The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.
Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.
Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.
Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.
Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.
Reason
Various Artists Lyrics
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Ima wa tada sore dakede īkara
Itsuka sotto ii kaketa
Yume no tsudzuki o kika sete yo
Bokura ni don'na sekai ga michi naki michi no saki ni matteru?
Koe nakigoe wa kono mama doko ni mo todokazu ni kiete yuku no?
Wasurenai (kinou no kioku)
Nagesute (gamushara ni ashita wo mezasu)
Asahi ni terasa reta kizu warai atte
Owaru koto nai tabi wo tsudzukeyou
Mukaikaze to shitte inagara
Soredemo susumu riyuu ga aru
Dakara tomoyo
Oite ku tame dake ni ikiru no wa
Mada hayaidarou
Mi ni tsuketa mono kakaekonda mono
Tebanashita toki hajimaru nanika
Umaku ikite ku reshipi o yaburi sutete kanjiru REASON
Sou bokura no yarikata de
Yoru no kaze ga kioku wo kakimidasu
Nigedaseta hazunanoni onaji basho
Hitori yurari norarikurari tsuki wo nagamete
Kimi wa sukui wo negau
Nagai tabiji bokura tsuyoku natta
Demo ienai kizu mata uzuki dasu
Nani mo iwanaidakedo boku wa wakatterukara
Hora sora ga ake yuku
Iru yo soba ni ichiban chikaku
Ima wa tada sore dakede īkara
Itsuka sotto ii kaketa
Yumenotsudzuki wo kika sete yo kika sete yo
Kikoeru so no koe ga
Kono kage yomigaeru
Mukaikaze to shitte inagara
Soredemo susumu riyuu ga aru
Dakara tomoyo
Oiteku tame dake ni ikiru no wa
Mada hayaidarou
Ase ni mamirete doro ni mamirete
Te ni shita mono wa mittomonai ka na?
Dareka ga kimeru kunshou wa hoshi kurai kikoeru reason
Iru yo soba ni ichiban chikaku
Ima wa tada sore dakede īkara
Itsuka kitto tadoritsuku
Bokura no mirai e ugokidasu
Ima tashikani
Sou bokura no yarikata de
The lyrics in "Reason" by Various Artists portray the idea of striving towards a better future, despite the struggles and hardships that may come along the way. The first verse states that even if we feel like we're alone or lost, we're never truly alone because we're always closest to ourselves. The second verse questions whether anyone in the world is truly happy with where they are, as cries for change and a better future go unheard. The chorus goes on to discuss memories of the past that cannot be forgotten, as well as missed opportunities and regrets. However, it also emphasizes the importance of moving forward with a purpose and finding reasons to keep going, no matter what may happen.
The lyrics also speak to the personal journey of growth and self-discovery. The lines "Mi ni tsuketa mono kakaekonda mono/Tebanashita toki hajimaru nanika" represent letting go of things we thought would define us and discovering who we truly are in the process. The outro repeats the idea that we're never truly alone, and if we keep striving towards our personal goals and reasons for living, we can create a better future for ourselves and for the world.
Line by Line Meaning
Iru yo soba ni ichiban chikaku
I am here, right beside you.
Ima wa tada sore dakede īkara
For now, this is enough.
Itsuka sotto ii kaketa
Someday, we'll quietly put it all together.
Yume no tsudzuki o kika sete yo
Let's talk about the continuation of our dreams.
Bokura ni don'na sekai ga michi naki michi no saki ni matteru?
What kind of world is waiting for us at the end of this pathless road?
Koe nakigoe wa kono mama doko ni mo todokazu ni kiete yuku no?
Do the voices and cries disappear without being heard anywhere, just like this?
Wasurenai (kinou no kioku)
I won't forget (yesterday's memories)
Kesenai (kyou no koukai mo)
It won't disappear (today's regrets)
Nagesute (gamushara ni ashita wo mezasu)
Throw away (the rush to aim for tomorrow)
Asahi ni terasa reta kizu warai atte
Our wounds, illuminated by the morning sun, laugh together.
Owaru koto nai tabi wo tsudzukeyou
Let's continue on this never-ending journey.
Mukaikaze to shitte inagara
While knowing the headwind.
Soredemo susumu riyuu ga aru
Even so, there's a reason to keep moving forward.
Dakara tomoyo
So, let's be friends.
Oite ku tame dake ni ikiru no wa
Living just to leave something behind.
Mada hayaidarou
It's still too early though.
Mi ni tsuketa mono kakaekonda mono
Things that we've acquired and things that we've held onto.
Tebanashita toki hajimaru nanika
Something begins when we let go.
Umaku ikite ku reshipi o yaburi sutete kanjiru REASON
Breaking free from living by a recipe and feeling the reason.
Sou bokura no yarikata de
Yes, with our own way of doing things.
Yoru no kaze ga kioku wo kakimidasu
The night wind stirs up our memories.
