GLASS SKIN

GLASS SKIN
Release	UROBOROS (2008)
Length	4:08
Lyrics by	京
Composed by	Dir En Grey
Live Debut	2008.05.01
Last Played	2024.03.31
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UROBOROS (2008) Tracklist
༡ SA BIR ༢ VINUSHKA ༣ RED SOIL ༤ 慟哭と去りぬ ༥ 蜷局 ༦ GLASS SKIN ༧ STUCK MAN ༨ 冷血なりせば ༩ 我、闇とて… ༡༠ BUGABOO ༡༡ 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃 ༡༢ DOZING GREEN ༡༣ INCONVENIENT IDEAL Poems Unplugged Disc 1. DOZING GREEN (Before Construction Ver.) 2. DOZING GREEN (Japanese Lyrics Re-mastering) 3. GLASS SKIN (Japanese Lyrics Re-mastering) [Remastered & Expanded] ༡༠ HYDRA ༡༡ BUGABOO RESPIRA

Lyrics
These are the lyrics of the Japanese version of this song. You can find the lyrics of the English version here.
Japanese	Rōmaji	Translation
ブレ始めた視界 ガラスの空、風の色 独り流れているメリーゴーランド 手を振る 後ろめたさより　どことなく薄れた声 明日自分を置き去りに眠る 喜劇の涙より誰よりも儚く 奪われるまま汚れるまま ココに… 一夜明けた暗い朝に窓を額に見立て 眠る肌起こし濡れた絵に手を伸す 春が川に散らす命ユラユラ何所へ行く? 重たく閉ざした扉に手をかける パレードの亡骸　静けさが今日も俺を 眠らせない真実と笑う 喜劇の涙より誰よりも儚く 奪われるまま汚れるまま ココに愛を… おどけて踊る四季がどこまでも痛く 奪われるまま汚れるまま差し出す夢に溶けて I bleed as my way of compensating everything to you How heavy is blood? Happiness and sadness lies too close 生まれてくる明日の手は純粋そのままで 涙で君がもう見えない 喜劇の涙より誰よりも儚く 奪われるまま汚れるまま ココに愛を… 君を見下ろせる一つの観覧車 ただ崩れ行く旋律さえ 甘く綺麗で怖い 浅い言葉より太陽にさらされた 影が焼き付く心に触れ	Bure hajimeta shikai Garasu no sora, kaze no iro Hitori nagarete iru merī gō rando Te o furu Ushirometasa yori　Doko to naku usureta koe Asu jibun o okizari ni nemuru Kigeki no namida yori dare yori mo hakanaku Ubawareru mama kegareru mama Koko ni… Ichiya aketa kurai asa ni mado o gaku ni mitate Nemuru hada okoshi nureta e ni te o nobasu Haru ga kawa ni chirasu inochi yurayura doko e iku? Omotaku tozashita tobira ni te o kakeru Parēdo no nakigara　Shizukesa ga kyō mo ore o Nemurasenai shinjitsu to warau Kigeki no namida yori dare yori mo hakanaku Ubawareru mama kegareru mama Koko ni ai o… Odokete odoru shiki ga dokomademo itaku Ubawareru mama kegareru mama Sashidasu yume ni tokete I bleed as my way of compensating everything to you How heavy is blood? Happiness and sadness lies too close Umaretekuru asu no te wa jūnsui sono mama de Namida de kimi ga mō mienai Kigeki no namida yori dare yori mo hakanaku Ubawareru mama kegareru mama Koko ni ai o… Kimi o mioroseru hitotsu no kanransha Tada kuzureiku senritsu sae Amaku kirei de kowai Asai kotoba yori taiyō ni sarasareta Kagi ga yakitsuku kokoro ni fure	My vision begins to blur The glass sky, the color of the wind The merry-go-round playing alone I wave My somehow faded voice is more important to me than my guilty conscience Tomorrow I sleep, leaving myself behind Emptier still than any tears of comedy Left to be just taken Left to be just damaged Here… On the dark morning, I pretend the window to be a picture frame I wake my sleeping skin and press my hand against this wet piece of picture Spring blossoms and the petals fall, giving life to the river Swaying from side to side, where will you go? I put my hand on the heavy and closed door The remains of the parade The silence laughs along with the fact that I won't be sleeping again tonight Emptier still than any tears of comedy Left to be just taken Left to be just damaged Here, let there be love… The jokingly-dancing seasons endlessly hurt Left to be just taken Left to be just damaged And to be melted by the dreams I hold out I bleed as my way of compensating everything to you How heavy is blood? Happiness and sadness lies too close The hand that will be born tomorrow, will be simply pure and nothing else I can barely see you now with all these tears Emptier still than any tears of comedy Left to be just taken Left to be just damaged Here, let there be love… This is a ferris wheel, where I can look down and see you from The melody that just comes crumbling down is also so sweet and beautiful, it's frightening The shadow exposed by the sun is branded into my memory and it touches my heart more than any shallow words combined
These lyrics were translated by Jewels.

Trivia

Title

• The working title of this song was 推定無罪 (Suiteimuzai), which means "Presumption of Innocence".

Lyrics

• Unlike DOZING GREEN, this song has only one translation, made for the single, with the English version receiving entirely new lyrics. The lyrics of DOZING GREEN were instead translated twice, once for the single and once for the album and the song's English version.
  • As such, the album booklet doesn't actually include the translation of GLASS SKIN's lyrics. Interestingly, this wasn't changed for the Remastered & Expanded album, even though the English version doesn't appear on that album.

Appearances

Release Title	Release Date	Song Title	Notes
Audio
GLASS SKIN	2008.09.10	GLASS SKIN	Single version.
GLASS SKIN (European Promo CD)	2008	GLASS SKIN (Japanese Lyrics Ver.)	–
UROBOROS	2008.11.12	GLASS SKIN (Japanese Lyrics Re-mastering)	Album version.
TOUR08 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN	2009.04.29	GLASS SKIN	Recorded on October 18, 2008 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
UROBOROS [Remastered & Expanded]	2012.01.11		Remastered version.
DIR EN GREY Ambient Collection	2020.09.18	GLASS SKIN (Ambient Ver.)	Ambient version.
Video
UROBOROS	2008.11.12	GLASS SKIN	Music video.
TOUR08 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN	2009.04.29		Filmed on October 18, 2008 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
TOUR09 FEAST OF V SENSES	2009.09		Filmed on May 3, 2009 at 新木場STUDIO COAST.
AVERAGE BLASPHEMY	2009.10.28		Music video.
UROBOROS -with the proof in the name of living...- AT NIPPON BUDOKAN	2010.05.26		Filmed on January 9, 2010 at 日本武道館.
			Filmed on January 10, 2010 at 日本武道館.
TOUR16-17 FROM DEPRESSION TO ________ [mode of UROBOROS]	2017.09.15		Filmed on January 25, 2017 at なんばHatch.