Video Girl Ai Original Soundtrack

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10 tracks, 39:55

Track 01: "Happy Tears" "Ureshi Namida" Opening Song (Sakai Noriko) 5:43
Track 02: "To that day..."
" Ano Hi Ni..."Ending Song (Kimura Maki) 4:20
Track 03: "Tomorrow is Tomorrow"
"Ashita Wa Ashita" (Katsura Masakazu) 3:53
Track 04: "Message" (Nav Katze) 4:56
Track 05: "Glass Moon" (Sadou Mayumi) 4:05
Track 06: "Theme of Takashi"
bgm 3:03
Track 07: "Spinning soul of sadness"
"kanashimi no tama o tsumugu mono" bgm 2:06
Track 08: "Master of Gokuraku" bgm 2:14
Track 09: "Illusion ~ Fight ~ Meeting Again"
"Searching for AI maboroshi ~ tatakai ~ saikai"bgm 5:42
Track 10: "Loving you" "Suki nan desu" (Kimura Maki) 3:30

JVC VICL-281 (1992.3.27) Y3000

Video Girl Ai 2nd Image Soundtrack ~ Memories


17 tracks, 46:24


Track 01: "Answering Machine I" Prolog 1:56
Track 02: "Ai Love You"(Techie Poo) 3:23
Track 03: "Chou-denwa"Scene 1 1:19
Track 04: "Banka no furu niwa "(Arai Akino) 4:53
Track 05: "Chou-denwa "Scene 2 1:48
Track 06: "Kokoro no mizu tamari "(Katsura Masakazu) 4:02
Track 07: "Chou-denwa"Scene 3 2:48
Track 08: "Takashi's Theme II"bgm 3:28
Track 09: "Chou-denwa"Scene 4 0:33
Track 10: "Mada minu yume "(Katsura Masakazu) 5:05
Track 11: "Chou-denwa"Scene 5 3:07
Track 12: "Frozen Flower "(Nav Katze) 3:37
Track 13: "Answering Machine II "Scene6 1:18
Track 14: "Ureshi Namida "2:23
Track 15: "Nagusame Teageru "Scene7 1:47
Track 16: "Kimi no niji "(Sadou Mayumi) 4:02
Track 17: "Ai to Moemi no rusuden Message " 0:54

JVC VICL-316 (1992.7.22) Y3000

Noriko Sakai

URESHI NAMIDA (Happy tears)

nichiyoubi wa hitori no hi
PIICHIPAI wo yaita ato
sentakumono hosu you ni
shinkokyuu de nesobetta

Sunday was a day alone.
After I baked a peach pie,
like airing laundry,
I lay sprawled breathing deeply.

furueru mune ni te wo ate
mi-ageru ao-sugiru sora
ai suru hito no namae wo
chiisaku yonde mita
yasashiku yasashiku

Putting my hand on my trembling heart,
I looked up at the too blue sky.
I said the name of the one I love
in a small voice,
tenderly, tenderly.

* ureshi namida ga HORORI tameiki to issho ni
konna watashi ga hito wo aiseru
koto ga ureshikute
ureshi namida de kasumu itsumo to chigau sora wo
kokoro wo nozoku you ni itsumade demo miteta
hitori zutto miteta

Happy teardrops with a sigh,
I'm so happy someone like me
can love someone.
In the sky different from usual blurred by happy tears,
like looking into my heart, I was seeing forever,
alone I was seeing forever.

nichiyoubi wa fushigi na hi
ichinichi wa yukkuri to
kurenagara mo ichiban ni
daiji na koto oshieru no

Sunday is a wondrous day.
Even as the day slowly
gets dark, it
teaches us important things.

osanai jibun no koto wo
fukaku mitsumete mitari
ai suru hito no mirai wo
kokoro ni egaitari
yasashiku yasashiku

I tried studying my youth deeply
and drawing in my heart
the future of the one I love,
gently, gently.

ureshi namida ga hikaru itoshii kisetsu no naka
yatto koko made kita ne to ieru
koi ga ureshikute
ureshi namida wo sotto mi-mamoru takai sora wo
umare-kawatta you ni itsumade demo miteta
hitori zutto miteta

Happy tears shine, in this lovely season.
I'm so happy our love
can say at last we've come this far.
In the tall sky secretly watching over happy tears,
like I was born again, I was seeing forever,
alone I was seeing forever.