Nigedaseta hazunanoni onaji basho
Even though we ran away, we're in the same place.
Hitori yurari norarikurari tsuki wo nagamete
Alone, swaying and gazing at the moon.
Kimi wa sukui wo negau
You wish for salvation.
Nagai tabiji bokura tsuyoku natta
On this long journey, we became stronger.
Demo ienai kizu mata uzuki dasu
But the wounds we can't express start to ache again.
Nani mo iwanaidakedo boku wa wakatterukara
I won't say anything, but I understand.
Hora sora ga ake yuku
Look, the sky is getting lighter.
Itsuka kitto tadoritsuku
Someday, we'll surely arrive.
Bokura no mirai e ugokidasu
We'll move towards our future.
Ima tashikani
Right now, for sure.
Writer(s): Johnathan Ramos, Milton Jhoan Restituyo Espinal, Siyaka Paul Taylor Lewis, Angela Ines Rodriguez, Anthony Geovannii Rodriguez
Contributed by Matthew G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@tsonganaturals6975
[Intro: JSomething]
Stuck, take a look at ourselves
We were created, created to be something great
Not hating, brothers and sisters join hands celebrating,
What we have in common as humans
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 1: Reason]
My name is Asim from foreign lands,
I’m a Somalian to be specific if I can,
I left the dreaded land of oppression and I ran,
I was looking for a heaven but in hell is where I am,
I don’t understand when we got to be this bad,
They be tearing up my store after shooting me in my head,
All in the name of bread but now my vision is dead,
I just wanna go back home instead
[Verse 2: ProVerb]
It’s bloodshed cause sons and daughters of Africa are slaughtered and massacred,
I can’t just sit back like I was sort of a passenger
And who the hell are you calling a foreigner after all
Forget the statues, it’s the borders that have to fall
My name is Abdul, brother what have I done to you
My country is at war when I thought that I could run to you,
History said that I’ve spread nothing but love to you,
Not a tyre around your neck or put a gun to you
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 3: Chad Saaiman]
We call it freedom, but we’re still locked within the chains
Of each others weakness
Oh I pray for better days, where we treat our equals
Even if from foreign lands,
How can there be evil, without no end circumstance
[Verse 4: Nadia Nakai]
Great depression from oppression,
I’m Tendai, taken like a possession,
My brother’s coming, they’re attacking,
Displaced aggression, misinformation is what’s messing with our progression
Uh, let’s create a new Africa
For our brothers and sisters that’s coming after ya,
Uh, and no I’m not an exception,
Clear the dust from the mirror
And look at your own reflection
[Verse 5: Shugasmakx]
Bese tshela mina wena ubonani
Is’lwane esi nga shis’indlu iphethe umama no mntwana,
Kanjani broer wam, kumele ngikhale kuban’
Ma kunzima, kumele ubuze siso phanda si sum
iMkhonto ehlatini, ang’zange ngiyi bone ka so,
Back in Tanzania they were welcomed like door-to-door,
They call me Issa, I’m your brother for sure
Show me the same love you would a European at your door
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 6: Brickz]
Ngithi woah!
Kanti kwenzenjani nga bantsundu,
Ngithi nyoso!
Lento e si iyenzani ku bafethwu ene ku wrongo,
Biza abantu amagweregwere
Belesela nge ferefere
Kumele siphile sonke
Ngithi no!
Phakamisa isandla emoyeni
Sicele ukuMdala ukuthi a yehle uk’sulaka,
Ngoba ikasi iwozo
Siphila nabo ndlavini, abo guluva abo qholova
Ngicela nathi si yehlise uk’sulaka maan,
[Verse 7: Twyza]
You got to take a different approach on this verse,
I know that it hurts,
Intervention is needed so that hope will emerge to build a future,
But we’re moulding a curse
We really need to be moving forward as a people,
Mara nou re reverse,
Dig deep in our hearts, not a hole for a hearse
God’s people is ours, stop promoting the worst,
What would you do if you were segregated
Alienated, degraded, assassinated, hated and uncompensated
[Speech: Psyfo]
So after everything that you have seen in the papers and social networks,
How are you just fine with just living your life, you know?
