Desert rain

Not to be confused with Desert Rose.

Desert rain

Song Information

Desert rain's jacket.

Artist: 桜井零士
Composition: Reiji Sakurai, Leap-d
Arrangement/Other Instruments & Programming: Leap-d
Lyrics/Vocals/Chorus/Guitars/Bass: Reiji Sakurai
BPM: 190
Length: 2:03
Movie: MAYA
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

雨は上がりやがて全てが始まってゆく。
何かが引き合わせた道標を辿るように。
パズルのピースを合わせるように探していた君とならば
どれだけの距離を歩いてても乗り越えられるだろう。

I feel in my heart like desert rain.
乾いた大地に降り注ぐ雨のようにそっと
I wipe your pain and break your fear.
描く乱反射した幻想を七色の光に変えて
太陽が差した場所へStep on your mind.

Romaji

ame wa agari yagate subete ga hajimatte yuku.
nanika ga hikiawaseta michishirube wo tadoru you ni.
PUZZLE no piece wo awaseru you ni sagashiteita kimi to naraba
doredake no kyori wo aruitetemo norikoe rareru darou.

I feel in my heart like desert rain.
kawaita daichi ni furisosogu ame no you ni sotto
I wipe your pain and break your fear.
egaku ranhansha shita gensou wo nanairo no hikari ni kaete
taiyou ga sashita basho he Step on your mind.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Desert rain, titled Desert rain -another rain style-, can be found on Reiji Sakurai's For Dear... album.
  • A new version of Desert rain -another rain style-, titled Desert rain -Another rain style Ver.2020-, was uploaded to Reiji Sakurai's YouTube channel.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

• Desert rain marks Reiji Sakurai's debut in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.

Song Production Information

Reiji Sakurai

Nice to meet you here in Gitadora.
My name is Reiji Sakurai. At last, I'm participating for the first time in Gitadora. The image of "Desert rain" is just like rain falling in the desert, moistening your dry heart.
I remember I struggled with the guitar solo in the second half of this song...it took me a long time to get the notes to overlap properly.
The other thing to listen to are the lyrics that have a sense of story.
Two people who have been walking on different paths, walking together on the same single path...such romantic lyrics...enjoy this sweet and sad hard middle rock song!

Video Production Information

MAYA

I am MAYA from IIDX.
I was allowed to turn the camera around for Reiji Sakurai's recording.
I couldn't make a sound during recording, so I was nervous!
I tried to express Reiji's thoughts and feelings in the lyrics through illustrations.
I hope I made it easier to convey that feeling.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	475	731	997	496	542	542	425	430	-	496	542	542
GF/DM V2	22	46	67	30	37	72	24	38	-	32	40	75
GF/DM V3→V4	22	46	↑72	30	↑50	72	24	38	-	32	↑52	75
GF/DM V5→V8	22	46	72	30	↑54	72	24	38	-	32	↑56	75
GF/DM V2 CS	22	46	67	30	37	72	24	38	-	32	40	75