"The promise of tomorrow is the only light I have."
Please read me!
So you probably noticed, but this one's a bit different. I had to make a character for a Zelda RP campaign I was in, and I was sort of stuck. So my friend recommended I just take the things I'm inspired by and turn them into a person. I was really into 'Lemon' at the time, and so I made a character based on the sort of feeling that song evokes in me. Rather uncreatively, I named that character 'Yuzu'. I now love Yuzu with all my heart and will protect that precious bean until I die.
You can probably expect what happened next. I decided to write a version of Lemon, inspired by the character who was inspired by Lemon. So yeah, this was more of a labor of love than it was an attempt at an "accurate" translation. Just something I wanted to do for fun, because it inspired me. And, honestly? Super rewarding. You've really just gotta' hold onto ANYTHING that gives you dopamine, especially these days.
But um. Yeah. Please don't yell at me in the comments. Actually, you know what? I'm giving you all 100% permission to laugh at anyone who whines about this not being the Japanese version. Absolutely shame them. People who don't read the description have no rights. People who don't read the description are NOT protected under the Constitution. People who don't read the description do NOT pass Go, and do NOT collect $200.
...Anyway.
Hope you're all having a good day. Man, this year is wild, huh?
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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Artwork: klawl (bit.ly/3f6ChsJ)
Instrumental: Joshua Moore G. (bit.ly/39txkHM)
Zelda RP Campaign System: Reclaim the Wild (reclaimthewild.net/)
Special Thanks: Sati Akura, Chi, Velvet, Ely
This video was funded by Patreon! (bit.ly/PatreAkane)
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LYRICS:
I spend every day imagining if this were all a dream...
I could wake up to a face that I love more than anything...
But instead, I walk through days and talk like nothing's on my mind...
Empty words ring through an empty heart- this waste I call a life!
There are kinds of things like joy you bring, that don't come back around,
so I learned, "Live for yourself," and now I live without a sound...
If each day is darker than the next, the hell is left to hide?
So I say, but never quite obey, content living a lie!
If it's possible for someone to lose their trust or their love for you,
I'm alright as I am, 'cause I have nothing to lose!
Even on the days I feel so lonely, even on the days I think, "If only..."
I don't wanna' find that I was right and I don't matter after all!
Lying like a lemon split in two that never had another half!
I can't go out in the rain if I might get wet, I just can't...
but the promise of tomorrow is the only light I have!
In a dream of mine, every time, I see a woman's back.
I'm not sure who she might be, or why I'm dreaming about that...
But I wipe my eyes from both the sides when sunrise hits my face
as I dry and put away another tearful pillowcase...
Tell me, what are you doing now? Where you are, can you see the clouds?
If you're out there at all, just speak! Say something to me!
If you feel like no one really knows you, if you feel a loneliness like I do,
if you wanna' disappear and see if anybody notices...
If you're feeling all the pain that I am, won't you please leave me behind?
I can bear it on my own, like I've been doing all my life!
And I'd do it all for you, for us, because you are my light!
Even just the very thought of somebody's care is not
insignificant to those like me- those who don't know what love means...
Just imagining you by my side: so pure, it feels like a lie...
But I can't let go of bygone dreams! Even ones I know will never be...
Even on the days I feel so lonely, even on the days I think, "If only..."
I don't wanna' find that I was right and I don't matter after all...
Lying like a lemon split in two that never had another half!
I can't go out in the rain if I might get wet, I just can't...
but the promise of tomorrow is the only light I have!
So I take my first and final step into the light at last...
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Welcome to the end of the description. Wanna' hear me gush about my OC? You do?!
Yuzu bio: (bit.ly/30JE5mf)