Before my blog returns to the world’s crises, I wanted to share an Anime series that I recently discovered, Fire Force.
Fire Force is aptly befitting the summer, which was way too hot.
But it’s a lot of fun to watch!
The show has some great lyrics that I couldn’t find good transliterations for on the web, so here they are:
Prayer:
The flame is the soul’s breath
The black smoke is the soul’s release
Ashes thou wert and art
May thy soul return to the great flame of fire
Látom
Opening Lyrics Season 1, Cour 1:
[Verse 1]
The darkness is illuminated
The days we’ve grown accustomed to walking are weeded out
My dream might be to make a stable living
but I’ll moan over the lack of stimulation
[Verse 2]
The end is illuminated
Where are the streets we’re accustomed to walking?
Time can sometimes be irksome,
but we’re enveloped in warmth
[Pre-Chorus]
Flames rise to show us the way
reminding us of a gentle melody
[Chorus]
There is no eternity, none at all, they say
I just smile, thinking that’s fine with me
If we shine, someday, our light will go out
We’ll keep on walking until the day
the fire of our lives gets doused
[Verse 3]
Playthings that make sounds
and magic that chases pain away
are all precious treasures to me
[Chorus]
There is no eternity, none at all, they say
I just smile, thinking that’s fine with me
If we shine, someday, our light will go out
We’ll keep on walking until the day
the fire of our lives gets doused
Closing Lyrics Season 1, Cour 1:
[Chorus]
You can toil your way through humorless days
and curse the unwavering present,
but words that simply hang in the air
are not enough to save you
[Verse 1]
We’ve been walking shoulder-to-shoulder
between sights we never reach
and pain that brings no warmth
to make it to a faraway place
[Verse 2]
Given the hope that you speak of
or the ideals that you dream of
I’ll find a way to show you love, however cold you may be
[Chorus]
You can toil your way through humorless days
and curse the unwavering present,
but words that simply hang in the air
are not enough to save you
[Verse 3]
You can cry out timidly
but that changes when the nights grow fevered
Even if we let go of each other’s hands,
I hope we can still walk together again
[Fin]
I’ll refrain from saying goodbye
to ensure that we can meet again somewhere
Introduction Season 1, Cour 2:
A long time ago, mankind was touched by the planet’s anger,
and the world was engulfed in flames.
It was the Day of the Cataclysm.
The flames burnt ferociously,
with an intensity threatening to incinerate the places mankind lived,
the languages they spoke, and the culture they had built up.
(Copyright always remains with the series’ creators and their licensors!)
(Screenshot, Crunchyroll, 9/2/22)
