The Ballade of Puppets: In a New World Gods Will Descend ("Ghost in the Shell - Innocence" Soundtrack)
Kugutsuuta Aratayo Ni Kamutsudo Hite
Kanashimi ni nuetori naku
A ga kaeri misuredo hana wa chirinubeshi Nagusamuru kokoro wa kenuru ga gotoku
Aratayo ni kamutsudoite Yo wa ake nuetori naku
Saku hana wa kami ni koinomu Ikeru yo ni a ga mi kanashimo Ime wa kenu…
Ikeru yo ni a ga mi kanashimo Ime wa kenu uramite chiru
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Like the autumn leaves we fall together The chaotic frenzy has stopped howling In grief, Nue will sing When we look back Flowers will fall away The heart of solace having withered In a new world Gods will descend Dawn will break and Nue will sing Flowers in bloom pray to Gods Lamenting over their being in this World of life. Their dreams having faded away.
Lamentig over... Their dreams...
Flowers grieve and fall.
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The night bird calls out in sadness.
When I turn to look, the flowers had all fallen away It was as if all comfort had vanished from the world
As the gods leave to gather in the new world, Day breaks, and the night bird calls out.
The blossoms beseech the gods. "Even though in this world we may know grief and suffering" "Our dreams shall never die"
"Even though in this world we may know grief and suffering" "Our dreams shall never die," and they fall from the branch in anger