[Song] WILDLAND SURVIVOR
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WILDLAND SURVIVOR
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Note: Italics indicate the lyrics sung in English.
| Tetora | The sky, akin to a sinking world |
| Midori & Kanata | Glaring at that sky — this is the page that marks the beginning |
| Shinobu & Chiaki | Within the eyes that glimmer in the darkness, you |
| Tetora | Have a shadow that almost seems to recoil — stealthily shutting it back in Ah, |
| Midori & Chiaki | Driven by an unexplainable urge |
| Shinobu & Kanata | The only thing you’re aware of is that you’ve no choice but to make a choice |
| Tetora & Chiaki | There’s no such thing as “right”1 |
| Midori & Shinobu & Kanata | There is only the pathless path of the unknown2 |
| All | The moment you take the first step, you set off on the journey |
| All | Into the WILDLAND The scorching hot desire lies in wait for you |
| Chiaki & Kanata | While achieving our dream, we become aware of it |
| Tetora & Midori & Shinobu | Grabbing hold of our ego that has just awoken Ah, |
| All | We will survive |
| Midori | This is WILDLAND |
| Shinobu | The scorching hot desire |
| Chiaki | Lies in wait for you |
| Kanata | While achieving our dream, we become aware of it |
| Tetora | Grabbing hold of our ego that has just awoken Ah, |
| All | We will survive |
| All | Not even the common sense you believed in will protect you here |
| Tetora & Midori & Shinobu | While seeking out our dream, we chase after it |
| Chiaki & Kanata | Even if it’s stolen from us, we will never give up Ah, |
| All | We will fight |
| All | (Be the WILDLAND SURVIVOR…) In order to survive Keep on moving forward |
| Tetora | Let’s be alive! Let’s be alive! |
This song has a lot of meaning to it. Please check the translation notes for more details!
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Full Lyrics
WILDLAND SURVIVOR
Note: Italics indicate the lyrics sung in English.
| Tetora | The sky, akin to a sinking world |
| Midori & Kanata | Glaring at that sky — this is the page that marks the beginning |
| Shinobu & Chiaki | Within the eyes that glimmer in the darkness, you |
| Tetora | Have a shadow that almost seems to recoil — stealthily shutting it back in Ah, |
| Midori & Chiaki | Driven by an unexplainable urge |
| Shinobu & Kanata | The only thing you’re aware of is that you’ve no choice but to make a choice |
| Tetora & Chiaki | There’s no such thing as “right”1 |
| Midori & Shinobu & Kanata | There is only the pathless path of the unknown2 |
| All | The moment you take the first step, you set off on the journey |
| All | Into the WILDLAND The scorching hot desire lies in wait for you |
| Chiaki & Kanata | While achieving our dream, we become aware of it |
| Tetora & Midori & Shinobu | Grabbing hold of our ego that has just awoken Ah, |
| All | We will survive |
| Chiaki & Kanata | The moment you think you’re lost, you’ll always find some way3 |
| Midori & Shinobu | To blame it on someone else, won’t you? |
| Tetora | If guidance is what you want, take our hand |
| All | You may then run off whenever you like |
| Shinobu | When you feel anxious over the unforeseeable future, you become paralyzed4 |
| Chiaki | But there’s no need to fear that at all |
| Midori | That’s right, until you finally reach it5 |
| Kanata | Through this unknown path, you simply |
| All | Just have to devote yourself to moving forward |
| All | This is WILDLAND Not even the common sense you believed in will protect you here |
| Tetora & Midori & Kanata | While seeking out our dream, we chase after it |
| Shinobu & Chiaki | Even if it’s stolen from us, we will never give up Ah, |
| All | We will fight |
| Midori | This is WILDLAND |
| Shinobu | The scorching hot desire |
| Chiaki | Lies in wait for you |
| Kanata | While achieving our dream, we become aware of it |
| Tetora | Grabbing hold of our ego that has just awoken Ah, |
| All | We will survive |
| All | Not even the common sense you believed in will protect you here |
| Tetora & Midori & Shinobu | While seeking out our dream, we chase after it |
| Chiaki & Kanata | Even if it’s stolen from us, we will never give up Ah, |
| All | We will fight |
| All | (Be the WILDLAND SURVIVOR…) In order to survive Keep on moving forward |
| Tetora | Let’s be alive! Let’s be alive! |
Please check the translation notes for more details!
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Translation Notes
(1.) WILDLAND SURVIVOR is based on Alice in Wonderland but with a twist; it's set in a desolate wasteland without any order. Watch the MV or read the story to learn more!
(2.) Ryuseitai takes the role of the Cheshire Cat, singing to Alice and anyone else who wandered into WILDLAND. Because of this, the lyrics have a much more mature feeling to them than typical Ryuseitai songs, likely to match the Cheshire Cat and its role: the guide who knows more than Alice, and who has been loitering around the world for far longer.
(3.) Some examples of this mature feeling can be seen in the commands Ryuseitai gives to Alice; they use an imperative tone like te-goran in “take our hand” (how a superior/older person would speak to a junior/younger person), or right at the end with “Keep on moving forward” (said in a commanding tone like a leader).
(4.) In the story, Ryuseitai also discusses the themes and concept behind the song and its stage. Tetora in particular talks about it a lot, especially in Epilogue 1, and I recommend reading it!
(5.) This is my own personal interpretation, but the imagery in the MV (Chiaki and Kanata showing you the way underneath the moonlight, Tetora being the center and leader for the event, etc.) perfectly fit the journeys that each Ryuseitai member took since ! Era all the way until the end of !! Era ES1. Not only did Chiaki and Kanata go through many hardships in their 2nd year (as shown in Meteor Impact), but so did Tetora, Shinobu, and Midori in their 2nd year too (shown in !! Era ES1 stories). Not to mention their efforts together during their Yumenosaki days (! Era stories). All five of them grew stronger through all these hardships and united as a unit better than ever, and they learned how to face against the harsh reality for the sake of their ideals and wants. So to me, it feels as though this song is Ryuseitai, as the experienced Cheshire Cat, guiding the listeners to go on their own unknown, but exciting world. Tetora talks about his own experiences to his junior in Epilogue 2 as well, and I recommend reading it!
- ↑ The word for “right” is tadashisa (正しさ). It can refer to many things, like the right thing, the appropriate actions or words to take, and it can also refer to justice or morality.
- ↑ This is a wordplay of a common expression that goes michi naki michi (道なき道), meaning “pathless path”. In this song, the second michi is written as 未知 instead, meaning “unknown”.
- ↑ The word for “lost” here is mayoi-go (迷い子), lit. “lost child”, and refers to when someone’s lost their way. Usually said as maigo, the word is commonly used for children, but adults can use it too, though it may be interpreted as self-deprecating or childish.
- ↑ “Unforeseeable future” is a wording also found in the premise of Tetora’s first center event, Supervillain; “When one advances towards the unforeseeable future—”
- ↑ The word used here is tadori tsuku, used to express finally reaching a destination after going through hardships. It was also used in NEW DAYBREAK, and is generally a word befitting of Ryuseitai's journey.