東方 [Piano] The Bridge People No Longer Cross

[@k1dscout]

After 7 years ago I heard this song when I was 10, I cried so hard. 5 years later I couldn’t remember the name I only know bridge in it and 2 years later I finally found it, now I’m crying.

[@joeknuts7912]

That's beautiful Skeet McSpanky's

[@victoriathemew9353]

Thank you, Skeet

[@StainedRevenant]

Bridges are built for one purpose, to carry travelers from one side to another. Bridge-keepers have one job, to greet those travelers and decide which ones might be allowed to pass. But what happens when no more travelers come to cross over to the other side? The bridge becomes an idle object left to decay and rot, while it's keeper remains bound to her solitary purpose...one that is now wrought with loneliness. What then becomes of her, as she watches over the bridge people no longer cross?

[@CannedPsycho-]

Then the bridge is destroyed and the bridge keeper can go. Unfortunately for Parsee she is in hell and that bridge will come right back.

[@StainedRevenant]

CannedPsycho Indeed. Much akin to the punishment of rolling a massive boulder up a hill just to find out that you're at the bottom again once finished.

[@CannedPsycho-]

CrimsonEbonyTears At that point I would stop midway, get on the Boulder, and then roll down with it to see if I fall off or stay on.

[@StainedRevenant]

CannedPsycho Quite clever indeed. I'm sure the gods would not have approved. Then again, in the Underworld, who knows how physics even apply...

[@CannedPsycho-]

+CrimsonEbonyTears bah, who needs gods when you have yourself? Do something bad and the worst punishment comes from yourself. Do something good and the reward is something only you can provide such as the satisfaction of getting money.

[@darkkijin]

I'm jealous of the light above ground. I'm jealous of the gentle breezes. I don't have anything against you, but I can make up lots of reasons to attack you.

[@mekakushiactors7946]

"Is this the true face of life? A cruel and deceiving, two-faced liar? What once I though was life, is nothing but an illusion, drowning me in a world of melancholy"... "Everything, everything is lost.... This world is nothing but a graveyard of dreams and smiles. One that lures and drowns everyone with despair and hopelessness...This bridge once full of smiles and happiness is now but a forgotten paradise. With only sadness and jealousy as my guide, I will cross this bridge. The bridge that people no longer cross".....

[@riezascarlet490]

"I was born, from the darkness. To stand here and to protect has been my purpose. No sense of past, no sense of present, just standing here. I look at the sky, seeing all of them flying happily. I long for it. Yearn for it. Not the flying. But the happiness. I am here alone without any sun. Ah, how i yearn for those warmth that has fled from my skin. How i yearn from those touch I lost long ago. Ah, how i yearn for those smiles. This yearning has become my poison. Slowly eating my feelings away. But I must not lose it as that is who i am. I live enduring such pain, unable to move on. Ah how i yearn i yearn. Before i become one with the dark... "

[@Poprocks311]

It almost sounds like a clock is ticking in the background. Parsee is counting every moment longer that she is alone, waiting for someone, anyone, to come. While sad, and lonely though, I hear what sounds like a soft hope throughout this song. The hope that perhaps every moment spent waiting will pay off, and someone will finally come...

[@sharkbait1005]

This really does express sadness, loneliness, and even the longing for grief in various ways. "Who.... Who am I entirely? What is this.... this... life? What is this "life" I live in? How am I to define it? How have I even lived like this, in my territory that I myself find scary to explore? All I am is someone given up to this hell down wherever this place I'm living is. I'm only slowly withering away into, not nothingness, but someone insane and crazy who will never be considered normal by anyone, someone who has always hoped to be normal and social, but then just given up to live as someone who you can only define as an insane one. I can't even hope for my old life because I've never even HAD an old life, just this miserably hell I live in now. How do people live such good lives, above ground, in the pure light and blue skies full of everything but the bad that lies down here, in who knows where? It seems someone is now approaching, I may be gone for a while, seeing and probably being killed by this random girl dressed in red, whoever the hell that is, so, goodbye my old self, who I refer to as "Parsee", I hope to see you again sometime, maybe I can contain you again like I used to after I am killed by whatever."

