Ashita no Kakera (心の裸 lit 'Fragment of tomorrow') is an image song from the Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots anime movie, performed by Nozomu Sasaki as Gentatsu Takatsuki.
This song is part of the album Rurouni Kenshin: The Original Vocal Album SONGS 2, released on July 18th, 1998, and published by SPE Visual Works.
Lyrics[]
Kowarete yuku machi
Yuuyake ga shiruetto
Wo utsushidasu
Chi no you na sora ga
Yugami-hajimeta shinjitsu
Somete ita
Nani ga tadashikute
Nani ga taisetsu ka mo
Wakaranai jidai no
Naka de
Tsubasa nado hoshiku nai
Tori yori oroka de ii kara
Ryouashi de tachiagare
Ashita no kakera dakishimete
Yasashisa no shurui
Gareki ni tatazunde ima
Kazoeyou
Amai zetsubou ga
Kurushii kibou wo keshisaru
Sono mae ni
Yume wo mitai nara
Sugu ni nemure ba ii
Sonna ni muzukashiku
Na issa
Taiyou wa mayonaka ni
Shoumetsu shite 'ru wake ja nai
Kono hoshi no uragawa de
Itsu demo kagayaite 'ru no sa
Tsubasa nado hoshiku nai
Tori yori oroka de ii kara
Ryouashi de tachiagare
Ashita no kakera dakishimete
Taiyou wa mayonaka ni
Shoumetsu shite 'ru wake ja nai
Kono hoshi no uragawa de
Itsu demo kagayaite 'ru no sa
In the crumbling street
The sunset mirrors
A silhouette
The blood-red sky
Stains a
Warping reality
In a time were
One cannot know
What is right
And what is important
I do not want things such as wings
For it is enough that I am more foolish than a bird
Rise up on both feet
And embrace the pieces of tomorrow
The types of kindness
Now let us
Count them
Before sweet despair
Erases
Bitter hope
If you want to dream
All you do is sleep
It isn't
That hard
It's not that the sun
Is destroyed in midnight
Behind this planet
It is forever shining
I do not want things such as wings
For it is enough that I am more foolish than a bird
Rise up on both feet
And embrace the pieces of tomorrow
It's not that the sun
Is destroyed in midnight
Behind this planet
It is forever shining
To be added
Trivia[]
- This is the only image song performed by Nozomu Sasaki for this anime, and actually is the only time a character from the movie "Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots" is included in these sets of character songs.