# P.S.Roses... [Intro — grand solo piano, very slow and cinematic] [Violin gradually joins, taking over the piano melody] [Verse 1 — sparse arrangement, intimate near-mic vocal] 黒薔薇はただの飾りじゃない *Black roses are more than decoration.* 傷が咲いた証なんだ *They are proof that wounds have bloomed.* 逃げたい夜ほど近づいて *On the nights I most want to run away, they draw closer.* また胸の奥を叩いてくる *And knock again deep inside my chest.* 消せないものを抱えながら *Carrying what I cannot erase,* それでも今日まで歩いてきた *still, I've walked this far.* どんなふうに立ち上がるのか *The way I choose to rise again* その足跡がわたしになる *becomes the path that makes me who I am.* [Pre-Chorus 1 — restrained, tension rising] 痛みを隠さなくていい *You don't have to hide your pain.* 消えないなら、それでいい *If it won't disappear, that's okay.* 抱えたまま、息をして *Carry it with you, and keep breathing.* [Brief silence] [Close-miked vocal] もう一歩だけ *Just one more step.* 先へ *Forward.* [Tempo change — sudden acceleration] [Electric guitar lead launches the full band] [Syncopated drums] [Active moving bass] [Chorus 1 — fast, open powerful vocal] Black Roses 棘ごと明日へ連れてゆく *I'll carry them, thorns and all, into tomorrow.* 消えないものもわたしなら *If what I cannot erase is also part of me,* この足でまた歩いてゆく *I'll walk again on my own two feet.* 傷ついたことを隠さずに *Without hiding that I've been hurt,* それでも今日を選んでゆく *still, I choose today and keep going.* 咲き方なんて決めなくていい *No one has to decide how I should bloom.* これがわたしの花になる *This will become the flower that is mine.* [Verse 2 — tight rhythmic groove] [Melodic bass movement] [Drum fills between vocal phrases] 同じ傷を探したんじゃない *We weren't searching for the same wounds.* 同じ答えもいらなかった *We never needed the same answers.* それぞれ違う夜を越えて *Each of us made it through different nights.* それぞれここへ辿り着いた *And each of us found our way here.* 笑って隠す人もいれば *Some hide it behind a smile.* 黙ったままの人もいる *Some keep it all in silence.* 違う歩幅で歩いてきても *Even if we came here at different paces,* 今なら音を重ねられる *now we can let our sounds come together.* [Pre-Chorus 2 — syncopated rhythm, stop-time accents] 傷を比べなくていい *We don't have to compare our wounds.* 強さを決めなくていい *We don't have to decide who's stronger.* 違うままで、ここに立つ *We stand here as we are, different.* それがわたしたちだから *Because that's who we are.* [Chorus 2 — full band, active bass under vocal] Our Roses 違う痛みを連れてきた *We brought different kinds of pain with us.* 同じじゃない、そのままで *We don't have to be the same.* 今ここで音を重ねる *Here and now, our sounds come together.* 譲れないものを抱えながら *Holding on to what we cannot give up,* それぞれのまま、ここに立つ *we stand here, each as we are.* ひとつになんてならなくていい *We don't have to become one.* 違うままで、音になる *Different as we are, we become sound.* [Rhythm break — drums and bass only] [Prominent active slap bass] [Syncopated drum groove] [Strong bass and drum interplay] [4 bars] [Drum feature — rapid tom fills, syncopated kick] [Full band returns] [Member call — full band continues underneath] [Close-miked spoken vocal] On guitar! 「SAYA！」 On bass! 「Rica姉！」 On drums! 「AKI！」 On piano! 「RINO!」 On violin! 「RUMI！」 On vocals! 「YURINA！」 [Bridge — band drops back, intimate near-mic vocal] ここにいる理由は *The reasons we're here* きっとみんな違う *are surely different for each of us.* 抱えてきたものも *What we've carried here* 同じじゃなくていい *doesn't have to be the same.* 泣いた夜があって *There were nights we cried.* 立てない朝があって *Mornings when we couldn't stand.* それでも今 *And still, now* ここにいる *we're here.* [Vocal gradually opens up] その声を聞かせて *Let me hear your voice.* そのままでいいから *Just as it is.* 違うまま、今 *Different as we are, now* 同じ夜に立っている *we stand beneath the same night.* [Instrumental build] [Piano motif returns] [Violin rises over the band] [Bass becomes more active] [Drums answer with energetic fills] [Soaring violin lead] [Full band climax] [Final Chorus — full-band climax, open vocal] Pain Shapes Roses ここまで歩いてきた *We've walked this far.* 違う傷を持つ声が *Voices carrying different wounds* 今この夜に重なってゆく *come together here tonight.* 消えないものを抱えたまま *Still carrying what will not disappear,* それでも今日を選んできた *we've kept choosing today.* 誰とも違う、そのままで *Different from everyone else, just as we are,* 今ここに立っている *we are standing here now.* 傷ついたことを隠さずに *Without hiding that we've been hurt,* 違うままで響き合って *different as we are, we resonate together.* それぞれの花を咲かせながら *Each of us letting our own flower bloom,* この夜を越えてゆく *we make our way beyond this night.* [Build — full band pushes forward] We are Roses! We are Roses!! We are Roses!!! [Final hit] [Outro — rhythm section cuts out] [Piano and violin remain] [Intimate close-miked vocal] まだ *Still—* 先へ *forward.*
