KikuoHana - Hitogawari English Cover

Wow another cover WOOOOOOOOO

Boring description:
I have been waiting for years for someone to recreate an instrumental of this song and as soon as someone did I jumped on it. I'm pretty proud of how it all turned out. It took a few months for me to really settle on my vocals, I must have tried so many retakes, and even then some of the original first take has stayed in. Surprisingly, the editing only took a few days, I started on Christmas Eve and got out a teaser which I immediately uploaded.

I hope this sounds as good as it did making this. The song speaks to me personally and kikuo is one of my favourite artists so the song holds a special place in my heart.

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Instrumental by philipXmayari, please go check out their mix without my vocals as they did an amazing job replicating all the different sounds - I can't imagine it was easy.
Link here -    • HITOGAWARI; ヒトガワリ (KikuoHana/きくおはな cover; ...  

Special thanks to those that helped me along the way:

Bonko and Husky I've probably bored to you to death from how many drafts and versions I sent your way for feedback - thank you for always supporting me.

Thank you also to Speech for giving me good feedback and support, you're a king.

Special, special thanks to Bonko for letting me steal one of his mixes for outro purposes - please check out his content, you've probably seen his work on tiktok.

Virtual_Husky streams on twitch, please check her out -   / virtual_husky  

Bonko Art is on youtube -    / @bonkoart  

I transcribed the lyrics from japanese and took creative liberties in making them work for the cover.
Original song:    • きくおはな - ヒトガワリ  

I know I spelt savor wrong but I genuinely do not care and if you do, I hope your pillow is warm tonight.
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LYRICS:
We stay close together, by each other’s side,
and as time passes, the clock slowly ticks on by
I wish I could savor our memories
But my body's stubborn - It rejects all happiness

ahh - like a gaping hole opened in the empty void of the sky
The void of my body and my vulnerable heart make
A contorted twisted shape, covered in old and open wounds.
I can't deny, I am so distorted

So give me nothing, but a twisted and bloodstained love
So make me crumble, break me open from anxiety
That’s why I’m so pained

Your caresses, are so gentle, honestly
I wish this heaven could last for all eternity
But my body isn't used to all of this
It's still oh so stubborn - it rejects all of your bliss

You can't deny anymore, I am twisted.
There’s nothing else I can do
I try and try and try and try to put up with it,
but I’m littered in olden wounds, are they really mine?

Please give me a kiss only if your lips are dressed in red
If I break again I'll need a substitute to deal with this
So give me nothing, but a twisted and bloodstained love
So make me crumble, break me open from the anxiety
That’s why I’m so pained
That’s why I’m so lonely. For an eternity


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