Without A Trace - the GazettE

脆弱な意識を剥がれ
ゆっくりと足音を立てずに
灰になり粉々に散る
それだけ…それだけ…
Without a trace

後に知る感情は
無力より卑怯
混在意識の底を這う
潜在意識に問いかける
「目の前の明日が見えない。」

立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて
救いを待った君は無へ
もう聞こえはしない枯れた詩は
宛ても無く泣いている

「喪失」に流す涙は
耐えてた苦しみにも流れる
誰もが見殺すかのよう
目蓋を閉じる

螺旋に絡まる身体が
ゆっくりゆっくり捩じれる
千の棘を喉にあて問う
俺に何が救える？
目の前で明日が死んでる。

立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて
救いを待った君は無へ
もう聞こえはしない枯れた詩は
宛ても無く泣いている

降りしきる翳みが晴れぬように...
生きた証が消えぬように...
この詩が君へと届くのなら
偽善だと思うだろう

立ち尽くす季節に息を埋めて
救いを待った君は無へ
もう　聞こえぬようにかけた声は戻せない
罪と知る

I am touched, once again, by Ruki. His vocals have matured and it shows in the songs made after, or during the Stacked Rubbish period. Songs like Calm Envy and Guren was the turning point for him, a breakthrough, a sign that Ruki had grown older. For once, he had made good use of his wonderful -and terribly sexy- voice by singing. And by singing, I mean real, authentic singing, the old fashioned one and not those screams, growls and whines J-rockers are so fond of.

Ruki's advantage is that he has a voice that's deep and sexy, not deep and scary like the vocalist from Versailles. Another plus, or minus if you happened to like the songs from the Cockroach/etc period, is that his voice is now polished to the point of perfection. I would have typed French but I'm lazy to add French to the control panel thingy... .__."

Songs like Calm Envy and Without A Trace is made purely to showcase Ruki's talent at touching people. The guitars, the bass, the drums, it all doesn't matter anymore. I just hope that the GazettE will continue to produce such songs...

I admit it. Ruki, with his wonderful vocals, now rank higher than Kai.

Labels: Bands, J-rock, Japanese, Lyrics, Reviews, the GazettE