* Repeat

"Video Girl Ai" opening theme (1992)
Singer:
Sakai Noriko
Lyricist/Composer: Endou Kyouko
Arranger: Shimizu Nobuyuki
Translation: Theresa Martin

ANO HI NI... (To that day...)

Tsumetai kaze ga mado o nagasu no samishii yoru
Kogoeru mune atatametakute
Ripurei ano natsu o
Namiuchigiwa de odokeru anata tanoshisou yo
Nutari dake no omoide no BIDEO
Hitori de nagamete iru no

On a lonely night when the cold wind blows in the window,
I want to warm my frozen heart
replaying that summer.
Fooling around on the beach, you seem to be having fun.
A video of memories of just the two of us,
I view alone.

Sukoshi TEREnagara "suki da yo" to
Tsubuyaiteru
Usotsuki no anata no kao namida-iro de
Uijindeku

While feeling a little shy
and murmuring "I love you",
your lying face is blurred
with the color of tears.

Anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
Ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
Hutari no subete wa kono hikari no naka naraba
Mada maki-modoseru no? ano hi ni

I'm miserable over you! Sorry, but this way,
even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings.
If everything about us is in this light,
can I still rewind, to that day?

Ryoute ippai no omoide o shinjite ita
Kurikaeshite kazoeru kedo
Koyubi kara susumenai no

Both hands full of memories I had believed,
I count them again and again, and yet
I get no further than my little finger.

Anata soba ni ite soshite "uso da yo" to
Itte kokoro wo daki-shimete
Hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
Ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai ano hi ni

Please be by my side, say "It's not true!",
and embrace my heart.
If everything about us has disappeared,
right now I want to rewind, to that day.

Anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
Ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
Hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
Ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai ano hi ni

I'm miserable over you! Sorry, but this way,
even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings.
If everything about us has disappeared,
right now I want to rewind, to that day.


"Video Girl Ai" ending theme (1992)
Singer: Kimura Maki
Lyricist: Katsura Masakazu
Composer: Matsuura Yuuki
Arranger: Okada Tooru
Translation: Theresa Martin (February 24, 1993, revised November 22, 1994)


ASHITA WA ASHITA (Tomorrow, tomorrow)

Koi wo suru tabi ni kizutsuite kita yo ne
Afureru omoi wa naze karamawari
Yume wo ou tabi ni ochikonde ita yo ne
Sugita kinou wa kuyashii koto darake sa

Dakedo kyou futari
Koushite aeta
Warui koto bakari ja nai kitto

Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku sa Baby
Nakanaide boku to koi wo shiyou
Yume oi-kakeyou

Hanbun mirai wo akiramete ita yo ne
Ikite [i]ku wake ga tokidoki wakaranakute

Dakedo kyou yatto
Ki ga tsuita n da
Konna ni mo chikaku ni aru kotae

Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku sa Baby
Hohoende goran
Kimi rashiku
Ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku sa Baby
Nakanaide boku to koi wo shiyou
Yume oi-kakeyou

* Koi wo suru tabi ni kizutsuita Lonely girls
Afureru omoi wo saa todokeyou
Yume wo ou tabi ni ochikonda Lonely boys
Sugita kinou ni saa sayonara shiyou yo

* Repeat and fade...

"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer: Taguchi Shun
Lyricist: Katsura Masakazu
Composer/Arranger: Okada Tooru

MESSEEJI (Message)
konna ni chikai basho ni anata wa iru noni
konna ni samui basho wa hoka ni sagasenai

Even though you were in a place so near,
I cannot find a place this cold anywhere else.

namae o yobu tabi ni anata wa toozakaru
dare mo soba ni inai yamiyo ni tesaguride
anata o sagashiteru

Every time I call your name, you recede further away.
Groping in the dark night when no one is beside me,
I'm searching for you.

