Cover art for 残酷な天使のテーゼ (A Cruel Angel’s Thesis) by 高橋洋子 (Yoko Takahashi)

残酷な天使のテーゼ (A Cruel Angel’s Thesis)

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残酷な天使のテーゼ (A Cruel Angel’s Thesis) Lyrics

[高橋洋子「残酷な天使のテーゼ」歌詞]

残酷な天使のように
少年よ 神話になれ

蒼い風がいま
胸のドアを叩いても
私だけをただ見つめて
微笑んでるあなた
そっとふれるもの
もとめることに夢中で
運命さえまだ知らない
いたいけな瞳

だけどいつか気付くでしょう
その背中には
遥か未来 めざすための
羽根があること

残酷な天使のテーゼ
窓辺からやがて飛び立つ
ほとばしる熱いパトスで
思い出を裏切るなら
この宇宙(そら)を抱いて輝く
少年よ 神話になれ
ずっと眠ってる
私の愛の揺りかご
あなただけが 夢の使者に
呼ばれる朝がくる
細い首筋を
月あかりが映してる
世界中の時をとめて
閉じこめたいけど

もしもふたり逢えたことに
意味があるなら
私はそう 自由を知る
ためのバイブル

残酷な天使のテーゼ
悲しみがそしてはじまる
抱きしめた命のかたち
その夢に目覚めたとき
誰よりも光を放つ
少年よ 神話になれ

人は愛をつむぎながら歴史をつくる
女神なんてなれないまま 私は生きる

残酷な天使のテーゼ
窓辺からやがて飛び立つ
ほとばしる熱いパトスで
思い出を裏切るなら
この宇宙(そら)を抱いて輝く
少年よ 神話になれ

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When Hideaki Anno needed a non-classical song to go with his now-famous Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, a lyricist named Oikawa Neko did the good thing and wrote a upbeat J-POP song. With the direction of Anno, Oikawa and King Records label Toshimichi Otsuki, Yokō Takahashi did the rest, blending the philosphical madness of Anno with a brilliant, bright and oftentimes catching tune for any anime viewer to hear. As the opening to Neon Genesis Evangelion, it is often credited as one of the most iconic parts of the anime.

So buckle up for this four minute piece of J-POP history, for this song in itself is one of the most major in recent pop. Even as it teeters beyond 20 years, you will be surprised at how little it has aged – or how much and how well it differs from the rest of Japan’s pop.

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Synthesizer Programmer
Released on
October 25, 1995
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