Goodbye Nostalgia

Goodbye Nostalgia is the second track of the second The anthology songs TV Anime soundtrack. Featured as the image song of Noriaki Kakyoin and his Stand, Hierophant Green, the track was sung by Coda. An alternate version of the song appears as the fifth and last track on Coda Piano Trio's album ebony & ivory.

Lyrics

Original

Japanese Kanji

Yesterday
僕に見えてる現実(リアル)は
他の誰とも違うのだと憂いてた

Loneliness
分かち合うことよりも
諦めるように閉じ込めてた　あの日までは

エメラルドのわずかな疼き
生かされた　その意味を噛みしめる

それが君に　見えるのなら
僕はもうひとりじゃない
絶望の帷(とばり)を出て　希望の意味を知るよ

Heavenly
ひどく騒がしい日々は
古き友達と過ごしてるような　心地がした

エメラルドの眩しい決意
この先になにが待っていようとも

命を懸け闘うこと
その全てに後悔(くい)はない
みじめな　あの僕には　戻らないと誓うんだ

守ってみせるさ　最期まで
大切な人が僕らの帰りを　待ってるから

君の　下手な冗談(ジョーク)を聞き
くだらないと笑うよ
こんな風に過ごす僕が　僕らしいと思うんだ…。

Romaji and English Translation

Japanese Rōmaji

English Translation

Yesterday
Boku ni mieteru riaru wa
Hoka no dare tomo chigau no da to ureiteta

Yesterday
It pained me that the reality I saw
was different from everyone else's

Loneliness
Wakachi au koto yori mo
Akirameru yō ni toji kometeta, ano hi made wa

Loneliness
Outweighed my empathy for others
I gave up and shut myself away, until that day

Emerarudo no wazuka na uzuki
Ikasareta sono imi o kamishimeru

The slight twinge of emerald
I wonder why it was that I lived on

Sore ga kimi ni mieru no nara
Boku wa mō hitori ja nai
Zetsubō no tobari o dete, kibō no imi o shiru yo

If you can see this thing
Then I'm no longer all alone
I'll leave this veil of despair
and learn the meaning of hope

Heavenly
Hidoku sawagashī hibi wa
Furuki tomodachi to sugoshiteru yō na, kokochi ga shita

Heavenly
All those loud, noisy days
It felt just like spending time with old friends

Emerarudo no mabushī ketsui
Kono saki ni nani ga matteiyō tomo

The dazzling determination of emerald
No matter what lies in wait for us ahead

Inochi o kake tatakau koto
Sono subete ni kui wa nai
Mijime na, ano boku ni wa, modoranai to chikaun da

I put my life on the line and fight
I don't regret any of it one bit
I swear now to never be that miserable me again

Mamotte miseru sa, saigo made
Taisetsu na hito ga boku-ra no kaeri o matteru kara

I'll protect us all to the very end
Since the people we cherish
are waiting for us back home

Kimi no heta na jōku o kiki
Kudaranai to warau yo
Konna fū ni sugosu boku ga bokurashī to omōn da....

As I listen to your stupid jokes
And laugh at how terrible they are
I think this way of life is so much more like me...

Trivia

• This song and "You make me...", a song on JO☆STARS's debut album Sessions, both begin with the English word "yesterday" sung to the same melody, albeit four semitones apart to match their respective keys. The latter song is described as "Coda's image song."