The Brilliant Green take much of their influence from Western music, most predominantly The Beatles with over half their songs including English lyrics. They released their first single "Bye Bye Mr.Mug" in 1997 with little success, but their break came in 1998 when their third single "There Will Be Love There" was chosen as the theme song for popular the Japanese drama Love Again, and as a result went straight to the top of the charts. After another number one hit with "Tsumetai Hana" they released their self-titled debut album which sold over one million copies in just two days. On the back of this success their first national tour, There Will Be Live There, sold out across Japan in only three minutes. The Brilliant Green were suddenly one of the biggest bands in Japan.
In the following years, the band was prolific, releasing two more album, "Terra 2001" and "Los Angeles", along with severn more singles, and two clips DVD's and a superb live DVD entitled "Super Terra 2000".
In 2001,on the back of the "Los Angeles" album, Time magazine chose The Brilliant Green as one of the top ten contemporary acts outside the U.S.alongside such bands as Radiohead and Sigur Ros.
In 2002 Tommy embarked on her first solo project, Tommy february6. She released three singles, and a very successful self titled album, but this did not spell the end for The Brilliant Green.
The band returned with "The Winter Album", which was quite experimental, using samples and drum machines, but still retaining the core values of the band. Three very different singles also were spawned from this album, but the release of the final single, "I'M SO SORRY BABY" was the last we would hear from the band for almost five years,
The band members moved on to solo thier projects and producing songs for other artists. Despite rumours to the contary the group never officially broke up. Tommy resumed her career as a solo artist as Tommy February6 and now also Tommy Heavenly6, her rockier alter ego. Under these two names she released a total of sixteen singles and four studio albums in the period between 2002-2007.
Ryo Matsui also started a new band named Meister, which saw him working with musical heroes from his past, both from the U.K and Scandanavia.
On November 22, 2003, band members Tommy and Shunsaku Okuda announced their marriage.
On June 1st it was announced that after 5 years of inactivity, the brilliant green would be returning with a new single to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The song, titled "Stand by me", is the ending theme for the new series of TV drama "Tantei GakuenQ" which began on July 3rd 2007. The single itself was released on August 22nd, 2007, and the band embarked on a hectic promotional tour, which included many TV appearances and live shows.
The second single release of their comeback, "Enemy", was given a Christmas release, on December 12th, 2007 and the bands activity continued un-abated in 2008, when they provided the opening theme for the anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 with yet another new single, called "Ash Like Snow", which was released on February 6th that year. This was closely followed by a greatest hits CD & clips DVD, which was released on February 20th 2008. The summer of 2008 saw brief appearances at two live events, Re-Style LIVE Volume 5 for two dates in June, and at the GUNDAM00 X CODE GEASS festival in August.
The band also announced that fans should expect more activity in the future, and that a new album is planned that will consist of songs that have already been written by the band over the 10 years they have been together, but never been recorded.
The return of the band seems to have been put on hold, at least for a while as Tommy has recently returned to solo project duty, with a contribution to the 'We Love Cyndi' Cyndi Lauper tribute album as Tommy february6, and a new single, 'PAPERMOON' as Tommy heavenly6 , and also she released "Best of" albums for both february and heavenly, both of which included a new song made especially for these albums. It was in the sleeve for this album that Tommy finally confirmed what we all suspected, that it was infact members of The Brilliant Green, Shunsaku and Ryo that had contributed music and production for Tommys solo projects under various pseudonyms all along. Tommy heavenly6 quickly followed this up with a brand new studio album called I KILL MY HEART which was also made by the members of The Brilliant Green. Alot of fans even commented that this could have very easily been a Buriguri album..
Whether the new Buriguri studio album will ever happen or not is only known by the band themselves, but signs are that the band are still happily working together on Tommys solo projects, but we can never second guess Tommy on what she or the band is wanting to do next, for now we'll just have to wait and see.
Promising signs of a return appeared on 20th May in Japan when it was announced that the band would be splitting from their agency KEN-ON aswell as Sony Music Japan and DefSTAR. From 1st June 2009 onwards they will be going it alone with a new official website and blog, plus they promised "To power up The Brilliant Green again soon".
