[Utada Hikaru] Songs of Utada Hikaru | the 51st thread

[primavera♥]

Damn.

[amorphose]

A sanctuary, my sanctuaria? Am I deaf?

[Klauser_Bateson]

Angels and vines? Music, moon tide?

K.

[Zahara]

I refuse to believe those lyrics. sorry not sorry.

[norain]

Hmm, those lyrics actually sound pretty plausible now that I listen to the song again. I listened to her live performance of Sanctuary, and I can definitely hear her say those lines. We've been fooled all these years! hahaha

[tenshi no hane]

Nah. In Japan, all songs tend to get transcriptions. Even if the original (English) album didn't include them. In that case, they'll just hire someone to do it, which can go horribly wrong with English songs.

(I wrote my master thesis on English in J-pop lyrics and this issue came up sometimes)

[Delicious n Bold]

This is giving me yeah oh namie teas
Love like you can't sleep/breathe

[emi♡]

you'd think it'd be a little different in this case though considering hikki is fluent in english lol And it was for a game with a full international release....and that the first one had the english lyrics in the booklet...I guess KH2 didn't?

Maybe they didn't want to bug her? lulz. idk. Or maybe these are just the lyrics

[Zahara]

Didn't This Is The One have the lyrics for Sanctuary?

I think it's either Music in Time or Music Inside for the lyrics. When I hear Moontide I think of werewolves and sparkling vampires, no thanks.

[thinkingoutloud89]

angles and vines was clear to me
music, moon tide not...but I'm okay with it

[tsumekaze_]

wat. no.

[Tom Punks]

She's definitely saying "music, moon tide" in Sanctuary lol. Listen to Sanctuary (Ending) and you can very clearly hear "moon tide." She pronounces it very clearly.

[Zahara]

She's pulling a Koda with these lyrics.

Ok I still hear "Angels in Flight", but now I'm hearing "Music, Moontide"

[orangeakira]

Originally Posted by norain

We've been fooled all these years! hahaha

We weren't fooled. She just never released the official lyrics so we kind of had to just go by ear. Her voice is very soft and echo/reverb-y and it's kinda difficult to understand. Music will tie/music in time/music moon tide. Up until now we had no absolute way of knowing what she was saying.


I still can't believe it. It feels so weird. After all these years we now know what shes saying. Sanctuary first came out in 2006 and we thought we knew what the lyrics were for almost 9 years. Now to have that thrown out the window. lol I still can't believe what the actual lyrics are.

I definitely prefer the lyrics we heard by ear compared to what the official lyrics are.

Music will tie/in time - Music, moon tide
My Sanctuary, My sanctuary Now - Sanctuaria...?
Angels in flight - Angels and vines.

[Minttulatte]

I honestly think those "official" English lyrics are done by someone based on how the person hears them. They're totally inaccurate and wrong. They should ask Hikki how the lyrics actually are.

[Linoa62]

Originally Posted by drdolce

I honestly think those "official" English lyrics are done by someone based on how the person hears them. They're totally inaccurate and wrong. They should ask Hikki how the lyrics actually are.

They're official. From the cover album booklet (found it on baidu):

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3468726629

[thinkingoutloud89]

they are accurate and moonide probably refers to that kingdom hearts opening scene where the moon is mirrored in the water and so on...
and again, hikki is not known for deep english lyrics and I don't think she cares either

[Zeke.]

I never heard "my sanctuary 'NOW'", but I thought the "-Ah" at the end of the word was just like added to draw out the word "sanctuary", not necessarily part of the word. Lol. I thought it was just added for effect as singers usually do.

Anyways, it does remind me of the case where Kumi's lyrics to "Lollipop" were revealed and everyone was all (O.o) about it.

[Zahara]

Originally Posted by Linoa62

They're official. From the cover album booklet (found it on baidu):

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3468726629

Someone else mentioned this and why they think it might be wrong, but then again Utada probably was high when she wrote it.

I'm still side eyeing Koda for that song.

[NintendoHTF1242]

Angels and vines? Bye bitches still singing Angels in time