Still Cold [Fukase V4 cover] orig. song by Harupper
This video is a tribute, to put it simply, to my favorite Kagamine Len song of all time. Harupper’s original video on Niconico (with illustrations by Tsugutoku and photos by Miwamimi, both of Piapro) is here: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28271401
Harupper had produced a series of four Kagamine Len songs in late 2015 and early 2016, one for each season. This is the winter song.
I cannot overstate the sheer harmonic and rhythmic brilliance of this piece. At one point I wanted to create my own orchestral backing track for my own eventual cover. But how could I? It is impossible for me to improve on this piece. As I discovered upon studying the off-vocal version, there are so many ingenious harmonic and rhythmic twists and turns in this piece that my musical ear was entirely fooled in multiple places, even with my over 40 years of training by listening to the great masters of centuries past. And this altogether leaves aside the heartbreaking lyrics, which stand in sharp contrast to the vigorous and rapid patter with which Kagamine Len delivers them.
Fukase V4 does have both Japanese and English voice banks, which I wanted to make use of in my homage to this song. If YouTube doesn’t take this video down (and I will completely understand if they do), then I plan eventually to upload a second version using one of the multilingual Vocaloid 6 banks.
Thank you for listening, and please go check out more of Harupper’s works. This talented producer needs to gain more attention!
Vocaloid 4 Editor and Fukase by Yamaha
.vsqx file by R86 Music
Everything else by the respective creators listed above in the description
Lyrics in both kanji and roomaji:
うずくまる部屋の隅 uzukumaru heya no sumi
軋むドアが開いて kishimu doa ga hiraite
君が立ち去る音を背中で聞いていた kimi ga tachisaru oto wo senaka de kiiteita
隙間から射し込んだ sukima kara sashikonda
冷たすぎる朝日が tsumetasugiru asahi ga
隠していた涙を照らしてゆく kakushiteita namida wo terashiteyuku
諦めた願いを akirameta negai wo
数える度に僕は kazoeru tabi ni boku wa
いつしか大人になって itsushika otona ni natte
ありふれた悲しみも arifureta kanashimi mo
知り尽くしたけれど shiritsukushita keredo
こんな最後はまだ慣れなくて konna saigo wa mada narenakute
still cold, I love you なんて言えないまま still cold, I love you nante ienai mama
願いは雪解けのように消えてく negai wa yukidoke no you ni kieteku
どうして期待なんて抱いていたんだ doushite kitai nante daiteitanda
なぜすがりつこうとしたんだ naze sugaritsukou to shitanda
始まりさえないなんてことわかっていた hajimari sae nai nante koto wakatteita
forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway
呼び止める言葉は声にならない yobitomeru kotoba wa koe ni naranai
嘘だと言ってよ uso da to itte yo
凍てついた時が今 itetsuita toki ga ima
音もなく溶け出した oto mo naku tokedashita
寒さに白む日も急に色づいて samusa ni hiramu hi mo kyuu ni irodzuite
南の街はもう minami no machi wa mou
来るべき季節の kitarubeki kisetsu no
少し早い産声を聞いたらしい sukoshi hayai ubugoe wo kiita rashii
「感情も解かせるか？」って “kanjou mo tokaseru ka?” tte
繰り返し尋ねてしまうよ kurikaeshitazuneteshimau yo
暖かく始まる new days atatakaku hajimaru new days
華やいでく世界には hanayaideku sekai ni wa
居場所なんてないのに ibasho nante nai no ni
この季節はなぜ逝くのだろう？ kono kisetsu wa naze yuku no darou?
still cold, I love you なんて言えばきっと still cold, I love you nante ieba kitto
二度と戻れなかったわかってる nido to modorenakatta wakatteru
じゃあどうして後悔なんてするんだ？ jaa doushite koukai nante surunda?
無意味なif探してるんだ？ muimi na if sagashiterunda?
一人じゃ知り得ない全てが眩しいんだ？ hitori ja shirienai subete ga mabushiinda?
forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway
呼び止める言葉に意味などない yobitomeru kotoba ni imi nado nai
結末は同じだ ketsumatsu wa onaji da
押し殺す思いがやっと oshikorosu omoi ga yatto
今更になってやっと ima sara ni natte yatto
嗚咽のような叫びとなって響く oetsu no you na sakebi to nattehibiku
stay, stay! stay, stay!
あの日まで、ねえ、戻って ano ni made, nee, modotte
出会わずいっそ終わって deawazu isso owatte
寒さも孤独も samusa mo kodoku mo
知らずに済むなら shirazu ni sumu nara
still cold, I love you なんて言えないまま still cold, I love you nante ienai mama
願いは雪解けのように消えてく negai wa yukidoke no you ni kieteku
全部僕には出来ないことなんだ zenbu boku ni wa dekinai koto nanda
憧れのまま終わりなんだ akogare no mama owari nanda
いつか訪れる最後が今日なんだ itsuka otozureru saigo ga kyou nanda
forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway forever, be airly kiss, it’s over anyway
軋むドアは開くことさえもうない kishimu doa wa hiraku koto sae mo nai
「still cold, I love you」 “still cold, I love you”
なんて叫んでみても nante sakendemite mo
願いは雪解けのように消えてく negai wa yukidoke no you ni kieteku
どうして期待なんて抱いていたんだ doushite kitai nante daiteitanda
なぜすがりつこうとしたんだ naze sugaritsukou to shitanda
始まりさえないなんてことわかっていた hajimari sae nai nante koto wakatteita
ねえ今はこの痛みさえも nee ima wa kono itami sae mo
君の名残抱き締めていたい kimi no nagori dakishimeteitai
溶けてしまうまで toketeshimau made
真冬が終わる mafuyu ga owaru