Stairs of Light is track 6 on the CREID album. It is a vocal version of The Sky, the Clouds, and You with Japanese lyrics. It was also included as track 6 on the album Colours of Light (a compilation of Mitsuda's vocal works).
The Japanese lyrics are sourced from the album booklet.
Japanese[edit]
心の真ん中を パレードが横切る
かかとを打ち鳴らして 君が来る
覚えたてのメロディ 空っぽの広場に
薔薇色の灯りを 点して過ぎる
賑やかな夢はすぐ 両手をすり抜けて
小さな風に舞い上がる 紙吹雪
見送る涙より 出逢ったときめきを
心の中に大切に 置いてみる
君が残してった 靴跡シンコペーション
朝もやの向こうまで 続いてる
何処か知らない町 誰かの夢の中
暖かい灯りを 点しに行った
見送る悲しみより 出逢った喜びを
光に向けて一つずつ 積み上げる
階段は空へと 螺旋に伸びてゆく
赤い雨雲つき抜けて 虹になる
君が何処に居ても 遠い国に居ても
耳を澄ませば聞こえるよ その歌が
Kokoro no mannaka o parade ga yokogiru
Kakato o uchinarashite kimi ga kuru
Oboetate no melody karappo no hiroba ni
Barairo no akari o tomoshite sugiru
Nigiyaka na yume wa sugu ryoute o surinukete
Chiisa na kaze ni maiagaru kamifubuki
Miokuru namida yori deatta tokimeki o
Kokoro no naka ni taisetsu ni oitemiru
Kimi ga nokoshitetta kutsuato syncopation
Asamoya no mukou made tsuzuiteru
Dokoka shiranai machi dareka no yume no naka
Atatakai akari o tomoshi ni itta
Miokuru kanashimi yori deatta yorokobi o
Hikari ni mukete hitotsu zutsu tsumiagaru
Kaidan wa sora e to rasen ni nobiteyuku
Akai amagumo tsukinukete niji ni naru
Kimi ga doko ni ite mo tooi kuni ni ite mo
Mimi o sumaseba kikoeru yo sono uta ga
Unofficial translation[edit]
A parade crosses the dead center of my heart
You come, clicking your heels
A melody, just earned, to an empty plaza
Lighting a rose-colored lamp and moving on
Lively dreams soon slip through your two hands
And confetti dances up in a tiny wind
Rather than tears of farewell, try carefully placing
The excitement of meeting inside your heart
The syncopation you left behind in your footprints
Continues on through the morning mist
In a town somewhere, in someone's dreams
It's gone to light a warm lamp
Rather than the sadness of farewells, the joy of meeting
Piles up bit by bit, facing the light
A staircase rises in spirals to the sky
And, piercing the red rainclouds, becomes a rainbow
No matter where you are, though you may be in a distant land
If you listen hard, you can hear it... that song
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Music of Xenogears
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XG Soundtrack
Disc 1
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Dark Daybreak • STARS OF TEARS (OUT TAKE) • Bonds of Sea and Flame • My Village is Number One! • Valley Where the Wind Is Born • Faraway Promise • Steel Giant • The Blackmoon Forest • Where the Egg of Dreams Hatches • Dozing Off (Short Version) • Dazil, Town of Burning Sands • Aspiration • Grahf, Ruler of Darkness • Fuse • After the Soldiers' Dreams • Unstealable Jewel • Aveh, The Ancient Dance • Invasion • Stage of Death • In A Dark Slumber... • The Gentle Breeze Sings • Our Wounded Bodies Shall Advance Towards the Light • lost... Broken Shards • Thames, Spirit of the Men of the Sea • The Blue Traveler
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| Disc 2
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In a Prison of Peace and Regret • Jaws of Ice • Crimson Knight • October Mermaid • The Wind Calls to Shevat in the Blue Sky • The Sky, the Clouds, and You • A Gathering of Stars in the Night Sky • Tears of the Stars, Thoughts of the People • Flight • Wings • Solaris, Celestial Paradise • Dozing Off (Long Version) • The One Who is Torn Apart • A Prayer for the Joy Man Desires • Premonition • Awakening • One Who Bares Fangs at God • The Beginning and the End • SMALL TWO OF PIECES ~Broken Shards~
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| Revival-exclusive tracks
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Premonition (Revival disc) • We, the Wounded Shall Advance into the Light (Revival Version) • Memories Left Behind (Revival Version) • The End of Childhood (Revival Version) • The Beginning and the End (Revival Version)
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| CREID tracks
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MELKABA • Two Wings • BALTO • CREID • DAJIL • Stairs of Light • October Mermaid (CREID) • Spring Lullaby • LAHAN • Möbius
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| MYTH tracks
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Dark Dawn - Orchestral Version - • Village Pride - Orchestral Version - • Soaring - Orchestral Version - • Intangible Treasure - Orchestral Version - • Deadly Dance - Orchestral Version - • Shevat -The Wind Calls- - Orchestral Version - • October Mermaid - Piano Version - • Bond of Sea and Flame - Orchestral Version - • Windy Song - Orchestral Version - • Cage of Remorse and Relief - Orchestral Version - • Lost... -Screeching Shards- - Orchestral Version - • The Beginning and the End - Orchestral Version - • SMALL TWO OF PIECES - Orchestral Version - • A Distant Promise - Piano Version -
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| 20th Anniversary tracks
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Dark Dawn (20th Anniversary) • Bond of Sea and Flame (20th Anniversary) • Village Pride (20th Anniversary) • Wind from the Valley - A Distant Promise • Steel Giants (20th Anniversary) • Where Dreams Hatch (20th Anniversary) • Grahf, Ruler of Darkness - Fuse • Dreams of the Brave - Deadly Dance • Small Two of Pieces (Piano Version) • Memories Left Behind (20th Anniversary) • We, the Wounded Shall Advance into the Light (20th Anniversary) • Windy Song (20th Anniversary) • Lost... -Screeching Shards- (20th Anniversary) • The End of Childhood (20th Anniversary) • Blazing Knights (20th Anniversary) • October Mermaid (20th Anniversary) • Shevat -The Wind Calls- (20th Anniversary) • Soaring - Wings • Foreboding (20th Anniversary) • Awakening - Fangs Bared at God • The Beginning and the End (20th Anniversary) • Small Two of Pieces -Screeching Shards- (20th Anniversary) • Stars of Tears (20th Anniversary) • Bartholomew & Lahan • A Distant Promise (Music Box Version)
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| Other
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Shevat -The Wind Calls- (SQ Chips) • Xenogears Suite • Soaring (SQ Chips2) • Windy Song (SQ SWING) • Small Two of Pieces -Screeching Shards- (Mellow Minstrel Mix Version) • A Distant Promise (Mellow Minstrel Mix Version) • Dark Dawn (Airship Cruise Beats Version) • Soaring (Airship Cruise Beats Version) • Slayer of God • Soaring the Skies
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