SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH - Allegro Cantabile

SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH
Allegro Cantabile

88(hachijuuhachi) no bamen no naka ni chirabatta oto kakiatsumeta te
kotoba ni naranai omoi narabeta gosenfu no ue oikoshita hibi

kousa shite iku sando wo kasane koko ni hibikasete--

utau you ni massugu ni
utau no ue wo nobite iku
hoka ni wa nani mo dekinai
toki no subete azuke nagara

jiyuu ni tokihanatareta
sunao ni kakemeguru yubi
owarinaki KURESHENDO wa fukaku
dare ka no moto e mukau

me no mae ni hiragareta sekai
kurikaesu atarashii PURERYUUDO

88(hachijuuhachi) no yumemonogatari, otoshita kyuufu, kawaru HAAMONII
shizuka ni sotto totonoeta iki..... arubeki katachi torimodosu made

kakikesareru sando wo kasane koko ni hibikasete--

utau tabi ni shinjite ita
utau no soba wo hazurete iku
IN TENPO de tsumazuite
motsurete iku sokkyou no naka e

hikikaesu michi ga kieru
ugokasareru nami ga chikaku
ushinatta koe no MERODI
dare ka no moto e mukau

me no mae wo tozashite iku tobira
kanashimi wa tsumiagerareta ECHUUDO

ishiki mo naku togarasete
tsukan da kata furikitta
itsu made mo wasurenai de
utau gotoku kokoro no mama

utau you ni massugu ni
utau no ue wo nobite iku
owarinaki KURESHENDO wa fukaku
dare ka no moto e mukau

SUTEEJI no hashi no PIANISUTO e--

ikiru koto
kon'na uta no subete

ima kono me no mae ni hiragareta sekai
kurikaesu atarashii PURERYUUDO

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I must admit, I had never heard of SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH before Nodame Cantabile came out. But once I heard this song--which is the OP to the Nodame anime--I was hooked on his crazy piano music. The song itself is great, with lyrics that really match his frenetic style of playing. Which makes sense, considering what the song is named (both are music terms, allegro meaning lively and signifying a jovial and quick style of playing, whilst cantabile is a lyrical, sort of sing-song style. See, all those years of orchestra were good for something! XD) Basically it's a song about, well, music. Also, all of the words in katakana--which I always romanize in ALL CAPS!--are musical terms (crescendo, prelude, harmony, in tempo, etude, etc.) Just for the curious. XD

And now I'm going to post his "Sagittarius", which was also used as one of the ED for the same anime! <3