【Touhou Lyrics】 Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room

[@juliefarrell6688]

Fun fact: my cousin loves this song. I listened to it with her in the basement while our parents were making dinner, and we sing it together. Now she knows the lyrics by heart and will sing it in any context. She's a 3yo who knows nothing about TouHou but we always listen to the songs together.

[@noteshy2]

Aww

[@kingsamjace7678]

bro gonna love touhou when she grows up

[@aihoshinoirl]

Aww

[@PhantomGato-v-]

Aww

[@albertodavila5867]

😊😊😊😊😅😊😊😊

[@NeoKesha]

I love how Patchouli literally dying at the beginning of the song. So in character

[@palequadrant2]

SO TRUE

[@Yue1982m]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed

[@tewingus1909]

No wonder patchouli has breathing problems when she spits so much fire 🔥

[@Pinkdam]

She mastered the five elements, but air wasn't one of them.

[@makise-homura]

This song is a perfect interpretation of both Patchouli's physical weakness and incredible magical strength, ability to read books no one can read, and total carelessness to everything that is not related to her books and magic.

[@ricardomarquellane8144]

And asma

[@makise-homura]

@@ricardomarquellane8144 yeah, and asthma.

[@spiderycider]

@@makise-homura no, its asma now.

[@LoganLatios]

Patchouli could just leave Gensokyo go buy an inhaler at Walgreens

[@uwasa1454]

@@LoganLatios when did they start selling them at Walgreens and stuff, I thought it was only prescription!?

[@schroedingersmeowth8287]

"A dusty tome upon a polished shelf: Spotless surroundings, and not a thought of ever moving myself. So, with a gasp as the heavy breath is caught in my chest, Until from deeply within the key may be carefully pressed" Is that a reference to having Asthma?

[@goblincrimes8524]

Well is health is very fucked Up so

[@chainmengaming]

@@goblincrimes8524 ?

[@goblincrimes8524]

@@chainmengaming my english is shit sorry

[@patrickgrimm9539]

@@chainmengaming think he meant to say "well her health is very fucked up so" but i have no idea what he meant by that.

[@anabrian8576]

@@patrickgrimm9539 anemia asthma Vitamin A deficiency all that shizz.

[@ParadoxPython]

Why do I think 0:43 - 1:05 is a riddle? I mean, I see that the whole sun, moon and elemental stuff is related to Patchouli's ability to cast elemental magic, but...it just sounds so riddle-like. If it is, I'd be pleased to hear an answer to it. :P

[@lyrica-live]

:D It is~! As the description notes, the original composition of this theme actually contains the Morse Code for "LOVE." Naturally, then, the lyrics should also contain code for "LOVE." The entire song is written to suggest a double meaning of a love story, though not necessarily a literal one. That spell-like bit at 0:40 is a list of poetic epithets that describe the feeling of love: tangible yet intangible, strong yet pure, constantly born anew yet a very ancient concept. It uses all of Patchouli's elements in weekday-order, except you may notice the element "wood" is missing. Well, the final piece of the riddle resurfaces at the end of the song (1:40), where "wood"-- that is, the paper of books-- is implied to be the key to love. In fact, according to the Chinese elemental cycle, wood is the transition between water (nothingness) and fire (passion). And, just as the incantation of words off of paper can "unlock" magical effects, speaking the right words to the right person can "unlock" certain feelings. With a logical mindset like Patchouli's, there is always a lock (a riddle) and a key (an answer) for everything, even for love. Patchouli may be literally in love with books, though: the pursuit of knowledge itself. Thanks for asking~!

[@ParadoxPython]

Lyrica Live And I thank your for answering~

[@GrahamChapman]

*+Lyrica Live* I dunno if you were aware or not, Lyrica, but, trivia: "It's coded in the *air*, decoded just as soon" > air is one of the classical elements > air is also associated with wood in the Chinese elemental cycle ('cuz when can you see a wind most clearly? when it's blowing through the trees)... Hence also why winds are often depicted as green in Japanese games... So that kinda tied into the riddle to me at least.

