Higanbana

彼岸花 · Red Spider Lily

Our place of promise will never arrive again.

The red spider lily is a flower that blooms in late summer and early autumn, often during the time of autumnal Higan celebrations. In Japanese flower symbolism, it is heavily associated with death and mortality.

This song is one of Meto's “past works”, originally created before she officially formed the circle Metomate. It was later reworked and rereleased as part of Higan no Arcadia. Notably, a piano arrangement of this song, titled Fukahi, was released as part of Piano Collection I in 2016 — two and a half years before Higan no Arcadia's release.

Lyrics

karamaru kokochiyoi ashimoto wo sukoshizutsu chigitteiku

doko ni yukeba kieru toki wo tomete dokoka de kiita koe furikaeru na

shiroi kesshou ga akaku someagete maboroshi nara ashinami soroe mae wo muketa no kana

sono shiroi sora mo nukumori motta te mo itsuka wa korosarete shimau no nara iranai osanai kokoro ni tsukisasatta mama nano te wo hikanaide

natsu ga owari kaze ni nagareyurare utsukushii mono wa moroku sugu ni moeta

kamitsuita kioku ni shiroku nokosareta futari dake no yakusoku no basho nidoto otozurenai

kono awai yoru mo aosa mo kirameki mo anata ga koroshitekure sae sureba iranai fukaku tsukisasaru yaiba wa watashi no kokoro wo mitasu

subete no kotoba kara nogareru you ni subete no ashioto kara nogareru you ni watashi wa zutto koko ni iru

ano yoru mo ouse mo omoide mo ima mo anata ga keshisatte shimau no nara iranai shousou no naka de anata ga miteru watashi wa zutto koko ni iru