miscellaneous short notes and things
"My skin cries out with need for you. In dreams of passion? Or grave thirst?"
- Desert Snow, MELL
"In front of me, I line up everything I've ever believed in. No matter what anyone told me, I've kept on running. In this world laid between dreams, hopes, and reality, I just want to find one real thing I can trust."
- RIDE, AKI
"Don't give up, don't cry, you don't need wings. You'll get bored if you're always looking backward, so don't! I have faith in the future waiting for us. You're not alone, now that your hand is in mine. Wipe away your tears and let's go, my friend."
- Smile:), Dolly Dolci
"It's peaceful, I'm content. Comfortable as ever, my soul decays. What will there be tomorrow? What was there yesterday? I reach out my hand toward a happiness that looks so sad. But... Oh, I really do want to live. ...For some reason."
- Mazeru na Kirin, HikkieP
"Miscommunication is trending around the world. These days, soulmates are cheap at any convenience store. But once you get one, there's no reversing it."
- One-Sided Game Of Catch, MOSAIC.WAV
"livE! I can't keep living. Truthfully, it just hurts too much. How do I stop being so weak, and dependent, and alone? I need you to tell me. livE! I want to love, even if it's wrong. Why am I me...? What am I even here for? Hold me close..."
- livE, Ritsuko Akizuki (iM@S)
"I'm scared of rejection, I don't want to get laughed at. But I keep trying and looking forward, because that's all I can do. I don't want my heart to drown away in tears, so... JUMP! That's right, a smile is what I need to take the first step."
- JUMP!, Noripy feat. Rin Kagamine (it was very hard to pick a short excerpt when the whole thing is great)
"Nobody comes to a place like this, so I won't get bullied or made fun of. That's why I've been hiding away here so long. But it really does get lonely. The outside world is just too bright for me. I'm so jealous, I wish I could go out there... And I start to cry."
- Pink Spider, TravoltaP feat. Rin Kagamine (i picked the sad part but it immediately becomes heartwarming. highly recommend the hand-drawn PV for this)
"I had a dream, after I'd cried away all my tears, about that day back when we made a promise to each other. I still have my memories, and as long as they haven't broken, I can't let go of this mess of feelings inside me."
- Endlessly Blue, SHIHO
Each name, each scene I could never scrub out
They stuck gummy and viscous to every corner of my skin
Its weight like the ghost of an ex-friend's jokes
I walked in a permanent slouch, carrying old resentments like precious treasures in cardboard boxes and peeling tape
As if rot could be nostalgic
I don't remember when I first woke up without it
When I loosened my grip enough for the slime to fall through the cracks in my fingers
My body is so light that it must not be mine
I claw at myself to pry out the familiar, yet the deeper I dig my nails in, the less I find
It's gone. Why is it gone? Where did I lose it?
There must be a way to welcome the rot back into my veins
Or else I might really lose my self to the stranger in my mirror