[@insufferableanarchist]

i guess that's why her last name is knowledge. (hi, i'm new to touhou)

[@emanyzal9813]

You could say she loves knowledge so much she took its name as one would a spouse.

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

Sometimes grasping the true meaning of a lyrical adaptation literally means you have to listen VERY closely to the original or just be told about what it means, and that definitely means that the one singing knows the song by heart, and that's cool. Y O U C O O L .

[@comicstrider4851]

I love Patchouli, I know she killed me like a million times in stage 4 or whatever, but I still freaking love that adorable little nerd. I think Touhou fans have a mild Stockholm syndrome

[@TheSeanster]

ngl we would have stockholm syndrome as soon as yukari kidnaps us

[@dfxt8996]

@@TheSeanster I would love to be kidnapped by Yukari

[@captain5977]

@@dfxt8996 Wait a minute... HOL' UP! What did I just witness?

[@dfxt8996]

@@captain5977 Heaven.. Or maybe hell? well, something beyond amazing nevertheless

[@impatientpatient8270]

i like Patchouli a lot. but not from the good old Stockholm syndrome. she didn't give me nearly as much trouble as meiling got i hate meiling there are not words in any of the languages i speak capable of conveying my seething hatered of meiling

[@hiiragii]

0:40 "The lock is broken with a single token The key is a word but not a word spoken something secret, Urging me to read it Written in a Language with no one to speak It It’s coded in the air, decoded just as soon Clear as the Sun, Elusive as the Moon strong as Fire, and pure as Water’s surface born as Metal forged, Yet ancient as the Earth is" I think L.O.V.E is somewhere in here.

[@tariquesmith8369]

Your right the creator mentioned it was love in a reply you can find it in the comments

[@Comeoniwantaccount]

"Written in a language, with no one to speak it" Me, 300 years after becoming immortal and taking over the world, writing all 13 parts of "Pan Tadeusz" in russian cyryllic, yet with the pronounciation of Polish: yup, truly a language with no one to speak it

[@eletvizviz-redux]

it might be coded in the air

[@yunrumector]

Level of Violence? 🤔🤔

[@Eden_Vexaria]

amazing i love the calm voice at the beginning and then gets more serious with the theme perfect

[@floofzykitten5236]

I find it interesting how you employed the philosphies tied to the Wu Xing into the lyrics. I was always fascinated by Patchouli because she uses the interactions between the forces of nature to get a larger profit, like, for example, when she combines the wood and fire elements she is able to cover the screen in fire which is different to Agni Radiance, which centres around Patchouli and expands but is rather easy to dodge. By using the processes of the Wu Xing in her spells all she has to do is create the force and the elements required and then the elements reacting with eachother on their own do all the work, which is perfect for her considering her poor physical health.

[@Pinkdam]

Reminds me of the film 'Ninja Checkmate' where the five elements play a prominent role in the martial arts. Patchy would get tired just watching!

[@ZeroX003]

You're a tad bit quiet at some points but your lyrics are absolute poetry, the riddle part is so gorgeously worded its unreal.

[@chickennuggets1990]

I think it's fitting because Patchouli has athsma.

[@uboa8060]

@@chickennuggets1990 must be some bad athsma. I have athsma but not so bad i can barley speak. Well sing. Whatever. Heh.

[@chickennuggets1990]

@@uboa8060 Well, she has been living in the library for 100 years, so it's to be expected. Though I don't know Youkai standards for how severe asthma is..

[@uboa8060]

@@chickennuggets1990 damn Been a year or so Yeah, it's because magicians are Youkai that are physiologically similar to humans

[@arcticphoenix2789]

That is Patchy in a nutshell, smart and powerful despite her asthma.

[@ArnaldoVicenty]

I just found your channel and wow... I'm amazed! I hope you make more of these!

[@izzymosley1970]

She already has but I just discovered this channel a few hours ago and I'm currently binge watching almost all of her videos so for all I know this could be the first one and you're simply asking for more.

