Manchuria｜滿洲

[Verse 1 — Sparse, intimate]
Your letter said the frost had come
The courtyard tree had grown so tall

I read your street beneath my breath
Your shadow moved across the wall

You wore blue beside the train
I watched the steam erase your face

I’ve slept in strangers’ arms since then
And dreamed about the same old place

[Pre-Chorus]
Does the wind still find you
On the other side?
I’ve worn through all these years
You’re still twenty-five

[Chorus]
Manchuria
Let the north wind blow
Lay my name beside her
Soft and low

Manchuria
Keep the morning out
One more night beside her
One more night

[Middle Sample — 34–35 seconds]
[Original Japanese sample only. No additional vocals or ad-libs.]

黄金の月　草の露に幾万も昇り
唯一に来る夜の牢で　打たれる君の夢に咲く
瞬く　間にも数千の 朝よ訪れよ
パラレルに行く 船団に 全てのキミの日を乗せて

ランダマに行く雲のように生まれてたはずと
千年を知るキミの声が全ての月に木霊する

[Verse 2 — Sparse, intimate]
The picture house has gone to black
You’re smiling somewhere in the grain

They’ve changed the flags above the street
I came too late to catch your train

Your photograph against my chest
The silver wearing off your eyes

I turn it over in my hands
As though you’d written one more line

[Pre-Chorus]
Do you still remember
What you told me then?
“When the spring comes through
I’ll be home again”

[Final Chorus]
Manchuria
Let the north wind blow
Lay my name beside her
Soft and low

Manchuria
Keep the morning out
One more night beside her
One more night

[Outro]
One more night
Keep the morning out

[Closing Sample — 34–35 seconds]
[Original Japanese sample only. No additional vocals or ad-libs. Let the sample finish naturally.]

黄金の月　草の露に幾万も昇り
唯一に来る夜の牢で　打たれる君の夢に咲く
瞬く　間にも数千の 朝よ訪れよ
パラレルに行く 船団に 全てのキミの日を乗せて

ランダマに行く雲のように生まれてたはずと
千年を知るキミの声が全ての月に木霊する