Let the Snow Paint Me

Song Information

Artist: Sana
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Takeyasu
Lyrics: Scotty D.
Vocals: Sanae Shintani
Guitar: Nazo²Suzuki
BPM: 130
Length: 2:06
Genre: AMBIENT POP
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 7th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Can you hear me from above?
Do you feel the pain inside of me?

Rushes through, winter in the air
Passing by, no one cares to stop

Can you see me from above?
Do you share my frozen memories?

Setting sun, leaving me alone
Silent dark, saying not a word

Let the snow paint me
Please give me a brand new start on life
Just again, once for all
Let the snow paint me
Please give me a break from yesterday
Smile for me, take my hand

Let the snow paint me

Long Version

Can you hear me from above?
Do you feel the pain inside of me?

Rushes through, winter in the air
Passing by, no one cares to stop

Can you see me from above?
Do you share my frozen memories?

Setting sun, leaving me alone
Silent dark, saying not a word

Let the snow paint me
Please give me a brand new start on life
Just again, once for all
Let the snow paint me
Please give me a break from yesterday
Smile for me, take my hand

Can you watch me from above?
Knowing someone cares can mean a lot

Warming breeze, never seemed to come
Covered green, spring not far away

Can you guide me from above?
All I need is just a little light

Cowardly, I go step by step
Gentle white, hiding all I fear

Let the snow paint me
Please give me a brand new look for life
Just again, once for all
Let the snow paint me
Please give me a break from what I was
Smile for me, take my hand

Let the snow paint me

Song Connections / Remixes

A remix of Let the Snow Paint Me by DJ BOSS, titled Let The Snow Paint Me -Y&Co. Remix-, appears in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
The full version of Let the Snow Paint Me appears on Sana's Sanative album.

Trivia

Let the Snow Paint Me's lyrics were written by Scott Dolph, his only credit for an arcade beatmania IIDX song.
Let the Snow Paint Me is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from April 5th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
Let the Snow Paint Me was removed from beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE on December 27th, 2019.
- It was also removed from the MUSIC PLAYER section of beatmania IIDX 7th style Original Soundtrack.

Song Production Information

HIRO

This song was recorded in advance for Sana's 2nd album, "Sanative", but it's a brand-new song for beatmaniaIIDX 7th style.
I was excited that the movie was almost made as a promotional video.
I'm grateful to Scotty D. for the wonderful lyrics.
There are many trance songs included in the IIDX series recently, but I thought you would want to enjoy authentic trance songs by avex trax artists, so this song is mainly about the vocals, with some trance-like sounds and phrases.
By the way, during my summer vacation last year I went to the birthplace of trance in Amsterdam, Netherlands, I was a bit surprised that stores in train stations sold trance CDs.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

I heard that the lyrics of this song, which is translated into Japanese as "Let me be painted with snow" (私を雪で塗り替えて), have the theme of an itako speaking to dead people.
I created this movie to emphasize the texture adjustments in a form which reproduces the lyrics of the song.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ from 7th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	358	431	537	624	-	485	559	-	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style→11 IIDX RED	-	4	6	N/A	-	6	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	4	6	7	-	6	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	3	4	6	6	-	6	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	6	7	-	6	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	6	7	-	-	-	-	-