Refrain

refrain

Song Information

refrain's jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA feat.AiMEE
Composition/Arrangement: dj TAKA
Lyrics/Vocals: AiMEE
BPM: 158
Length: 1:55
Genre: TRANCE
VJ: F-FLY (location test), Seventhgraphics (overlays by ヒゲタカ) (final release)
Jacket design: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 23 copula
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 71

Lyrics

Game Size

How can it end?
Refrain

Where do all the dreams return
When they melt away?
Where do all the broken hearted songs
Stop singing
And resign themselves to fate?
Why did you go
Though we were running freely
Through open meadows of fire and waterfalls?
I thought we'd always last
In this story we brought into being

Now all I am is leaving me so slowly
I'll never understand why I'm lonely
We once had it all
It only comes in my mind in shattered little frames
All of the times my heart hears you name
I loved you
I loved you in my universe

Long Version

How can it end? Refrain I can't amend this pain... Where do all the dreams return When they melt away? Where do all the broken hearted songs Stop singing And resign themselves to fate? Why did you go Though we were running freely Through open meadows of fire and waterfalls? I thought we'd always last In this story we brought into being Now all I am is leaving me so slowly I'll never understand why I'm lonely We once had it all It only comes in my mind in shattered little frames All of the times my heart hears you name I loved you I loved you in my universe How can it end? Refrain I can't amend this pain... I can't undo the years I was living in the sunlight The way your hands would lead I was the loveliest thing That you could hold How did we know this love Would've had end up conquering Our hearts in the blinding On anywhere to start? I can't undo the years I was living in the sunlight The way your hands would lead I was the loveliest thing That you could hold How did we know this love Would've had end up conquering Our hearts in the blinding On anywhere to start? How can it end? Refrain I can't amend this pain...

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of refrain, titled refrain (Long Version), is available for download via the 着信★うた♪ service.

Trivia

• refrain was the June 2014 REFLEC Stamp unlockable song in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!:
  • To unlock refrain's BASIC, MEDIUM, and HARD charts, you must have acquired 2, 4, and 7 REFLEC Stamps on June 2014, respectively.
  • Since July 4th, 2014, refrain's BASIC, MEDIUM, and HARD charts can be purchased in the REFLEC Shop for 300, 600, and 1000 Refle, respectively.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA and REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, refrain is playable by default.
• refrain's ANOTHER charts were not playable during the beatmania IIDX 23 copula location test, even on the final day, making it the only new song in the location test with this distinction.
  • refrain's ANOTHER charts were finally unlocked on December 10th, 2015.
• refrain marks the first time Takayuki Ishikawa uses his dj TAKA alias in REFLEC BEAT since Hollywood Galaxy.
• refrain marks Higetaka's first contribution to beatmania IIDX.
• On the iTunes release of the beatmania IIDX 23 copula ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, refrain's title and artist were changed to Refrain (feat. AiMEE) and dj TAKA, respectively.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and REFLEC BEAT @wiki.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	622	1208	1857	633	1094	1856	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present	-	6	10	12	6	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	189	450	756	-
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→groovin'!! Upper	4	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2	4	8	11	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	8	10+	-