような	e ni egaita you na	As if it were drawn in a picture,
人の波に飲まれていく	hito no nami ni nomarete yuku	I’m being swallowed by a wave of people
無抵抗	muteikou	Without resisting
探し彷徨い迷い込む　出口のない迷路だ	sagashi samayoi mayoikomu　deguchi no nai meiro da	Searching, wandering, having lost my way in a maze with no exit
今日も誰かの背中の後を　ついていくだけ	kyou mo dareka no senaka no ato wo　tsuite yuku dake	Today, too, I’ll just be following someone’s back
88の音の世界	hachijuuhachi no oto no sekai	In this world of 88 sounds,
叩いて繰り返し問いかけるソナタ	tataite kurikaeshi toikakeru sonata	The sonata ||:　:|| strikes and asks questions
好きと嫌いが交じり合った僕の叫びは	suki to kirai ga majiriatta boku no sakebi wa	Will my cry, mixed with like and hate,
君には届かないんだろうか	kimi ni wa todokanaindarou ka	Not reach you?
白と黒の	shiro to kuro no	This white and black,
激しく奏でた運命は rit. する	hageshiku kanadeta unmei wa rit. suru	Intensely played fate does a rit...
僕と君とは二度と交わらないんだ	boku to kimi to wa nidoto majiwaranainda	You and I will never meet again
また箱の中　閉じこもる	mata hako no naka　tojikomoru	Again, I shut myself away within this box
あの時　そう君は	ano toki　sou kimi wa	At that time, yes, you
きっとずっと待ってたんだろう	kitto zutto mattetandarou	Had definitely been always waiting, hadn’t you?
「いつかまたね」と	"itsuka mata ne" to	"I’ll see you again"
大好きだった	daisuki datta	I had loved you
音の波に飲まれていく	oto no nami ni nomarete yuku	Being swallowed by this wave of sound,
おかしいな	okashii na	It’s kind of strange
この箱の	kono hako no	In this box’s
音色には	neiro ni wa	Tone color,
僕がいて	boku ga ite	I am here,
君がいて	kimi ga ite	And you are here
気付いたよ	kizuita yo	I had realized
この気持ち	kono kimochi	These feelings
世界は開かれた	sekai wa hirakareta	And the world had opened
かすかに聞こえた箱の中	kasuka ni kikoeta hako no naka	Within the box, I heard faintly
ありふれた答えはいらない	arifureta kotae wa iranai	That mundane answers are unneeded
感じたままのその感触で	kanjita mama no sono kanshoku de	While I had felt that sensation,
君に伝えたい	kimi ni tsutaetai	I want to tell you
88の音の世界	hachijuuhachi no oto no sekai	This world of 88 sounds
叩いて繰り返し問いかけるソナタ	tataite kurikaeshi toikakeru sonata	The sonata ||:　:|| strikes and asks questions
好きも嫌いも交じり合った僕の叫びが	suki to kirai ga majiriatta boku no sakebi ga	My cry, mixed with like and hate,
これが僕の奏でる音だ	kore ga boku no kanaderu oto da	This is the sound I’ll play
白と黒の	shiro to kuro no	This white and black
優しく奏でた運命は続いてく	yasashiku kanadeta unmei wa tsuzuiteku	Fate I gently played continues
僕と君とは音で繋がってるんだ	boku to kimi to wa oto de tsunagatterunda	You and I are connected by sound
この音色よ　永久に響け	kono neiro yo　towa ni hibike	Resound for eternity, this tone color

English translation by Coleena Wu

External Links

Official

• Niconi Commons - Instrumental
• Niconi Commons - Instrumental w/ Chorus

Unofficial

• VocaDB
• Vocaloid Wiki
• Hatsune Miku Wiki (Japanese)
• Nico Nico Pedia - Song Article on Nicopedia (Japanese)
• Anime Lyrics dot Com - Romaji Lyrics Source (Transliterated by Aozora*Pen)