YOASOBI - The Brave Lyrics

Just Like a Fairy Tale
The proof of reaching the end
From a journey that felt endless
A passage that was carved out
It is a memory of a short journey
With the hero who once in this land
Defeated the darkness that cast its shadow

The story ends and
The hero goes to sleep
Leaving behind a peaceful everyday life
In this land
The passage of time is heartless
Making people forget
Even the traces of their existence
Are slowly fading away

However your words
Your wishes your courage
Even now they are surely alive
Inside me

We chose the same path
That's all it was supposed to be
But somehow over time
I want to know more
About the reasons for these tears
Streaming down my cheeks
Even now
If I trace the journey we took together
Even if you're not there
I'm sure I'll find you

The story continues
As I embark on a journey alone
You remain in the memories of people I meet
In the towns I visit

You're still the same kind-hearted
Always trying to look cool
Symbols you created here and there
Are proof of the peace we won
Even that
Someday in the future
So that I don't end up alone
So that I can remember that journey
It's a mark that left behind

Just like a fairy tale
A proof of reaching the end
Encounters that changed me
A journey of one percent

Your courage someday
The wind will carry it away
Even if it disappears from everyone's memories
I will take it to the future

The day I took your hand
That's when everything began
So silly
That it makes me laugh
I miss those ordinary times
I want to know
Even now
When I look back you're always there
Smiling gently
Because you are here
The beginning of a new journey
Is in this land you protected
Along with blossoming life

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[English Version]

Many days tinted in fairy tale scenes
Have arrived at the end, proof we have seen
I cut out and choose from a trip so long
A little passage I review

Tale of what's taken place right on this field
Shadows of manifested pain and woe
There was a hero who took out all foes
A little journey memory with you

No more pages left in that story
Our hero goes into slumber, deep
Leaving behind a veil of peace for all
Saving the dwellers of this land

The flow of time erases without mercy
And erodes all memories and hues
Even the traces left in life are now rusting as time ensues

And yet, I keep all your hopes
All the words and wishes, courage you owned
Still dwell inside me, and even now in my heart
Keep living through

Odyssey we shared, on the same path and nothing more to that
So it should have been, but suddenly I was wondering
All those tears rolling down my cheeks, why do they come out and fall?
I wanna find out and still even right now
If I engage in the journey we went about again
Though I am no longer walking next to you
One day, I know I'll find the truth

And we begin, right to the story
Out to meet people in this journey
So hurry up, our chase will go on forever
Ever, ever, ask for how long

And now that story unfolds into
A journey that, alone, I set out to
I meet the locals of every town I stop in
They all are recalling the person that you were

Unwavering kindness is spoken of you
Acting all cool in everything you'd do
Here and there, we can find scattered symbols around
Manifesting battle we won for peace

And even that was left for me so one day
I wouldn't find myself alone, becoming lonely
And I call to mind every moment of our journey
When I see the signs left in these scenes

Ah, ah, ayy, ya
Ah, ah, ooh, ah
Ah, ah, ayy, ya, ayy, ayy, ya

Many days tinted in fairy tale scenes
Have arrived at the end, proof we have seen
It was that moment, our fateful meeting
One percent of the journey, spent with me

Even if your courage is swept away to the distance
And the wind has taken what everybody can recall
I will bring you on with me into the future's light
I've taken your hand in mine

I know it all began right at that time
Mundane everyday signs
The moments ignited in laughter with you remain
My reflections of those times go on as brightly shining scenes
I wanna find out, and still even right now
Looking back, it's you, standing and so proud
Evermore gently smiling right at me, without a sound
I'm perceiving you around

And we begin, right to the story
Out to meet people in this journey
So hurry up, our chase will go on forever
Ever, ever, ask for how long

Now a new beginning has begun to be and
In this land that you protected and kept in safety
These budding lives are with me on this journey