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MUCC "Libra" lyrics & downloads

Lyrics to Libra [ English ] :
With your dominant arm, you grab the reality
With your other arm, you up-hold the morality
You light up the love deep in your heart
You weigh things up with the scales inside your head
Inside the dense and thick darkness, you hide your own shadow
The sound of the dirty abacus, echoes in the world - please stop!

In this world where feelings are only a hinderance,
shoot and kill me!
Who is using the scale?
Who is using the abacus?
Who is playing the Humelin flute?
Who is the boy that cried wolf?
Rather than caring about these things right now, i love you!


Flower, now in full bloom, already late in telling me
The meaning of living right here, right now
the meaning of tomorrows coming

With your dominant arm, you have desire
With yyour other arm you hide immorality
If you could shut love deep away in your heart
the saint in your head will laugh
The brave flower that growns in the vacant lot,
surrounded by the tower buildings that take away the sunlights rays
people eyes are glared by these buildings
soon, the flower stopped breathing
the wind was only gentley caressing
only wind was gentley caressing

The thing about living, that is like wondeirng in the darkness, not able to see a thing,
the thing about dying, that, is also darkness, "the end" is no way "the beggining"
Thats why we need to light up the darkness now
burn up our life in a flash after realising our radiance
the proof of life is hard to reach but strong

Flower, now in full bloom, you had told me
the meaning of living right here, right now,
the meaning of tomorrows coming
I am going to die someday
what can I do for you?
rays of light shine eternally from the rising sun onto this world. 

Libra [Romaji]

kikiude ni genjitsu o tori mou kataude ni doutoku o kazashi mune no oku ni ai o tomoshite atama no naka de tenbin ni kakeru ussou to shigeru yami no naka jibun no kage o kakusu you ni kitanai SOROBAN hajiku oto nari hibiku sekai yo tomare kanjou wa jama ni naru dake no sekai sa uchikoroshitekure yo tenbin ni kaketa no wa dare? SOROBAN de hajiku no wa dare? HAAMERUN no fuefuki wa dare? ookami shounen wa ittai dare? sonna no doudemo ii hodo ima kimi o aishiteru yo hana yo ima sakihokore boku ni oshieteokure ima koko ni ikiru imi o asu ga kuru wake o kikiude ni yokubou o mochi mou kataude ni haitoku o kakushi mune no oku ni ai o tozaseba atama no naka de seija ga warau akichi ni saku kenage na hana furisosogu hikari o ubau BIRU ga sobietachi hitobito wa sono BIRU ni me o kagayakase yagate hana wa kokyuu o tometa kaze ga tada yasashiku nadeta kaze dake ga yasashiku nareta ikiru koto sore wa nani mo mienai yami no naka o samayou you na shinu koto sore mo mata yami owari wa keshite hajimari dewa nai dakara koso ima yami o terasu saikou ni naru you inochi moyasu kagayaki o hanatsunda ikiteru akashi hakanaku tsuyoku hana yo ima sakihokore kimi ga oshietekureta ima koko ni ikiru imi o asu ga kuru wake o itsunohika shiniyuku boku wa kimi ni nani ga dekiru darou hi wa nobori hikari wo sosogu towa ni kono sekai ni

Music Video Download 
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Upcoming Releases+D'espairsray US Tour

July 7th

"Untitled" Girugamesh single. Limited ed. comes with DVD of their January performance at Shinkiba Studio Coast

June 23rd

"a:Fantasia" Nightmare single. Limited ed. comes with DVD of the a:Fantasia music video.

June 30th

"Recreation 2" Acid Black Cherry. Includes DVD music clip.

June 16th

"Untitled" Gackt single including "Dragon Next" from the on-line rpg. Comes with a bonus DVD and a bonus item.

June 9th

"Tell Me Goodbye" Big Bang single. Limited ed. comes with DVD with music video of "Tell Me Goodbye" and a T.O.P. figure. (*sold out of lmt. ed on cdJapan).

