Dokusho no Susume

Dokusho no Susume (読書ノススメ), roughly translated as "Recommended Reading", is one of the songs performed by Japanese two-man unit, COIL. It appears on their tenth album, Vitamin C, which was made for the unit and Augusta Camp's tenth year anniversary.

The song's melody is The Legendary Theme found in Gitaroo-Man. The members commented they wanted to pay tribute to one of their favorite projects during their career by making a lyrical version of this song.

Credits

 * Lyrics, Composition: Sadayoshi Okamoto
 * Arrangement: Mitsuhiro Yokota
 * avex entertainment label

Lyrics
Kanji=
 * 空を飛んで　海を渡りで
 * 時を越えて　あなたは来るかってくる


 * 唯のような　宝のような
 * ふるりことまであなたは言う
 * 僕に言う


 * ああ、おまえのためにそう私は書いた
 * ほしいのならいつでも好きなだけ取れ
 * 水のように　風のように
 * 光のように　あなたはいる
 * そこにいる


 * ああ、おまえのためにそう私は書いた
 * いらぬのなら今すぐ燃やしてしまえよ
 * ああ、おまえのためにそう私は生きた
 * しりたいならいつでも尋ねよう


 * 水のような　風のような
 * 光のような　生きてるような


 * -|Romaji=
 * sora o tonde umi wo watari de
 * toki o koete anata wa kuru kattekuru


 * tada no youna takara no youna
 * fururikotomade anata wa iu
 * boku ni iu


 * aa, omae no tame ni sou watashi wa kaita
 * hoshiinonara itsudemo sukinadake tore
 * mizu no youni kaze no youni
 * hikari no youni anata wa iru
 * soko ni iru


 * aa、omae no tame ni sou watashi wa kaita
 * iranunonara ima-sugu moyashiteshimaeyo
 * aa, omae no tame ni sou watashi wa ikita
 * shiritainara itsudemo tazuneyou


 * mizu no youna kaze no youna
 * hikari no youna ikiteruyouna


 * -|English Translation=
 * After flying through the sky, crossing the oceans,
 * and transcending through time, you came at last to me


 * Like I was the sole treasure of your eye,
 * you looked straight at me and told me
 * and only to me


 * Ah, I wrote this just for you
 * Take any part you like if you want
 * Because like the water, like the wind,
 * like the light, you will be there
 * right here with me


 * Ah, I wrote this just for you
 * Burn it right away if you don't want it
 * Ah, I lived only for you
 * Ask me any time if you want to know more


 * As though you were the water, as though you were the wind,
 * as though you were the light, as though you were alive