After graduating from Tokyo Keizai University, he worked as a "salaryman" for four years in the advertisement industry. Debuting with a major label EP album release in 1997, his J-Pop music has funk and soul influence, coupled with beautiful and moving lyrics.
Several of his songs have been used in the TV anime show Honey and Clover, including '8gatsu no Serenade', 'Tsuki to Knife' and 'Yubikiri'. Yozora no Mukou ("Beyond the Night Sky"), the song he wrote the lyrics to, and sung by Smap, has appeared in several Japanese music textbooks. More recently, some of his songs have been used in the anime series xxxHolic, most notably the opening theme "19sai". Also, his song 'Yuudachi' ("Evening Shower") was used as the opening theme for the 2000 anime series Boogiepop Phantom. In addition, his song "Manatsu no Yoru no Yume" (A Midsummer Night's Dream) was used as a theme in the first Death Note movie, which came out June 2006.
サナギ ～theme from xxxHOLiC the movie～
スガシカオ Lyrics
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あなたのその無神経な指も ゾクゾクして嫌いじゃなかった
でも いつだってあなたときたら 放っておくと嘘ばかり
私のことを馬鹿だと はじめから思っていたくせに・・・
こんな日が来ると 思いもしなかったけど
まだそこにあなたが いる気配すら感じるの
あなたがいなくなってからもうずっと 体はサナギ色になって渇いて
冬の寒い部屋で生まれ変わるの まるでそれは美しい蝶みたいに
少しずつひらいていくの 空を飛ぶユメを見て・・・
そんな日が不意に やってくるのだとしたら
その羽根でどこへ 飛んでいけばいいかしら
家畜に名前がないように あなたの名前を忘れてしまうの
思い出して泣いてしまうよりも あなた自体を消してしまうの
そんな日がいつか やってくるのでしょうか
あなたとの日々が もう許されるのでしょうか
そんな日がいつか やってくるのでしょうか
素晴らしい日々が いつの日か・・・
The lyrics to スガシカオ's song サナギ~theme from xxxHOLiC the movie~ speak about a complicated relationship where the singer is in love with someone who doesn't reciprocate their feelings. Despite being touched by the other person's insensitive fingers and their constant lies, the singer admits to not hating them entirely. However, even from the beginning, the other person saw the singer as stupid and foolish, despite the singer's feelings toward them. The song then moves onto the idea of transformation, with the singer's body turning into the color of a chrysalis and becoming dry after the other person leaves. The singer is reborn in a cold winter room like a beautiful butterfly, trying to spread its wings to fly.
The song continues to question whether the upcoming day of forgetting the other person's name will arrive, making it easier to forget them as a whole rather than remembering and crying over them. The singer is unsure if they will forgive their past, and if they will be able to one day experience wonderful times again. Overall, the song perfectly encapsulates the feeling of unrequited love and the painful transformation required to grow and move on from that love.
Line by Line Meaning
体のうすい粘膜を 直接ベタベタと触られるような
It's like having your thin mucous membranes directly touched and smeared by your insensitive fingers, but strangely, I didn't dislike it, I got shivers.
あなたのその無神経な指も ゾクゾクして嫌いじゃなかった
Even your insensitive fingers made me feel shivers and I didn't hate it.
でも いつだってあなたときたら 放っておくと嘘ばかり
But whenever you were around, all I heard were lies if I let you be.
私のことを馬鹿だと はじめから思っていたくせに・・・
Even though you thought of me as a fool from the beginning...
こんな日が来ると 思いもしなかったけど
I never thought such a day would come, but...
まだそこにあなたが いる気配すら感じるの
I can still sense your presence there, even now.
あなたがいなくなってからもうずっと 体はサナギ色になって渇いて
Ever since you left, my body has become like a chrysalis, thirsty for a change.
冬の寒い部屋で生まれ変わるの まるでそれは美しい蝶みたいに
I'll be reborn in a cold winter room, like a beautiful butterfly, emerging from its chrysalis.
まだ濡れているその羽根を 誰かに駄目にされないように
To make sure no one else will ruin my still-wet wings...
少しずつひらいていくの 空を飛ぶユメを見て・・・
...I'll slowly open them up, and dream of flying in the sky.
そんな日が不意に やってくるのだとしたら
If such a day were to unexpectedly come...
その羽根でどこへ 飛んでいけばいいかしら
...where should I fly with these wings?
家畜に名前がないように あなたの名前を忘れてしまうの
I'll forget your name, like how livestock don't have names.
思い出して泣いてしまうよりも あなた自体を消してしまうの
Instead of crying over memories, I'll just erase you completely.
そんな日がいつか やってくるのでしょうか
Will such a day ever come?
あなたとの日々が もう許されるのでしょうか
Will the days I spent with you ever be forgiven?
そんな日がいつか やってくるのでしょうか
Will such a day ever come?
素晴らしい日々が いつの日か・・・
Will those wonderful days ever come back again...?
Writer(s): スガ シカオ
Contributed by Wyatt B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@priyangapannerselvam7469
As if they could directly touch my body’s thin and sticky mucous membrane
I shuddered but didn’t hate those insensitive fingers of yours
But when it comes to you, you leave me alone and only lie to me
Despite that you’d taken me to be a fool from the start…
I didn’t think that a day like this would come
But I still feel your presence there
Ever since you left, my body has already turned chrysalis-colored and dried out
And I am reborn in the cold room of winter, just like a beautiful butterfly
So that those wings that are still wet don’t get ruined by someone else
I’ll open them little by little, dreaming about flying in the sky…
If a day like that suddenly comes about
Then where should I fly to with those wings, I wonder
Like how livestock don’t have names, I’ll forget your name
Rather than remembering you and crying, I’ll erase you entirely
Will a day like that come about sometime?
Are the days with you already excused?
Will a day like that come about sometime?
The splendid days are someday…
@kittyythecat
Wish he would have done the music for Hanako-kun too. The songs he made for xxxHOLiC were perfect. It brings the true mysterious, melancholy, and spooky atmosphere
@BlackDeneb
15 years later and I still love this song ❤️
@EvilSapphireR
A 3 weeks old comment on this video makes me so happy! Cheers, my good man.
@MyCuteApple
xxxHolic A Midsummer's Dream!!
@priyangapannerselvam7469
As if they could directly touch my body’s thin and sticky mucous membrane
I shuddered but didn’t hate those insensitive fingers of yours
But when it comes to you, you leave me alone and only lie to me
Despite that you’d taken me to be a fool from the start…
I didn’t think that a day like this would come
But I still feel your presence there
Ever since you left, my body has already turned chrysalis-colored and dried out
And I am reborn in the cold room of winter, just like a beautiful butterfly
So that those wings that are still wet don’t get ruined by someone else
I’ll open them little by little, dreaming about flying in the sky…
If a day like that suddenly comes about
Then where should I fly to with those wings, I wonder
Like how livestock don’t have names, I’ll forget your name
Rather than remembering you and crying, I’ll erase you entirely
Will a day like that come about sometime?
Are the days with you already excused?
Will a day like that come about sometime?
The splendid days are someday…
@notzsk
I LOVE SO MUCH SUGA SHIKAO AND XXXHOLIC OMG-
@CiberFiccion01
exelente hermosa cancion
@Fabio1349
Suga Shikao may be the only 100% pop singer I like.
@romzanali9930
such monotonous yet amazing
@MyCuteApple
Love this song <3