*On April 23 & 24, D'ESPAIRSRAY held concerts to commemorate the release of new single "LOVE IS DEAD"released this month. In the concert, they announced that their new album release is scheduled in late July and they will tour worldwide after that. They will start US tour in August, after returning home they will hold 11th anniversary concert on September 9th at SHIBUYA-AX.

Miyavi North America Tour Dates!

2010/6/10 サンディエゴ , San Diego / House of Blues
2010/6/12 ロサンゼルス , Los Angeles / Club Nokia Live
2010/6/13 アナハイム , Anaheim / The Grove of Anaheim
2010/6/15 サンフランシスコ , San Francisco / The Fillmore
2010/6/17 バンクーバー , Vancouver / Commodore Ballroom
2010/6/18 シアトル , Seattle / Showbox
2010/6/23 シカゴ , Chicago / House of Blues
2010/6/24 トロント , Toronto / Sound Academy
2010/6/25 ボストン , Boston / Wilbur Theatre
2010/6/27 ニューヨーク , N.Y. / The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
2010/6/29 ワシントン , Washington / 9:30 Club
2010/7/1 アトランタ , Atlanta / Masquerade
2010/7 /3 ダラス , Dallas / House of Blues
2010/7/4 ヒューストン , Houston / House of Blues

New Miyavi DVD released!

MIYAVI returns with documentary live DVD "Neo Tokyo Samurai Black World Tour Vol.1" The DVD features documentary footage of first half of his world tour in 2009. Special limited edition comes with:

(1) Neo Tokyo wristband (w/ USB memory containing special contents),

(2) previously unreleased song,

(3) 48-page photo booklet featuring photos from his concert and behind-the-scene and

(4) application card (valid only in Japan).

DVD | 2010/03/24 | 8381yen ($92+)

Site: cdjapan.co.jp

Up for pre-order on cdjapan.co.jp and yesasia.com now! ;)

Dir en grey ~ US Tour Dates

Miyavi tour dates have yet to be rescheduled, but here's some US tour dates worth looking into:

Dir en grey ~ All Visible Things 2009
November 2 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live - 7pm
November 3 - Dallas, TX - Trees - 7pm
November 11 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 13 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 14 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre - 7pm
November 16 - Chicago, IL - Metro - 6pm
November 18 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre - 7pm
November 20 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip - 8pm
November 22 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip - 7pm
November 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore - 7pm

There's also a rumor of a possible Utada tour to the US in 2010! Maybe so, maybe so. Right now this J-rocker is just hoping Miyavi recovers and is able to reschedule his US tour. *waves ticket*

Upcoming Releases

D'espairsRay: As said before, it's their 10th Anniversary! Their latest single "Final Call" will be released on September 9, a live DVD of their 10th Anniversary concert will also be released. And there's also a Greatest Hits album coming out with their best songs from 1999 to 2008.

Merry: They have a life DVD coming out on November 7th. Like the music, but not too sure about getting a dvd of the girls. But, if that's your thing, its up for pre-order now.

NEWS: YES! "NEWS Live Diamond" DVD is finally coming out! (it's almost been a year since the concert). It comes in limited and regular editions, but there's not that much difference so I'd go for the cheaper regular addition. It comes out on November 4! Pre-order now!

GACKT: Another dearly awaited DVD! His (long winded) GACKT Visualive Tour 2008-2009 Requiem et Reminiscence II- Saisei to Kaiko-" live DVD is coming out December 2, along with another new single.

Girugamesh: Mentioned this one before, and it deserves a second mentioning. Their third album is coming out along with a DVD featuring the music videos of "Alive" and "Border" and documentary from "Summer Evolution" and some backstage/interview footage. It comes out on December 16th.

Dir en grey: They're coming out with their music video DVD! Comes out Tomorrow, October 28th.

Oh, and cdJapan.co.jp is having a pretty good sale. There's Kra, Acid Black Cherry, Alice Nine, Vidoll, Angelo, the GazettE, even Mucc and BUCK-TICK.

