Tachikomas Singing
What song were the Tachikomas singing when they sacrificed themselves colliding their satellite into the missile?
Try watching it again with the subtitles on this time.
shareThere's no need to be a smart ass.
I don't know, but I'll try to get back to you.
I wasn't intending to be one. First time around of watching it I didn't think of putting the subtitles on myself, tis all.
shareThe song is tenohira wo taiyou ni. I haven't been able to find an mp3 of it though. Good luck.
shareThe translation goes thus:
We all are alive
It's because we're all alive that we're sad
When we raise our our hands and let the sunlight filter through,
We can see our blood coursing through them a vivid red.
Even earth worms, mole crickets
And water striders
Are alive, all alive And our friends too
We all are alive
It's because we're all alive that we laugh
We all are alive
It's because we're all alive that we're glad
We all are alive
It's because we're all alive that we're sad
When we raise our our hands and let the sunlight filter through,
We can see our blood coursing through them a vivid red.
Even dragonflies, frogs
And honey bees
Are alive, all alive And our fr...
:'(
It's on youtube, tachikoma suicide song.
Great way to go out! Having Batou bearing a cross was a bit much though...
Having Batou bearing a cross was a bit much though...
I was thinking that myself.
Along those same lines but perhaps more subtle was the Adam and Eve imagery, when the Major and Kuze were trapped together after the bombing (even though the fruit in Genesis wasn't technically an apple, it's mostly depicted as such).
Good stuff.
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this is the song:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mlo113tKc7Y
just have a good converter or i'll do it for you - one tachikoma fan to another