Children Record

Children Record (チルドレンレコード Chirudoren Rekōdo) is the opening theme of the series. It's also called "The story of seeing things with your eyes."

Background

 * Children Record is the "opening" song of the Kagerou Project.

Jin's Comment

 * Before the warmth of our linked hands is chilled by the night,
 * Let the signal ring out once more. From here on, these are our extra innings.”


 * Being “alone,”
 * Doesn’t mean that “no one is around you,”
 * But rather, it means, “you are not connected to anyone.”


 * “No one cares about me. I’m alone.”


 * The moment that several hundreds of people feel this,
 * That is when complete solitude is born.


 * This song is about those “lonely” children who take each others’ hands and advance towards their future.


 * Please listen to it with the intention of becoming a member of our “plan".

Information

 * Guitar / Composer / Arranger / Songwriter: Jin


 * Video Production：Sidu


 * Drums：Yuumao


 * Bass: Shirakami Mashiro

Lyrics & Translation
(Unofficial Translation)
 * -|Japanese Lyrics=
 * -|English Translation=

With white earphones in my ears, smirking a little, I give the signal This heat that soaked into me seemed ready to overflow the moment I knocked on the door “Can’t you see it yet?” Straining my eyes, I look out at the struggle That day, a chord saying “Now’s the time to take back what’s yours” rang out in my hesitating mind

If we affirm the terribly irrational “system” made by people who hated this lovely, painful world There won’t be any future

Boys and girls, face forward! Hope can be found even in this overpowering heat “Bring it back!” “Bring it back!” The crescent moon is burning red Come on, write the code with zeroes and let’s go to a world beyond imagination To the overwrought battlefront of fantasy

“You can go first,” you say, sticking out your tongue, your innocent eyes pretending this is easy “It’s my turn” — The wild children awakened by that password can’t be stopped The night is growing late, but to the children, these are blazing extra innings If the odds are against us, that makes it cool, right? I can’t sleep, not yet — come on, hurry! Hurry!!

If our gazes meet in tempo and the beat rings out with a high-five It’s too late to think about it, right? Come on, let’s get on board If our gazes meet with one chord and the groove that blasted off wraps around us It’s not a joke — you must be able to see it through the gaps in that high-end scenery

Well, what do you think of this heat, or of our values that don’t agree with yours? “It’s not bad, is it?” If we open our eyes and join hands Then we can even say of these unexpectedly cheap words, “That’s the password.” And with that we face forward just a little

Boys and girls, face forward! Hope can be found even in this wavering heat Remember and speak of these wondrous meetings and partings “Hey, this erratic world might be cruel, but I’ve laughed it off”

The signal is ending

Boys and girls, face forward! Hope can be found even in this dazzling heat “Grab it!” “Grab it!” The sun burns red Come on, that’s the call. Let’s end this — the best plan has opened your eyes From the overwrought battlefront of imagination to beyond the Mobius strip of emotion

Trivia

 * It quickly gained 1,000,000 views after its record release.
 * It was released on a special DVD single.
 * As of June 2020, Children Record has reached over 6,000,000 views on Niconico and over 2,000,000 on YouTube.
 * It was voted as the #4 Kagerou Project song in the KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019.