The Myth

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"The Myth"
The Myth
Performed by Bakufu Slump
Heard in Gamera the Guardian of the Universe

"The Myth" (神話,   Shinwa) is a song performed by the Japanese rock band Bakufu Slump as a tie-in for the 1995 Gamera film, Gamera the Guardian of the Universe. The song was prominently featured in trailers for the film and is briefly heard twice during the film itself, and is played in its entirety over the end credits.

Lyrics

Japanese

子供の頃は感じていた 目に見えないそのパワーを
みんな確かに信じていた 大きな意思の力がある
君を好きになって 今、思い出したことは
あの深い森の中で 僕たちは泣いていたね
涙、ちぎれた僕らの愛 空に宇宙に有り続ける
いつか再び出会えるなら 久遠の神話は蘇る

大人になって歩きだした 抜け殻の愛の世界を
憎しみや争いが起こり 野山に花も咲くことなく
君の胸に抱かれて 今、思い出したことは
あの重い雲の中で 僕たちは呼んでいたね
過去と未来のはざまにある 闇の宇宙に僕らがいる
めぐる命は風にまかれ 愛した記憶が遠去かる
涙、ちぎれた僕らの愛 空に宇宙に有り続ける
涙あふれて止まらないよ 胸に心に君がいるよ

涙、ちぎれた僕らの愛 空に宇宙に生き続ける
涙、再び出会えるとき 愛する勇気を取り戻す
久遠の神話のまま

Romaji

Kodomo no koro wa kanjite ita Me ni mienai sono pawā o
Minna tashika ni shinjite ita Ōkina ishi no chikara ga aru
Kimi o suki ni natte Ima, omoidashita koto wa
Ano fukai mori no naka de Bokutachi wa naite ita ne
Namida, chigireta bokura no ai Sora ni uchū ni ari tsuzukeru
Itsuka futatabi deaeru nara Kuon no shinwa wa yomigaeru

Otona ni natte aruki dashita Nukegara no ai no sekai o
Nikushimi ya arasoi ga okori Noyama ni hana mo saku koto naku
Kimi no mune ni idakarete Ima, omoidashita koto wa
Ano omoi kumo no naka de Bokutachi wa yonde ita ne
Kako to mirai no hazama ni aru Yami no uchū ni bokura ga iru
Meguru inochi wa kaze ni makare Aishita kioku ga tōsa karu
Namida, chigireta bokura no ai Sora ni uchū ni ari tsuzukeru
Namida afurete tomaranai yo Mune ni kokoro ni kimi ga iru yo

Namida, chigireta bokura no ai Sora ni uchū ni iki tsuzukeru
Namida, futatabi deaeru toki Aisuru yūki o torimodosu
Kuon no shinwa no mama

Videos

The Myth
2022 re-recording by Sunplaza Nakano
Background story of the song

Trivia

  • ADV Films' American release of Gamera the Guardian of the Universe included an original song titled "Gamera Always Wins," composed and performed by Charles Campbell with lyrics by Matt Greenfield, which played over the additional end credits following the original Japanese ones.
  • Bakufu Slump has released several short songs about kaiju, including "Lead on Table" (音頭でちゃぶ台,   Ondo de Chabudai) (about Gamera), and "Godzilla's Love" (ゴジラの愛,   Gojira no Ai).
  • In The Great Yokai War: Guardians Anecdote: Heian Hundred Demon Tales (妖怪大戦争ガーディアンズ外伝 平安百鬼譚,   Yōkai Daisensō: Gādianzu Gaiden: Heian Hyakkitan), a spin-off novelization of The Great Yokai War: Guardians[1] which gives the Black Tortoise (玄武,   Genbu) similar abilities to Gamera,[2][3] various yokai in Kyoto praised her by singing a modified version of the "Gamera March" incorporating lyrics from the "Song of Gamera." The scene also references "The Myth" and the GeGeGe no Kitarō theme song, as lyrics of the former were inserted to describe the relationship between Gamera and yokai and humans, and the tumult by yokai in the scene is described as a "sports festival in the graveyard at night."[4]

References

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