神隠しの調べ

鈴の音 ほどけて消える 名前を呼ぶほど 遠くなる 霧の社 影が揺れて 足音だけが 連れていく 祈るほどに 近づく闇 ひかりは細く 震えてる 聞こえる 触れられない旋律 掌に 乗らない温度 戻り道は 目を伏せたまま 思い出だけ 透けていく 神隠しの調べ 胸の奥をほどく 消えない願いだけが 夜を渡る灯 神隠しの調べ あなたの名をなぞる 帰れないならせめて 祈りを連れて 水面にも　逆さの空 笑い声だけ 置いてある 結び目ほどく 指先が まだ現の熱を持つ 答えは たぶん静けさの中 瞬きの隙間の扉 手を合わせる その一秒で 世界が少し 反転する 祝詞は 影に吸われ 涙は 音にならない それでも私は ここで歌う あなたを戻すため 神隠しの調べ 闇の奥へ届け ほどけた運命の糸を 結び直せ 神隠しの調べ 最後に残る灯 消える瞬間まで 祈り続ける

A bell's soft chime unravels into nothing The more I call your name the farther you drift In the misted shrine a shadow sways Only the footsteps lead me on The harder I pray the nearer the dark The light grows thin and trembles low I can hear a melody I cannot touch A warmth that will not rest in my open hand The way back keeps its eyes lowered Only the memories turn clear and fade Melody of kamikakushi unwinding deep within my chest Only this wish that will not die becomes a lamp that crosses night Melody of kamikakushi tracing the letters of your name If I cannot return then at the least let this prayer go with you On the water too an upside-down sky Only the laughter has been left behind The fingertips that loosen every knot still hold the heat of the living world The answer lies perhaps inside the stillness a door within the gap between two blinks In that one second when I press my palms together the world turns over just a little The sacred words are swallowed by the shadow The tears can never shape themselves to sound And even so I stand right here and sing to bring you back to me Melody of kamikakushi reach into the heart of dark The thread of fate that came undone tie it back together now Melody of kamikakushi the last lamp left to burn Until the very moment it goes out I will keep on praying