CRY FOR THE EARTH || [A Placido/Aporia Fanmix]
* = Song is in Japanese, lyrics are translated
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{ATTO PRIMO: MAN}
In Her Eyes || Josh Groban
[Aporia's nameless, dark-haired love interest]
She stares through my shadow
She sees something more
Believes there's a light in me, she is sure.
And her truth makes me stronger
Does she realize I awake every morning
with her strength by my side?
I am not a hero
I am not an angel
I am just a man,
man who's trying to love her,
unlike any other
In her eyes I am
This world keeps on spinning
Only she stills my heart
She's my inspiration
She's my Northern Star
I don't count my possessions, all I call mine.
I will give her completely to the end of all time.
One is the Loneliest Number || Aimee Mann
[Creation of Placido]
It's just no good anymore since you went away.
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday.
Because one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do.
One is the loneliest number, much, much worse than two
One is the number divided by two.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams || Green Day
[It was hope that continued letting me walk...]
I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known.
Don't know where it goes, but it's only me, I walk alone.
I walk this empty street on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
When the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone.
I walk alone...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me.
My shallow’s heart's the only thing that's beating.
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'til then I walk alone.
I'm walking down the line that /divides me/ somewhere in my mind.
On the borderline of the edge and where I walk alone.
Read between the lines, what's fucked up when everything's alright.
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive and I walk alone.
Living with Determination [Combo Mix] || Lunar
[Last man alive.]
~Instrumental~
Dust in the Wind || Kansas
[Creation of Jose]
I close my eyes only for a moment and the moment's gone.
All my dreams pass before my eyes with curiosity.
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea.
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.
Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
It slips away, all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is d u s t in the w i n d.
You've Got a Friend || James Taylor
[Discovery of Z-ONE, Antinomy, and Paradox.]
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
when people can be so cold.
They'll hurt you, and desert you
and take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them.
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
all you have to do is call
and I'll be there
You've got a friend
Bridge Over Troubled Water || Simon & Garfunkel
[Friends]
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down
Sail on Silver Girl,
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Say Uncle || Vienna Teng
[Deaths of Antinomy & Paradox; the irony, of course, is that the next time Aporia meets his friends... they're both memory-confused robots turned against one another as enemies.]
Everyone agrees it came too soon
It was only meant to be an interception
You kept fear of death in the back pocket of your jeans,
in the palm of your hand, affection.
It came like a sudden gust of wind,
leaving them bewildered to ask how.
I recall last time we met, you said we'd meet again--
the irony is only bitter now.
...
These days everyone cries, "say uncle"
I retrieve the memories quickly as I can
Add them to the portrait we all draw in our minds
Your body gone, we shall keep the man.
I close my eyes and hope they do not fade
These remnants of a voice and a smile
Images of landscape, cloaked in forest green
like your life unfolding mile by mile.
A fierce embrace, a word of thanks
A cheerful whistle, and hours in a van
Somehow these pieces must bring back the man you were,
though the ocean claims your ashes on the sand.
The Scientist [Live] || Aimee Mann
[Going back in time, back to the start]
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
do not speak as loud as my heart.
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Cry for the Earth* || Jam Project
[...]
In a country with an unknown name, ruins of a town
The line of people who were robbed of tomorrow continues on
An overflowing REFRAIN of hatred,
The REFRAIN of despair
(WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?)
Unable to withstand the besiege of DESPAIR
As unstoppable COLD RAIN falls,
“CRYING FOR THE EARTH”
How can I? We here now on this planet...
(TRY TO FIND AN ANSWER) (What are we to find?)
How can each of us now in this place...
(Try to find the answer) (What are we to believe?)
How can each of us through eternity....
(TRY TO FIND THE REASON) (Longing for love)
(TRY TO FIND THE FUTURE) (TRY TO FIND THE LOVE)
How can we continue to atone for this guilt?
Even today, everywhere in the world lots of lives
are squashed as if they were just bugs.
With extreme ease, the fleeting lives of the innocent
are burned away as easily as paper.
(WHY NOW? WHY NOW?)