New and Upcoming Releases J/K Rock

First on the list is Girugemesh's new release coming out on December 16. There's three types of releases. The Limited Type A includes 9 songs plus 1 special arranged song, and a DVD that includes the music videos to "Alive" and "Border" and also includes behind the scenes and lots of other special features. Type B has the 9 songs and a DVD with a different version of the "Border" music video and Behind scenes. The regular edition includes 9 songs plus 3 new songs. Also Girugemesh's new single "Crying Rain" is going to be out on October 17.

Dir en grey has a music video collection coming out October 28th. The DVD has 13 tracks including the FULL version of "Vinashka", "Conceived Sorrow", and "Uroboros".

Kagraa has a limited edition cd with DVD featuring the "Shiki" music video coming out on October 21.

On October 7th the Gazette has a new single "Before I Decay" with a bonus DVD with the music video.

Okay, here's a good one. It's D'espairsRay tenth anniversary single "Final Call" with a documentary DVD of their European tour. It came out on September 9th.

Here's another of my favorites, Arashi. On September 10th they came out with their "All the BEST 1999-2009" cd which also includes a new song dedicated to their fans for their 10th anniversary, "5x10".

Stepping over to Korea for a moment, there's G-Dragon from Big Bang with the lead singer's first solo album! It's called "Heartbreaker" and was released August 31st. It is WELL worth looking into. Of course, there was a slight drama over the title song. Some believe the song to be plagiarized because the beginning sounds like Florida's "Right Round". Right now it's decided that it IS NOT plagiarized, but just in case it has been sent to the original creators of "Right Round" to make sure. Watch the music video on youtube and you'll see G-Dragon does an excellent job on his own, but I still love the group together. If you're new to Big Bang I suggest viewing "Haru Haru".

Credits:

G-Dragon Plagiarism

CD Japan

YesAsia

Happy Birthday, Miyavi!

Happy Birthday to Miyavi-san! Yes, today is Miyavi's birthday and as he stated months ago he's celebrating his birthday with his fans. His 2nd world tour kicks off today at Tokyo Dome. Good luck!

(Picture is Miyavi's reaction from his fans Birthday wishes on his official Myspace page. Notice the new hairdo. ^.^)

What's with Gackt?

Gackt (excuse me, GACKT as he now uses all caps. lol.) has not been very... Gackt-ish as of late. Sure, he put out a few new good songs including “The New Decade” and “Jesus”, but he also had a few follies like with “Ghost”. Honestly, what happened to the artistic one-of-a-kind Gackt? It seems as if our Gackt has fallen to mainstream. Of course, all fans know about his announcement to retire in 2010, and hopefully he’ll end on a better note than “Flower”.

Also, be looking for his Hollywood movie “Bunraku” (with Josh Hartnett and Demi Moore) to be released in 2009/2010. Can’t wait for that one!

(Maybe he wants to focus on a movie career instead?)

R.I.P Jasmine You

Tis a sad, sad day for any Versailles fan. Jasmine You, the bassist, has passed away. The cause of death is still being withheld from the public, but Jasmine You had taken a leave from the band for awhile because of “sickness”. He will be missed and Versailles will have a hard time replacing such a talented bassist.

Papa Miyavi!

Yup! All you Co-Miyavi out there go check out his MySpace blog to see a cute picture of Miyavi and the new little one, Lovelie Miyavi Ishihara. (愛理 in Japanese, meaning “The Reason of Love”) Omedetou, Miyavi-san! ^.^

And, just as a reminder, go to the J-glam website and sign-up to be notified when the Co-Miyavi Worldwide International Family (Miyavi’s international fanclub) will be open to your country.

Miyavi wasn't expecting the information to leak out, but he and former singer melody. are hitched and having a baby! His official announcement will be during his performance on April 5. It seems like he's getting a lot of so called "fans" angry by the news, people going as far as posting hate messages on his Myspace and website, but this fan is 100% happy for Miyavi and melody., wishing them the best of luck and lots of love! Source: JapanToday Miyavi's myspace blog