Much of her songs have been for games by the game company Nitro+ (ニトロプラス), including the Demonbane series, Jingai Makyo, Saya no Uta, Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate and Togainu no Chi. She is also widely known for works used on the visual novel Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni series. One of her notable songs in recent non-Nitro Plus games was "Kanashimi no Mukō e" (悲しみの向こうへ), the "bad end" ending theme to the visual novel School Days. Itō has also sung songs for a drama CD and anime adaptations of School Days. Recently, she has been singing more songs for animes, such as BLASSREITER and Hatenkō Yūgi.
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Isolation
Kanako Ito Lyrics
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作謁:楠瀬拓哉
隔離されて行くこの世界の外で
それを嘲笑うのが定めなのか?
この胸を不意に刺す 抜けない棘じゃ
痛みさえも もう感じなくなった
孤独な檻の中で 力求めた
夜ごと繰り返される閉塞感
愛し合うためじゃなく生き抜くため
そっと抱き寄せるなんて全く出来ずに
カの限り掴み 壊してきた
きっとそれは叶わぬ夢
もっと違った? そんな答えはなかった
喧噪の夜は去り沈黙の朝が来る
淘汰の風に煽られて
過去は押しつぶされ未来も見えず
現在(いま)に残されたものは【罪と罰】
隔離されて行く この世界の中で
それを受け止めるのが定めなのか?
きっとこれは終わらぬ夢
いっそ罪の想いもどこかへ、サヨナラ……
崩壊する秩序 亡者どもがしがみつく
神様になんてなれずに
逃げながら見つけた 希望の種
君が繋いだ世界で……生きて行く
ISOLATION by Kanako Ito describes a world from which the singer is being isolated. She questions if it is her fate to be mocked and ridiculed from the outside for existing in a world within her own feelings. The singer conveys her despair and agony by describing her heart being pierced by an unremovable thorn that causes her numbness and pain. She speaks of her endless nights seeking solace in a lonely cage wanting relief. She is reminded of people and the loved ones around her, but she knows their existence is not a cure to her pain, yet a reason to stay alive.
The singer has lived with an intense desire to survive while accepting the guilt of her existence. She holds onto the hope that she could have grasped onto her dreams as hard as she could. However, she knows that there was no other answer as she recalls memories of the past night's chaos fading away, making way for the silence of the morning. The singer frames the song's title to question if it is her destiny to be left alone in this world without any hope of redemption. However, she wishes to say goodbye to her feelings of guilt and hope for a way to live in a world where she finds comfort from the pains she endures.
Line by Line Meaning
隔離されて行くこの世界の外で
In a world that continues to isolate itself, closed off from the rest,
それを嘲笑うのが定めなのか?
Is it predetermined for us to hold contempt towards this isolation?
この胸を不意に刺す 抜けない棘じゃ
These thorns of wounds that constantly prick the emotions,
痛みさえも もう感じなくなった
Have numbed everything, devoid of any feeling of pain,
孤独な檻の中で 力求めた
In my solitary confinement, I searched for power,
夜ごと繰り返される閉塞感
But every night, I deal with the inescapable feeling of being trapped,
傍らの君に 肩寄せていたのは
You were by my side, and I relied on you,
愛し合うためじゃなく生き抜くため
Not merely for love, but to help me survive through life,
そっと抱き寄せるなんて全く出来ずに
I couldn't even embrace you gently,
カの限り掴み 壊してきた
I'll grab hold of anything I can reach, and destroy it,
きっとそれは叶わぬ夢
I know all of this is an unattainable dream,
もっと違った? そんな答えはなかった
Was there a better alternative? Unfortunately, there was none,
喧噪の夜は去り沈黙の朝が来る
The night buzz ceases, and the silent dawn greets us,
淘汰の風に煽られて
With the gust of the wind that signifies the end,
過去は押しつぶされ未来も見えず
The past is crushed, and the future remains uncertain,
現在(いま)に残されたものは【罪と罰】
All that remains in the present are our sins and punishments,
隔離されて行く この世界の中で
In this world that shuts us in, isolating us from one another,
それを受け止めるのが定めなのか?
Are we fated to simply accept this fate?
きっとこれは終わらぬ夢
I'm certain that this is an endless dream,
いっそ罪の想いもどこかへ、サヨナラ……
Perhaps that's why I long to bid farewell to all the memories of my sins...
崩壊する秩序 亡者どもがしがみつく
The order is decaying, and the dead cling to it as if they can't move on,
神様になんてなれずに
I'm not a god, nor will I ever become one,
逃げながら見つけた 希望の種
But even as I run away, I find seeds of hope,
君が繋いだ世界で……生きて行く
In the world you helped me build... that's where I'll truly live.
Contributed by Emily W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@syuragon_type1804
「力の限り掴み壊してきた」
完走するとこのフレーズがホント重いし悲しいな
@user-ip2it7kl3o
いとうかなこ好き
@alifff8150
J8datsi