桜の誓い

[Intro] [(Piano Intro)] [(distant shinobue)] (Filtered Intro) (ああ…　ああ…) [Verse 1] [(Whispered, fragile, close-mic)] 宵桜　花篝　影ひとつ　寄り添ふ [(nostalgic, faint sorrow)] 輿に積まれて　蕾は閉じたまま [(restrained grief)] ねぇ　風だけが　桜の好きに吹くわ [(bittersweet envy, tears behind a smile)] [Pre-Chorus] [(Trembling, restrained)] ([Tension Build]) 袖の香り　夜に移ろひて　戻れなくて [(dread seeping in)] 月が白すぎて　嘘が消えてゆく [(breath tightening, fear)] それでも　あなたの袖　握り返した [(desperate resolve, voice breaking)] [Chorus] [(Clear innocent voice, emotional but never belted)] 咲いて　散って　また咲いて [(grief-stricken tenderness)] ちぎれるほど　結んだ　ちぎりの花 [(on the verge of tears)] 名も告げぬままに　咲いた恋だから [(pleading, fragile)] 来世まで　咲かせて [(aching plea, ascending softly)] [Verse 2] [(Cold, distant, as if reciting a lie)] ([Drums stop]) 御簾の向こう　刀の光ばかり [(cold terror, hollow)] 「知らぬ人」と　口にした瞬間 [(steady voice hiding tears)] 花びらが　ひとつ　落ちた [(stifled sob, grief breaking through)] ああ　この袖に　残る春の匂い [(numb, hollow ache)] [Bridge] ([Breakdown]) [(Spoken Word, quiet, close-mic)] [Spoken] 花は言はなかった [(hollow, dead calm)] 散ることは、終わりだと [(quiet grief)] 誰が決めたのだらう [(quiet fury rising)] それでも　春は来る　知らぬ顔で [(sorrow swallowing anger, defeated whisper)] [Final Chorus] ([Beat Re-entry]) [(Layered Vocals)] [(liberated yet sorrowful)] 咲いて　散って　また咲いて [(devastated, transcendent)] 名残の月に　芽ぐむちぎりを [(sobbing within melody)] 来世の花篝　まだ見ぬあなたへ [(reaching through tears)] この春を　全部　あげる [(breaking smile, full of sorrow)] [Outro] (Filtered) ([Reverb Fade-Out]) [(wind chime, distant shō)] さくら　さくら　ちぎりの花 [(tear-drained calm)] [(Whispered)]　また、咲くから—— [(trembling hope through tears)]