Tamashii Nagashi
Soulscour / The Flow of Souls

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Album / Collection: Kadoh-ann-a-ruk-a Cyanotype
Track # 207


Music and lyrics by nyanyannya
Vocals by KAITO

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Original / Romaji Lyrics	English Translation
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com usui shinzou no hida o mekuri fukiyosu kanashii tooto no zankyou	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Lifting the folds of my thin heart The echo of a sad, distant sound drifts on the wind to me[1]
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com machi wa sakiwau tamashii nagashi ikusen no akari ga mau	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The town prospers with the flow of souls Thousands of lights are dancing
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com awaku moru hikari no o ni sugaritsuite yoi ni saraware dorehodo miotsukushi sukui sukuedo mo aeka na kono yubi no sukima kara mata inochi ga koborete'ku	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Clinging to the tail of a pale, leaking light Swept away by the evening, how many route markers have I passed?[2] Though I try to scoop it up and save it, Life is spilling yet again through my fragile fingers
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com matsuri wa hayashitateri tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The festival is mocking me The moon is in the east, the sun in the west
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com iriai zareta keitei yoru wa mukuro utakata yori karuku hakanai	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The siblings played at sunset; night is a corpse Lighter and more fleeting than transience itself
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com awaku moru hikari no o o miokurite hitori furui kizu o sosogu iwashimizu sukui sukuedo mo aeka na kono yubi no sukima kara mata inochi ga koborete'ku	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Seeing off the tail of a pale, leaking light I am alone as the water from the rocks settles on my old wounds like snow Though I try to scoop it up and save it, Life is spilling yet again through my fragile fingers
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com kougasha hodo fukou ni ugatarete hai o moru kibou o hanaseru ka kokyuu wa uneri ikusen no hi o yurasu	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Bombarded by innumerable misfortunes, Can I let go of the hope that leaks from my lungs? My breath swells, causing thousands of lights to waver
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com nagaru tamashii ikikata ni sakamaite kaere kaere to te o hiku sai no hana sukui kobosedo aeka na kono yubi no saki ni mada inochi ga tsukameru ka	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com The flow of souls, surging in one direction The flower of age tugs at my hand, saying "Go back, go back!" Though I scoop it up and spill it, can these fragile fingers still grasp some life?
Lyrics from Animelyrics.com aa yoru wa mukuro-- yoru wa mukuro-- yoru wa mukuro--	Lyrics from Animelyrics.com Ah, night is a corpse-- Night is a corpse-- Night is a corpse--

"Soulscour" (like the Magic card) seems to be the official English title, but in the lines in the song where "tamashii nagashi" appears, it didn't make sense to translate it that way, so I've included the alternate title translation up top so it's clear where in the song the title drops happen.

[1] The kanji used here do mean "distant sound," but it's usually pronounced "toone," not "tooto." "Tooto" is, however, how you would normally transcribe the German word for death, "Tod," into Japanese. Take that as you will.

[2] Specifically, route markers along a waterway. "Miotsukushi" also sounds like a phrase meaning "to exhaust your body," more figuratively to pour all your energy into something; Japanese poetry has long employed wordplay that takes advantage of this.

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