Porno Graffitti "Melissa" メリッサ

PORNO GRAFFITTI ポルノグラフィティ is a Japanese male rock band from Innoshima.

This song, Melissa, is taken from PORNO GRAFFITTI album BEST BLUE’S [2004], which was used as the opening theme for anime series FULL METAL ALCHEMIST in 2003.

I love the song from the very first beat! Esp the strong bass and rythimc drum! A big fan of the anime Full Metal Alchemist [FMA] too. I had the complete series back then; somehow i forgot where i put them -.-' nyeh...

The clip is quite... weird? All the weird/unique clips are considered to have a strong semiotic touch for me. In this case, Melissa is a SEMIOTIC clip i like :)
Watch it on Youtube: Porno Graffitti - Melissa [with text]



Kimi no te de kirisaite Tooi hi no kioku wo
Kanashimi no iki no ne wo tometekure yo
Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke

Asu ga kuru hazu no sora wo mite Mayou bakari no kokoro moteamashiteru
Katawara no tori ga habataita Doko ka hikari wo mitsukerareta no ka na

Naa Omae no se ni ore mo nosetekurenai ka?
Soshite ichiban takai toko de okizari ni shite yasashisa kara toozakete

Kimi no te de kirisaite Tooi hi no kioku wo
Kanashimi no iki no ne wo tometekure yo
Saa Ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke

Tori wo yuuyami ni miokutta Chi wo hau bakari no ore wo kaze ga nazeru
Hane ga hoshii to wa iwanai sa Semete chuu ni mau MELISSA no ha ni naritai

Mou Zuibun to tachitsukushite mita kedo
Tabun kotae wa nai no darou Kono kaze ni mo iku ate nado nai you ni

Kimi no te de kagi wo kakete Tamerai nado nai daro
Machigatte mo Nidoto aku koto no nai you ni
Saa Jou no ochiru oto de owarasete

Sukui no nai tamashii wa nagasarete kieyuku
Kieteyuku shunkan ni wazuka hikaru
Ima Tsuki ga michiru yoru wo umidasu no sa

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English Translation:

Cleave apart the memories of those faraway days with your hands
End the breath of sadness
Come on, pierce through my chest made anxious by love

Looking at the sky in which the tomorrow will come,
I don't know what to do with my heart that is only lost
Birds by my side flew away- I wonder if they found light somewhere

Come now, won't you let me ride on your back, too?
Then keep far away from the kindness that I deserted at the highest place

Cleave apart the memories of those faraway days with your hands
End the breath of sadness
Come on, pierce through my chest made anxious by love

I saw off birds into the dark evening, the wind strokes the me who merely crawls the ground
I won't say that I want wings; I want to become Melissa leaves dancing in midair, at least

I've already tried to keep standing many times
But that's probably not the answer, right?
'Cause then I won't go against this wind

Take the key with your hands, you won't be hesitating, right?
Even if you were wrong, if it seems that it'd never open again
Come on, end it with the sound of a lock falling

A soul that cannot be saved drifts and disappears
In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly
Now, it creates a night with a full moon