There are at least three artists who have used this name:

1) A Japan… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists who have used this name:

1) A Japanese visual kei band active from 1989 to 1995.

2) GILLES DE RAIS was also a Japanese darkwave / minimal synth / goth duo from early 80's. They have released a 7" self-titled EP and did a split flexi alongside with Phaidia. Members Mar (vocals, synthesizers) and S (guitars, voice) would later form cult act Pale Cocoon. Please, use this alternative page to scrobbleGILLES DE RAIS

2) A short-lived German underground black metal band with members of Herodez. Released one demo "Tiffauges" in 1996.

Melody
Gilles de Rais Lyrics

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傷つけていたあの日の自分に
嘘をついて時間(とき)の狭間で
凍えた目をして何も見えず
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた言葉を
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた身体で
掠れた声で何かを叫んで

声も無くて時間の狭間で
凍えた目をして何も見えず
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた言葉を
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた身体で
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた

傷つけていたあの日の自分に
嘘をついて掠れた声で
何かを叫んで声も無くて......
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた言葉を
がんじがらめの夜
つなぎ合わせた身体で
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた

いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた
いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
覚えてた

いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
歌ってた

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Gilles de Rais's song Melody talk about a past version of oneself, the one that caused hurt to others. The singer speaks about lying to oneself in the time between this moment and that past self, having frozen eyes and being unable to see anything. The night is suffocating, and the only escape is piecing together words with a damaged voice, screaming about something in the void of time. The experience has gone on for so long that the singer doesn't even know when it all started, only that there was a point where singing was an escape and something that was remembered.

The lyrics portray the struggle of dealing with past mistakes, trying to move forward while also being trapped by them. The night becomes a symbol of this suffocation, with the singer caught in a never-ending cycle of pain and confusion. The song speaks to the human struggle of dealing with past pain and struggling to move forward, a theme that many people can relate to.

Line by Line Meaning

傷つけていたあの日の自分に
To the self that was hurting on that day

嘘をついて時間(とき)の狭間で
Lying in the narrow space of time

凍えた目をして何も見えず
Having freezing eyes, unable to see anything

がんじがらめの夜
A night of binding shackles

つなぎ合わせた言葉を
Putting together words

つなぎ合わせた身体で
Piecing together the body

掠れた声で何かを叫んで
Shouting something with a hoarse voice

声も無くて時間の狭間で
Silent in the narrow space of time

いつからか......いつだろう......Ah
At what point...I wonder, ah

歌ってた
I was singing

覚えてた
I remembered it