Tears (music video)
Song performed by X Japan.
Lyrics: Shiratomi Hitomi and Yoshiki.
Melody: Yoshiki.
Directed: X zone
doko ni yukebaii anata to hanarete 
*Where do we go after we're separated*
A figure clad in a long yellow jacket that reached the ground was shown from far away. He had short pink hair, and was wearing black leather pants. It was Hide. Hide looks back, for a brief moment, looking sad. He begins to walk away on a long, dark road.
ima wa sugisatta toki ni toi kakete 
*Now that hanging question has passed*
A flash of the group, X Japan, is flashed. It is their 1993 look, where Yoshiki had long, ginger coloured hair, and Hide was beside him, with Toshi and Pata, and Heath. They were all smiling, wildly. It quickly melts into a black and white picture of the members of X Japan in Dahlia look, without Hide, looking sad and forlorn.
nagasugita yoru ni tobidachi wo yume mita 
*On an endless night, I dreamt of a journey*
It was a starry night, and the scene moves from the night sky to Yoshiki. Tears were streaming down his face. He begins smiling, as he holds a red rose. The wind began to blow, so that it was to Yoshiki's left, and Yoshiki throws the red rose far away.
ikoku no sora mitsumete
*I gazed at the foreign skies*
The red rose lands onto the dewy ground of green grass, as the sun rises, and a flash of Yoshiki, from far away, he seems to be looking up.
kodoku wo dakishimete 
*and embraced the loneliness*
Yoshiki began to close his eyes, his tears had stopped, and a tear comes down again, and the screen follows it as it drops from the chin.
nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete 
*Tears always flow with the winds of time*
Yoshiki falls to the gound, as the rest of the group members come up to comfort him, all of them looking very sad, and Heath was crying as well.
owaranai anata no toiki wo kanjite 
*It's not over, feel your sigh.*
Hide stands by the door of a old mansion, smiling sadly, clutching a red rose to his heart.
Dry your tears with love
All the members of X Japan hug each other, except for Hide, who wasn't even there.
Dry your tears with love
Yoshiki is in the old mansion, as he smiles and wanders around, remembering the times when they used to be together, and breaks down into sobs.
Loneliness, your silent whisper
Yoshiki was running in a vast plain, hands reaching out as if groping to find something.
fills a river of tears through the night
Heath appears, drenched, looking down, as if he was bearing pain.
Memory, you never let me cry
Black and white, Yoshiki buries his head into Hide's chest as they were locked in a embrace.
and you, you never said good-bye
Hide continues walking on the long road, not once looking back, not once hesitating.
Sometimes our tears blinded the love
Toshi chasing after Yoshiki, Yoshiki's long blonde hair flowing dramatically, Yoshiki looking back as if he wanted to be away from him.
We lost our dreams along the way
Pata puts down his electric guitar and takes a handful of sand from the beach, and throws it far, far away.
But I never thought you'd trade your soul to the fates,
Yoshiki walks near a window, and Hide walks out of the room.
never thought you'd leave me alone
It fades to find that Yoshiki is with the band members, all of them looking at the sunrise, all of them looking as if their hearts are crying.
Time through the rain has set me free
Yoshiki is drenched, in the rain, curled down on the ground just in the garden of the mansion, unmoving.
Sands of time will keep your memory
A half-buried photo of Hide lies in the sand, at Pata's guitar.
Love everlasting fades away
Yoshiki shakes his head, and continues to look out of the window, tears streaming down his cheeks, the wind blowing in, the sky out there gloomy.
Alive within your beatless heart
Toshi opens an old, dusty box, to find a guitar, yellow with heartshapes (just like HIP-O's stomach…) lies within, in silk.
Dry your tears with love
Heath splashes around, looking as if he wants to forget something, but cannot.
Dry your tears with love
Yoshiki's hand, clad in laced gloves, holds Hide's black leather covered ones.
nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete 
*Tears always flow with the winds of time*
The sun rises, and begins to fill up the sky with its light, wholly.
owaranai kanashimi wo aoi bara ni kaete 
*It's not over, blue rose from sadness*
Hide enters the gate and sees Yoshiki in the gardens crying, his expression one of surprise.
Dry your tears with love
Toshi heaves the guitar up and throws it to the floor.
Dry your tears with love
He steps on it, his eyes shining, and a tear finally rolls from his eye.
nagareru namida wo toki no kaze ni kasanete 
*Tears always flow with the winds of time*
Hide runs up and hugs Yoshiki, tightly, as Yoshiki cries.
owaranai anata no toiki wo kanjite 
*It's not over, feel your sigh.*
Hide hands Yoshiki a red rose, and both of them smile, happily.
Dry your tears with love
Heath pickes up a dedelion and blows it.
Dry your tears with love
The white fluff flies with the wind, and some of them fall down onto the grass.
Dry your tears with love
Hide and Yoshiki gaze into each other's eyes, as if exchanging silent words,
Dry your tears with love
And they kiss, passionately.
If you could have told me everything, you would have found what love is.
Hide walks along the path, undetered.
If you could have told me what was on your mind, I would have shown you the way.
Yoshiki and Hide kiss in passion, both of them crying.
Someday, I'm gonna be older than you
A white clean feather is blown across the room, then finally falls by Hide's broken guitar.
I never thought beyond that time
Hide stops walking on the path, looks back and looks reluctant.
I never imagined that pictures of life
Yoshiki breaks away from Hide's kiss, and gazes into his eyes.
For now I will try to live for you and for me
The four members of X Japan look up to the night sky, and see a shining star above.
I will try to live with love, with dreams,
Hide, still looking back, smiles, and walks on.
And forever with Tears.
He stops, picks up a red rose on the road, clutches it so tightly that his fist bled, and continues to walk on, alone.
A flash of Yoshiki and Hide gazing into each other's eyes is followed by Yoshiki gazing up to the sunrise, smiling, as the light floods everything. Then, it changes into Hide's picture, half buried in the gray sand, and fades away into nothingness.


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