[@andrewcostanzo5684]

One of my favorite songs from touhou 6 embodiment of scarlet devil.

[@kreng823]

The Unmoving Magical Library ~ Elemental Person

[@phantomasriel8348]

I would love to have that chorus added to last bit of the song! What an amazing cover!

[@dkid729]

I don't understand where the morse code for love is. I mean, I've known that it's hidden in there, but I've never been able to find it. Err, hear it.

[@lyrica-live]

Ahh, haha, I struggled like crazy to find it when I was trying to write it... and I kinda just gave up on trying to sync the words directly to the points... but I _think_ it's this part of the melody: ..."lock IS bro ken WITH A SIN gle to ken, THE key" ..."short LONG short short LONG LONG LONG short short short LONG short" which repeats a few times throughout the chorus. If you look up the arrange called "・ー・・ ーーー ・・・ー ・ (LOVE)" by Shibayan Records, you can hear them sing "pon tsu pon pon tsu tsu tsu..." to the tune around there, so I'm assuming it's there.;;

[@dkid729]

Thank you, you've helped me realize that. I knew it was there, but I couldn't really tell until you helped.

[@icyth]

This was so beautifully and masterfully forged lyrics.

[@comfylain]

Your devotion to Touhou is very admirable. I also just want to say that I find your voice very beautiful, even though it does feel 'amateur' - something about that makes the work feel relatable, and I can begin to imagine the person on the other side of the song. I listen to this on repeat a lot.

[@nemokrad2650]

Not gonna lie, when she started talking about a “key is a word but not a word spoken” I got chills for some reason

[@VLAD-yu6ul]

I've been a Touhou for 12 or 14 years now and this goes just as hard since I first heard it

[@bramnemeth565]

Been playing Touhou Lost Word recently, and I feel a connection between these lyrics and the "strengths/weaknesses" system. There are 5 Phases (Earth, Wood, Water, Fire, and Metal, as well as No Element) and 3 Essences (Sun, Moon, and Star), and the order of the phases in terms of which beats which seems to stem from Patchouli's knowledge (pun not intended) of these elements. To understand the game, one must first understand Patchouli. (Fittingly enough, I happen to have both regular Patchouli and Hifuu Patchouli. Both are resistant to all 5 Phases.)

[@NSAsterus]

For the strangest reason, I imagined Patchouli acting like Nagato from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya from this. It's a very amusing mental image. I've noticed it more and more while looking up characters, but the pictures from GoM always look as if Marisa took them from slightly off to the side while the subject was firing (most likely at her). This would probably mean that she was either standing next to the subject during a duel, got Aya to take the pictures, took them while dodging with [Blazing Star], or my personal favorite, throwing the camera to try and get the shot (pun absolutely intended) and hopefully catching it on its way down.Then there's the fact that Kodacs would probably have only barely made it into Gensokyo, so it is absurdly likely that Marisa had "borrowed" Aya's camera for the shots. (Which seems pretty likely since the quality [though not the color] is similar to Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red)

[@lyrica-live]

That's not strange at all! Socially reclusive, analytical bookworms-- I'm sure they'd get along great. And by get along great, I mean sit very still in opposite corners of a room reading silently to themselves. (Heh, but I'm really glad you said that; I happen to love both characters very much! Maybe it was the obscure "dandere" theme of the lyrics that made the link.) ...Interesting, I never really thought of who took the pictures! Yeah, I'm going with Marisa-with-Aya's camera; that's definitely the most fun to imagine. I was about to object, pointing out that Marisa herself is in some of the pictures, but then again Aya manages to capture herself in pictures too, so yeah, magical Gensokyo photography is on some other level.

[@NSAsterus]

Lyrica Live Actually, some of them like the camera *was* dropped, specifically the Tenshi and Flandre pictures. Perhaps they just traded off? One acts as the camera, one almost gets squished by jumbo-Suika?

