化石の楽園
志方あきこ Lyrics

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白亜の森は静かに
名も無き砂礫となり
僕をそっと包み込むよ

悩める胸を凍らせ
銀砂の雨をはらって
辿りついた箱庭の中で

何よりも白く儚く
何よりも深く優しく

埋もれた琥珀の夢を
幾つも拾い上げては
追憶にたゆたえども

言の葉不意によぎって
鎖(トザ)した痛みが疼く
彼方に黒い影がゆらめく

何よりも厭わしい

探さないでもう二度と
ここは僕だけの居場所
優しさは無垢な刃
正しい救いなどいらない

流れ落ちる忘却の砂
時を捨てた奈落の苑

化石の珊瑚の群れが
ささめく小道の奥に
黒い足跡が続いてる

踏み潰された貝殻も
砕かれた水晶の花も
無慈悲な予感に沈み果てた

どこまでも残酷に

奪わないでもう二度と
守りたいこの楽園を
憐れみは無知な刃
与えられた明日などいらない

壊さないで永久に
僕の化石の楽園を

愛しさは無垢な刃
心を縛る君はいらない

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of 志方あきこ's song 化石の楽園, which translates to "Fossil Paradise," tell a story of a person searching for a refuge in a white forest that is now reduced to meaningless debris. The forest is silent, but it gently envelops the singer. His troubled heart freezes, and he travels through a box garden, crossing a rain of silver sand. The dreams of amber that lie buried are faint and white, and the sweetest of all things in this world. He picks them up repeatedly, but they remain a source of regret.

Suddenly, he remembers the past, and his pain resurfaces. In the distance, there is a black shadow. He hates it more than anything else. He does not want to search anymore, as he has found a place to belong. His kindness is like a pure blade, and he does not need a legitimate salvation. The paradise that he wants to protect is not something given in pity, and he does not need any tomorrow that was offered.

Line by Line Meaning

白亜の森は静かに
The white forest is quietly

名も無き砂礫となり
Becoming nameless gravel

僕をそっと包み込むよ
Gently enclosing me

悩める胸を凍らせ
Freezing my troubled heart

銀砂の雨をはらって
Bearing the rain of silver sand

辿りついた箱庭の中で
In the miniature garden I arrived at

何よりも白く儚く
More than anything, white and fleeting

何よりも深く優しく
More than anything, deeply kind

埋もれた琥珀の夢を
Picking up many dreams of buried amber

幾つも拾い上げては
Picking up each of them

追憶にたゆたえども
Even though I am drifting in memories