Kuroi Uta

Cover album for Kuroi Uta stand-alone single in iTunes

Kuroi Uta (クロイウタ) is the theme song of Drakengard 3, which is sung by Eir Aoi. The song was released in the album "Sirius" alongside the opening theme of Kill la Kill anime on 13 November 2013. The stand-alone single was released on iTunes on November 6, 2013.

Aoi was asked to sing the song for Drakengard 3 because she is a fan of the Drakengard series. The rerecorded international version uses Emiko Rebecca Evans for the vocals.

Credits

Lyrics: Hana Kikuchi

Composition: Keiichi Okabe

Arrangement: Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi (MONACA)

Lyrics

Kanji アタラセ　リ ハメツアウ　タ ケモノト　ナリ　トキリ ウバイサ　ル ハリノシラ　ベ リンネノ　ヒト　タリ シト　ハバタツアミ コイ　クライシロカラ イツ　オア　トオク　キコエ アマイ　キロクバネ　ササメク クロイハナ　 アノコエガ コワレタメノ　アル　ママ クロイハナ アノウタガ ツクリマイツ　アル　ママ イミ アタラセ　リ コオリアウ　タ アクムナ　マウ　ヒヲ ムト　タチキルシガ イク　アカイモリカラ イム　ベク　ケガレ　ハラム ヨワイ　アノオモイ　ハガレル クロイハナ アノコエガ イノリノチガ　アル　ママ クロイハナ アノウタガ ザンゲノヒガ　アル　ママ キエ サイヤクア マチオリル コワレタトキ　ヒト　ユメ クリカエリ ワカレユキ ユルサレザル　オト　ハナ シウ

Romaji atarase ri hametsuau ta kemonoto nari tokiri ubaisa ru harinoshira be rinneno hito tari shito habatatsuami koi kuraishirokara itsu oa tooku kikoe amai kirokubane sasameku kuroihana anokoega kowaretameno aru mama kuroihana anoutaga tsukurimaitsu aru mama imi atarase ri kooriau ta akumuna mau hio muto tachikirushiga iku akaimorikara imu beku kegare haramu yowai anoomoi hagareru kuroihana anokoega inorinochiga aru mama kuroihana anoutaga zangenohiga aru mama kie saiyakua machioriru kowaretatoki hito yume kurikaeri wakareyuki yurusarezaru oto hana shiu

English Translation

According to producer Takamasa Shiba, the lyrics are meant to be in Japanese. They are not grammatically correct and focus on literary imagery in ode to the lyrical style found in Nier. Taro Yoko personally requested for Kikuchi to make them hard to understand.

Since the international version remains faithful to the phonetic pronunciations, various fans have contributed to interpretive translations.

A Korean fan under the username "Toma" attempted to interpret the lyrics into modern Japanese. His interpretive translation can be found here with an English translation listed below:

The song of catastrophe

morphs men into beasts

Plucked from the rivets of time,

humans now shunned by the cycle of rebirth

The wings of the apostles flutter by

with the dark castle's wishes

Somehow, the chroniclers of truth

whisper from faraway

A broken eye remains

with that voice from the black flower

Black flowers sing

of things which should never be made

of prohibited thoughts

Regrets frozen in a heart of ice,

Zero dances in a nightmare

A form of nothingness unbound by death,

she emerges from the forest drenched in blood

To destroy the detestable flower of taboo,

she cuts off her weaknesses

Black flowers give voice

to prayers drenched in blood

Black flowers of that song

will not cease until

the day of confessions is done

When that disaster strikes the city streets,

people and dreams will be broken

To end the repeating cycle,

she goes to terminate

the forbidden sound and flower

Rekka Alexiel has also worked on an interpretive translation of this song listed below. The original posting of this translation as well as many of the others from the official soundtrack can be found here .

Everything exposed

The song shall meet its doom

Becoming and killing the monster

All stolen away

The music as needles

As I’m reborn again, alone

Spreading my wings I soar with death

Love shall spring from the darkest of white

When or how distantly may it be heard

How sweetly they whisper, the wings of the past

The black flower

Is the voice

With just its shattered eye

The black flower

Is the song

With just its made-up dance

There be purpose

Everything exposed

The song shall freeze over

I shall dance in nightmares that day

With nothing I break away from death

Emerging from a crimson forest

Pregnant with the tainted children of dread

This pitiful memory is ripped away

The black flower

Is the voice

With just its prayer of blood

The black flower

Is the song

With just a day of repentance

All shall disappear

This disaster

Shall wait and fall

For the time it shatters, to dream

As this repeats

We go our separate ways

You shan’t be forgiven, flower of song,

In the final moment

Gallery

ドラッグ オン ドラグーン3 1st PV

Eir Aoi birthday cake and Kimihiko Fujisaka autographed present

External Links

• Official music video
• Official music video clip - region locked