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Project log
BOX 1
Year
2024
BOX 2
Month
07
BOX 3
Day
16
BOX 4
Title
Let me awake — Kotringo (Cover)
BOX 6
Revision #
5
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Let me awake — Kotringo (Cover)
https://youtu.be/Vz3dY0L9TdM

Original song (US): https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-me-awake/588282537?i=588282597
Original song (JP): https://music.apple.com/jp/album/let-me-awake/588282537?i=588282597
This version (US): https://music.apple.com/en/album/let-me-awake/1759039545?i=1759039546
This version (JP): https://music.apple.com/jp/album/let-me-awake/1759039545?i=1759039546

There’s not really much to say about this one. No character designs or storyboard since the video came together quickly. A song from Tsubame Novelette was chosen to celebrate the ツバメ・ノヴェレッテ event last year, and “Let me awake” was chosen because it seemed like a good fit for some Latin-style instrumentation.

> cat "notes.txt" ?
Running text file used for miscellaneous notes during this project
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Let me awake
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Classical guitar, Latin percussion, faster than the original

Original 150, maybe like 180?

High picking
xxx7x10 first 4
xxx7-10-10 xxx79-10 xxx7-8-10 xx79-10
xx10x12-10 xx9x9-10 xx8x88 xx9x9-10

1
xx021x | xx0222

2
x3x45x | x3x33x

3
x1x11x

4
x2x34x | x2x22x

Bridge (picking)
xx5505 -> xx5707

Font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Potta+One

ものがたりの行方 あなたとわたし
どこに行くのかしら

車を止めて 樫の木の横で
少し話をしましょう

ふと ふたりの視線は一緒に
二羽のツバメを追う
おんなじ まるを描いて
ふたりの上を一回り

恋に落ちるのは
どちらが先でしょう
そっと見守っていたいのよ
少しだけ違う世界

海を渡って この街で
出会ったツバメを
眺めていたら 少し変わった
なぜかわからないけれど

くよくよするのはもうやめた
心がくたびれるだけだもの

二羽のツバメ 樫の木の上で
何を思うのかしら
白いツバメ さえずっているのは
探し物のこと

“見つからなくてもいいよ
だって君に会えたんだもの
一緒に探してくれる?”
それで二羽は枝を探しに

汽車から降りて 気づいたの
ふさいでいたものは
あたまの隅で いつもだだっこ
耳を澄ましてみる

変わるときも 変わらないときも
決まった幸せを 追い続けるときも
たたかうときも そんな主義じゃないときも
すなおなときも 後ろ向きなときも
壊してはだめなの 作って来たものを
壊してはだめよ 幸せを自分で

I warn myself somehow
not ruin my own happiness
____

Monogatari no yuku-e
Anata to watashi
Doko ni yuko no kashira (written iko, pronounced yuko)

Kuruma (w)o tomete
Kashi no ki no yoko de
Sukoshi hanashi (w)o shima sho-u

Ra ra
Ra ra ra ra ra

Futo futari no shise-n wa i-sho ni
Ni wa no tsubame (w)o-o-u (“futari” pronounced “ni wa”)
Ona ji maru wo e ga ite
Futari no u-e (w)o hito mawari

Ko-i ni ochiru no wa-a
Dochira ga saki desho-u-u
Sotto mima motte ita-i no yo
Sukoshi dake chiga-u seka-ai

Umi (w)o watatte kono machi de
De-a-(a)- tta tsubame w(o)
Naga mete itara sukoshi kawatta
Naze ka wakaranai keredo (“redo” is either drowned out by following “ku” or not even said)

Kuyo kuyo suru no wa
Mo-o-(o) yameta (yameta)
Kokoro ga kuta bireru
Dakeda mo-o-no

Ni wa no tsubame kashi no ki no u-e de
Nani wo omou no kashira
Shiro-i tsubame sa-e-zutte iru no wa
Sagashi mono no koto

Mistu kara nakute mo(o) i-yo
Date kimi ni a-e-tan da mono
Issho ni saga shite kureru
Sore de ni wa wa eda (w)o sagashi ni

Kisha kara orite kizu-i ta no
Fusa ide ita mono wa
Ata mana sumi de itsumo da da-(a)-kko
Mimi (w)o suma shite miru

Kawaru toki mo
Ka warana-i toki mo
Ki ma-(a)-tta shi-awase (w)o
O-i tsuzuke ru toki mo

Ta ta ka-u toki mo
So-n-na shugi janai toki mo
Suna-o na toki mo
U shiro muki na toki mo

Kowashite wa damena no
Tsuku-(u)-tte kita mono (w)o
Kowashite wa dame yo
Shi-awase (w)o jibu-(u)n de

Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra

I warn myself somehow
Not ruin my own happiness
(I warn myself?)
____

How the story goes: You and I,
Where are we headed?

Let’s stop the car next to this oak tree,
And have a little chat

Suddenly, our gazes align,
Chasing two swallows flying by
Drawing identical circles,
They do a turn over our heads

Which will be the first
To fall in love?
I want to quietly watch over
That subtly different world of theirs

Watching those swallows that crossed the sea
And found each other in this town,
Something subtly shifted inside me,
Although I don’t know why

I gave up on fretting so much
It only wears out my heart

Atop the oak tree, what might
The two swallows be thinking?
The white swallow sings,
About something it seeks

“It’s okay if we never find it,
Because meeting you was enough.
Will you search with me?”
With that, they set out to find a branch

Getting off the train, I realized
What had always been standing in my way
Was that petulant child in the recesses of my mind
I’ll try to listen more carefully

In times of change and times of stability,
When chasing a predefined happiness,
When fighting for something, and when your principles take you elsewhere,
In moments of sincerity and moments of regret,
We mustn’t destroy what we’ve built,
We mustn’t destroy our own happiness

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Credits

Beginning disclaimer translation: Bill (@fet)
Font: Potta One (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Potta+One)