ナイトメア Nightmare - 縷々 ~lulu~ (English translation and lyrics)

Album: the WORLD RULER (2007)
Track No: 13
Lyrics: Hitsugi & Sakito
Composition: Sakito
Hey guys :)
This song has always been so much more than a song for me, it always felt like you go on a journey beyond reality to a dreamworld where all the anger, pain and suffering ceases to be and just let's you forget about everything for a while when you listen to it. It does have a lot I can relate to and therefore it will always have a special meaning for me. I sincerely hope you enjoy this song as well, and whatever the journey it may take you on I hope you savour that as well :)
縷々, or "lulu" as it's read, stands for something which goes on continously, something unbroken.
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[@wherewerewegaming3885]

2020 still listening to Nightmare old songs, peak of Visual kei

[@Anthrax904]

It makes me really happy to see that people still appreciate them, thank you!

[@silvereye731]

It makes me happy to see that this has no dislikes :) and honestly my relationship with Nightmare's music is kind of strange. It helped me through an especially rough patch of my depression, and I won't forget listening to their music late at night after having my sleep stolen from me by nightmares...This song has always made me cry.

[@animeluver347]

This song is my soul

[@Anthrax904]

+BrokenEnochian Then I'm very happy I was able to make this video for you :)

[@animeluver347]

+Anthrax904 Thank you for doing this song! You're the best =)

[@josedonadito]

@@Anthrax904 Are you going to post songs oftenly during this time?

[@Anthrax904]

@@josedonadito I'll do my best, but no promises 🙂

[@joshen6010]

Nightmare,Dir En Grey,Luna Sea,the Gazette,Gackt,Miyavi thier beautiful songs occupied my youth~So missing.

[@nehirsancar8371]

This song always hits hard whenever I listen to it. There’s something about this song I can’t describe.

[@GuardDaos64]

Ahh, another great song for falling asleep. I read once that Nightmare wanted to give the feeling of a coma with this song. I'd say they did a very good job. Thanks for translating!

[@Anthrax904]

+Joris A Oh, now that's an interesting fact about this song and just like you said it fits the song well :) They do say that you experience dream-like scenarios in a coma and that light might be the trigger that wakes you up and those facts can be connected to the song as well. It was my pleasure :)

[@fluidspark]

I recently discovered this song scrolling through an abandoned facebook group and now I feel like I've been missing out. like nostalgic for the otaku goth days that never happened lol

[@GaffaTapeMan195]

When you release videos like this one, I just have to wonder how I forget about some of Nightmare's amazing songs such as this one. I really thank you for always reminding me of the awesome classic Nightmare songs like this one xD And of course, wonderful translation as usual :)

[@Anthrax904]

+GaffaTapeMan195 Yeah well, to your defence they do have quite the amount of songs to keep ut with considering they've been doing this for 15 years now. If I'm able to remind you and shed some light on these more not-so-well-known ones, that makes me even happier :) Thank you for your support as always :D

[@1obsessionafteranother794]

Thanks for the translation. When I first got this album, I sat in the dark and listened to it from beginning to end, and by the time I got to this song, I felt really emotional. Back then I had very very little understanding of Japanese, so I really had no idea of the lyrics. But the whole song itself touched me, and it brought me to the very verge of tears. It had never happened before, and not since.

[@SkaterTE]

My hip hop head friends will never understand these kind of music

[@tessiesangster8849]

WHY WASNT THIS SONG ON DEATH NOTE

[@fernandodelima3590]

I miss this long time ago...

[@samwisegamgee1243]

This song has always sounded beautiful, but now I'm happy to be able to read the beautiful meaning as well. Thank you so much for uploading this. 💕 This band's music has always been on a whole different level when it comes to emotions. ❤️

[@Anthrax904]

I wholly agree! That's why I've been so enamored all this time. I honestly don't think there is a band out there that projects emotion the way they do. Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@reddays8448]

I love this song

[@lynnew8811]

first of all I'm pretty glad because there's still really brilliant people that translates this way from Japanese that is actually very hard. Also I thank you because I tried hard to find this song before in normal version and with a good audio. ( please forgive if my English isn't so good... but is my favorite ナイトメア song)　今後　に　頑張って　ください　(≧▽≦)

[@Anthrax904]

Wow, thank you so much for your kind words :-) It really means a lot to hear your appreciation because that makes me feel like it's really worth it to make all these videos. So thank you so much :-) はい、これからも新しいビデオをたくさん作りますので、付いてきてくださいね〜 (^^)/

[@薫子-o5p]

この曲聞くと泣けます

[@DynamesProductions]

Always a brilliant song to listen to. And listening to this and something more recent of theirs shows just how much they've changed (for good or bad is up to you =) ). I feel a lot of their older songs stand out much more than their newer material, but then that's just me loving the classic Naitomea having been a long time fan now. Thanks for the great subs. By the way, have you ever considered subbing "Travel"? Another one of my favorites and personally a standout song for me. I would be curious to see what type of imagery you associate with the song as well :).

[@Anthrax904]

+DynamesProductions Yeah, it just feels like their inventiveness and musical creativity was much greater before. That's not to say they've created some gems lately though, it's just that it feels like they become much more rare as time goes on. I'm really grateful they're still sticking with it tho, not many bands can keep it up after 15 years and provide quality music for such a long time, and as long as they're doing it we just have to be grateful :) Hm, yeah, that certainly is a very unique and overlooked song as well, I'll put that on my to-do list and get to it when I can :) Thanks for the request!

[@DynamesProductions]

Anthrax904 that's true, sticking to their musical careers together this long is commendable on their part and shows that there is still passion for music in their hearts. Personally I would say the reason we don't see as many gems from them anymore is due to them becoming bigger and bigger overtime. When you're smaller, you're likely to have a cult following and be able to experiment more easily. But when you're big in any industry, you also have to start thinking a lot more about the business aspects of what's selling more and what isn't. Basically what is trending right now in the industry. Plus also depends on the production company they work for. Thanks for considering the request :).

[@JellyDonut_28]

A shame this song is so underrated, absolute banger!

[@19HajimeSaitou91]

Thank you!

[@Anthrax904]

You're welcome! :)

[@jacobcampbell7360]

Thank you heaps! I love this one! Any idea what the morse code says? :)

[@Anthrax904]

+Jacob Campbell Now that would be really nice to find out, I'm not familiar with morse code at all I'm afraid but I'll see what I can find out :) In the meantime if you know someone who can help, be sure to ask them as well :)

[@jacobcampbell7360]

Will do! Maybe if i get super keen ill sit down with a chart and work it out haha

[@maxijay8979]

mean song ;D

[@KSGabrielAlveso7]

Thank youuuuuuu

[@さだお-t4k]

すてき

[@SkaterTE]

2024 July

[@barsozer155]

Can you please translate "Akane"?

[@天使-e4f]

コンサート3回行きましたが「声がまだ(；－ω－)ｳｰﾝ」頑張ってねー もう ファンじゃ無いけど「応援は、してますよ」

[@preetimehtre3230]

I'm trying to find more metal and rock songs like this but can't !! Can someone tell me other artists whcih have songs like this

[@amandasteed7076]

Acid Black Cherry, the Gazette, and X Japan are all good bands to look into.

[@renatamiron8095]

Repeating time