[@louizeandrei]

Holy crap, the music with lyrics is awesome, subscribed! :D

[@approximatelyme3260]

I know it's a double-sided riddle but the spell-ish part with the elements? On its own, I think it sounds AWESOME. It almost sounds like it's describing magic itself, or some sort of artifact. I know it's not meant to(Again, the whole "love" thing), but it really does seem like that. My interpretation when I first heard it and wasn't thinking that deeply about it was kinda like: The lock is one's natural inhibitions, disallowing the use of magic. The key/words is the invocation itself, bringing magic out. The part about the "heavy gasp caught in my chest"? I thought it seemed like it was the magic trying to get out for the spell, but being caught until the proper evocation was used or something lol, and the part about "Words, born of wood and passed from paper, disappear... And like the beating heart beats, repeat, to meet the right ear..." sounded a lot like D&D's interpretation of Wizard spellcasting; A spellbook with your spells, from which you read to implant the arcane invocations into your mind. Once cast, they vanish from memory, as the power of the invocation leaves you to form the spell you've cast. Thus, when the wizard repeats their research and/or re-reads their spellbook, their "ears" - The "right ear" to understand magic - "hear" the hidden meanings, and allow the use of magic once more. I know that's 100% wrong lmao but hey, it's something worth saying I guess

[@lyrica-live]

^^ That's not wrong at all! Like you said, it's double-sided, so it's cool to see it on both sides! The invocation stuff is pretty directly the magic-based metaphor I was going for -- and although I'm not familiar with D&D, so that particular comparison isn't something I hadn't thought of, it does make a lot of sense, and I really love it when people can find new meaning and come up with their own interpretations like that. Thank you for thinking so much about my lyrics! It makes me happy! Some other thoughts I had about the literal magic side of things is how each specific element is either effective or ineffective against another element. Patchouli talks about this in IaMP, where she analyzes the elements associated with other people in order to decide which attack best to use against them. So I think "the right word aimed at the right ear" is that type of puzzle relating to magic. ^^

[@flandrekid5381]

has anyone heard the mumbling sound at the start if the video

[@ivatigerfox2548]

begining, read the lyrics and listen very carefully

[@GruigiTheFirst5008]

@@ivatigerfox2548 *BOI* You think flandre can read

[@ivatigerfox2548]

@@GruigiTheFirst5008 I mean, she's around five hundred years old, so why not?

[@GruigiTheFirst5008]

@@ivatigerfox2548 sure she 500 years old but remember her mentality is that of an 8 year old(stuck in a basement with no learning books)

[@uboa8060]

@@GruigiTheFirst5008 well she still has to be way smarter than your average child. She might act like one but give an 8 year old 495 years of nothing to do but keep to themself and use the things around them (books) they're probably gonna learn how to read. I imagine the basement to be close to patchy's library.

[@FinalShieldnobi]

This one is so good it gave me chills! o.o

[@dethkruzer]

At first you had my curiosity. Now you have my full attention.

[@yoirioy]

0:43 IS THIS LOST WORD ALL AGAIN?

[@uboa8060]

Eh. It's probably referring to how patchouli's spell books and Grimoires are literally incomprehensible to read, and thus can't be spoken (by anyone but her)

[@HecatiaQueenOfHell]

This song in a nutshell: Patchouli talking about recycling

[@merokogames1337]

Oh yo, this is the first video of yours i ever watched! Also Patchouli best girl! But you already knew that.

[@touhouandvocaloidfan8682]

i love it this version of patchouli theme is just so cooool !!!!

[@Faber779]

Logeé en mi cuenta sólo para decirte que es una maravilla absoluta. Me vale pichula ser el único leso que hable taco por acá, tengo que decirlo de todas formas. En un principio pensé en señalar que a veces tenía poco ánimo el cover, pero coincide exquisitamente con el hecho de que Patchy está enferma. En resumen, POR FAVOR NO BORRES ESTE VIDEO JAMÁS

[@terra6713]

La wea loca, no esperaba ver weones que hablen español.

[@redsprites5216]

THE EDITING MAKES THIS SONG IMPOSSIBLE TO SING TO! NOBODY HAS LUNGS THAT BIG!

