ACTIVE PAIN (song)

For the album, please refer ACTIVE PAIN (Album)

ACTIVE PAIN
Artist(s)	Zakuro Motoki, xaki
Album	ACTIVE PAIN
Lyrics	sunny
Composition	xaki
Arranger	xaki
Release Date	Dec 29, 2008
Type	Visual Novel ED
First Episode	Banquet of the Golden Witch

ACTIVE PAIN is the third ending theme for the original Umineko no Naku Koro ni series. It was played at the end of the third installment of the question arcs—Banquet of the Golden Witch. The song was performed by Zakuro Motoki, written by sunny and composed and arranged by xaki. A titular single featuring the full version was released on 29th December, 2008.

Lyrics

Kanji	Rōmaji	Translation
淡く薄い 望みは捨てて その指に絡みつく 希望の糸もそう もう辿ることは できないから 絶望を 楽しみなさい ただ受け止めればいい 「虚構」（しんじつ） だけを 緩やかな 罠にひそむ 白昼夢（おぼろげ）な 記憶が蝕む前に	Awaku usui Nozomi wa sutete Sono yubi ni karamitsuku Kibou no ito mo sou Mou tadoru koto wa Dekinai kara Zetsubou wo Tanoshiminasai Tada uketomereba ii "Shinjitsu" Dake wo yuruyaka na Wana ni hisomu Oboroge na kioku ga Mushibamu mae ni	Toss them all away— Those weak and fleeting desires And that string of hope Coiled around your finger as well You can't keep on Pursuing them anymore; So please do relish The sense of despair Only the admissible "fiction"（TRUTH） That must blindly be accepted Lurks within a Temptingly fluid trap Before your daydreamed（FADED） memories Give in to decay...
あなたの命の 灯をもやしなさい 諦めた瞬間（じてん）で 全てが終わりを むかえる	Anata no inochi no Hi wo moyashinasai Akirameta jiten de Subete ga owari wo Mukaeru	Set ablaze The lamp of your life The instant（MOMENT） you've submitted, Everything shall steer Towards its end
もう離さない つかんだ幻の アナタを この目に 見えぬものが 真実ならば もう彷徨（まよわ）ない 答えはうつろいの なかに この激しい 痛みとともに あるのならば・・・	Mou hanasanai Tsukanda maboroshi no ANATA wo Kono me ni Mienu mono ga Shinjitsu naraba Mou mayowanai Kotae wa utsuroi no Naka ni Kono hageshii Itami to tomo ni Aru no naraba...	Never again will I let go Of your phantom Whom I've finally caught If those which can't be Seen through these eyes Are the truth, then... Never again will I wander（LOSE MY WAY） If the answers we sought Rest within inconsistencies... If they exist Alongside this All-consuming pain, then...
蒼く光る 希望は棄てて その瞳に映り込む 不安の意図もそう もう戻ることは できないから 快楽を 楽しみなさい ただ諦めればいい 「未来」（このさき） なんて穏やかな 罠にまぎれ 理想郷（すてき）な 世界が崩れる前に	Aoku hikaru Kibou wa sutete Sono hitomi ni utsurikomu Fuan no ito mo sou Mou modoru koto wa Dekinai kara Kairaku wo Tanoshiminasai Tada akiramereba ii "Kono saki" Nante odayaka na Wana ni magire Suteki na sekai ga Kuzureru mae ni	Toss them all away— Those hopes which glow feebly And those uncertain intentions Reflected in your eyes as well You can never again Return to them anymore; So please do relish The sense of pleasure A disposable "future"（HEREAFTER） That may as well be abandoned— Such ideas are mixed in Within a gentle trap Before that paradise（WONDERFUL WORLD） of yours Gives in to ruin...
わたしの命の 灯を奪いなさい 諦める瞬間（じてん）で 全てを捨て去る ならば	Watashi no inochi no Hi wo ubainasai Akirameru jiten de Subete wo sutesaru Naraba	Rob me of The lamp of my life The instant（MOMENT） you submit, If you say that you will Throw it all away...
もう離れない 抱き寄せた幻の アナタを この目に 見えるものが 偽りならば もう迷わない 答えは揺らめきの なかに この激しい 痛みとともに あるのだから・・・	Mou hanarenai Dakiyoseta maboroshi no ANATA wo Kono me ni Mieru mono ga Itsuwari naraba Mou mayowanai Kotae wa yurameki no Naka ni Kono hageshii Itami to tomo ni Aru no dakara...	Never again will it leave me— That phantom of yours Which I have embraced If those which can be Seen through these eyes Are all lies, then... Never again will I lose my way If the answers we sought Rest within tremors... Because they exist Alongside this All-consuming pain, that's why...
この切なさは 砕けた幻の アナタを この手に 触れることが 叶わないから もう捜さない 答えは真実の 中に この激しい 痛みとともに あるのだから・・・	Kono setsunasa wa Kudaketa maboroshi no ANATA wo Kono te ni Fureru koto ga Kanawanai kara Mou sagasanai Kotae wa shinjitsu no Naka ni Kono hageshii Itami to tomo ni Aru no dakara...	This anguish Has shattered That phantom of yours If you cannot be Touched by these hands By any means, then... Never again will I chase after The answers which Rest within the truth... Because they exist Alongside this All-consuming pain, that's why...
もう離さない つかんだ幻の アナタを この目に 見えぬものが 真実ならば もう彷徨（まよわ）ない 答えはうつろいの なかに この激しい 痛みとともに あるのならば・・・	Mou hanasanai Tsukanda maboroshi no ANATA wo Kono me ni Mienu mono ga Shinjitsu naraba Mou mayowanai Kotae wa utsuroi no Naka ni Kono hageshii Itami to tomo ni Aru no naraba...	Never again will I let go Of your phantom Whom I've finally caught If those which can't be Seen through these eyes Are the truth, then... Never again will I wander（LOSE MY WAY） If the answers we sought Rest within inconsistencies... If they exist Alongside this All-consuming pain, then...

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Translation: Meera Malhotra