Refrain
This page is for the dj TAKA feat.AiMEE song titled refrain. For the お月さま交響曲 song of the same title, please see Refrain (Otsukisama koukyoukyoku).
refrain
Song Information
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 Chakushin★uta♪ (着信★うた♪) service.
Trivia
- refrain was the June 2014 REFLEC Stamp unlockable song in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. To unlock its 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 was 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.
- refrain received a different jacket on the BEMANI Fan Site CHECK!SONGS page for November 2015, which is exclusively used on the site.
- 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.
- After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, refrain was revived on February 8th, 2018.
- refrain is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.11.
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+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (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 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - |
REFLEC BEAT
Old Charts
| 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+ | - |
New Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | White Hard | |
| Notecounts | 261 | 552 | 860 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア | 6 | 10 | 13 | - |