To pierce through to the heart, we sang
(WHY NOW? WHY NOW?)
and for what reason?
So that those that are hurting DON’T GIVE UP!
So those whose spirits have
been knocked down can STAND UP! STAND UP!
and continue walking!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{INTERMEZZO}
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables || Les Miserables
[Z-ONE mourning over his dead friends]
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me,
that I l i v e and you are g o n e.
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on.
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables,
where my friends will meet no more.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{ATTO SECONDO: MACHINE}
Iron Man || Black Sabbath
[The mechanical manifestation of a person's despair]
He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field.
When he traveled time for the future of mankind.
Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance that he will soon unfold.
Now the time is here for Iron Man to spread fear.
Vengeance from the grave,
kills the people he once saved.
Nobody wants him
They just turn their head
Nobody helps him, now he has his revenge.
Heavy ~boots~ of lead fills his victims full of dread
Running as fast as they can,
Iron Man lives again!
Boots and Boys || Ke$ha
[Techno-nun in thigh-high stilettos]
I think it's time that I mention
I've got myself an obsession
for the smell, for the touch,
Keep that scruff lookin' rough
I know I've got myself a habit
But I gotta have it now
I don't care where, work it out
Let me break it down
I try it on, I take it off
So what you got?
Something 'bout boots and boys
They bring me so much joy
I gotta say it, I wear 'em both so ~pretty~ as I walk in the city.
Watch out, boots and boys
Give me boots and boys
Give me boots and boys, boys
I'm keeping quite the collection
Take nothing less than perfection
Almost Human || Voltaire
[Just like Aporia, made by Z-ONE, better than Antinomy, hated by humans -- Placido is almost his own person.]
I'm just like you,
I'm made by Him,
Despised by they,
I'm almost me.
I'm nearly human look at me,
I'm almost a human being.
These tears are real,
I'm jealousy, I'm spite and hate
To the core I'm mean.
I'm nearly human look at me
I'm almost a human being.
I'm just like you,
Better than he,
To hell with they.
I'm almost me.
I'm nearly human,
Pity me I'm almost a human being.
Don't touch me,
I couldn't bear the thought of it now.
Don't touch me,
I couldn't bear the strength.
I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got was This Stupid Song Written about Me || Fall Out Boy
[At heart, Placido is stone-cold, arrogant, and an emotionally stunted man-child.]
I found the cure to growing older
And you're the only place that feels like home
Just so you know, you'll never know
And some secrets weren't meant to be told
But I found the cure to growing older
I'm the first kid to write of hearts, lies, and friends
And I am sorry my conscience called in sick again
And I've got arrogance down to a science
Oh, and I'm the first kid to write of hearts, lies, and friends
...
They call kids like us vicious and carved out of stone
But for what we've become, we just feel more alone
Always weigh what I've got against what I left
So progress report: I am missing you to death.
Kokou no Pride* || Takashi Kondo
[Superiority's Pride]
No matter who the opponent is, I won't give mercy
Baring those sharp fangs, I fight
Deeper than ultramarine, and colder than ice, the sea of indifference
Swarming ones, all without exception
I knock down those foolish eyes
I break through the silver wall
I fly around with graceful wings
My pride blooms fully
Doomed to perish here
It's useless begging for help, CRY.
Without being stopped by anyone, without being tied up to anything
The quiet time flows away
Ones that get into my field of vision are whims from when I kill time
The world warps, splendidly
I mow down vessels of weaklings
The crude target scatters and disorients
I release the blade of slumber
My pride reflecting on the surface
Alone, sky above the rooftop
I was listening to the echoing chime
I won't let it be dirtied, my ideal fortress
I muse on my pride.
No More Sorrow || Linkin Park
[Misanthropy; "Hm, so many ruins in this area. Humans would probably say this place is 'desolate', but this world is familiar to me. Our world had few inhabitants, only junk in all directions waiting to decay. It's all the fault of foolish human desire run amok, the result of past debts... But seeing the teeming masses and chaos of this world, I intensely miss such sights."]
