Starting out as an indie band, SEKAI NO OWARI performed their first live concert at club EARTH with 15 people attending. The band self-produced their first demo, sekai NO oWARI, with a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Fukase, vocalist, named the band Sekai no Owari because "Once you've experienced the bottom (the negative side of your life), you have to find a way to go up (the positive side). So I named my band End of the World to create the strength through the music."
SEKAI NO OWARI started to become popular in the Japanese indie scene in 2010. In August in 2011, SEKAI NO OWARI performed a solo concert at the Nippon Budokan where The Beatles performed in 1966. The tickets for this show sold out. In November, their first major album ENTERTAINMENT, was awarded Best Album for the Japan Record Award.
In 2013, they have set out their first-ever outdoor-live-event ‘Fire and Forest Carnival’. They wanted to create a stage that is as majestic as ‘Tomorrowland” – the largest electronic music festival - if anything go beyond it. They created the whole show aiming to be something bigger than ‘Tomorrowland’. They have successfully actualized the vision bringing 20,000 people a day for 3 days, totaling 60,000 fans. Since then, their show including the stage started to be recognized as one and only for its unique stage theme and irresistible performance.
In January 2015, SEKAI NO OWARI released their second major album ‘ Tree’ 2 years and 7 month after their last album. The album has topped No.1 on the chart, and has reached 1 million sales in total of physical sales and digital downloads.
SEKAI NO OWARI held a 2day-show ‘Twilight City’ at Nissan Stadium ;the biggest stadium in Japan in July. ‘Twilight City’ is a 2-days of 70,000 people and in total of 140,000 fans are expected to attend. capacity; nonetheless the tickets were sold out immediately. American pop-star Austin Mahone joined the show as a guest act.
不死鳥
SEKAI NO OWARI Lyrics
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僕等と違うのは
ただひとつそう君は不死身なんだ
夏が始まったとき
僕と君は恋に落ちたんだ ah
もしも私のこの
命が限りあるものになることが
もう一度あなたを
制限時間内に見つけるわ
そうしたらそれを奇跡と呼びたいの
不死鳥よ僕に永遠を与えてください
僕と君なら何にも怖くないから
天国なんて君がいないのならば
僕は君と永遠になるから
神様の発明
誕生するすべてのものには
終わりをプログラムするという
この宇宙のルール
ロボットの神は人類だから
天国なんかないのかなぁ
もしもこの聖なる星が降る夜が
最初から存在しなかったのなら
あの真っ白な世界を
朝とは呼ばないわ
終わりの無いものなんて
最初から始まりなんて無いの
不死鳥よ僕に永遠を与えてください
僕と君なら本当に怖くないから
地獄だろうと君がいないのならば
僕は君と永遠になるから
死がくれる世にも美しい魔法
今を大切にすることができる魔法
神様 私にも死の魔法をかけて
永遠なんていらないから
終わりがくれる 今を愛したいの
不死鳥のように美しい君に
いつか終わりが訪れますようにと
形あるものはいつかは壊れるから
僕は君の手を強く繋ぐんだ
僕らの空を (僕らの空を)
花火が飾り (花火が飾り)
夏が終わる yeah
The lyrics of the song 不死鳥 (Phoenix) by SEKAI NO OWARI explore the idea of mortality and immortality. The lyrics ask the question of whether humans would be happier if they were created like robots, who are immortal beings. The song is about the singer's love for someone who is immortal, and they express their desire to love that person for eternity. The lyrics also question the idea of heaven, and whether it exists or not.
The first few lyrics of the song talk about how the singer fell in love with someone who is unlike them in one way - they are immortal. The singer then goes on to express their desire to find that person again within the time limit of their own life, and if they are successful, they would consider it a miracle. The chorus of the song then addresses the "Phoenix," which is a mythical bird that is said to be immortal, and asks it to give the singer eternal life so they can be with their loved one forever. The lyrics also express the idea that if heaven doesn't exist without the loved one present, the singer is willing to spend eternity in hell with them instead.
The later verses of the song explore the idea of the universe having an end programmed into it, and that all things must end at some point. The lyrics reflect on the fact that nothing lasts forever, and that the potential for destruction has been present since the beginning of time. The final chorus repeats the plea to the Phoenix to grant the singer eternal life with the one they love, and expresses the hope that someday, their love will come to an end not because of death, but because they have had a chance to love each other fully.
Line by Line Meaning
人類の発明 君は最新型ロボット
You are the latest robot invention of humanity
僕等と違うのは
The only thing that sets you apart from us
ただひとつそう君は不死身なんだ
Is that you are indestructible
夏が始まったとき
When the summer began
僕と君は恋に落ちたんだ ah
You and I fell in love, ah
もしも私のこの
If my life
命が限りあるものになることが
Were to become something with a limited lifespan
いつかはできたのなら
If that were possible someday
もう一度あなたを
I would find you once more
制限時間内に見つけるわ
Within the time limit
そうしたらそれを奇跡と呼びたいの
And I would call it a miracle
不死鳥よ僕に永遠を与えてください
Oh phoenix, please give me eternity
僕と君なら何にも怖くないから
Because you and I have nothing to be afraid of
天国なんて君がいないのならば
If you're not there, then there's no heaven
僕は君と永遠になるから
But I will be with you forever
神様の発明
God's invention
誕生するすべてのものには
All things that are born
終わりをプログラムするという
Are programmed to have an end
この宇宙のルール
This is the rule of the universe
ロボットの神は人類だから
Since the god of the robots is humanity
天国なんかないのかなぁ
I wonder if there's such a thing as heaven
もしもこの聖なる星が降る夜が
If on a night when this sacred star falls
最初から存在しなかったのなら
If it had never existed to begin with
あの真っ白な世界を
That pure white world
朝とは呼ばないわ
I wouldn't call it morning
終わりの無いものなんて
An endless thing
最初から始まりなんて無いの
Never truly began to begin with
不死鳥よ僕に永遠を与えてください
Oh phoenix, please give me eternity
僕と君なら本当に怖くないから
Because you and I really have nothing to be afraid of
地獄だろうと君がいないのならば
Even in hell, as long as you're not there
僕は君と永遠になるから
I will still be with you forever
死がくれる世にも美しい魔法
A beautiful magic that death gives
今を大切にすることができる魔法
A magic that allows us to cherish the present
神様 私にも死の魔法をかけて
God, cast death's magic on me too
永遠なんていらないから
Because I don't need eternity
終わりがくれる 今を愛したいの
I want to love this moment, as the end approaches
不死鳥のように美しい君に
To you, as beautiful as the phoenix
いつか終わりが訪れますようにと
I hope that someday the end will come to you too
形あるものはいつかは壊れるから
Because things with form will eventually break
僕は君の手を強く繋ぐんだ
But I will hold your hand tightly
僕らの空を (僕らの空を)
Our sky (our sky)
花火が飾り (花火が飾り)
Decorated with fireworks (decorated with fireworks)
夏が終わる yeah
The summer ends, yeah
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Satoshi Fukase, Shinichi Nakashima
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