[Miku-trance] Do Twintails Dream of Modern Optics? [Original Song]

"I should be able to fly through the sky with a Miku-copter"

The eyes of children who have never known the blue sky
stare at the over-paved elevated tracks

"If you climb this hill, you can see the whole city"
Even that password is just a fairy tale now

|Modern| |Photochemistry|—I want to escape from that!
In an era like this, I felt like I could at least become a magician

Like a spectacle, I'll fly far away
|Fairy Tale| ← I'll try brandishing it
...But you know,
I'd be too lonely alone, so I'll take your hand
|Dramatic| → I want to perform it with you

Even though navigation has advanced, I'm lost in life
I stop in my tracks, at an |Alternative Future|

"If you climb this hill, you can see the whole city"
...The familiar path that should have been there is pretending to be a gray |Runway|

|Dynamics| |Mystery|, an |Example| called a propeller
I felt like if I could generate a strong centrifugal force, I could float

Like a spectacle, I'll fly far away
|Fairy Tale| ← I can't let it end with just that!
I'd be too lonely alone, so I'll take you away
|Drastic| ⇛ Accelerating rapidly

Once I've caught you, I'll aim for the white moon in the middle of the day
I'll try swinging my twintails around
Zoom☆
The moment the scenery draws a stride in my eye sockets
A modest flight that gives me a journey to grasp the clouds—

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Lyrics: HB
Composition: PieTako
Illustration: Okane
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Song Commentary

First released in 2010.
Originally, it started from nonsense that the leader and illustrator talked about
while looking at Vocaloid figuresand
it was created completely as a joke song.

Prototype version↓

I also committed various taboos while I was at it, just for fun

I mentioned proper nouns like Wonder Festival (a festival for models and figures),
included my personal opinion that Yowane Haku deserves more appreciation,
and quoted exactly what a friend of minehad seriously written in their messenger self-introduction
at the time (the part in the lyrics about "a friend muttering..."),and I also used tags (ZUN torso) that the same friend was enthusiastically using on pixiv.

I had a lot of fun creating it.

When distributing this joke song as a CD,
rephrasing it with serious wording is what this song became.

This is currently the last work released by PieTako,
and perhaps because it is a work he is confident in, it is released whenever there is an opportunity.

For some reason, it was re-released yesterday as a remastered version so
I decided to hurriedly explain it myself today.

Lyrics Explanation

Actually, just before this work, I released a song called 【electric butterfly】 and I was distributing a CD containing that song as a concept mini-album.

Its worldview is, shall we say, eschatological, or perhaps apocalyptic,
the aftermath of modern science expanded to a cosmic scale.

As a song released after that,
it depicts an epilogue-like perspective.

A worldview where it has long been taken for granted to spend time indoors, protected by modern engineering.
Contaminated by science and the like, children don't even know the true color of the sky.
Especially in the city, they only know the true atmosphere through fairy tales.

It is true that life has become easier and more affluent, but
only being able to imagine and look up at that sky once called beautiful might perhaps be a misfortune.

A path I was used to walking when I was a child.
Back then, it was a gravel road and hard to walk on, but
I think there was definitely some youth there.

Now it has been paved with concrete and is much easier to walk on.
Seeing that, I feel a bit lonely, thinking, "It's no longer the road I used to walk on back then," a kind of nostalgia.

In the past, this place was also undeveloped,
and perhaps after crossing fields and mountains, at the end of climbing with my own feet,
there might have been a place where one could overlook the magnificent view of this city.
That is truly a thing of the distant past, though.

――We want to see that kind of scenery too!

Since various technologies are developing,
there surely shouldn't be anything we can't do.
Humans have fulfilled everything.
Advances in medicine, longevity of life, and even flying in the sky.

If calling what was previously impossible 'magic' is what it means,
then I should be able to fulfill that too!

A once-in-a-lifetime upheaval like a favorite movie.
I am the protagonist and you are the heroine.
I want to paint that dream story, right now.

Here, I return to the present, or rather, a life-sized perspective
and confront reality.

Life is a series of choices.
Right now, you're struggling.
What should you do, what do you want to do, what can you do...
No matter how much navigation systems evolve,
you won't find the answer.

The path I could once imagine
has been paved over with various experiences and knowledge,
and it might have already become something completely different.

The place I am now is where I arrived by doing my best.
The entanglements, rules, and barriers of the adults I used to glare at
might actually have been the exact same things I created myself.

Then, back to basics.
In the end, let's overpower it with brute force.
Gather with like-minded people, join hands, and get them involved.
Just like a propeller!

At first it's two or three people,
but before you know it, nine or ten.
And there should be even more like-minded people I haven't met yet connecting.
Right now, don't you have an idea of such a phenomenon?

There's peer pressure, common sense, the times, and well, various things, but
you can't stop the longing.

People who like the same things,
because we gather, even if we are few,
we can create a small breeze, we can even fly in the sky.

If you don't raise your voice, you won't find such like-minded people.
That's whylet's speak out and aim for what we want to aim for, what we want to become, and what we want to do.

Age doesn't matter when it comes to dreaming of such miracles, does it?.
—that is the story.

Afterword

I realize that my thought process hasn't changed in over 10 years, which is surprising. Bitter smile

Recently, a group line obsessed with Komatsu fever was created,
and I'm excited because a new community has formed there.

Well, it's very sluggish to move due to illness,
but because of that, I actually learned about the ward's generous support, which was good in a way,
and I even think it was a good opportunity to quit being a salaryman.

Once I get better, I'll just focus on creation. Probably.
Honestly, I was able to save more money working part-time.
Working during the day is harder.

Well, I don't know what will happen yet,
but it seems like it will take some time, so I'll be taking a break for a while.

Maybe next time it will be anime-related again?
Oh, a friend asked me for feedback on their poem, so I might do that instead.
Actually, I have some business related to my previous job next week, so maybe that?

There's a lot going on. I can't afford to die yet.
I'll see you next time if I can manage to update. Take care.