Schwarz Stein - Perfect Garden

song: Hora/ lyrics: Kaya Everything in this world's rotten, everything even my voice But come with me and together we will find our own paradise In this deepening dark and swirling bad dream Before you lose your way too hold on to me
	koko wa nani mo ka mo kurutte iru kara watashi no koe made mushimarete yuku fukaku uzumaku akumu ni anata ga doku sareru mae ni
Let's run into the light, go so very far, towards a place of dispair and dismay Abandoning everything that has caused us pain as together we run away We'll arrive at a place, our own paradise, where decadence rules up on high And amidst the sweet smell that enfolds you there, hold on to me and close your eyes
	azayaka ni nigemashou zetsubou no kanata made itamu subete o sute sari anata to nigeru no dekadansu ga shihai suru amai rakuen made musekaeru kaori no naka me o tojite, daite
Feeling you here beside me is everything I wish the world would die away, leaving only you and me
	anata igai wa iranai minna kiete naku nareba ii
Once we're there you will come to forget about your dark past that was so hard to bear And alone within our perfect garden we'll weave a fairytale of forever
	haku hodo ni kurai kako mo itsu ka wasureru wa futari dake no rakuen de towa o tsumugimashou
Let's run in to the light, go so very far, though our bodies may both fall apart Escaping from the darkness hold close to me so we'll never be torn apart We'll arrive at a place, our own paradise, where decadence rules up on high And amidst the sweet smell that enfolds you there, hold on to me and close your eyes
	doko made mo nigemashou kono ashi ga chigirete mo tsuyoku daite ite yami ni hagurenai you ni dekadansu ga shihai suru amai rakuen made musekaeru kaori no naka me o tojite, daite
I personally see this song as the introduction to Schwarz Stein's world, and as a statement about reality, music, life, love, etc. Nowadays, especially in Japan, there's an idea that everything is transient. This includes love. So I think this song is appealing to that. It's saying, "reality is horrible, but if you have someone you truly love, nothing else matters." I think Schwarz Stein is escapist; to the band, reality is based on transient happiness that leads to greater losses and loneliness. In this song, they are asking you to turn away from a cold, judgemental, hypocritical world by losing yourself in their music, and to escape from reality into their world for the space of a dream. It's a place where discrimination and judgement don't exist and love is true and eternal. It's the kind of world I sometimes feel even their fans cannot see. I almost banned all Japanese IP addresses from my site, but then someone started talking about Doraemon (laughs)