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FORMER PLACEHOLDER
The Akiba Tape
ARTIST(S)
Unknown
GENRE
Pop
YEAR
~1980s-1990s
OP
渡る世間は敵ばかり
SEARCH DURATION
11 May 2018 - Present
FLY AWAY
Fly Away (also known as The Akiba Tape) is an unidentified citypop song originating from a cassette tape purchased from a thrift store in Akihabara, Japan.
HISTORY
In early 2000, user 渡る世間は敵ばかり posted a story on a Japanese forum, detailing how they came across a cassette tape without a label in an Akihabara Thrift Store. The tape was allegedly only around 20 minutes in length and contained this song and nothing else. They provided a short sample from the tape.
In 2011, the full song was later re-uploaded to Nico-Nico Douga (a Japanese video sharing site) anonymously and gained further popularity, while the original upload was mysteriously deleted.
LINKS
LEADS
CURRENT
Yui Saito
DEBUNKED
Yukiko Okada
LYRICS (INTERPRETED)
JAPANESE
風を追って何処へ行くの夕陽色の枯れ葉たちよ
扉を叩く音も無い
壊れかけた椅子で眠る窓の外は灯る明かり
見知らぬ町の夢を見る
さよならあなたはNO SAY
悲しい笑顔でFAR AWAY
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ
旅立つ空にはああ星がかかる
青い鳥を逃がす前に指でそっと羽根に触れて
空を見上げ鳥が飛んでいる
さよならあなたはGO AWAY
やさしい瞳がFAR AWAY
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ
旅立つ夜には AH
FLY AWAY 遠い国へ・・・
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Chasing the wind, where are you heading? Sunset-colored dead leaves
There is no sound of a knock at the door
I sleep in a broken chair, the light is on outside the window
I dream of a strange city
"Goodbye", you don’t say
Went far away with a sad smile
Fly away to a faraway land
The stars hang in the night sky as we depart
Before you let the bluebird fly away, gently touch its wings with your fingers
Look up at the sky, birds are flying
Goodbye, you go away
Your gentle eyes are far away
Fly away to a faraway land
On the night of your departure
Fly away to a faraway land…
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