Still my words

still my words

Song Information

Artist: TaQ feat.Meg
Composition/Arrangement: Taku Sakakibara
Lyrics/Vocals: Meg
Piano: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 136
Length: 2:01
Genre: AMBIENT
Movie: shiro
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 5th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

あなたから目をそらせない
初めて勇気を出して想い伝えたい

言葉伝える勇気がなくて
笑顔の片隅に気持ち隠してた

あなたに会いたい それでも言えない
あなたのそばにいることを どんなに望んでいても

この気持ちから目をそらせない
初めて勇気を出して 今想い伝えたい
心から好きだと言えるの...

Romaji

anata kara me wo sorasenai
hajimete yuuki wo dashite omoi tsutaetai

kotoba tsutaeru yuuki ga nakute
egao no katasumi ni kimochi hanashiteta

anata ni aitai sore de mo ienai
anata no soba ni iru koto wo donna ni nozonde ite mo

kono kimochi kara me wo sorasenai
hajimete yuuki wo dashite ima omoi wo tsutaetai
kokoro kara suki da to ieru no ...

English

I can't turn away from you
I want to gather the courage to finally tell you my feelings

I can't find the strength to tell you how I feel,
So I just hide my feelings in the corner of my smile

I want to see you, but I can't tell you,
No matter how much I want to be by your side

I can't turn away from my feelings
I want to find the courage to tell you for the first time,
I love you from the bottom of my heart ...

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• still my words marks the first appearance of Meg in BEMANI. She would later contribute the vocals to Last Message in beatmania IIDX 7th style.
• If you scratch the turntable after still my words ends, you will hear a soundbite of Meg whispering "still my words".
• still my words is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from August 7th, 2024 after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

TaQ

There are two main ways to express a 2 minutes song in beatmania: one is to cut a part of a longer scene, and the other is to fully complete a scene in 2 minutes. This song fully meets the latter type.
Although singing, piano, and techno aren't common styles, this polished song is considered to be ambient, but I feel as if there a more appropriate word for this new genre.
Now for TaQ's comments.

"Words form sounds. Sounds also form words.
Through music, people meet each other.
You can't predict how these encounters conclude.
This song wouldn't be born without meg, the wonderful instruments, and the incomparable pianist called Osamu Kubota."

Video Production Information

shiro

When I first heard this song, I thought I was going to cry.
When you are crying, people feel lonely despite others around them, wander off, followed by unshaken words, recall previously forgotten memories, and strangely grasp the truth. I wanted to express those elusive thoughts.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 from 1st style through 9th, 1 to 8 in 10th, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	369	464	619	-	-	437	726	-	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style→10th style	-	4	6	-	-	5	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED→Present	-	4	6	-	-	5	↑7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	2	4	6	-	-	5	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	3	4	6	-	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	4	6	-	-	5	7	-	-