Request

A friend has requested for me to put up

these lyrics from a song called "Tears"

by a group called X-Japan.

Unusual request.

But I shall oblige.

I think he got tired of waiting for me to put this up.

I've been delaying this post for 2 days.

And in that time, he has set up his own blog!

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LONELINESS YOUR SILENT WHISPER
FILLS A RIVER OF TEARS
THROUGH THE NIGHT
MEMORY YOU NEVER LET ME CRY
AND YOU, YOU NEVER SAID GOOD-BYE
SOMETIMES OUR TEARS BLINDED THE LOVE
WE LOST OUR DREAMS ALONG THE WAY
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D TRADE YOUR SOUL TO THE FATES
NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D LEAVE ME ALONE

TIME THROUGH THE RAIN HAS SET ME FREE
SANDS OF TIME WILL KEEP YOUR MEMORY
LOVE EVERLASTING FADES AWAY
ALIVE WITHIN YOUR BEATLESS HEART
DRY YOUR TEARS WITH LOVE
DRY YOUR TEARS WITH LOVE

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That's actually only part of the song.

The other half of the song is in Japanese

and you can see the full song lyrics,

the English translation of the lyrics,

and listen to the song

HERE.

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I've never heard of the song / the group before

but from listening to the first 15secs of the sound clip

from the above website,

(obviously recorded "live")

I would think they are quite popular

(in Japan, I would logically assume).

The first 15secs features their fans

screaming their lungs out

and throughout the song,

you can hear the fans singing along,

taking breaks for intermittent screaming

and then

more screaming at the end.

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When I first listened to it,

I was not impressed.

The melody didn't have enough variety.

It was quite linear: high, higher and higher still.

The chorus does not make a strong enough impact.

In fact, WHEN exactly is the chorus?!!

And I'm not convinced the singers really knew the meanings

of the words they were singing in English.

(Personally, I liked the parts of the songthat are in Japanese better than the parts
that are in English. There was more "feeling" in the singing.)

But I listened to it 17 times back to back and

there is a redeeming factor.

It's the instrument that plays the main melody.

Can you hear it?

=)

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Note to self: Since when did you become a music critic?