One of the Samurai Warriors 4 music cards for Reverb.
Reverb is one of the songs created and performed by the Japanese rock band Kuroyume and is available on their eighteenth eponymous single. The single is one of the productions which honors the band's twentieth year anniversary for their career. It doubles as the image song for Samurai Warriors 4 and the ending theme song for its TV special Sengoku Musou SP ~Sanada no Shou~.
Koinuma commented that a rock song would fit the cruelties of war the team wanted to capture in this title. Kiyoharu remarked in Kuroyume's video message for the media event to celebrate the series's tenth anniversary that they agreed to the collaboration to commemorate their anniversaries in unison. At the time of its recording, Reverb was not yet created so he had little to say about it. He did state his wishes for it to completely fit its source material.
Consumers can digitally purchase the single through one of five Samurai Warriors 4 music cards, or cards which have pin numbers for downloading Reverb online. The collaboration product code included on the single and these cards unlocks the "Black Feather" heirloom (one-time use each battle in which user momentarily enters a hyper attack state and gains the Slay element to their attacks) and the option to listen to the image song during battle.
Credits
Lyrics, Composition: Kiyoharu
Arrangement: Miyo-Ken & Kuroyume
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Lyrics
解け降りる幻想よ止まるまで這って
哀しげに開ける世は悪夢（ゆめ）
身を斬れる天命よ君だけであって
悔やむより痛みは謳歌だって
All I have was nothing
Still I cry for nothing
Oh I have a heartache
Still I've lasting ache
燃えたぎる氷点でピリオドを射って
流れる血に明けに暮れたリビドー
All I have was nothing
Still I feel that nothing
祈って見上げるなら
鮮やかに、咲き誇って舞う花びら
ただ心は乱された
狂おしさと嘆き
光と影がまた、会う未来の果てに
あの孤独で満たされた
記憶辿る僕の
視界を塗り替えて、或る美学をくれた
羽はまるで刃
両手、触れた雨は
なだらかに、時を待って咲く花びら
ただ心は乱された
狂おしさと嘆き
光と影がまた会う未来はいつか
言霊は残せた？
新たな灰となれ
光る風に乗って届け、貴方の元へ
ただ心は満たされた
貴方は泣くだろうか？
詠う僕の影を、忘れながら浮かべて
成る未来の果てに
覚えていて刃
toke-oriru gensou yo tomarumade hatte
kanashige ni akeru yo wa yume
mi wo kireru tenmei yo kimi dake de atte
kuyamu yori itami wa ouka datte
All I have was nothing
Still I cry for nothing
Oh I have a heartache
Still I've lasting ache
moetagiru hyouten de piriodo o utte
nagareru chi ni ake ni kureta ribidoo
All I have was nothing
Still I feel that nothing
inotte miageru nara
azayakani, sakihokotte mau hanabira
tada kokoro wa midasareta
kuruoshisa to nageki
hikari to kage ga mata, au mirai no hate ni
ano kodoku de mitasareta
kioku tadoru boku no
shikai wo nurikaete, aru bigaku o kureta
hane wa marude yaiba
ryoute, fureta ame wa
nadarakani, toki wo matte saku hanabira
tada kokoro wa midasareta
kuruoshisa to nageki
hikari to kage ga mata, au mirai wa itsuka
kotodama wa nokoseta?
aratana hai to nare
hikaru kaze ni notte todoke, anata no moto he
tada kokoro wa mitasareta
anata wa nakudarouka?
utau boku no kage wo, wasurenagara ukabete
aru mirai no hate ni
obeteite yaiba
No, don't fade, melting fantasy! I crawl towards your ending
in vain. The dawning world reveals my nightmare
You were the only one who was severed by fate
Rather than mourn for you, I painfully sing your eulogy
All I have was nothing
Still I cry for nothing
Oh I have a heartache
Still I've lasting ache
The fervent period captured in the ice is cut asunder
The blood spilled for it leaves behind empty passion
All I have was nothing
Still I feel that nothing
Should I pray and look above
lucid flower petals would shower around me
My heart is just a mess
I cry out from this insanity
towards the light and darkness, towards the future when I can see you
Filled with that loneliness,
the memories within me
repaints my field of vision, to a strange new aesthetic
Feathers resemble the sword
Touching the rain with both hands,
ever so gently, and with some time, flower petals would blossom before me
My heart is in hysterics
Consumed with madness, I cry out
Is there a future when I can see your light and shadows again?
