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| Track name | Oracle |
| Album | Oracle |
| Artist | 葉月ゆら |
| Released | 2021-04-25 (M3-47) |
| Official site | https://hatukiyura.sakura.ne.jp/oracle/index.html |
Official comment
「荘厳な雰囲気で始まる曲ですなっ！もう神々しすぎて眩しくて痛かったｗ 強さと力をバシバシ感じたので 自然と「神に仕える少女」の歌詞を書いてしまいましたｗ はじめの歌詞は造語にするか普通の言葉に するか凄く悩みましたが祈りの言葉のように思えたらいいなーと造語へ。 最後には黒に出てきた悪魔と少女が少し登場します。私の中では少女の所属する教団は表向きは綺麗ですが 裏では傲慢な教皇と怠惰な神父達により腐ってます。気に入っている歌詞は「美しくなければ 生きる価値も無い」 です。あーそれいっちゃうんだー的な言葉が自然と出ましたｗ」
This song starts off with such a majestic atmosphere! It was so divine, it was blindingly painful (lol). I could really feel the strength and power radiating from it, so I ended up naturally writing lyrics about a “girl who serves God” (lol).
I really struggled over whether to use made-up words or regular ones for the opening lyrics, but I thought it would be nice if they sounded like words of prayer, so I went with invented ones.
At the end, a demon and a girl who appeared in “black” (Witchcraft) make a brief appearance. In my mind, the religious order the girl belongs to looks pure on the surface, but behind the scenes it’s rotting away, corrupted by an arrogant pope and lazy priests.
The lyric I’m most fond of is: “Without beauty, life holds no worth.” That just kind of came out naturally—like, “Oh wow, we’re really going there, huh?” (lol)
Lyrics
Before the written lyrics begin, the track opens with a passage of invented, prayer-like words – Yura’s own coinage, sung aloud but never written down (she mentions this in her comment above).
祈り光（光） 心を照らせば
聞こえる声（聞こえ） 導きの魔法
inori hikari (hikari) kokoro wo teraseba
kikoeru koe (kikoe) michibiki no mahou
The light of prayer (light) – when it shines upon the heart
a voice can be heard (heard) – the magic of guidance
私は神を愛し
神は全てを愛しておられるのだ
唯一の道を示す 其処が 其処だけが楽園
疑うな
watashi wa kami wo aishi
kami wa subete wo aishite orareru no da
yuiitsu no michi wo shimesu soko ga soko dake ga rakuen
utagau na
I love God,
And God loves all things
Showing the only path — there, only there, lies paradise
Do not doubt!
此の世には闇など要らないわ
強い力 使役 これこそが奇跡
盲目に進む先に待つの
神の心と叡智が
理想の世界へ
kono yo ni wa yami nado iranai wa
tsuyoi chikara shieki kore koso ga kiseki
moumoku ni susumu saki ni matsu no
kami no kokoro to eichi ga
risou no sekai e
This world has no need for darkness
To wield great power — that alone is the miracle
What awaits at the end of a blind journey
Is the heart and wisdom of God
Leading to the ideal world
讃えよ 名を（直ぐに） 尊きその名を
信仰せよ（支配） 抗う事なく
tataeyo na wo (sugu ni) toutoki sono na wo
shinkou seyo (shihai) aragau koto naku
Praise the name (at once), the noble sacred name
Have faith (submit), without resistance
夜には背を這う鞭
生きているだけで罪は増えてゆくの
罰は私があげる
赤に染まるしなやかな 締麗
yoru ni wa se wo hau muchi
ikite iru dake de tsumi wa fuete yuku no
batsu wa watashi ga ageru
aka ni somaru shinayakana shirei
By night, a whip crawls across the back
Merely being alive, the sins keep mounting
I shall deliver the punishment
Stained crimson, supple and lithe – such loveliness1
此の世から醜悪を消しましょう
美しくなければ 生きる価値も無い
羊たち 涙を流しても
何も変わりはしないの
神の思し召し
kono yo kara shuuaku wo keshimashou
utsukushiku nakereba ikiru kachi mo nai
hitsujitachi namida wo nagashite mo
nani mo kawari wa shinai no
kami no oboshimeshi
Let us erase all ugliness from this world
Without beauty, life holds no worth!
Even if the lambs shed tears
Nothing will change
It is God’s will
貴女には壊せるのでしょうか
焼き付くような光残酷な（時）を
黒羽の魔 連れた黒い魔女（少女）が詠う
滅びと赦しの眠り 等しく与えて
anata ni wa kowaseru no deshou ka
yakitsuku you na hikari zankoku na (toki) wo
kuroba no ma tsureta kuroi majo (shoujo) ga utau
horobi to yurushi no nemuri hitoshiku ataete
Can you truly destroy it?
That searing light, that cruel time?
A black-winged demon at her side, the dark witch – a girl2 – sings out
bestowing, in equal measure, the sleep of ruin and of forgiveness
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The word written here (締麗) is not standard Japanese and is most likely a transcription slip. From the context – something supple, stained red, in a song fixated on beauty – it reads as “beauty / loveliness,” but the exact intended word is uncertain. ↩
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The black witch and her black-winged demon are carried over from another Yura song, 黒 (“Witchcraft”), which she mentions in her comment. The lyric writes 魔女 (“witch”) but has her sing 少女 (“girl”) – the same write-one-word, sing-another device seen in her other songs – hinting that the dreaded “witch” is really only a girl. ↩