Theme Songs: The World Ends with You (TWEWY)

by: Nabila Rhapsodios


Prolog

Halo, semua saya kembali, apakah diantara kalian ada yang merindukan saya? Eh, maksud saya tulisan dari saya hehe. Tulisan saya selanjutnya adalah sebuah lagu vokal atau Theme Song dari game The World Ends with You besutan Tetsuya Nomura dan Gen Kobayashi. Mereka juga berperan sebagai karakter desainer TWEWY. 


The World Ends with You -Main Casts-
Info selingan untuk yang tidak tahu game ini, TWEWY adalah game ciptaan dari rumah produksi Video Game Square-Enix dan Jupiter, TWEWY dirilis pada tahun 2007 di Jepang dengan nama It's a Wonderful World (bahasa Jepang: "Subarashiki Kono Sekai") barulah setahun kemudian tepatnya tahun 2008 TWEWY dirilis ke luar Jepang. TWEWY adalah permainan untuk konsol handheld Nintendo DS. TWEWY menceritakan kisah seorang anak remaja lelaki yang sangat anti-sosial bernama Neku Sakuraba, suatu hari terdampar di jalan perempatan Shibuya, Tokyo secara misterius. Dia mencoba berjelajah tanpa arah di tempat asing ini dan akhirnya menemukan jawaban bahwa dia dibuang sengaja ke tempat ini untuk bermain game berbahaya bernama Reaper's Game. Selain berbahaya, Reaper's Game harus dilaksanakan setiap hari dan dari hasil kemenangan permainan ini, ingatan hilang milik Neku akan dikembalikan serta dia bebas dari dunia palsu yang mengambil latar tempat Shibuya, Tokyo ini yang diketahui memiliki nama Underground. Akan tetapi, sosok Neku akan dihapus dari dua dunia baik dunia nyata ataupun Underground apabila dia kalah dalam permainan Reaper's Game.

Pada tahun 2012, Square-Enix merilis The World Ends with You -Solo Remix- untuk iOS dan Android. TWEWY -Solo Remix- ini memperlihatkan TWEWY dari Nintendo DS dengan grafis yang diperbaharui, adanya tambahan musik, battle system simpel tapi menyamai keasyikan versi Nintendo DS-nya, dan TWEWY -Solo Remix- tidak ada perubahan cerita tapi memberikan petunjuk samar-samar sekuel dari TWEWY akan dibuatkan yang entah kapan terwujud. Saya tidak akan banyak menceritakan TWEWY secara mendalam karena topik artikel ini hanya Theme Song yang secara mengejutkan pula selaku Ending Theme TWEWY. Jadi, mohon maaf saya tidak memberikan informasi panjang lebar seperti karakter-karakter selain Neku, bagaimana alur ceritanya, dan lain-lain. Skroll mouse kalian dan Selamat Mendengarkan!


The World Ends with You

Jyongri
"Lullaby For You" adalah nama single ke-3 dari penyanyi asal Jepang yang memiliki darah keturunan Korea bernama Jyongri. Kemudian, oleh Square-Enix dijadikan Ending Theme dan Theme Song untuk TWEWY. "Lullaby For You" merupakan jenis lagu tempo lambat dan mellow-ballad sehingga membuat lagu ini agak out-of-context dari semua lagu TWEWY lainnya yang techno-pop, jenis lagu yang mencoba menggambarkan kehidupan gaul anak-anak muda Shibuya yang nyentrik, eksentrik, dan punya segudang kesibukan. "Lullaby For You" menjadi satu-satunya lagu yang tidak diciptakan oleh Takeharu Ishimoto selaku komposer utama TWEWY. "Lullaby For You" dinyanyikan ke dalam dua bahasa yaitu bahasa Jepang dan bahasa Inggris. 


* "Lullaby For You" -Japanese Version-



Di bawah ini dilampirkan lirik bahasa Jepang beserta terjemahannya ke bahasa Inggris:

Japanese Romaji Lyrics:

Kawatta no wa, boku na no ka keshiki na no ka? Fuan dakedo
Tonari ni mamoritai kimi ga ireba ii to ima omotta

Wasuretai koto mo aru keredo
Furikaeru to yowaku naru kedo
Omoide wa kokoro no takaramono da kara
Soba ni aru no sa 

* A lullaby for you
Ashita no hikari wa matte iru kara
May tomorrow be wonderful too
Te o toriaeru chikara ga areba

Nemuri kara samete mo hitori ja nai
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

-Instrumental-

Nemurenai no wa, kodomo da kara, kodoku da kara? Heiki datta kedo
Yume o minagara yoru o sugoshitai to kanjita no wa hajimete sa

A lullaby for you
Hoshi wa kanarazu kagayaku kara
May tomorrow be wonderful too
Itsuka wa idaku kibou ga aru kara

Tesaguri no yami de mo hitori ja nai 
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

Kioku no naka de kizami ikite yukitai
Mou sude ni the past is gone eternally

Back to * then continue to **

** Nemuri kara samete mo hitori ja nai, hitori ja nai...
(You and me, friends aren't we?)


English Translations:

What has changed, is it me or is it the view? Because I feel uncertain
I thought now that it'd be okay as long as you were beside me, shielding me

There are matters I want to ignore
Since they weaken me when I look back at them
But memories are valuable to our soul
That's the reason they're always there

* A lullaby for you
Because the glint of tomorrow's flash is waiting us
May tomorrow be wonderful too
If I had the power to clutch your hand

Even if I get up from this dream, I will not be alone
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

-Instrumental-

I can't rest, am I still a little child or am I just lonely? I'm alright either way
But, it was the first time I wanted to buy the dark in my dreams

 A lullaby for you
Because the stars definitely glow
May tomorrow be wonderful too
One day, I'll find a hope I can embrace

