Imaginary Reload

Imaginary Reload (イマジナリーリロード Imajinarī Rirōdo) is the second song featured on the album Mekakucity Reload.

Background

 * The song revolves around Marry reflecting upon past reloads and using the past as her power to try again. Throughout the song, she expresses how she has become something that isn't herself anymore. The song does not have an official MV yet, but Jin stated this song is the one he wants to see the most out of all Kagerou Project songs.

Jin's Comment
❝ I wonder when the first time I got looked down upon by someone was. I wonder when the first time I got beaten up by someone was. I wonder when it was that I acquired the habit of giving up on ‘today’ just like that with, ‘This is how the world is anyway’. I end up using and discarding the present moment that only happens once, close my eyes to this unreasonable world and, before I realize it, seek after a place to belong within a fantasy world. The protagonist of this song also realizes something amidst such ‘daily life’. ‘Maybe, if I could make this fantasy come true…’ Now, this is the beginning of a reckless, rebellious fight. I pray that her shout and the scent of courageous blood will be conveyed to you. ❞

Lyrics & Translation

 * -|Japanese Lyrics=


 * -|English Translation=

(Unofficial Translation)

My terrible today ends

I say “That was a huge failure” and laugh

It’s in this single story

Where I’m about to start giving in

I wished for, prayed for, clung to

Joke-like hope

Come on, if you’re gonna mourn

Then you won’t change

I try to retort

At that cruel joke I try to deny

That strongly stained image again

If it’s getting to the point where I’ve ended up mourning

Then I don’t mind if it’s from nothing

Let’s begin

I open my eyes now the war’s begun

I mistake it for game over

I scratch myself  I draw blood

I’ve already lost points for being unconscious

I roll  my eyes spin

I stagger I feel hazy

I’m strongly reminded of something

It’s that one word

“Don’t cry!”

As I awkwardly get my teeth into it

And take a bold step

Into the new dimension filling my brain

My thoughts, on the verge of becoming hoarse

They’re kept deep in my chest, with the power to bind

The world I’ve met together with,

The future full of conveniences,

And the present of despair, I glare at them

That story, about to disappear,

The accelerating present,

They scorch more and more

As I now meet eyes with them

Today simply comes to an end

And swiftly changes into tomorrow

I gradually become rotten

I hear the sound of clashing, clashing swords

I trample over

The remains of my terrible today

Which has repeated some hundreds of times now

I’ve become something that isn’t me

This sad story begins

I’ve become something that isn’t myself

This sad story begins

My ideals have become something that aren’t ideals

This sad story begins

My doubts have become something that aren’t doubts

This sad story begins

I’ve become something that isn’t me

This sad story begins

I’ve become something that isn’t myself

This sad story begins

I’ve become something that isn’t me

I’ve become something that isn’t me

I give me, who is no longer myself

To you.

The today that I receive

Gives off the smell of blood

In the insufficient tomorrow I’ve already seen many times now

You stood and cried

Words like “how annoying” don’t suit you well

Shout out your delusion! Now!!

“I won’t lose!” I say

If my voice struck your heart,

Then come on, for the first chapter, let’s have a final battle

I challenged the hyperdimension

As the stained tomorrow shines, deep in my chest

Within my thoughts, on the verge of bursting open

The world of my imagination and the tomorrow of my fantasies

I grip onto them in the present, becoming heavy

This colorful story,

The accelerating present,

I imagine them, more and more

When I reach out, I’m sure, definitely,

Once I open my eyes, I’ll laugh.

Trivia

 * It was voted as the #30 Kagerou Project song in the KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019.