music & lyrics / Hazuki
if i wake up, the evening cicada calls in in the distance
“we shall not have superficial dreams”1
my heart is in turmoil, perplexed by flowers in a vase
farewell to dying days, to an instant
a dream passing through me
my heart dwells and ascertains in the remains
the wind is fragrant, seems like summer
am i crying remembering you? or…
the sunflowers blooming coldly
look at the piercing sky
eternity for you, ephemerally blooming in full glory
both of my eyes burned out by the sun
the nostalgic sensation of tracing finger tips
“we shall not have superficial dreams”
my heart reflects in the water and questions
the earth is fragrant, seems like rain
i’m crying remembering you, and yet…
the sunflowers blooming coldly
look at the piercing sky
eternity for you, ephemerally blooming in full glory
both of my eyes burned out by the sun
palms like wings
the sunflowers blooming coldly
look at the piercing sky
eternity for you, ephemerally blooming in full glory
both of my eyes burned out by the sun
as if disappearing into the sky, the memory of loving and being loved… ah
i can’t put it into words, so at least i have this song
1: This line is from the famous Heian-era “Iroha” poem that addresses classic themes in Japanese poetry: transience and ephemerality. Both are major themes of this song’s lyrics.
From Hazuki’s August 2016 tweet on the song: “Unelma means ‘dream’ in Finnish. I wrote lyrics with a summer theme for the first time. But it’s not a party anthem, I wrote it with a gloomy beauty peculiar to summer in mind.”