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Okay, I've heard lots of these songs and most of them are so sad that they were sad enough to make my girlfriend cry. Of course all of them are sung in Japanese (most of them, I think xD), but some of these songs are so emotional when translated into English (Akatsuki No Kuruma to name a few). Can you guys share a video of any sad japanese/anime songs? Don't forget to post some ENGLISH lyrics of the song ^^


This song's called "Just Be Friends" sung by Luka Megurine (Vocaloid)
This song reminded my girl about our fight last few months xD
 

OMFG, this still gets to me. I seen it first about 4 years ago and called my guy at the time crying down the phone. Still moves me to tears, so deep :cry: Its the splitting of the crew of the Bebop, so sad.
 
If it doesn't have to be a Japanese song, then for me this one takes the cake:

"Bratja" from Fullmetal Alchemist (in Russian):


And the piano only version, "Solitude," is exceptionally gripping (may or may not contain spoilers :hmmm::

 
@Gamingway: Agree! That song fits perfectly with FMA (Bratja & Solitude). The songs kinda tragic xD

Here's another one! This songs called "Akatsuki no Kuruma" (Wheel of Dawn) by FictionJunction YUUKA. It's an OST from Gundam Seed. My favorite line there is:
Please don't go, no matter how much you scream,
all it will do is quietly stir these orange petals
Saved on my soft brow,
I send the memories in my palm far away
An eternal farewell as I keep strumming

 
Fried Rice said:
Don't forget to post some ENGLISH lyrics of the song ^^
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Aaaaaand....I did. :ffs: Sorry. Here's my favorite translation of "Passion":
(wonk uoy naht niotceffa erom deen I)
If I recall, far far away
The future was shining on everywhere
Beneath the beautiful blue sky
We were just a little afraid
The window will be tinted
A nostalgic color
If we advance forth, can we ever meet again?
The future goes on to everywhere
Beneath the large signboard
I want to keep watching the eras changing
I will open a window
To the people and places I can’t see again
If I recall, far far away
The future was shining on everywhere
Beneath the beautiful blue sky
We were slumbering forever

The person I liked long ago
I heard will bear a child in winter
What were decided since long ago
I sometimes would want to doubt them
The ones I could never forget
Would the New Year’s card have photographs attached?
What to us could not be done
I will think very fondly of them
(All my fears and all our lies)

Beneath the blue sky…

"Bratja" ("Brothers"):

Forgive me, little brother
I am so sorry before you.
It's forbidden to try to return
One taken by the earth.

The one who knows the law of existence
Could help me to find the answer.
I was very mistaken
There's no cure for death.

Dear Mom, sweet Mom!
We loved you so much.
But all our efforts
Unfortunately were in vain.

I tempted you
With the wonderful hope
Of returning our home.
My brother, it's all my fault.

Don't cry, don't be sad, big brother.
You're not the only guilty one.
There's only one road before us,
We will purge our sins completely.

I cannot blame you,
I am not hurt at all.
Well, we sinned
By wanting to be stronger than everyone else.

Dear Mom, sweet Mom!
We loved you so much.
But all our efforts
Unfortunately were in vain.

I was tempted
With the wonderful hope
Of returning our home.
I'm guilty for all of it.

But what should we do, how should we be?
How to fix everything, to forget?
It's forbidden to try to return
One taken by the earth.

And here's another good one, "Rewrite" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation, from the Fullmetal Alchemist 4th season opening. This is the full version:


My favorite translation of the lyrics was in an FMV on Youtube that no longer exists, but here's a fairly similar one:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The reason this feeling is bugging me and I want to get it off my chest
Is because I have no other proof of my existence
I thought I’d got a hold on my future
But “dignity” and “freedom” are contradicting each other[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The reason I want to erase this distorted afterimage
Is because in it I can see my limitations
I’m too self-conscious
Last year’s calendar in my window has no dates[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Erase it and rewrite it
This huge, ridiculous fantasy
Don’t forget what it feels like to be alive[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rewrite it in the nick of time
Even the meaningless paranoia
Devote everything you have
To your driving force[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Crying as I kill the feelings that had begun to grow
Crying as I realise that I’m only ordinary after all
Crying for my corrupted heart, for my dirty lies[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Erase it and rewrite it
This huge, ridiculous fantasy
Don’t forget what it feels like to be alive[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rewrite it in the nick of time
Even the meaningless paranoia
Devote everything you have
To your driving force[/FONT]
 
BTW, here are the english lyrics of Just Be Friends and Akatsuki No Kuruma. The "Just be Friends" video have english subs but if you're planning to just look at the lyrics and not listen to the song, here you go! ^^

Just be Friends by Luka Megurine (Vocaloid)

Just be friends All we gotta do
Just be friends It's time to say goodbye
Just be friends All we gotta do
Just be friends Just be friends...