Even within this darkness, I will not be alone
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

I want to survive, engraving in new memories
Already, the past is gone eternally

Back to * then continue **

** Even if I wake from this dream, I will not be alone, I will not be alone...
(You and me, friends aren't we?)


* "Lullaby For You" -English Version-


English Lyrics:

There may not be an answer to this too
Why the sky is blue, is the change in me all true?
Now that you are next to me
I have no fears and all I know is that I want to be with you

Sometimes it's easy to forget the times we weep
The moment makes us weak and all the shame I see
Memories exist for all the precious days my heart still wants to keep
Somewhere deep inside of me

* A lullaby for you
Don't you worry baby, I'll be here by your side
May tomorrow be wonderful too
Close to you I hope to stay endlessly from today
Even through cloudy days you are not alone
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

-Instrumental-

Sweet dreams I do not see cause darkness scares me
Is it because I'm still fifteen, or the loneliness in me?
Wish I may I wish I might sleep soundly through the windy nights
Just to dream of you tonight

A lullaby for you
Stars will always gracefully watch over 'till it's bright
May tomorrow be wonderful too
Take my hand and promise me that we'll be all right
Finding a place to feel at home you are not alone
(You and me, friends aren't we?)

Maybe I'll turn back to stay
Where I came from only yesterday
Whisper then, "The past is gone eternally"

Back to * then continue to **

** Even through cloudy days you are not alone, you are not alone...
(You and me, friends aren't we?)


The World Ends with You -Solo Remix-

Stephanie
Di TWEWY -Solo Remix-, "Lullaby For You" digantikan oleh "Runaway" saat bagian Ending. "Runaway" terdapat di album The World Ends with You -crossover-. Lagu ini ditulis dan dinyanyikan oleh Stephanie, DJ dan aktris asal California yang pindah ke Tokyo untuk mencari keberuntungan di bidang vokal. Stephanie adalah salah satu anggota grup band rock The Death March milik Takeharu Ishimoto. Peran Stephanie di dalam band adalah sebagai penyanyi dan penulis lirik. Ishimoto pun merupakan pencipta lagu "Runaway" yang dinyanyikan oleh Stephanie. Berikut di bawah ini "Runaway" dari TWEWY -Solo Remix- yang bergenre semi klasik, techno pop, beserta dengan sedikit sentuhan rock:


English Lyrics:

How do you feel being controlled?
Don't you wanna break free?
How would you feel if there were no rules?
What would you do? 
Tell me

I don't have the pride, I don't have the money
But, I've got these hands
I'm feelin' alive, I'm making a change
With my own hands

Come with me now, follow me, trust me
Time's passing by, can't afford hesitation

Oh have no fear, we've past our tears
Yeah we can make it
What's left to do, let's make our move
Yeah here we go now

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully

-Instrumental-

Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day
Give yourself a hug, no one's gonna take it away
Nothing's wrong with making it your own way

Come with me now, follow me, trust me
Time's passing by, can't afford to hesitate

Oh beautiful sky, brighten with glee, smiling on me
Oh beautiful world shining and free, it's all for me

I don't have the pride, I don't have the money
But, I've got these hands
I'm feelin' alive with you right beside me
Come on ahead

(Come home with me, let's walk the walk, it's going to be so much better)

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully
Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day
Give yourself a hug, no one's gonna take it away
Nothing wrong with making it your own way

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully
Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day

Dear friends come with me
This time we can make it right
Let's be on tonight start over again



"Runaway" kedua yang sedikit berbeda dari yang di atas. Asumsi penulis, ini yang masuk ke album grup Death March:


English Lyrics:

How do you feel being controlled?
Don't you wanna break free?
How would you feel if there were no rules?
What would you do? 
Tell me

I don't have the pride, I don't have the money
But, I've got these hands
I'm feelin' alive, I'm making a change
With my own hands

Come with me now, follow me, trust me
Time's passing by, can't afford hesitation

Oh have no fear, we've past our tears
Yeah we can make it
What's left to do, let's make our move
Yeah here we go now

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully

-Instrumental-

Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day
Give yourself a hug, no one's gonna take it away
Nothing's wrong with making it your own way

-Instrumental 2-

Come with me now, follow me, trust me
Time's passing by, can't afford to hesitate

Oh beautiful sky, brighten with glee, smiling on me
Oh beautiful world shining and free, it's all for me

I don't have the pride, I don't have the money
But, I've got these hands
I'm feelin' alive with you right beside me
Come on ahead

-Short Break-

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully
Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day
Give yourself a hug, no one's gonna take it away
Nothing wrong with making it your own way

Run run far away, run run to a better place
Somewhere we can laugh truthfully
Run run far away, they're not gonna find us today
Maybe they can try another day

Dear friends come with me
This time we can make it right
Let's be on tonight start over again



Final Note:

Jadi, apakah kalian menikmati "Lullaby For You" milik Jyongri dan "Runaway" milik Stephanie? Kalian menanyai saya, saya lebih menikmati "Lullaby For You" versi bahasa Inggris karena lagu pengantar tidur yang enak hahaha. Baiklah, saya berharap kalian pun dapat menemukan favorit kalian diantara kedua lagu tersebut, sama seperti saya. Hm... Di "Runaway" samar-samar mendengar lagu pertarungan terakhir FF VII: Crisis Core yaitu "The SOLDIER Battle" di bagian Instrumental khususnya dentuman timpani/bass drumnya... Tidak heran sih jika ditemukan kesamaan karena dua-duanya buah kreasi Takeharu Ishimoto. Tunggulah artikel saya yang tidak kalah seru di blog ini dan saya undur diri dulu malam ini, Selamat Malam semua! Cheers :).



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