LUNA SEA's sound is firmly based in 80s hard rock with a versatile progressive approach to songwriting. With mixed elements of punk, metal, and some pop, they form hard, slow, or fast tunes, as well as ballads, all with a mysterious atmosphere. Their softer side, with violin playing, also proves equally as strong.
LUNA SEA, due to early use of makeup and costumes, and their widespread popularity, is considered one of the biggest influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid 90s, they used significantly less makeup, and after a one-year break in 1998, they came back with a more progressive rock style and toned down their onstage attire. When they went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, they left a big influence on the Japanese rock scene.
LUNA SEA achieved its breakthrough success with a sold-out tour in 1991, which helped them to get a contract with MCA, and with the release of their second album IMAGE which recached #9 on the charts. After moving to Universal Music Group in 1998 the band released their best-selling album, SHINE, with an estimated 902,310 copies sold in one year in Japan alone, although this is less than their compilation album SINGLES which managed to sell over one million in Japan. Throughout their career, LUNA SEA released seven studio albums, one live album, seven VHS/DVD releases, and fourteen singles, and sold over eight million records in Japan alone.
On August 25, 2010, the day of a full moon, it was announced that they would hold an urgent press conference on August 31 in Hong Kong, where they previously announced the end of their activities in 2000. During the press conference, the band confirmed a reunion and announced their first tour in ten years, new songs, and added that there will be even more news with time. The world tour, named LUNA SEA 20th ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR REBOOT -to the New Moon- began on November 27 in Germany, and continued with performances in the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and ended on December 31 in Japan, the last of a two-day performance in Kobe.
In response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occured March 11, LUNA SEA announced that they would release their first new song in 10 years. "Promise" was released on April 9 exclusively on Amazon websites as a digital download, with all proceeds donated to the Japanese Red Cross to aid the victims. Their December 4, 2010 concert in Los Angeles was filmed in 3D, and it was released as a live album and video. Both titled LUNA SEA 3D IN LOS ANGELES, the album was released on June 1, while the video was shown in theaters nationwide in Japan on June 4. The band streamed a live press conference, at the movie's premier at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills, through Ustream.tv on May 29. There, they announced a charity concert titled LUNA SEA For JAPAN A Promise to The Brave at the 30,000 seat Saitama Super Arena on October 22. The concert will be broadcast life on WOWOW, and all proceeds from the event will go to the Japanese Red Cross for the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Tickets for the show went on sale on August 14 and sold out in five minutes.
JESUS
Luna Sea Lyrics
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全てが終わりに向かう途中
I'm on the edge
夢見る天使最後の時を待つ
今 鐘は鳴り響く
解き放たれる瞬間を
心の何処か (Just wait for you)
願っている
本当の意味が (Just wait for you)
やって来るはず
輝きが深みに嵌まる前に
満たされ過ぎて朽ちてゆく前に
I'm on the edge
この場所で祈りを捧げているさ
今一人救いを求めて
解き放たれる瞬間を
心の何処か (Just wait for you)
願っている
解き放たれる瞬間に
何を思うの (Just wait for you)
夢の途中で
誓い続けたこの夢は
今 光りに (Just wait for you)
包まれてゆく
誓い続けたこの夢を
今 輝きに (Just wait for you)
変えてゆけ
Jesus 秒読みを始めて
全ての嘘を消して欲しい
Jesus 罪が消えるなら
今 輝きに変えてゆけ
Jesus, don't you love me? ...
The lyrics of Luna Sea's song "JESUS" are filled with themes of hope, redemption, and belief in a higher power. The opening lines "What were we born for? Everything heads towards the end. I'm on the edge" establish a sense of uncertainty and searching for meaning. The singer is aware that everything is transient but still holds onto hope for a moment of transcendence, as symbolized by the lines "I'm waiting for the last moment of the dreaming angel. Now, the bell is ringing for the moment of liberation. Somewhere in my heart (just wait for you), I am longing for the moment of liberation. The true meaning (just wait for you) should come."
The lyrics suggest an individual who feels that they are living life on the edge and with one foot in the grave. The theme of the song is about reclamation by a higher power. The refrain "Jesus, don't you love me?" is a plea for salvation and absolution from sin. The song's bridge is about the promise of this dream being wrapped in light and transformed by this light. "Jesus, don't you love me?" becomes an affirmation that the singer feels loved by the Divine and can be reborn or transformed.
Line by Line Meaning
何のために生まれて来たのか
Wondering about the purpose of life
全てが終わりに向かう途中/I'm on the edge
In the middle of everything ending, feeling on the verge
夢見る天使最後の時を待つ
Dreaming angel waiting for the last moment
今 鐘は鳴り響く
解き放たれる瞬間を
Now, the bell rings, heralding the moment of release
心の何処か (Just wait for you)
願っている
Somewhere in my heart, I am hoping
解き放たれる瞬間に
本当の意味が (Just wait for you)
やって来るはず
In the moment of release, the true meaning should come
輝きが深みに嵌まる前に
満たされ過ぎて朽ちてゆく前に/I'm on the edge
Before the brilliance gets too deep and before becoming too satisfied to decay, feeling on the verge
この場所で祈りを捧げているさ
今一人救いを求めて
Offering prayer in this place, now seeking salvation alone
解き放たれる瞬間を
心の何処か (Just wait for you)
願っている
Wishing in my heart for the moment of release
解き放たれる瞬間に
何を思うの (Just wait for you)
夢の途中で
What will I think of in the moment of release, in the middle of my dream?
誓い続けたこの夢は
今 光りに (Just wait for you)
包まれてゆく
The dream I continued to pledge to, now wrapped up in light
誓い続けたこの夢を
今 輝きに (Just wait for you)
変えてゆけ
Now, change the dream I continued to pledge to into brilliance
Jesus 秒読みを始めて
全ての嘘を消して欲しい
Jesus 罪が消えるなら
今 輝きに変えてゆけ
Jesus, as the countdown begins, please erase all lies; If sins disappear, change them into brilliance
Jesus, don't you love me? ...
Imploring Jesus if he loves me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: SEA LUNA
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