It came to mind in the early morning yesterday
As if I gathered broken pieces of glass

What the heck is this? Drips from my cut finger
Is this what we really hoped for?

I knew it at the bottom of my heart, the hardest choice would be the best
My self-love refuses it and repeats self-contradiction
When can I tell it to you?

In the slowly decaying world, I'm struggling but it's the only way
Carving your faded smiles, I pulled out the plug

I screamed with my hoarse voice, rebound and resonance echo in vain
Nothing is left at the end of the unchained me
Coincidences that sticked us degenerates into the dark and are broken in pieces
"No matter what we do, life is just like that" I mumbled
Somebody's tears flow down the dried cheeks

All we gotta do　Just be friends
It's time to say goodbye Just be friends
All we gotta do　Just be friends
Just be friends Just be friends...

Yesterday a tranquil night made me realize
It'd be useless to pick up fallen petals

Because it'd never bloom again
It's tiny but already dead on my palms
Our time stopped long ago

I remember the season we met first and your grace smile
Bringing up old issues, we hurt each other as badly as possible
Our minds are full of thorns

With this continuous dull relationship
Grievously I can't change my mind
I still love you, I don't wanna be apart from you, but I have to tell you

It's raining heavily in my mind, I'm stunned, I'm standing dead, my vision is blurry
Despite my determination, the pain is still penetrating
The bond between us has come apart and is dying away in everyday
Goodbye, my sweetheart, it's over
We have to leave without turning back

Just once, just once, if I could have my wish to come true
I'd be born again and again and go see you on those days

I screamed with my hoarse voice, rebound and resonance echo in vain
Nothing is left at the end of the unchained me
The bond between us has come apart and is dying away in everyday
Goodbye, my sweetheart, it's over
We have to leave without turning back

It's all over

Akatsuki No Kuruma by FictionJunction YUUKA (OST Gundam Seed)

Shaded by the trees, calling out to the wind, I'm lying face-down crying
I saw a version of myself I didn't even recognize
On this guitar I'm playing the melody of someone who's passed on
A star falls in the grief of someone who'll never be seen again

Please don't go, no matter how much you scream,
all it will do is quietly stir these orange petals
Saved on my soft brow,
I send the memories in my palm far away
An eternal farewell as I keep strumming

The heart of a child clinging to a gentle hand
The blazing wheels cast it off and continue on
On this guitar I'm playing the grief of someone who's passed on
The strings in my heart being plucked at violently

In the pure white unstained by sorrow,
the orange petals stirred in a summer shadow
Even if my soft brow is lost,
I'll cross over the far off, red-stained sand
The rhythm of farewell

Branded into my memories, on the ever-turning earth,
there is something sprouting in remembrance

Sending off the dawn's carriage
Those orange petals are stirring somewhere even now
The peaceful daybreak I once saw
Until it is placed in my hands once more,
please don't let the light go out
The wheels are turning
 
SapphireStar said:

OMFG, this still gets to me. I seen it first about 4 years ago and called my guy at the time crying down the phone. Still moves me to tears, so deep :cry: Its the splitting of the crew of the Bebop, so sad.
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:( Aw I totally love Cowboy Bebop! It was a very sad anime indeed. The music in composed was just amazing. I think I'll download this song again.

Also, there's a song called "A Little Pain" from the anime Nana. It's pretty sad as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-to_m7wadc
 


this is the ending song for one of the InuYasha films. I've always loved this song... the english translation is

We all understand
That the wounds can't go away.
How long will it go on?
We don't need them anymore

We all wait for the day
That there will be no strife.
Wounded soldiers,
Remember now
Your mothers' warmth.

In this vast and endless world,
Drawing our own map,
And holding back our tears,
We'll continue on walking.

Stand up now,
See now, however many times
Sleeping lions are awakened,
Live on to tomorrow.

We all carry
A fragment of love,
Even if we feel hatred,
Nothing will be born of it.
That's something we don't need.

Within the limits of time,
Setting out for a paradise we've yet to see,
As far as it takes us,
We'll continue on walking.

Don't turn back,
Only look ahead.
Until your body wastes away,
Live on to the future

Remember now
Our mothers' warmth.

In this vast and endless world,
Drawing our own map,
And holding back our tears,
We'll continue on walking.

Don't turn back,
Only look ahead.
Until your body wastes away,
Live on to the future.


another really really sad song, is the ending to Wolf's Rain, which is probably the saddest anime I have ever seen. It's in english, but it's such a beautiful song. I cry nearly every time I hear it, especially after watching the entire series... I love it, but it's SO sad.


Been a long road to follow
Been there and gone tomorrow
Without saying goodbye to yesterday
Are the memories I hold still valid?
Or have the tears deluded them?