futari no jikan wo kono mama tometai
anata no kokoro o tsunaide o-kitai

I want to stop our time together as it is.
I want to keep [lit. tie] your heart.

kagami ni utsuranai futari no sugata wo
furueru yubisaki de tashikamete miru kedo
anata ni todokanai

An image of us, which the mirror doesn't reflect--
my trembling fingertips try to determine if it's real,
but they don't reach you.

nanni mo shiranai kodomo no mama nara
nanni mo ushinawazu ni sudoori mo dekiru

If I were a kid who didn't know anything,
I could get through it without losing anything.

sure-chigau tabi ni me o fusete shimau
okubyou wa yamete ryoute o sashi-nobete
anata o tsutsumi-komu

When we pass each other, I lower my eyes.
I stop being a coward, stretch out my hands, and
wrap them around you.


"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer: Nav Katze
Lyricist/Composer: Iimura Naoko, Yamaguchi Miwako
Arranger: Okada Tooru, Sugiyama Yuuji, Nav Katze
Translation: Theresa Martin (revised November 22, 1994)


GARASU MOON (Glass Moon)

kata ga fureru kyori kizukainagara
SHUUZU no cha-iro ga aseta no mitsumeteru

Considering that at this distance our shoulders may touch,
I stare at the faded light brown color of my [your?] shoes.

togireru kotoba no saki de matsu no wa
TETORA to sazanami yureteru GARASU Moon

Waiting for us ahead of our pausing words,
are tetra, ripples, and a shaking glass moon.

kanashimu koto no tame ni
futari wa deatta no naze

Did the two of us meet
only in order to be sad? Why?

aoi yoru to-iki no SAKANA ga hanete
futari wa kowaresou na MUUN SHADOU hibiwarete

In the blue night, a sigh jumps like a fish.
The two of us in fragile moon shadows... cracking...

yasashi-sugiru koe niawanai hito
kesenai kinou o mou itawaranaide

Your too gentle voice doesn't suit you,
you can't take care of unremovable yesterdays any more.

namida seki-tometa ito o haritsume
kono mama hitori ja aruki-dasenai

The thread holding back my tears is straining.
I can't walk off by myself like this.

tooku no BIRU no akari
furuete utsushite
anata yori taisetsu na
nanika ga wakaranai mama

The light from distant buildings
casts a trembling reflection.
I don't know what is
more important than you.

aoi yoru to-iki no SAKANA ga hanete
futari wa chigiresou na MUUN SHADOU

In the blue night, a sigh jumps like a fish.
The two of us, in moon shadows about to tear.

ima saigo no SAKANA ga hanete
futari wa kowaresou na MUUN SHADOU kudakarete

Now, the last fish has jumped,
The two of us, in fragile moon shadows... shattered...

[Moon shadow... Oh, blue moon sight...]
* sore wa itsumo yume no you ni
kowaresou ni hakanakute
sore wa itsumo aoi yoru ni
furerarezu ni ukande

It's always like a dream,
fragile, fleeting.
It's always in the blue night,
floating, untouchable.

* Repeat and fade

"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer: Sudou Mayumi
Lyricist: Satoru Wakako
Composer/Arranger: Okada Tooru
Translation: Theresa Martin (November 27, 1994)

SUKI NAN DESU (He's the one who I love)

datte......
suki nan desu ano hito no koto
hoka ni nan no wake mo nai
suki nan desu ano hito no koto
itsumo soba ni itai no

Because......
he's the one who I love.
There is no other reason.
He's the one who I love.
I want to be with him forever.

doushite? to kikanaide
watashi ni mo wakaranai
nando mo settoku shita wa
jibun no kokoro
keredo mo dame mitai ne
ushiro o muite mo
kokoro no hari wa ano hito sashite ugokanai

Don't ask "why?"
I don't even know myself.
How many times have I persuaded
my own heart?
However, it seems hopeless.
Even turning my back,
my heart's [compass] needle doesn't sway from him.

itamu kizu wo daki-shimete
hibiku koe wo huri-sutete
hashitte yuku sono ude no naka ga
zutto BARA-iro to omou wake ja nai

Holding on to an aching wound,
I'll give up his resonant voice.
I come running to your arms but
it's not that I think everything will be rose-colored.

demo...... demo
suki nan desu
nakitai kurai ni
shiawase yori taisetsu na no
suki nan desu ano hito no koto
watashi......
suki nan desu

But...... but
he is who I love
so much I want to cry.
He's more important than my happiness.
He's the one who I love.
I......
love him...
...