I see pain, I see need
I see liars and thieves, abuse power with greed
I had hope, I believed
but I'm beginning to think that I've been deceived
You will pay for what you've done
No, no more sorrow
I've paid for your mistakes
Your time is borrowed
Your time has come to be replaced
Your time has come to be erased.
The WORLD* || Nightmare
[If Placido's actions truly were fueled by the death of his unnamed beloved... then he would destroy the past to ensure a better future.]
We exchanged promises of revolution in the expanding darkness
I loved you, so the flower of evil sprouted
I won't let anyone interfere with
everything that is to come in the future.
A fruit has told me of the future
This city has forgotten reason
These distorted and black times will
change into ideals, into dreams.
Why? Am I a broken MESSIAH?
The "end" that everyone has wished for...
Reset* || Aya Ishihara
[Infinity Circuit]
Inside of the darkness of the heart
In the seemingly imitative city
Although the lie has been seen through,
I still cling to those affectionate words.
The world reflects in gray
It passes fleetingly
JUST FEEL DESPAIR
Destroy the distorted MIRAGE
DELETE ALL OF THE WORLD TO DO OVER AGAIN
City || Hollywood Undead
[DESTROY NEO DOMINO]
So now I pray to my nation destroyed under God
(It's the end of the world)
All my battles have been won
But the war has just begun
(Let's watch it burn)
(Let's watch it burn)
Let's watch this city burn the world
Let's watch this city burn
From the skylights on top of the world
Till there's nothing left of her
Let's watch this city burn the world
The city looks so pretty, do you wanna burn it with me?
Till the skies bleeds ashes and the fucking sky crashes
They catch us with matches to ignite the flame
And all the hopes that we all deem fucking insane and say:
Take the pill
In God we trust
Go and kill
God loves us
As in life as in death
Breathing till there is no breath
Every Breath You Take || The Police
[Yuusei, and more broadly, Signer-watching... because that's more or less what Placido and gang do for 30-some odd episodes.]
Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take
I'll be watching you
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay
I'll be watching you
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake
I'll be watching you
Army of Me || Bjork
[Setting his big plan into motion: the Diablos]
You're on your own now
We won't save you
Your rescue squad is too exhausted
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
Infra-Red || Placebo
[Ep. 106, Placido hunts down Yuusei and corners him like a rat.]
One last thing before I shuffle off the planet,
I will be the one to make you crawl.
So I came down to wish you an unhappy birthday.
Someone call the ambulance
There's gonna be an a c c i d e n t.
I'm coming up on infra-red
There is no running that can hide you
'cause I can see in the dark.
I'm coming up on infra-red
Forget your running, I will find you.
Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) || Lady Gaga
[Introduction of Placido's "Ultimate Body" fusion, and I am not sorry for including this song.]
Ride, ride, pony, ride, ride
Ride, ride, pony, tonight
We can be strong, we can be strong
Out on this lonely road, on the road to love
We can be strong, we can be strong
Follow that unicorn on the road to love
Imma Be || Black Eyed Peas
[BUZZZZZ]
Imma be, Imma be - Imma Imma Imma be
Imma be, Imma be - Imma Imma Imma be
Imma be, Imma be - Imma Imma Imma be
Imma be be be be Imma Imma be
Imma be be be be Imma Imma be
Imma be be be be Imma Imma be
One Man Army || Our Lady Peace
[Dead.]
F a l l i n g ,
I remember falling,
I remember marching
like a one man army.
Through the blaze,
I know I'm coughing
I believe in something.
I don't want to remember falling.
I remember crawling
through the way.
I know I falling.
I remember marching.
I don't want to remember falling.
I don't want to remember falling
for your lies.
Stand Back Up || Sugarland
[Death and Rebirth: Placido Ripresa.]
I've been beaten up and bruised,
I've been kicked right off my shoes,
Been down on my knees more times than you'd believe,
When the darkness tries to get me,
There's a light that just won't let me,
It might take my pride, and tears may fill my eyes,
But I'll stand back up.
I've weathered all these storms,
But I just turn them into wind, so I can fly,
What don't kill you makes you stronger,
When I take my last breath,
that's when I'll just give up.