Maybe this time tomorrow
The rain will cease to follow
And the mist will fade into one more today
Something somewhere out there keeps calling

Am I going home?
Will I hear someone singing solace to the silent moon?
Zero gravity... what's it like?

Am I alone?
Is somebody there beyond these heavy aching feet
Still the road keeps on telling me to go on

Something is pulling me
I feel the gravity of it all


Another sad one from Wolf's Rain, Also in english... Heaven's Not Enough. I looove this song SO much.


heaven's not enough
if when you get there..
just another blue
and heaven's not enough
you think you've found it
and it loses you

you've thought of all there is
but not enough
and it loses you in a cloud

"there" most everything is nothin'
that it seems
"where" you see the things you only wanna see

I'd fly away
to a higher plane
to say words I resist
to float away
to sigh
to breathe.... forget

and heaven's not enough
if when I'm there I don't remember you
and heaven does enough
you think you know it
and it uses you

I saw so many things
but like a dream
always losing me in a cloud

cause I couldn't cry
cause I turned away
couldn't see the score
didn't know the pain
of leaving yesterday really far behind
in another life
in another dream
by a different name
gave it all away
for a memory
and a quiet lie
and I felt the face
of a cold tonight
still don't know the score
but I know the pain
of leaving everything really far behind
and if I could cry
and if I could live what truth I did then take me there
heaven goodbye
 
Here's another Vocaloid song (I've been listening to Vocaloid songs lately and yes, it is a sad one indeed). This one's by Miku Hatsune a.k.a. world's virtual diva. It's called "When The First Love Ends". Enjoy! ^^


English Lyrics:
I tasted my salty tears when you gave me my first kiss
It was just like a drama that I had seen
The starting bell tore us apart / it must've been written in the script

The chilly wind grazed along my cheek
I breathed out rubbed my hands together
in order to warm them up
the brilliant illuminations decorating the bare trees
make the streets a wonderland

How could I tell you this feeling?
I swallowed my words
It was better to leave them unsaid
Don't think that I am stupid
It's a promise between me and myself
No more looking back though it hurts

Arigatou Sayonara
My heart-breaking one-sided love
I'll just keep on moving on then I can get over you
so please
let me say thank you and goodbye
though it's gonna make me cry
when I tried not to burst into tears
a snowflake touched on my skin
It melted away and disappeared

Walking down toward the station, I felt totally left out
"Hey baby, It's snowing!" said some girl to her lover
All I wanted was to be like her
I hoped it was not too late
in my bag was a hand-knitted muffler

How could I give this present for you?
I am just a coward... and I am just afraid
Is it okay to let it go if it would be a memory?
I say to myself, "you're sure about that?"

Arigatou Sayonara
I should have been prepared for this
and made myself not to regret any of it
Why am I
saying just thank you and goodbye?
How could I be so strong?
The train will soon arrive but I don't want it to
I can't make myself understand why my heart hurts

I want you for my own
I wished for God, but still I'm all alone
Insecurity and emptiness
Oh why does it hurt this such just to say goodbye?

You will have to go (you will have to go)
I know, I know
Don't be so kind that you make me cry again
"...please let me go"
I will never forget you
I love you so much

Arigatou Sayonara
I can't say a word so please God, give me some courage
"Hey, wait...I...I"
then I realize that there's no distance between you and me
Can I cry just for now?
Words are no longer needed
hold me tight, and never let me go
never let me go...

What's gonna happen to us this time next year is never known but
promise me to be who you wanna be
 
I can't think of many sad songs from anime, but one that always moves me to tears is another song from Cowboy Bebop. It's called Rain (Demo Version). It plays at the church scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_p-nhZXLg

Lyrics:
I don't feel a thing
and I stopped remembering
The days are just like moments turned to hours

Mother Used to say
if you want, you'll find a way
Bet mother never danced through fire shower

Walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain
I walk in the rain, in the rain
Is it right or is it wrong
and is it here that I belong

I don't hear a sound
Silent faces in the ground
The quiet screams, but I refuse to listen

If there is a hell
I'm sure this is how it smells
Wish this were a dream, but no, it isn't

Walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain
I walk in the rain, in the rain
Am I right or am I wrong
and is it here that I belong

Walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain
I walk in the rain, in the rain
Why do I feel so alone
For some reason I think of home
 
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Again by YUI
FMA: Brotherhood's first opening theme song. Some people say that this song is about facing your fears but for me, this songs about accepting the pain of your mistakes. One of my favorite songs from YUI


I am supposed to pursue my dream
in this narrow winding road, stuttering in the crowds of people

It's not that I want to return to that past,
I am just searching for the sky I have lost.
I hope you understand.
Don't show the sad face as if you have been sacrificed.

