アイオライトに (Iolite ni)

Background[]

"In Iolite" is a song featuring LUMi by GHOST. It is one of their "experimental" songs and their first song to originally be released in Japanese. According to them, the song is sung from the perspective of a person's future self who is speaking to themselves from the past. They also add that the future person is in a place where life and their mental health is so much better while the past self is still stuck in a really dark place.^[1]

Preceding and succeeding versions[]

Unfinished original version

Featuring	LUMi
Producers	GHOST (music, lyrics), Polycerate Majesty (translation)
Categories	Preceding version
Description	The original version of the song released on GHOST's Patreon. It was never released because GHOST felt they couldn't get the mixing right. This version was later reworked into Spider on the Wall.^[2]

PRiNZ's English version

Featuring	PRiNZ
Producers	GHOST (music, lyrics, video); PRiNZ (translation)
Categories	Human cover; Alternate language
Description	An English version of the song by PRiNZ.

Lyrics[]

Japanese (日本語歌詞)	Romaji (ローマ字)
「ただいま」と戻って	"tadaima" to modotte
そばに行って	soba ni itte
ストップライトで止まって	sutoppuraito de tomatte
言いたいこと	iitai koto

朝まで寝ない	asa made nenai
空色見て	sorairo mite
ただの年だけ	tada no toshi dake
ここから出すよ	koko kara dasu yo

バックロードで躊躇う	bakku roodo de tamerau
またある	mata aru
君は亀裂でステップのは	kimi wa kiretsu de suteppu no wa
したくなかった	shitaku nakatta

ここから出すよ	koko kara dasu yo

アイオライトにまだいる	aioraito ni mada iru
アイオライトに君の戻る	aioraito ni kimi no modoru
アイオライトにまだいる	aioraito ni mada iru
君と会う時までずっと	kimi to au toki made zutto

ライフラインで掛かるのは	raifurain de kakaru no wa
あの心	ano kokoro
もうここに泊まる	mou koko ni tomaru
ちょっと進むすぎる	chotto susumu sugiru

朝まで寝ない	asa made nenai
空色見て	sorairo mite
ただの年だ	tada no toshi da
ここから出す	koko kara dasu

アイオライトに待ってた	aioraito ni matteta
君と会う時までずっと	kimi to au toki made zutto

別の今日	betsu no kyou
別の年と	betsu no toshi to
千の昨日	sen no kinou
と別の千くる	to betsu no sen kuru
ここにある	koko ni aru
あ	a

Below is an official English translation: via Producer. Amendments may have been made to the original translation. —Written by GHOST; transcribed by Polycerate Majesty into Japanese

You returned with an "I'm home"
And stayed by me
Stopped by the stoplight
Things you want to say

Not sleeping 'til morning
Look at the colors of the sky
It’s just a year
Let’s get out of here

Hesitating on the back road
It’s here again
You didn’t want to
Step on the cracks

Let’s get out of here

I’m still waiting in iolite
Waiting in iolite for your return
I’m still waiting in iolite
Forever, until we meet again

Hung on that lifeline
Was your heart
Let’s stop here
Let’s go a little too far

Not sleeping 'til morning
Look at the colors of the sky
It’s just a year
Let’s get out of here

I waited in iolite
Forever, until we could meet again

Another today
Another year, and
A thousand tomorrows
And a thousand more to come
Are right here
Ah

Below is an official English translation: via Producer's approval. Amendments may have been made to the original translation. —Written by PRiNZ

You hung your coat on the back door
Intended to stay
Held by the stoplight stuck on
Things you'd love to say

Staying up all night
Flying colored kites
It's just another year
So let's get out of here

You took your time on the backroad
It reappeared
And you were afraid you would step on the cracks and
Tarnish their revere

So let's get out of here

I've been waiting in iolite
I'll be waiting for you to come around
I've been waiting in iolite
I'll be waiting for you to come around

You hung your heart on the lifeline
Lit up inside
Let's stay a little bit longer
Let's go a little bit further

Staying up all night
Flying colored kites
It's just another year
So let's get out of here

I've been waiting in iolite
I'll be waiting for you to come around

Give it one more day
And give it one more year
A thousand yesterdays
A thousand more to come your way
Are here to stay

Ah

Derivatives[]

grace herring's cover ft. Kagamine Rin

Featuring	Kagamine Rin V4X
Producers	grace herring (cover, VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Aika Anno's cover ft. Megurine Luka

Featuring	Megurine Luka V4X Soft
Producers	Aika Anno (cover, tuning); grace herring (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Invader Gaya's cover ft. Camui Gackpo

Featuring	V3 Gackpoid Whisper
Producers	Invader Gaya (cover); grace herring (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

GraySlate's cover ft. Miyuki Masara

Featuring	Miyuki Masara
Producers	GraySlate (cover, tuning, illust, UST); grace herring (VSQx)
Categories	UTAU cover

Kowareta's cover ft. Uzuki

Featuring	Uzuki
Producers	Kowareta (cover, UST)
Categories	UTAU cover

Yin/Yang-P's cover ft. Yozane Iimo

Featuring	Yozane Iimo
Producers	Yin/Yang-P (cover); Kowareta (UST)
Categories	UTAU cover

celestrai's cover ft. Kazehiki

Featuring	Kazehiki
Producers	celestrai (cover, illust); GraySlate (UST)
Categories	UTAU cover

Foxiena's Cover ft. Sukone Tei

Featuring	Sukone Tei
Producers	Foxiena (cover); Kowareta (UST)
Categories	UTAU Cover

PizzaLynne's cover ft. Malory

Featuring	Malory
Producers	PizzaLynne (cover); Kowareta (UST)
Categories	UTAU cover

Charlieisntthere's cover ft. Defoko

Featuring	Utane Uta
Producers	Charlieisntthere (cover, tuning, UST); Salami (mixing)
Categories	UTAU cover

anakin's cover ft. Eleanor Forte

Featuring	Eleanor Forte
Producers	anakin (cover); grace herring (VSQx)
Categories	Synthesizer V cover

Meerkat Arrange

Featuring	Kizuna Akari Yuzuki Yukari (XYS), IA, VY1, and YOHIOloid (chorus)
Producers	MeerkatP (arrange, tuning)
Categories	Arrangement; VOCALOID cover

Meerkat Arrange (English)

Featuring	IA English C AVANNA, DAINA, and YOHIOloid (chorus)
Producers	MeerkatP (arrange, tuning)
Categories	Arrangement; CeVIO cover

Other media appearances[]

Discography[]

This song was featured in the following albums:

Iolite ni

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

The Japanese lyrics of the song are actually translyrics that were made from the original English version of the song that GHOST wrote. However, a bit of the song's meaning got lost in the process as GHOST and Polycerate Majesty had to shorten some phrases and reword things for them to fit in with the song's melody.^[3]^[4]
The PV of the song was filmed in various places around where GHOST lived at the time.

References[]

↑ ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~
↑ ~~YouTube — the first wips i have of some of my songs~~
↑ ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~
↑ ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~

External links[]

Official[]

Unofficial[]

VOCALOID Database

[1] ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~

[2] ~~YouTube — the first wips i have of some of my songs~~

[3] ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~

[4] ~~Twitter — GHOST AND PALS~~

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