So, go ahead and take your best shot,
Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,
You might win this round but you can't keep me down.
'Cause I'll stand back up,
And you'll know just the moment when I've had enough.
Sometimes I'm afraid and I don't feel that tough,
but I'll stand back up.
Machine Muzik || Vocaloid
[Fusion into APORIA]
~Instrumental~
Apocalypse Please || Muse
[Even with Aporia's defeat, there still comes the advent of Ark Cradle.]
And it's time we saw a miracle
Come on it's time for something biblical
to pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end, the end
This is the end of the world
Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through
Zetsubou Billy* || Maximum the Hormone
[Aporia's despaaaaiiiiirrrrrrr]
Have ya got "that" which lies dormant within society?
Who can overwrite it, the filth of the world?
The earth astir from a chain of annihilation
Master, obliteration, fated self-destruction
World of acquittal
Words of sanction
An acquired fever, truly "death pirates"
Redeem the game of law
Despair the Billy
Now, morals
Come, unstoppable eraser rain
Despair the Billy
Now, morals
Come, unstoppable eraser rain
Unstoppable eraser rain
Love, battle of wits, tension
Egoistically bent sadist
Iron hammer of fragmented evil
Lives snatched away
Saturated with scoundrels,
urgent, murder of criminals
Verdict! "Human rights," "trouble," "hatred"
Repentance spilling viscera
Snickering reaper, why this consequence?
Truth, no one knows the misery
...
Above is carnage of a dark funeral,
Truth-debate-peace-error, regret,
Many thousands of years, pity
Violence, turbulent times, despair and pain
Despair the Billy
Now, morals
Come, unstoppable eraser rain
Despair the Billy
Now, morals
Come, unstoppable eraser rain
Dancin' bloody heart
Love, the thunderous color tone is life
Dancin' bloody heart
Love, the thunderous color tone is life
It's an unstoppable fate, chained race.
When You Believe || Mariey Carey & Whitney Houston
[NOZOMI]
In this time of fear
when prayer so often proves in vain,
hope seems like the summer bird too swiftly flown away.
Yet now I'm standing here
My hearts so full, I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words I never thought I'd say.
There can be miracles when you believe.
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
when you believe somehow you will
You will when you believe
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World, Op. 95, B. 178 || Antonin Dvorak
[Team New World]
I. Adagio - Allegro Molto (Placido)
II. Largo (Jose)
III. Scherzo: Molto Vivace (Lucciano)
IV. Allegro con Fuoco (Aporia)
~Instrumental~
Robots || Flight of the Conchords
[In Placido's fantasies, this is what happens.]
The humans are dead.
The humans are dead.
We used poisonous gases,
And we poisoned their asses.
The humans are dead. (The humans are dead.)
The humans are dead. (They look like they're dead.)
It had to be done, (I'll just confirm that they're dead.)
so that we could have fun. (Affirmative, I poked one, it was dead.)
...
Can't we just talk to the humans? Their little understanding might make things better.
Can't we talk to the humans, and work together now?
No, because they are dead!
I said,
The humans are dead. (I'm glad they are dead.)
The humans are dead. (I noticed, they're dead.)
We used poisonous gases, (With traces of lead)
And we poisoned their asses. (Actually, their lungs.)
...
Once again, without emotion, the humans are dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, doooo--.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{NOTES & ETC.}<<
- Coincidentally, “Cry for the Earth” is sung by Jam Project, an anison super-group including the artists Masami Okui (DM’s opening “Shuffle”), Hiroshi Kitadani (GX’s ending “Endless Dream”) and Masaaki Endoh, who 5D’s fans know as the guy who sang “Believe in
Nexus”, “Clear Mind”, 等等 - Lucciano is not included in this FST because he was technically before Placido's time.
- Originally, the fanmix’s jewel cover was supposed to be Illiaster’s pic of Placido clutching a giant pineapple at his chest whilst directing his army of motorcycle robots to wreck havoc. After consulting with my ex, I scrapped the idea into the trash.
- Fanart on the cover can be found here.