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
| Featuring | LUMi
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| Producers | GHOST (music), Polycerate Majesty (translation)
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| 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]
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| Featuring | PRiNZ
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| Producers | GHOST (music, PV), PRiNZ (vocals)
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| Categories | Succeeding version, Human cover |
| Description | An English version of the song by PRiNZ.
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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 | 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 |
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
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 lets 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 lets 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 lets 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
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| Featuring | |
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| Producers | Charlieisntthere (tuning, UST), Salami (mixing)
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| Categories | UTAU cover |
Other media appearances
Discography
This song was featured in the アイオライトに (Iolite ni) (single).
Gallery
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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.