So, here are the official lyrics of Gazette's WITHOUT A TRACE. Which, as you may notice, differ ever so slightly from the other lyrics that already started circulating.
The 漢字 are from the booklet, ローマ字 are done by me, and for the translation,
tonbo_no_arashi was my great helperess again. I am majorly obliged, darling~ ♥
And thanks a lot to
kuroi_sora for corrections ^ ^
As usual, do not repost these without credits and link to the original source. [= this post]
WITHOUT A TRACE
脆弱な意識を剥がれ ゆっくりと足音を立てずに
灰になり粉々に散る それだけそれだけ Without a trace
後に知る感情は 無力より卑怯
混在意識の底を這う 潜在意識に問いかける
「目の前の明日が見えない。」
立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて 救いを待った君は無へ
もう聞こえはしない枯れた詩は 宛ても無く泣いている
「喪失」に流す涙は 耐えてた苦しみにも流れる?
誰もが見殺すかのよう 目蓋を閉じる
螺旋に絡まる身体が ゆっくりゆっくり捩じれる
千の棘を喉にあて問う 俺に何が救える?
「目の前で明日が死んでる。」
立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて 救いを待った君は無へ
もう聞こえはしない枯れた詩は 宛ても無く泣いている
降りしきる翳みが晴れぬように... 生きた証が消えぬように...
この詩が君へと届くのなら 偽善だと思うだろう
立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて 救いを待った君は無へ
もう 聞こえぬようにかけた声は戻せない 罪と知る
WITHOUT A TRACE
zeijaku na ishiki wo hagare yukkuri to ashioto wo tatezuni
hai ni nari konagona ni chiru soredake soredake Without a trace
nochi ni shiru kanjou wa muryoku yori hikyou
konzai ishiki no soko wo hau senzaiishiki ni toikakeru
「me no mae no asu ga mienai.」
tachitsukusu kisetsu ni iki wo umete sukui wo matta kimi wa mu he
mou kikoe wa shinai kareta uta wa atemonaku naiteiru
「soushitsu」 ni nagasu namida wa taeteta kurushimi ni mo nagareru?
daremo ga migorosu ka no you mabuta wo tojiru
rasen ni karamaru karada ga yukkuri yukkuri nejireru
sen no toge wo nodo ni ate tou ore ni nani ga sukueru?
「me no mae de asu ga shinderu.」
tachitsukusu kisetsu ni iki wo umete sukui wo matta kimi wa mu he
mou kikoe wa shinai kareta uta wa atemonaku naiteiru
furishikiru kasumi ga harenu you ni... ikita akashi ga kienu you ni...
kono uta ga kimi he to todoku no nara gizen da to omou darou
tachitsukusu kisetsu ni iki wo umete sukui wo matta kimi wa mu he
mou kikoenu you ni kaketa koe wa modosenai tsumi to shiru
WITHOUT A TRACE
I become unstuck from my fragile consciousness slowly, without sounding of footsteps
I turn into ashes and scatter into tiny pieces That's all That's all Without a trace
The sentiments I'll find out afterwards are cowardice rather than powerlessness
I crawl through the bottom of mixed consciousness and subconsciously ask a question
"I can't see the morrow in front of my eyes."
I stop my breath in a season that stands stock still [1] and you, who waited for salvation, are facing naught
The withered song that I refuse to hear anymore is crying without even an addressee
Will the tears that I shed in 「forfeit」 also flow into the anguish I put up with?
As if everyone were abandoning me I close my eyelids
The body that entwines in spirals slowly, slowly twists
I aim for the thousands of thorns in my throat and ask What can I save?
"The morrow is dying in front of my eyes."
I stop my breath in a season that stands stock still and you, who waited for salvation, are facing naught
The withered song that I refuse to hear anymore is crying without even an addressee
So that the incessantly downpouring dimness won't clear up... So that the evidence, that existed, won't vanish...
Should this song reach you you will probably think it is hypocrisy
I stop my breath in a season that stands stock still and you, who waited for salvation, are facing naught
Aah I can't take back my raised voice so that you won't be able to hear it anymore 'Tis known as sin.
Notes
[1] This might be a play on 息を殺す iki wo korosu. Literally, that would mean to kill one's breath, translated as holding one's breath. Here, literally, he is burying the breath. So it's as if he took it one step further... not only "killing", but "burying" it... → holding/stopping it completely. But that is only my impression ^ ^
Ah, I could probably add a lot more notes about this and that... Most of them would be nothing but my own humble impressions though - I don't want to 'spoil' your own, personal impressions nyan.
I feel like saying "Please receive this well", but that's not really EngRish, is it...? ^,^'
Discussions, opinions and corrections are welcome. When I signed up for WITHOUT A TRACE without even knowing the song, I thought something along the lines of "Oh heck, what did I get myself into now..." and grinned somewhat askew but... in the end, I really loved that song, from the very first moment on... ah, before I go on for why and how, and possibly fill pages with it... I'll leave ♥ These acoustics... the voice... the..
. T^T