Finally on December 1st 2009 the official site changed to the simple message "The Brilliant Green - Coming soon", signalling the beginning of a new dawn. It was also soon discovered that the band had signed a deal with Warner Music Japan, and on January 5th 2010, it was announced that the first song from the new regime "Like Yesterday" would be released on February 24th and that a new temporary Myspace page featuring a demo of the new song would begin on January 12th.
Another new single "Blue Daisy" is to be released on June 30th 2010 with hopefuly a long awaited new studio album to follow. But this news was quickly followed by the devastating news that Ryo Matsui had left the band! Indeed, Ryo did not appear in the music video for BLUE DAISY, and was replaced by what appeared to be two fake band members and Tim Jensen, Tommy's long time friend and English lyric advisor. The same theme was used for the next single "I Just Can't Breathe" which was released shortly afterwards.
Finally after almost eight long years, it was announced that the band would be releasing their fifth studio album on 15th September 2010. The album would contain eight brand news songs, a cover version of the Blur track, "Song 2" along with the three previously released singles and two of the B-sides from those releases.
The Brilliant Green will playing as part of Warner Music Japan's 40th anniversary celebrations at the Budokan on October 31st 2010. It was also confirmed that the two aforementioned "fake" band members, were indeed not fake. James (JJ) De Barrado (drums) and James MacWhyte (bass) would in fact be appearing as support musicians for the Budokan show.
Ash Like Snow
The Brilliant Green Lyrics
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Nomikomareta hoshikuzu-tachi
Hakanaku furitsumoru hai no yuki
Mitsumeta nageki no mado
I never dreamed
Kooritsuku
There? I come for you
Omoi wa sekibaku no yozora ni
Maiagari kudaketa
Kono sekai ga katachi wo kaeru tabi ni
Mamoritai mono wo
Kowashite shimatteitan da
Kokoro ni hishimeku haitoku no yami
Kimi no koe ga masui no youni
Tsumetaku kankaku wo ubatteku
Mujun wo oikakete mo
Owaranai
Naze boku wa tatakau no?
Tatoeba hikari ga kieusete
Kono hoshi ga ochite mo
Wasurenai yo
Sono chiisana negai ga
Aru beki basho eto michibiku
There I come for you yeah
Ash Like Snow
Is falling down from your sky
Ash Like Snow
Let me hear?
Why I have to fight?
Kono omoi wa sekibaku no yozora ni
Maiagari kudaketa
Yami wo hiraku eikou to hikikae ni
Mamoru beki mono wo ushinatte kita
(It?s falling from your sky)
Munashisugiru
(Baby I come for you)
Kudakechitta kakera ni kizutsuku tabi
Tozasareta boku no kokoro wa
Tsuyoku naru koto wo erande
Koko made kitan da
The Brilliant Green's song Ash Like Snow is a powerful and emotional ballad that explores themes of loss, grief, and the desire to protect those we love. The lyrics begin with the image of a dark and desolate winter landscape, where the night sky is black as ebony and the stars have been swallowed up by the darkness. The singer compares their own feelings to the countless specks of stardust that have been swallowed up by the void, representing the overwhelming sense of loss and emptiness they are experiencing.
As the song progresses, we get a sense of the singer's intense emotional turmoil, as they describe feeling consumed by a dark and corrupt force that threatens to overtake them completely. Despite this, they cling fiercely to the memory of the person they have lost, vowing to protect the things that matter most to them even as they feel themselves slipping away. The final lines of the song are a powerful declaration of the singer's resilience and determination: "my heart, once shattered into a million pieces, has chosen to become stronger - I have come this far."
Line by Line Meaning
Sora akaku someru kokutan no yami
The ebony darkness that colored the sky red
Nomikomareta hoshikuzu-tachi
Swallowed up the stardust
Hakanaku furitsumoru hai no yuki
The fleeting snow that piles up endlessly
Mitsumeta nageki no mado
The window of my grief-ridden gaze
I never dreamed
I never imagined
Kooritsuku
Freezing over
There? I come for you
I'll be there for you
Omoi wa sekibaku no yozora ni
My emotions rise up into the night sky
Maiagari kudaketa
Soaring and breaking apart
Kono sekai ga katachi wo kaeru tabi ni
As this world changes its form
Mamoritai mono wo
The things I want to protect
Kowashite shimatteitan da
Were destroyed and lost
Kokoro ni hishimeku haitoku no yami
The darkness of corrupting desires that pierces my heart
Kimi no koe ga masui no youni
Your voice steals my senses
Tsumetaku kankaku wo ubatteku
And takes away my cold sensations
Mujun wo oikakete mo
Even if I chase after contradictions
Owaranai
It never ends
Naze boku wa tatakau no?
