Lift You Up

Not to be confused with Lift Me Up.

Lift You Up

Song Information

Lift You Up's jacket.

Artist: wolli
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals: Wolfram Alber
BPM: 123
Length: 1:35
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

蒼く永い夜にのまれ　未来の光探してた
希望の欠片も抱けず　寂しかったね　一人泣いたね

ほら見上げて　笑おうよ
Don't you worry, everything is going to be fine

この今を生きよう　過去の憂い忘れ
僕達の未来はそこ　ほら　待っているよ

Look at the sky, and your tears will be dried
There will be no more clouds in the sky
僕達の夢はそこに　手を延ばしてごらん

この今を生きよう　過去の憂い忘れ
There is a future waiting for you and me
You gonna be a happy one

English

When the nights were so long and you were crying so hard
I know you couldn't see any light in the dark
You were trying so hard to get out of the dark
You were feeling that you had lost all your hope

La la lift up your soul, come together,
Don't you worry, everything is going to be fine

Now is the time, happy go lucky! (yes! to be happy)
No more worrying about your past
There is a future waiting for you and me
You gonna be a happy one

Look at the sky, and your tears will be dried
There will be no more clouds in the sky
We keep on walking, dreams are on our way
The days were over when we cried much


Now is the time, happy go lucky! (yes! to be happy)
No more worrying about your past
There is a future waiting for you and me
You gonna be a happy one

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• Lift You Up marks Wolfram Alber's debut in BEMANI.
  • Lift You Up is also Wolfram Alber's only song without Seiya Murai.
• Lift You Up was unlocked in DanceDanceRevolution X for normal play on 5/21/2009.
• According to Wolfram Alber, he originally wanted to sing Lift You Up in English, however Stillwind Borenstein suggested Wolfram to sing it in Japanese, as it was "more interesting". Stillwind also suggested him to make Lift You Up to sound like a pop song instead of a dance-like track as Wolfram originally envisioned.
  • Wolfram later posted the original English lyrics on his blog.
• Lift You Up is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).

Song Production Information

wolli

"This is my first composition for DDR, and I am very excited to share my music with all the fans. As I was considering how to write this song, two basic ideas came to my mind. One was to have lyrics that are cheerful, and another was to create a melody with good groove - as dancing not only makes everyone happy, but also lets them forget all the bad things that have happened in the past. So I wrote a song based on these ideas. I added the message "Anyone can enjoy dancing, so why don't you dance with us. We'll Lift You Up!" in order to help everyone realize that is the power of dance.

Arranging the song was also done keeping these same ideas in mind, but I also wanted everyone to be happy and enjoy the song even when they are not dancing. So, I focused on its quality as a musical piece. I think that I have created a song fulfilling all of these goals. I hope that everyone enjoys it and that it makes you happy!"

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	73 / 0	121 / 2	169 / 4	229 / 2	- / - / -	118 / 3	173 / 4	214 / 2	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution X	2	4	6	9	—	5	6	8	—
DanceDanceRevolution X2	2	4	6	↑10	—	5	6	8	—
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	↑3	4	6	10	—	5	6	8	—
DanceDanceRevolution X CS JP/US	2	4	6	9	—	5	6	8	—
DanceDanceRevolution S+	2	4	6	9	—	—	—	—	—