Tears do not end a sin. We have to carry it with us through
in this maze of feelings with no ends in sight.
Who am I waiting for?
As scribbled on the blank note, I want to be more honest.
What do I want to escape from?
Is it this thing called "reality"?

"For what am I living?"
In the middle of the night as my memories are fading.
I can't play safe anymore,
but there is nowhere to go too.
There's still so much in life to remove this feeling.
I will feel nostalgic about it.
I welcome this pain.

I have to apologize for this. Ah, I'm sorry.
I can't say it well. I'm just causing worries.

Everything that I embraced that day.
Everything that I will embrace tomorrow
I will not arrange them in any order.
I hope you understand. I closed my eyes
but I could still see things I do not want to see.

Unnecessary rumours that I hear for the first time, so what?
"Face it and you will be friends"
Don't tell lies like these.
My heart being agitated from deep inside,
a burning sensation runs through my body.
Actually I'm expecting something
from this thing called "reality".

"For what am I living?"
I want to shout it out loud. Can you hear me?
I can't play safe anymore,
but there is nowhere to go too.
I am grateful for all the kindness,
so I want to become stronger to march on.
I do welcome friends and foes.

How do I open the next door? I'm thinking.
The unretractable story has begun.
Open your eyes. Open your eyes.

There is still so much in life to remove this feeling.
I want to start all over again so that I can complete what I haven't done.
Shall we go AGAIN?

"For what am I living?"
I want to shout it out loud. Can you hear me?
I can't play safe anymore,
but there is nowhere to go too.
I am grateful for all the kindness,
so I want to become stronger. I feel the nostalgia.
I welcome this pain.
 
Beauty is Within us-Yokko Kanno

This song was from Ghost in the shell. It makes more sense if you watch the episode because it's about a man who was born sick and he had to get cybernetic parts which he was against and so it twisted him and bow he feels he has no beauty. Honestly when I watch the episode and this song comes on, I start tearing up. it's such a beautiful song and it's just so amazing like most of the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack!


Lyrics:

O mother dear
Look what you've done
To your forlorn and once beloved son
Why was I born at all?
O mother dear
I'm such a freak
A mutant man, a woman underneath
Why was I born at all?

It's you I blame for all the shame
This anguish and this aching
The mirror turned against the wall
Myself despised, forsaken

*You say, "Beauty is within us, your mother knows"
"There's a beauty that's within us, just like a rose"
You say, "beauty is within us, so let it grow"
But it's grown so dark and ugly

O mother dear
I curse you so
For breathing life into your wretched son
Why were you born at all?
O mother dear
I love you so
O please forgive this anger in my soul
Without you I'm alone

It's me who's been eternally damned
Trapped inside this cage, a ruined man
All damaged and depraved

O mother dear
This misery
Has settled like a stain upon my skin
- a vast unspoken sin

And my mistake is much too late
But your mistake was trusting
That out of grief, a goodness comes
And love comes out of lusting

*You say, "Beauty is within us, your mother knows"
"There's a beauty that's within us, just like a rose"
You say, "beauty is within us, so let it grow"
But it's grown so dark and ugly

You say, "Beauty is within us, your mother knows"
"There's a beauty that's within us, just like a rose"
You say, "Beauty is within us, so let it grow"
But it's grown so dark I can not see you anymore

"O beauty is within us, mother knows"
"O beauty is within us, like a rose"
"O beauty is within us, let it grow"
O mother dear, let me out of here!

This song trumps most of the sad anime song's I've heard so far. I love how it's full of sadness, resentment, and beauty all at the same time!
 
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I don't know why but I've always found this anime theme song from Witch Hunter Robin sad:



I haven't seen the entire series of this anime as yet but I plan to very soon.

Just need to get my hands on the boxset which is around $70. =/
 
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Hitorikiri no Sora (Sky for Only One Person) by Saori Kiuji
This is the "first" ending of Kaze no Stigma (This anime has 2 endings. If the episode's a funny one, the second ending will be aired but if it's a tragic episode, the first ending will be played... yeah I know, it's kinda weird xD)

English Lyrics:
Lonesome eyes,
What are you looking on this sky?

With blade of wind,
You keep everyone at distance.
Quietly you shed blood,
Crying, screaming, alone.

A power from ancient times awakens,
You always waited for this meeting.
Uncurable wound hides you,
Let me embrance you, someday.

World that's not ending,
There's no place where you can after struggle.

Beyond the time,
You leave into opposite direction.
I wanted to touch your heart,
Yet I can't see it, reach it, even now.

Frozen chest, I've found gentleness,
Since past days I've been calling you back.
Get your act together, I forgive everything,
Sleep in peace.

A power from ancient times awakens,
You always waited for this meeting.
Uncurable wound hides you,
Let me embrance you, someday.


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ZFNc0K9SM
 
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