[@arcanearc]

Kinda funny since Patchy has asthma

[@rubyrose9367]

but i did it

[@someone_laze]

@@rubyrose9367 i think they mean that this song is impossible to sing this in a single breath, because in the video you can’t really her the singer breathing. Which is because the singer probobly sung a few lines at a time and then clipped it all togheter. This way, you won’t have to redo do whole song as soon as you mess up.

[@rubyrose9367]

@@someone_laze you just gotta train your lungs ig? and learn to take tiny breathes

[@someone_laze]

@@rubyrose9367 ok

[@naufalqisthy1112]

0:27 - 1:05 best part

[@dmitriyn7695]

Двойная расшифровка. Когда-то начавшийся и никогда не заканчивающийся, Цикл, преломляющийся и повторяющийся снова. Ухватив суть элементов, я смогу собрать их в целое, Внутри тонких границ сознания, сообразно моей роли. Тихо. Поднимаюсь, падаю; жду, медлю. Сквозь безмолвие, услышьте мой призыв. затвор ломается одним лишь знаком ключ - слово, но не слово произносимое что-то секретное, побуждает меня читать это написанное на языке, на котором никто не говорит зашифрованное в воздухе, расшифровывается влёт ясное как солнце, недостижимое как луна, сильное как огонь, чистое как водная гладь рождённое как кованный металл, и древнее как земля Пыльные тома, на полированных полках, Прекрасная (безупречная) обстановка, и я не собираюсь ничего менять. И так, с тяжёлым дыханием, сжимающим грудь, Пока кнопка (ключ), что глубоко внутри, не будет бережно нажата… Откуда-то начавшийся и никогда не заканчивающийся, Цикл, преломляющийся и повторяющийся снова. Слова,.. рождённые деревом, прошедши по бумаге, исчезают, И как биенье сердца, стучат, повторяясь, прямо в правом ухе… (хм...)

[@ceticum5810]

Dmitriy N спасибо

[@ariannagameplay743]

Да твой перевод точно лучше моего...

[@Mukyuu007]

This is my jam~ :3 Mukyuu~

[@CannedPsycho-]

I wonder if patchy has ever tried blood magic before. I also lost the feeling of reading a good book and now I don't really read much books or manga or comics really. Anyone got a good suggestion for me?

[@xp7160]

I know this is a little late, but one of my favourite books is The Amulet of Samarkand, though the "sequels" didn't appeal to me much, even though they're might be worth reading. The prequel, The Ring of Solomon, is also one of my favourites. Hope this helps.

[@CannedPsycho-]

karlo sandro pudja thx m9

[@wastedmetalman6559]

CannedPsycho if visual novels count, katawa shoujo is a good choice.

[@ivatigerfox2548]

ZUN-sama is truly amazing, and so are you, da~ze!

[@panzuko1344]

this is a really good cover!!

[@metaronin]

youre duet part nails it, ty

[@xXFuzzeeXx]

I can picture a very bored Patchouli freestyling this as she reads.

[@Rr_Kzm]

Beginning anywhere, and never ending then There is a cycle that turns the tide, and recycles again So, with a grasp of the elements, I can construct a whole within the delicate borders of a mind, fit to my role Sitll... Rising, falling... Waiting, stalling... Through the silence, hear me calling... The lock is broken, with a single token The key is a Word, but not word spoken Something secret urging me to read it Written in a language with no one to speak It's coded in the air, decode just as soon Clear as the sun, elusive as the moon Strong as fire, and pure as water's surface Born as metal forged, yet ancient as the earth is A dusty tome upon a polished shelf... Spotless surroundings, and not a thought of ever moving my shelf. So, with a grasp as the heavy breath is caught in my chest... Until from deeply within, the key may be carefully presssed... Beginning anywhere, and never ending then... There is a cycle that turns the tide, and recycles again. Words, born of wood and passed from paper, disappear... And, like the beating heart beats, repeat to meet just the right ear

[@helioshelios478]

Whomever sang this has a beautiful voice

[@akiokuu3177]

Here we found our smart-waifu *autolike ;v*

[@DameDivineDisarray]

Dark still that love is. I commend you for singing it as she would.^_^

[@xerneis743]

0:59 Nice reference, but you missed Wood.