[@Ayzev]

When I saw your comment I was like "Aw damn it, too long to bother reading..." Well, I read it anyway lol...and I do not regret having done so.

[@PunchyDonk]

Torn from her past and forced into an ocean of tears, her cries silenced by the waves of painful memories washing away the shores of a forgotten happiness. The air she so desperately fought for was becoming even more difficult to grasp with every attempt to breathe became less painful. Drowning in a sea of despair and broken hopes and dreams, her memories are now warped and mistreated, just like her own very heart. She felt the pain of what a broken wish can do and envied both the living and the dead, forever standing on the bridge of what she longs for and what she simply cannot have. That is the infinite torment of the Green Eyed Monster...

[@kiyomikat9609]

Holy mother of maple syrup! This is amazing!!

[@PunchyDonk]

thank you :D

[@PkCafe99]

+PunchyDonk may i use some ideas for my English essay?

[@PunchyDonk]

+Paddy Koh You may :D

[@PkCafe99]

:) Thank you !

[@xyackhart]

The Bridge People No Longer Cross is just perfect to listen to when you're sad...

[@cwang668]

This song makes you feel like you're lost. Lost in a dark place where nothing is, where you are forgotten, lost in the emptyness. Then the end of the song makes you see a spark of light in the darkness. There exists a person who cares about you, in the cruel world, a hope in the sea of sadness. That is why The Bridge People No Longer Cross is one of my favorite Touhou songs.

[@BerryjuiceSmudge]

Woow. How underated this theme is... that was gorgeous.

[@SaintCharlos]

This captures the sorrow and jealousy Parsee feels *perfectly.*

[@LolWutTehHeck]

u cant deny studio A is fking awesome

[@littleazurill]

I've never heard anything so beautiful that it made me cry.....

[@slowkole]

why there so many long and complex coments in this video? wow..

[@Nier2J]

Because the song wakes up something in them. The song concerns Parsee, a character known to be somewhat "hateful", and this song is like . . . you know, the other side of the character. I know it's fanon content and all. But people are touched by that song because this is true. Some characters Zun shows are only known for one side of their personality. You don't know the rest of the story. This song inspired people to "understand", or at least to feel how Parsee can feel despite her jealousy and all, to know her by seeing her otherly than the "jealousy maniac" role. After all, fanon isn't only about shipping characters together or making fun of them.(A side of the fanon I don't like) The fanon side is also here to help us understand the characters from the serie. Zun introduces his characters, and our "job" is to develop these character the best we can. To understand them, and to make people understand them. People can dislike that. But some of these loves it, and that's why you see these comments. Sorry for the long post. But when listening to the song and seeing your post, that's the first thing that came in my mind and I had to say it.

[@slowkole]

wow, the touhou fandom is incredible

[@Nier2J]

Oh, I think that every franchise have a wonderful fanbase. Sometimes you get to see the bad side, but we shouldn't forget that there are nice people who put a lot of work by themselves to make the franchise even greater !

[@theoneitself]

I was almost almost going to cry reading all those sad-existencial comments and BAM!!! your savage comment appears and actually makes me smile XD

[@ShuyaTheDark]

This song is truly beautiful. I thought I was going to hear another arrange of Parsee's theme.

[@selensewar]

Someone, please, build two houses on each side of this bridge and cross it daily. ;-; I love touhou community. It makes me feel feeling i've had no idea are in me. It makes me cry, without a fail, every time. I don't even know the context of the song, scene and character. Songname and actual music is enough for me to turn into a sobbing mess on the floor.

[@lessname2184]

so beautiful

[@StainedRevenant]

Interestingly enough, the other day I was listening to "Mad World" and created my own lyrics to it focusing on Parsee.

