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Alien

by Lynne Hobday

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A re-release of a 1998 recording - "Alien."
The song was used as the theme for a play "The Alien's Diary."
The song traces the relationship of a mother and daughter. Although
in life, there was much friction between the two, the mother writes a picture book for her daughter, before her death. Reading the pages of the book, the daughter realizes the unexpressed love that her mother held for her and the fact that not even death can separate true love.

A simple, yet beautiful ballad in Japanese and English

１９９８年に「宇宙人の日記」というお芝居のために書き下ろした曲の再リリース。

Alienという言葉には色々な意味が含まれています。「宇宙人」、「外国人」、「無縁」。生きている間に仲が悪かった親子ですが、お母さんは娘に「宇宙人の日記」という絵本を残して亡くなられます。この本を通して娘はお母さんの愛に気づきます。

この曲はシンプルですが、死の壁を乗り越えた永遠の絆を歌う母親の気持ちが必聴です。

lyrics

流星のように輝いて
高く眩しく航海して
地上のざわめきに背を向けて
宇宙の波にこの身を任せ

Forever we are alien
A comet shoots across the sky
We are alien
We search for love and know not
Why this heart stays cold and hard
And never opens wide
Forever we are alien

この世に生まれたその意味を
遠く昔から探していたの
失った夢と忘れた希望
その瞳の中に見つけたの

Forever we are alien
A comet shoots across the sky
We are alien
We search for love and know not
Why this heart stays cold and hard
And never opens wide
Forever we are alien

君の世界はどこまでも
銀河の果てまで続くのだろう
雲の上から覗いているよ
月の陰から見守っているよ

No longer we are alien
A comet shoots across the sky
Alien
We searched and found a reason
Why this frozen heart has thawed
Our arms are open wide
No longer we are alien
No longer we are alien
No longer we are alien

credits

released June 3, 2021
Words & Music by Lynne Hobday
Arrangement by Eiji Yoshizawa
Vocal Recording/Mix by Yasuhiko Terada
Cover Art by Yukie Fubuki

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Lynne Hobday Tokyo, Japan

UK singer-songwriter living in Japan

English lyric writer for many Japanese artists including L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hyde, True, Fhana, AI, Soft Ballet, Fantastic Plastic Machine, TM Revolution, etc.

Best known for her lyrics for "You Were There," the theme tune of the iconic Play Station Game "ICO."

Also writes original Japanese lyrics for the Sailor Moon musicals, Mary's Blood, etc. ... more

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