[@lyrica-live]

1:42 The missing magic word, after being recited (passed from paper), disappeared into the air. Have patience... in the end, it will meet just the right ear.

[@xerneis743]

Well done, you didn't forget that you didn't forget to add the last spell too. I'd give you my mark of approval, but it's really not worth anything so you'll have to do with just me saying: "I really like your work." :)

[@abluehappyface748]

I love the lyrics to this!

[@fakethmoneth5001]

*Patchy really loves to recycle.*

[@themisgeorgiadis7376]

Can you please make an extended version of this?

[@kittengf]

I love this!

[@metabunny7693]

Your voice was a little quiet, but you were still awsome ^^

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Epic

[@GremlinBurgerSnatcher]

This totally resembles my friend she said that she would be patchouli or nitori I would be futo or satori

[@fumodrip3017]

The lock is broken That why the music lockeded on title

[@pe.p]

Asthma

[@metaronin]

I love her

[@fandetouhou504]

I love yours musics

[@DarkStarDS]

Хорошо поешь! Мне нравится!

[@gooeynooey6835]

The like count is a grand number of 420

[@loganmorale5959]

Whyd you change the thumbnail?

[@petermacrae705]

The riddle is hieroglyphics Edit: Its TIME I get this off my chest. It could be hieroglyphics, but however you interpret it is fine with me or however you wrote it etc. That is just my guess if this is a real song, not one for a magic video game character. I love this song tho!

[@UnalloyedMalenia]

Ummm... I am sure you will not do it, But can you do a song on Sweet Devil ~ Innocence or Native Faith? I would be really happy. But if you wont, its ok. I love your songs anyway :-)

[@neoticrin]

Yukari Yakumo she could if she wanted to but she cant do stage music only boss (and maybe not PC-98 im just guessing)

[@UnalloyedMalenia]

None of those is a stage song. Native faith- Suwako. Innocence - Gengetsu.

[@bouteilledeau1463]

rin satutashi UPDATE: she did Reincarnation. Even though you might already knew it.

[@neoticrin]

ik

[@Ponera-Sama]

Patchouli: You can't defeat me Marisa: I know, but she can *Mima bursts into the room*

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

She'll just be died for a second Mima will be just blast Star power to her🗿👌

[@Ponera-Sama]

I remember doing a roleplay that involved Mima fighting Patchouli where she had a whole speech about how Patchouli thinks she is superior to humans when really she's just a human who uses magic to keep her weak and fragile body together while Mima doesn't even need a physical body, only for Patchouli to start mopping the floor with her because she's just that skilled in magic, but Mima could realize she was only putting up barriers against magic and not physical attacks and was able to defeat her using the shortsword she used in Highly Responsive to Prayers

[@gugalaxy7772]

Cmonbruh what were those two words at the start?

[@lyrica-live]

They were asserting her right to "begin anywhere".... (LOL)

[@lyrica-live]

They make sense on the second loop of the song. It's okay to criticize it though.

[@gagesuther159]

MUKYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!

[@senju2heII]

Could you try and do Remilia's theme?

[@vinesickle3383]

Wow you hinted at Touhou LostWord LOL

[@myrondabosscat]

0:40 yes

[@kreng823]

I want Remilia's theme plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@madisonreynolds3113]

0:24

[@BakedBanana]

oh

[@chickennuggets1990]

athsma? assma? asthma? affsma? assfma?

[@eduardolichen3535]

asthma smasthma my ass

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

Breathn't

[@gimvsen]

I know this is super old but the Morse code thing isnt true :/ the rhythm is close but it's not the same at all

[@anissodon3714]

[@lalkao_o]

:3

[@lolk7202]

Mina chirnomuna san