[@MisterPoster]

Omgthis. I swear I cried while reading the comments section. This theme is too sad, especially when remixed like this... but that's what makes it so good.

[@Meowcat2226]

The hateful people always have a sad side

[@jianrumo7833]

such as me

[@Meowcat2226]

jianru mo We are both hateful beings, despised by everybody... I used to be curious, what will happen when you separate a person from all their emotional support? Now I know the answer. One word, despair. Despite having people around them, they never know any love, from the very beginning Maybe they actually loved us, maybe they really do The other two poison are nothing compared to the third, ignorance With the power to create a horrible outcome despite a good will Oh well, who else could I blame, apart from my own bad karma? Perhaps I used to be such a horrible parent, being blinded by the three poisons Otherwise, what did I do wrong, to receive such a punishment? When, did being your true self becomes a crime? Till when, could I be free? From this hell, called "home"?

[@jianrumo7833]

Add 879536826 please and I need to give you something

[@meowmmmmmm]

uwu x3

[@Alyssa_Swift]

I can't help but embrace these feels...

[@nightwolfindiean]

wow tthis vid was posted ion my birthday and Parsee is my fave touhou character. must be a sign

[@Kenjisan]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@CoyotePark]

@Sableneko i guess you could say.. Parsee is the.. Forever Alone of Touhou.

[@prismkaku3671]

beautiful... good movie music

[@s0ci012]

You are not alone, the music is with you.

[@Meowcat2226]

Loneliness, such a searing pain......

[@dee6561]

I really like that first image for some reason.

[@jianrumo7833]

Cried when i heard the song for the first time

[@CannedPsycho-]

Y'know, Parsee isn't a sad person. There are still plenty of people who cross that bridge and Parsee has no room to feel sadness. If she were dropped into the ocean of depression then she would hit her face flat solid on the surface of the water and remain there. Pretty comedic actually. Nah, Parsee ain't sad at all. She is an angry person who has nothing but hidden hate and fake cheerfulness for those who are around her. A Death Metal band would probably suit her better.

[@kittysuperhero]

thank you so much!!!

[@Lavendulan]

I want Parsee in the next fighting game. She's one of my favorite touhou character!!!

[@time-travelingnekomata7197]

Leave it to kkwckoh's upload to make me like Parsee when I previously hated her. XD

[@CorpseTongji]

This reminds me a lot of some of the music from Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni.

[@juhooon]

No way. This is too sad :( . Amazing Arrangement

[@hercrystal02]

Even she's jealous about people beauty she should see her self and see how beautiful she is

[@ThePaoReturn]

this is really well played one even in many kkckwoh's amazing vid

[@Cptcat.]

hello darkness my old friend

[@vuthitam2765]

In outside world also have a bridge people no longer cross in Vietnam - Long Bien bridge

[@hellokitty8404]

added to favorites ^^

[@Tynorg]

That makes sense.

[@Sableneko]

All Parsee needs, all she really wants, is a friend.

[@calvinruin]

@Sableneko pretty much anyone who likes touhou would be parsee's friend, including me. I'm pretty sure she'd get over the fact we have other friends....if she doesn't kill us for it first...

[@prismriverorchestra440]

people here writing essays

[@illusion756]

@Poprocks311 yeah and the main two people who did come to her barraged her with danmaku which makes it worse. waiting so long and it's the heroines she finds

[@howdienow1]

@Sableneko I thought Yuugi was Parsee's friend.

[@Glumski]

Wait... this is an arrange of Green-Eyed Jealousy? Doen't sound like that, but also very good... wow.

[@ZannyAisling]

I find this to be a pretty good arrangement but... uh... the the tempo and rather melancholic but mostly grim, underhandedly vicious tone of the original is lost here. It doesn't seem that well-suited for a spirit of envy, more melancholy or possibly guilt...

[@howdienow1]

@Sableneko Ok. There so many stories that are getting me mixed up now.

