Saturday, May 24, 2008

Changes


Changes, sung by J-Rock group Base Ball Bear, is the ending theme of the Production I.G's new anime Toshokan Sensou (Library War). This is actually one of my favorite anime themes from all the new releases this Summer (Spring in Japan).

This post will also mark some changes in the life of Gibey starting this school year. Be sure to keep posted on the ch-ch-ch-changes ^__^

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CHANGES
Base Ball Bear
Ending Theme, Toshokan Sensou

[Romaji]

Nanika ga kawaru kigashita
Nani mo kawaranu asa ni
Itsumo yori sukoshi ii mezame datta

Tsurara no you ni sasatta
Dare ka no warai koe ga tokete
Haru ga ibuku

Hitosashi yubi de sashi shimesu no wa mirai
Kimi no te no hira ga afureru tabi ni
Afuru omoi

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
sayonara, furui jibun
Shin genjitsu atarashii, nani ka ga matteru
Subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Shinkokyuu hitotsu, aizu ni shite, kake dashiteku

Ashita ga konai kigashita
Ashita ga kite hottoshita
Kami-sama wa inaitte zutto omotteta

Miwake ga tsukanai you ni
Hitogomi ni magireteta boku ni
Haru ga ibuku

Hitosashi yubi de kimi ga tometa kotoba
Ryuu no te no hira jya tarinai hodo
Afuru omoi

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
Shiro kuro tsuketeku
Ichibun no ichi no jibun de butsukaritai
Subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Mune odoru, atarashii kisestu wo mukae ni iku

Nanika ga kawaru kigashita, nani mo kawaranu asa ni
Itsumo yori sukoshi mezame datta

Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku
Sayonara furui jibun
Shin genjitsu atarashii, nanika ga matteru
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Saa, kawatteku ushinaumono mo aru
Demo iindesu hitotsu unazuki, kakedasu
Saa, subete ga ima kawatteku, subete ga hajimaru
Shin genjitsu dare no mono demo nai, atashii jibun
Kawatta no wa boku jishin da

[Kanji]

何かが変わる気がした 何も変わらぬ朝に
いつもより少し良い目覚めだった

つららの様に刺さった 誰かの笑い声が融けて
春が息吹く

人指し指で指し示すのは未来
君の手の平が触れる度に 溢る 想い

changes さぁ、変わってく さよなら 旧い自分
新現実 新しい何かが待ってる
すべてがいま変わってく すべてが始まる
深呼吸ひとつ、合図にして 駆け出してく

明日が来ない気がした 明日が来てほっとした
神様はいないってずっと思ってた

見分けがつかない様に 人ごみに紛れてた僕に
春が息吹く

人指し指で君が止めた 言葉
両の手の平じゃ足りない程 溢る 想い

changes さぁ、変わってく 白黒付けてく
1分の1の自分でぶつかりたい
すべてがいま変わってく すべてが始まる
胸躍る 新しい季節を迎えに行く

何かが変わる気がした 何も変わらぬ朝に
いつもより少し良い目覚めだった

changes さぁ、変わってく さよなら 旧い自分
新現実 新しい何かが待ってる
changes さぁ、変わってく 失うものもある
でもいいんです ひとつ頷き、駆け出す
さぁ、すべてがいま変わってく すべてが始まる
新現実 誰の物でもない 新しい自分
変わったのは僕自身だ

[English Translation]

I felt like something was gonna change
On a morning where nothing changed
I woke up feeling a little better than usual

Someone’s laughter stuck like an icicle then melted
I felt the breath of spring

My index finger points out the future
Every time I touch your palm, thoughts overflow

changes, yeah, I’m changing, say goodbye to my old self
I’m waiting for a new reality, something new
Everything’s changing now, everything starts now
I give a signal with one deep breath and start running

I felt like tomorrow would never come
When tomorrow came I was relieved
I had always thought that god didn’t exist

Mixed up in the crowd as if I couldn’t be recognized
I felt the breath of spring

You stopped the flow of words with your index finger
More thoughts flow than I could hold in my two palms

changes, yeah, I’m changing, I want to crash
Into my one to one self that sees everything in black and white
Everything’s changing now, everything starts now
My heart races, I’m off to welcome the new season

I felt like something was gonna change
On a morning where nothing changed
I woke up feeling a little better than usual

changes, yeah, I’m changing, say goodbye to my old self
I’m waiting for a new reality, something new
changes, yeah, I’m changing, some things will be lost
But that’s okay, I’ll nod once then start running
Yeah, everything’s changing now, everything starts now
It’s a new reality, my new self belongs to no one else
I, myself, am what has changed


[Credits]
  1. Romaji and Kanji lyrics: http://community.livejournal.com/matsurinoato/6256.html#cutid1
  2. English translation: http://www.quartet4.net/?p=423
  3. PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHO5FdFkZYY
  4. Photo (Kasahara Iku of Toshokan Sensou): http://www.animate.tv/digital/web_radio/kanto_tosyokiti_woman.html