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Alive by ReoNa (song.link)

submitted 1 day ago by dragontology@retrofed.com to c/eternalplaylist@crazypeople.online

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It's difficult to choose a song to represent my second favourite singer, ReoNa. Her work ranges from pop to hard rock — not pop rock, but hard rock bordering on metal. It's worth noting that she is just the singer, occasionally playing an acoustic guitar.

For those only familiar with Western music, she might be similar to Vanessa Carlton or Jewel with her low singing and whispering and tomboyish, yet feminine mysterious persona.

If you dig this song but you want to know what the Japanese lines are in English, I'm not sure this one has translations. Her song "Nainai" (from the same album) absolutely does, but that song is Wednesday Addams weird — the video, but also the song itself. It was used in an anime series, Shadows House, which is way darker and more Gothic than Addams Family could have ever hoped to be. It's just straight up weird, a series about fae creatures called shadows which enslave humans that share their features (or they adapt to their pared slave? This isn't clear). It's super weird and dark and the song fits. This video has English subtitles you can enable. Beautiful music, but if you don't know Japanese (and I only know a little bit!) you're not gonna get the full meaning. So even without that — I just love the sound of her voice, and the music she makes. That whole album, HUMAN, is excellent. I listen to it at least 3-4 times a month.

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[–] adhd_traco@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Shit, really like it. Thanks for sharing!

I can be quite obsessive with reading & translating lyrics, and feel it's usually very rewarding.
So, take this with a grain of salt, as it's machine translation, but here are the lyrics:

lyrics

I've walked the road of lies and misery.
Nothing remains.
Scars of the past are what makes me who I am.
Overflowing, falling.

[Pre-Chorus]
The wind takes away all my heat.
I feel my heart aching inside.

[Chorus]
What have I been protecting and hurting in my life?
To find the truth in everything, fighting against injustice.
You see, there's no mistake.
'Cause I'm still alive (Still alive)
I feel alive with this pain.

[Verse 2]
I'll be the only one with a voice.
Even if I raise my voice, there's no response.
Holding out my hand, but no one seems to care.
Is the end still far away?

[Pre-Chorus]
The heat haze sways and sways.
And burning from the inside out.

[Chorus]
You've lost again, frustrated, and hated everything.
Freezing and burning, resisting injustice.
You see, I don't want to forget.
'Cause I'm still alive (Still alive) (alive)
I feel alive with this pain, with this pain

[Bridge]
Even if I'm torn apart by this ever-changing world
So that it can reach someone, so that it can reach you

[Post-Bridge]
No matter how many times I lament or bury it, it still doesn't go away
With all the scars within me
Holding on to my regrets, you see, it's not a mistake
I feel alive, alive

[Chorus]
What have I been protecting and hurting in my life up until now?
To find the truth in everything, fighting against injustice
You see, it's not a mistake
'Cause I'm still alive (Still alive)
I feel alive with this pain