[@Glumski]

@BubbleMusic911 Oh... that explains a lot... thx

[@calvinruin]

this is amazing! =D sheet music please? that'd be awsome.

[@jianrumo7833]

There is a hell, called “home”

[@jianrumo7833]

I am trying to play this song for her who I heard this song from

[@calvinruin]

I just noticed this, but is she CRYING in the last picture?! Who made her cry?!?!

[@Sableneko]

@howdienow1 That's fanon. In the game they don't even seem to know each other. Don't get me wrong, I like that too, but it's not inherent to the character.

[@TontonObz]

It's not from an anime. It's from a game called touhou. You can easily find a lot about it with google :3

[@daknight44]

Sad...awwww man, it makes me feel bad each time i fight her now in SA....dang it....

[@jianrumo7833]

Idk if she is still come here to listening this song, just want to tell him that I played it on talent quest, and I hope she can hear it, but I dont know where is she...

[@Meowcat2226]

jianru mo I really wish I was still there for you I really wish I can took all the pain for you At least you are free now Somehow... Ha ha Don't worry about me I'm happy to just see you happy Thanks for telling me that

[@jianrumo7833]

Midori Yakumo Me too. It was great to see u but.... I dont know when will be the next time

[@Caved_Johnson]

What is this story ? Tell us :o

[@Meowcat2226]

@@jianrumo7833 Yeah. Just to let you know, I am at Auckland University right now. Things are getting much better and I have an adopted family as well. I have 2 adopted sisters and they are very nice to me, and my original family is getting better too. Hope things are better for you as well. I haven't spoken to you for ages, and I missed you

[@jianrumo7833]

@@Meowcat2226 It is one of my favorite birthday present to hear from you on my birthday. I hope you are doing well in UOA. What are you studying？I moved to hamilton at the beginning of the year, and things happening on me are getting better too. I miss you too Midori

[@shrineoffarewell]

@Extraintrovert Crap. I broke the Vote Up button.

[@kittysuperhero]

If I don't find a music sheet for this soon....I will die

[@ngjiahao1850]

Today is a rain Day

[@justthink180]

How can there be no sheet music for such a simple yet beautiful song? I guess I have to do it by ear :(

[@Braaaad]

part of the song sounds like The Doll Maker of Bucuresti except less eerie

[@Idontwantyourcookie]

Why can they see the sky from the bridge? It's underground.

[@Tynorg]

Who's to say that she did not meet her end there and then?

[@shihoritsukiyomi]

@06cloud Just convert it to mp3...that's what I do

[@ZippoRemix7]

i need piano score xD, for your all musics ... ze

[@mynameisblabla0]

is there any sheet music for this one?

[@imoto2764]

No one giving me sandwich they all just sending sandwich emoji >:(

[@furicuri3]

is there a more original piece of piano play?

[@LapisLewdzuli]

@Sableneko I'd be Parsee's friend ;_;

[@wendyjane1968]

is it me...or does the begining sound a bit like bad apple?o.o

[@E133Z2WW]

[@TheFixius]

ohhhh crap is my first time in an user numbr 9000 im trying ro say a numbr with 3 ceros : P

[@fuentemilare2564]

doll marker of bucresti?

[@cilantroenjoyer]

I was thinking Heartfelt Fancy too

[@burnttacoconspiracy5786]

I'd write some huge edgy story or philosophy, but nah.

[@nefariousmarz]

bad apple lol

[@jianrumo7833]

I haven't been that upset for such a long time. I am disappointed to you. Ok, I give up. You satisfied now？

[@minaly22]

@zeldadudeman or porbably make everything even worse......

[@evoke1631]

tf is with these comments?

[@yuuka2490]

the poetic and philosophical side of touhou fans, they get somewhat touched by this song and the character's story, which sparks inspiration in them to create some amazing speculations about her, or just a lovely poem that focuses on the sad sides of the character.

[@owencouch-billiter5033]

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