The Ruins That Held the Moon｜Elsewhere Archive

月が水面に落ちたまま、空へ戻らなくなった世界。 静かな廃都には、空に浮かぶ月と、水の底に沈む月がありました。 けれど水面に映っていたのは、ただの景色ではなかったのかもしれません。 The Ruins That Held the Moon — Elsewhere Archive — Images / Music / Stories from worlds that do not exist. 小説版「存在しない世界をめぐる物語 ― Elsewhere Archive」 https://kakuyomu.jp/works/11054822662... Lyrics The moon fell into the water And never climbed back out I walked where towers linger Above a drowned and silent town Their windows burned like embers While broken stars looked down The bridges crossed the darkness To doors that had no rooms And every pool beneath them Was holding different moons I watched the silver tremble Though there was not a breeze Something moved beneath the city Too slowly to be seen The ruins held the moon tonight Deep beneath the sleeping stone One was shining in the heavens One was waiting down below And when I touched the water The whole reflection moved But the city stayed completely still Beneath the broken moon The waterfalls kept falling From places long destroyed Through arches wrapped in shadow Into the endless void A distant bell was ringing From a tower with no name Its echo crossed the water But never came the same I saw the towers upside down More clearly than above As if the drowned reflection Was the world that still lived on The ruins held the moon tonight Deep beneath the sleeping stone One was shining in the heavens One was waiting down below And when I touched the water The whole reflection moved But the city stayed completely still Beneath the broken moon Then I saw myself reflected Standing somewhere I had not On a bridge beneath the water In a city time forgot I raised my hand to meet her She raised hers after mine One heartbeat late One breath behind On the other side of time The ruins held the moon tonight But I could not tell which one Was hanging high above me And which had come undone The towers drowned in silver The water became sky And somewhere in the reflection I watched myself walk by The moon stayed in the water The ruins stayed below I turned away before I learned Which way I had to go #ElsewhereArchive #OriginalMusic #FantasyMusic