Why do I fight?
Tatoeba hikari ga kieusete
Even if the light goes out
Kono hoshi ga ochite mo
Even if this planet falls
Wasurenai yo
I won't forget
Sono chiisana negai ga
That small wish
Aru beki basho eto michibiku
Leads me to where I should be
There I come for you yeah
I'll be there for you
Ash Like Snow
Ash falling like snow
Is falling down from your sky
Is falling down from your sky
Let me hear?
Tell me
Why I have to fight?
Why do I have to fight?
Kono omoi wa sekibaku no yozora ni
My emotions rise up into the night sky
Maiagari kudaketa
Soaring and breaking apart
Yami wo hiraku eikou to hikikae ni
In exchange for opening up the darkness to glory
Mamoru beki mono wo ushinatte kita
I lost the things I wanted to protect
(It?s falling from your sky)
(It's falling from your sky)
Munashisugiru
It's too empty
(Baby I come for you)
(Baby I'll be there for you)
Kudakechitta kakera ni kizutsuku tabi
Every time I get hurt by the shattered fragments
Tozasareta boku no kokoro wa
My locked up heart
Tsuyoku naru koto wo erande
Chooses to become stronger
Koko made kitan da
It has come this far
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: SHUNSAKU OKUDA, TOMOKO (PKA TOMMY.. KAWASE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@user-rq2hc9ez3c
すみません歌詞です。公式、コメント欄でもなかったので記載しました。駄目だったら即削除致します。
空赤く染める黒檀の闇
呑み込まれた星屑たち
儚く降り積もる灰の雪
見つめた嘆きの場所
I never dreamed
凍りつく
there...I come foryou
想いは寂寞の夜空に
舞い上がり砕けた
この世界が
形を変えるたびに
守りたいものを
壊してしまっていたんだ
心にひしめく背徳の闇
君の声が麻酔のように
冷たく感覚を奪ってく
矛盾を追いかけても
終わらない
なぜ僕は戦うの?
例えば光が消え失せて
この地球が堕ちても
忘れないよその小さな願いが
在るべき場所へと導く
there I come for you yeah
Ash Like snow is
falling down from your sky
Ash Like snow Ash Like snow
Ash Like snow
Let me hear...why
I have top fight?
この想いは寂寞の夜空に
舞い上がり砕けた
闇を拓く栄光と引き換えに
守るべきものを失ってきた
(it's falling from your sky )
虚しすぎる
(Baby I come for your )
砕け散った
欠片に傷つくたび
閉ざされた僕の心は
強くなる事を選んで
ここまで来たんだ
@user-qz6eq5uy7y
神曲。令和に聞いても色褪せない曲。
@hystericcharms
heavenly6用に制作しながら事情があってブリグリで出すこととなった曲だけど、そのおかげで松井さんがギターを入れているのでサウンドにヘヴィーさが増してて更にカッコよさが増している。
@ssaa9522
かっこいいけど、どこか切ない感じが
終盤追い詰められていくソレスタルビーイングを表してるみたいで
めちゃめちゃ好きなんですよね
@user-dn8lg5tn8l
the brilliant greenの曲は全部好きやけど、これめっちゃ！好き！カラオケで絶対歌う！00も見てました！あと川瀬智子さん、ずっと若い可愛いのが感動やった🥺
@My___Account__NIZURU
公式アップロードやったぜ。YouTubeじゃなかなか聞けない曲だったからなぁ 嬉しい
@tyabi2256
やったぜ！
@user-mc7vv8mq9o
やったぜ！
@user-rk7kr9in7u
曲も買うんだぜ！
@user-mi9uy8ij6k
戦いの虚しさとか、大切なものを失ってく悲しみとかOOにめっちゃ沿ってて好き。
@ugnsblo
この曲のドラミングなぜか凄い好き。かっこいい。全体的に曲調がグランジっぽい所も好き。
「想いは寂寞の夜空に舞い上がり砕けた」って歌詞もかっこよくて好き。イントロのヘヴィーな感じもいい。