As musicians and as artists this is our little contribution
[Speech: DJ Speedsta]
Art is what we do, this is how we portray our message. Use your platform to make a difference. My name is DJ Speedsta and I hope you got that
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 8: Kwesta]
My brother Asim went to the same school as me,
We used to sit around and talk about how great Abdullah is,
His sister Tendai loved jewellery
Abdul leaving, the two of them needed tutoring,
And Issa came through for them
It was cool man around that year
But it all ended with that Goodyear around our necks,
Cause we were different but the same, a family bra
So please pray for our mother, Africa
@SinakhoMahlase-32178
Cast
DJ Sliqe
Psyfo
Ms Cosmo
Dineo
Twins On Decks
Thembi Seete
DJ Speedsta
Reason
DJ Sabby
Kwesta
DotCom
Proverb
Tswyza
J.Something
Thabsie
Nadia Nakai
ShugaSmakx
Chad Saaiman
Brickz
Luvuyo Mandela
2014. Studio Space Pictures
@thutomoeng6503
2023 when ever I listen to this song my heart bleed because of the things happening in our country
@johnvilakazi8083
Tswyza's verse always gives me goosebumps. Beautiful song 💯
@nhlanhlamhlope6603
Whose still here in 2019💥💥💥
@tsonganaturals6975
[Intro: JSomething]
Stuck, take a look at ourselves
We were created, created to be something great
Not hating, brothers and sisters join hands celebrating,
What we have in common as humans
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 1: Reason]
My name is Asim from foreign lands,
I’m a Somalian to be specific if I can,
I left the dreaded land of oppression and I ran,
I was looking for a heaven but in hell is where I am,
I don’t understand when we got to be this bad,
They be tearing up my store after shooting me in my head,
All in the name of bread but now my vision is dead,
I just wanna go back home instead
[Verse 2: ProVerb]
It’s bloodshed cause sons and daughters of Africa are slaughtered and massacred,
I can’t just sit back like I was sort of a passenger
And who the hell are you calling a foreigner after all
Forget the statues, it’s the borders that have to fall
My name is Abdul, brother what have I done to you
My country is at war when I thought that I could run to you,
History said that I’ve spread nothing but love to you,
Not a tyre around your neck or put a gun to you
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 3: Chad Saaiman]
We call it freedom, but we’re still locked within the chains
Of each others weakness
Oh I pray for better days, where we treat our equals
Even if from foreign lands,
How can there be evil, without no end circumstance
[Verse 4: Nadia Nakai]
Great depression from oppression,
I’m Tendai, taken like a possession,
My brother’s coming, they’re attacking,
Displaced aggression, misinformation is what’s messing with our progression
Uh, let’s create a new Africa
For our brothers and sisters that’s coming after ya,
Uh, and no I’m not an exception,
Clear the dust from the mirror
And look at your own reflection
[Verse 5: Shugasmakx]
Bese tshela mina wena ubonani
Is’lwane esi nga shis’indlu iphethe umama no mntwana,
Kanjani broer wam, kumele ngikhale kuban’
Ma kunzima, kumele ubuze siso phanda si sum
iMkhonto ehlatini, ang’zange ngiyi bone ka so,
Back in Tanzania they were welcomed like door-to-door,
They call me Issa, I’m your brother for sure
Show me the same love you would a European at your door
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 6: Brickz]
Ngithi woah!
Kanti kwenzenjani nga bantsundu,
Ngithi nyoso!
Lento e si iyenzani ku bafethwu ene ku wrongo,
Biza abantu amagweregwere
Belesela nge ferefere
Kumele siphile sonke
Ngithi no!
Phakamisa isandla emoyeni
Sicele ukuMdala ukuthi a yehle uk’sulaka,
Ngoba ikasi iwozo
Siphila nabo ndlavini, abo guluva abo qholova
Ngicela nathi si yehlise uk’sulaka maan,
[Verse 7: Twyza]
You got to take a different approach on this verse,
I know that it hurts,
Intervention is needed so that hope will emerge to build a future,
But we’re moulding a curse
We really need to be moving forward as a people,
Mara nou re reverse,
Dig deep in our hearts, not a hole for a hearse
God’s people is ours, stop promoting the worst,
What would you do if you were segregated
Alienated, degraded, assassinated, hated and uncompensated
[Speech: Psyfo]
So after everything that you have seen in the papers and social networks,
How are you just fine with just living your life, you know?
As musicians and as artists this is our little contribution
[Speech: DJ Speedsta]
Art is what we do, this is how we portray our message. Use your platform to make a difference. My name is DJ Speedsta and I hope you got that
[Chorus: Thabsie]
I wish for a better world
Where people are smiling everywhere
Where there’s no more pain and suffering
Children happy as can be,
No more wars, just peace and loving (x2)
Loving, yeeeah
[Verse 8: Kwesta]
My brother Asim went to the same school as me,
We used to sit around and talk about how great Abdullah is,
His sister Tendai loved jewellery
Abdul leaving, the two of them needed tutoring,
And Issa came through for them
It was cool man around that year
But it all ended with that Goodyear around our necks,
Cause we were different but the same, a family bra
So please pray for our mother, Africa
@sanelisiwediko955
🔥🔥😭👌In 2019
@sibongisenizakade9603
"We were different but the same a family so please pray for our mother, Africa " KWESTA da KIND
@lifebotshelo2134
Had to come back here after what is happening in the country as of now, it's disheartening. We can do better people. ❤️✊🏾One love.
@nomthandazomondemahlangu9717
I came back to this song after what is happening in RSA
@Jay_Afrika
This song lives in my heart, even in 2019
@thapelotropa7939
This is happening at the moment around Johannesburg.....2019