かすみ

かすみ
Rōmaji	Kasumi
Translation	Haze
Release	VULGAR (2003)
Length	4:20
Lyrics by	京
Composed by	薫
Live Debut	2003.06.30 2013.04.05 (Remake)
Last Played	2025.08.23 2025.05.17 (Remake)
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VULGAR (2003) Tracklist
Ⅰ audience KILLER LOOP Ⅱ THE IIID EMPIRE Ⅲ INCREASE BLUE Ⅳ 蝕紅 Ⅴ 砂上の唄 Ⅵ RED…[em] Ⅶ 明日無き幸福、呼笑亡き明日 Ⅷ MARMALADE CHAINSAW Ⅸ かすみ Ⅹ Я TO THE CORE Ⅺ DRAIN AWAY Ⅻ NEW AGE CULTURE ⅩⅢ OBSCURE ⅩⅣ CHILD PREY ⅩⅤ AMBER

Lyrics
Japanese	Rōmaji
林檎飴片手に泣いていた…月読み葬の闇へ 「ねえママは何処にいるの?」 見目形、目に焼き付けて　抱き締め 虫が鳴き騒めく八月の祇園坂と扇子屋 小さなこの子が望む　微笑んだ五月は来ない 紙風船を空へ高く　そこには涙が溢れて 紅い飴玉想い出がほら　一緒に溶けて無くなる 目を覚ます小さな泣き声が響く午前四時頃 大好きな絵本を読み寝かし付け暗闇の中 さよなら 紙風船を空へ高く　そこには涙が溢れて 紅い飴玉想い出がほら　一緒に溶けて無くなる 後何年で涙は終わる?　日が枯れ落ちた葬の底は真実と… そよとの風も無い真昼の十三時、彼女は無口に今も畳の下	Ringo ame katate ni naiteita…tsuki yomi sō no yami e "Nee mama wa doko ni iru no?" Memikatachi, me ni yakitsukete　Dakishime Mushi ga naki zawameku hachigatsu no gionzaka to sensuya Chiisana konoko ga nozomu　Hohoenda gogatsu wa konai Kami fūsen o sora e takaku　Soko ni wa namida ga afurete Akai amedama omoide ga hora　Issho ni tokete naku naru Me o samasu chiisana nakigoe ga hibiku gozen yojigoro Daisuki na ehon o yomi nekashi tsuke kurayami no naka Sayonara Kami fūsen o sora e takaku　Soko ni wa namida ga afurete Akai amedama omoide ga hora　Issho ni tokete naku naru Ato nannen de namida wa owaru?　Hi ga kare ochita sō no soko wa shinjitsu to… Soyoto no kaze mo nai mahiru no jūsanji, kanojo wa mukuchi ni ima mo tatami no shita
Translations
Translation on VULGAR	Translation on THE UNRAVELING
You were crying with an apple candy in one hand…,walking into the twilight 「Where's Mommy?」 your eyes shape of the moon burn inside my head and I hold you. It's August, when the insects start to cry at the sensu shop on the Gion Hill. The happy month of May that this child is looking forward to will not come. Paper balloons fly high in the sky. There the tears overflow with the memories of the red candy ball as it melts together until it's gone. I wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning by the sound of a small cry. I put the child to sleep by reading the child's favorite book. Good Bye. Paper baloons fly high in the sky. There the tears overflow with the memories of the red candy ball as it melts together until it's gone. How many more years will it take for the tears to be all gone? The sun sets, underneath the burial is the truth and..... 13 o'clock in the afternoon, not a single sound of the wind can be heard. Her body, still to this day, lie very quiet, underneath the tatami	The child with an apple candy in one hand was crying… into the darkness of the burial under the moon 「Where's Mommy?」 As I hold you in my arms, I burn your appearance into memory In August you can hear the insects cry at the Sensu shop on Gion Hill The happy month of May that the child wishes for will not come Paper balloons fly into the sky There, the tears overflow with the memories of the red candy as it melts together until it's gone About 4 o'clock in the morning, the sound of a small cry wakes me up I read the child's favorite bedtime story to put the child to sleep And in the darkness Good Bye Paper balloons fly high into the sky There, the tears overflow with the memories of the red candy as it melts together until it's gone How many more years will it take for the tears to dry? Underneath the rotten burial lies the truth and… 1 o'clock in the afternoon, without a single breath of wind Her body, still to this very day, lies quietly underneath the tatami
These lyrics were translated by Emi Yamada and You Masuda on VULGAR and by Jewels on THE UNRAVELING.

Trivia

• かすみ is one of the seven songs that were performed live in their original version after they were remade. The other six are MACABRE -揚羽ノ羽ノ夢ハ蛹-, 蜜と唾, 秒「」深, 業, Unknown…Despair…a Lost and THE FINAL.

Lyrics

• In the VULGAR (2003) and THE UNRAVELING (2013) band score's sheet lyrics, the first kanji in the third line (見目形) are read as みめかたち (mimekatachi), which is their correct reading. However, Kyo audibly sings めみかたち (memikatachi).
  • Furthermore, the reading of 何処 (doko) is mistakenly given as そこ (soko) in the band score of THE UNRAVELING (2013).

Appearances

Release Title	Release Date	Song Title	Notes
Audio
かすみ	2003.04.23	かすみ	Single version.
VULGAR	2003.09.10		Album version.
DECADE 2003-2007	2007.12.19		Remastered album version.
THE UNRAVELING	2013.04.03		Remade version.
VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES	2018.01.02		Remastered remade version.
MORTAL DOWNER	2026.04.08	かすみ [LIVE]	Album version. Recorded on April 8, 2025 at the Belasco.
Video
BLITZ 5DAYS DVD-BOX	2004.03	かすみ	Filmed on July 1, 2003 at 赤坂BLITZ
			Filmed on July 5, 2003 at 赤坂BLITZ.
TOUR04 THE CODE OF VULGAR[ism]	2004.10.06		Filmed on April 25, 2004 at Zepp Tokyo.
AVERAGE FURY	2005.06.29		Music video.
IN WEAL OR WOE	2008.04		Filmed on December 19, 2007 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
TOUR2011 AGE QUOD AGIS Vol.2 [U.S. & Japan]	2012.07.18		Filmed on December 22, 2011 at the Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center.
TOUR12-13 IN SITU-TABULA RASA	2013.09.25		Remade version. Filmed on May 16, 2013 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
TOUR13 GHOUL	2014.04.23		Remade version. Filmed on September 18, 2013 at 横浜BLITZ.
DUM SPIRO SPERO AT NIPPON BUDOKAN	2014.07.16		Remade version. Filmed on March 9, 2014 at 日本武道館.
ARCHE	2014.12.10		Remade version. Filmed on August 30, 2014 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
TOUR16-17 FROM DEPRESSION TO ________ [mode of VULGAR]	2017.03.21		Remade version. Filmed on July 2, 2016 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
PHALARIS	2022.06.15		Remade version. Filmed on June 5, 2021 at 東京ガーデンシアター.