This is the first opening theme of the NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime.
I noticed discrepancies in the kanji of the lyrics on different websites, so some liberties had to be taken. If someone has a CD booklet scan with the official lyrics, please send it to me!
| [Verse 1] WHO SINGS THIS SONG ABOUT US PAIN AND SORROW? Kagami utsushi no gou wo sumashita furi Tsukurotte mitsumeteta Kurikaesu itami ima da shiranu akogare THE WEIGHT OF MY SINS NAILS ME DOWN agaite mo [Pre-Chorus] IS IT THE FUTURE FALLING guuzou suuhai mitai da Kasuka na fuan no ashioto wo DESPAIR OF ALL EMPTINESS FOLLOWS YOU HERE THIS NEVER-ENDING WAR Shinjitai mirai e makimodoshite [Chorus] Yurusenakute ESCALATE shite ESCALATE shite I NEED SOMEONE TO me wo fuse PRAY IN MY NAME taiko e inotte orete wa tsunaide AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN rasen no you ONE THING [Post-Chorus] Naze tatakai tsuzukeru no? mada sutekirenai mono wa Karisome ka tashika na kibou ka fureru hari [Verse 2] SEARCHING TO FIND THE TRUTH THERE'S NO TOMORROW Samenai yume moyou wo satotta fuu ni ashiratte sagashiteta [Pre-Chorus] SAME VISION REPEATS ITSELF houkai sunzen no rakuen Aragatta hate no ketsumatsu wo RESISTING ME I MUST BE NEAR TO BREAK DOWN RELEASE ME I'M IN PAIN Shinjiau sekai e kakikaeru ima [Chorus] Somarenakute ESCALATE shite ESCALATE shite I CAN LIVE AND DIE FOR sora wo kake GIVE ME A NAME namae wo tsukete shibori dashita koe wa AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN arashi no gou ALWAYS [Post-Chorus] Mada aragai tsuzukeru no? mabuta ni yakitsuku mono wa moredasu hikari ka zangai ka yureru kage [Chorus] Yurusenakute ESCALATE shite ESCALATE shite I NEED SOMEONE TO me wo fuse PRAY IN MY NAME taiko e inotte orete wa tsunaide AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN rasen no you ONE THING [Post-Chorus] Naze tatakai tsuzukeru no? mada sutekirenai mono wa Karisome ka tashika na kibou ka fureru hari [Outro] PRAY IN MY NAME |
[Verse 1] Who sings this song about our pain and sorrow? Staring at the fate reflected in the mirror Glossing over it like it’s already behind me Repeating the same pain, the longing I'm yet to fully grasp The weight of my sin nails me down no matter how much I struggle [Pre-Chorus] Is the future falling? Just like idolatry The faint sound of uneasy footsteps, the despair of it all Emptiness follows you here to this never-ending war Let's rewind to a future that I want to have faith in [Chorus] Escalate, escalate, without accepting this I need someone to cover my eyes Pray in my name, pray to those bygone eras Link what's been disconnected again and again and again into one thing like a helix [Post-chorus] Why do we keep fighting? For the things we can't leave behind Is it something fleeting? Is it a concrete wish? The needle quivers* [Verse 2] Searching to find the truth like there's no tomorrow I feigned understanding of this dream I couldn't wake from and kept searching [Pre-Chorus] The same vision of paradise at the brink of destruction repeats itself A final outcome for this Resistance still resists me I must be near to having a breakdown, release me, I'm in pain Let's overwrite the world into one where we can have faith in one another, right now [Chorus] Escalate, escalate, without tainting this I can live and die for a dash through the heavens Give me a name, my voice wrings out again and again and again This is always the fate of the storm [Post-chorus] Why do I keep fighting? For that which is burned into my eyelids Is this flickering shadow the light that’s leaking out, or is it the wreckage? [Chorus] Escalate, escalate, without accepting this I need someone to cover my eyes Pray in my name, pray to those bygone eras Link what's been disconnected again and again and again into one thing like a helix [Post-Chorus] Why do we keep fighting? For the things we can't leave behind This trembling malice*, is it something fleeting? Is it a concrete wish? [Outro] Pray in my name |
＊針 is needle but in rare instances it can mean malice.