"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer/Lyricist/Composer: Kimura Maki
Arranger: Okada Tooru, Tanaya Yuuichi
Translation: Theresa Martin (May 6, 1994)


AI LOVE YOU

Spaaku shiteru kimochi ni sakaraenakute
Hitomi ga saki ni kimi o sagasu

Jibun no koto wa wakaranai kuse ni kimi no
Koto nara wakari-sugiru no wa naze

Namida wo koraete ita yo ne
Nasashikute kanashikute daki-shimetakute

Yume bakari miteta kinou yori ashita
Omoi wa kanaerareru yo
Ii-kaketa koe wa kasurete ite mo
Hontou ni suki da yo

Kimi no koto shika kangaerarenai nante
Ii koto soretomo ikenai koto

Egao de mitsume-aeta yo ne
Ureshikute setsunakute aishikanakute

Hagemashite ageru sora o mite iyou
Kimochi ni niji ga kakaru yo
Wake-aeru hon no sukoshi no yuuki
Saisho kara suki da yo

Onaji yume miteru kinou yori ashita
Omoi wa kanaerareru yo
Shinkokyuu soshite sotto sasayaku
Hontou ni suki da yo


"Video Girl Ai" image song (1992)
Singer: TECHIE POO
Lyricist: Matsuo Yukio
Composer: Matsuura Yuuki
Arranger: Okada Tooru

FROZEN FLOWER

mi-hatenu yume no naka
karenai hana wo ai shite
ite-tsuita omoi wa towa [kanji: eien] ni
kasuka na hana no kaori wa
kiete yuku omoide
jikan wo tomete mo
toozakaru kimi no waraigoe

In an unfinished dream,
from loving an unwithering flower,
my frozen feelings will last eternally.
The faint scent of the flower
is a fading memory.
Even if time stops,
your laughter still dies away.

subete wa koori-tsuku
asu sae mo
kono mama tozasareta hikari no basho de
te wo nobashi tsumitoru hana wa
kudake-chiru omokage
kinou wo wasurete mo
tsukisasaru GARASU no kakera

Everything freezes,
even tomorrow
is bound like this, in a place of light.
I reach out my hand and pick a flower,
smashing it to pieces.
Although I forget yesterday,
the glass splinters stick into me.

tokete yuku koori no hana wo
ryoute de tsutsunde
tsumetai manazashi ni
azayaka na hikari no hana wo
mi-hatenu yume no naka
karenai hana wo ai shite
ite-tsuita omoi wa towa ni

I wrap a melting flower of ice
in my hands,
In my cold look
is a flower of brilliant light.
From loving the unwithering flower,
my frozen feelings will last eternally.


"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer: Nav Katze
Lyricist/Composer: Iimura Naoko, Yamaguchi Miwako
Arranger: Sugiyama Yuuji & Nav Katze
Translation: Theresa Martin (August 8, 1994)

KIMI NO NIJI (Your Rainbow)

konna yume nara mita koto ga aru hazu
hitonami oyogu kimi waratte ita
togireta yume ima wa sono tsuzuki-darou

mahou no hitomi no shoujo
ima nani yori kirei
kagayaite kagayaite
boku no tame ni... Shinin'

kako mo mirai mo subete nuri-kaete
kimi wo mite itai

aenaku naru hi itsuka kuru you na
sonna yokan sae mo sukoshi dakedo ne
boku wa bukiyou dakedo niji ga mieru

ima made no kanashii koto
mou wasureru you ni
mabushii yo mabushii yo
kimi no mawari... Shinin'

kako mo mirai mo subete nuri-kaete
kimi wo mite itai

* Repeat
kimi no niji misete

"Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)
Singer: Sudou Mayumi
Lyricist: Senzui Toshirou
Composer/Arranger: Okada Tooru