GiVE a ReASon

Give a reason
"SLAYERS NEXT" Opening theme
Vocals: Megumi Hayashibara

Translation and translation by Ann Oyama

Give a reason

memagurushii jikan no mure ga
hashiri nukeru machi wa sabanna
kawarugawaru SHUURU na NYUUSU
asu ni nareba dare mo wasureteru
ikite iru ima, ikite iru
sonna naka de nanika o motome
mogaku you ni nukedasu you ni
kono chikara o tameshite mitakute

The dizzying clusters of time
run through a savannah town.
Alternately, the surrealism of this news
is forgotten by everyone once tomorrow comes.
I am alive... right now, I am alive,
and somewhere within all this, I am searching for something...
As if it were struggling, as if it were sneaking away,
I want to test this power.

kitto doko ka ni "kotae" aru umarete kita kotae ga
hito wa mina, sore o motome
yarusenai nogasenai yume ni mukau no

Surely, somewhere there is an answer; the answer to why we were born.
That is what all people search for,
as they face the dreary dream that they can't let go.

kizutsuku koto wa kowakunai dakedo keshite tsuyokunai
tada, nani mo shinai mama de kuyandari wa shitakunai
Here we go! go! hashiri tsuzukeru dare ni mo tomerare wa shinai
mirai no jibun e to Give a reason for life todoketai

I'm not afraid of getting hurt, but it's hard for me to change things.
I just don't want to regret standing by and not doing anything.
Here we go! go! I'll keep on running... no one will be able to stop me!
I want to get through to my future self and give her a reason for living.

hakarishirenai ooki na yami ga
oto o tatete mukatte kite mo
asa ga kireba dareka ga ireba
kokoro ni aru zetsubou wa keseru
motto tsuyoku IMEEJI shite hohoenderu jibun o......
shinjite iru omoi, sore ga
nani yori mo dare yori mo yume ni chikazuku

The expanse of darkness is unfathomable.
Even as I start to confront it, sounds emanate from within.
If tomorrow comes, if anybody is still here,
I can conquer this feeling of despair in my heart.
I've got to build myself a stronger image. A smiling self......
as long as I believe in that thought, it will
more than anything, more than anyone, bring me closer to my dreams.

GOORU ni motaretari shinai tatoe, tadoritsuitatte
atarashii yume ga kitto watashi no senaka osu kara
Here we go! go! hashiri tsuzukeru dare ni mo tomerare wa shinai
mirai no jibun e to Give a reason for life todoketai

I won't rely on my goals. Because even if I struggle on and finally reach them
New dreams are sure to push me forward.
Here we go! go! I'll keep on running... no one will be able to stop me!
I want to get through to my future self and give her a reason for living.