Chou (song)

Chou (蝶) is the main vocal song and theme of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly. The song is sung by Japanese artist Tsukiko Amano and is used in the game's ending, closing credits and preview trailers.

Chou was first released in a single of the same name in November 12, 2003. It was later featured in a few of Tsukiko Amano's subsequent albums, beginning with Tenryuu.

	Chou in Japanese

Lyrics

English (in game)

"Deep underground, I kept digging a hole

Without knowing where it would lead

With a dirt-covered eyepiece in one hand

I searched for your arm

Scraping together patchwork happiness, and sowing it,

I was crushed by your strength.

Burned on     Burned on

The inerasable scars left by the palms of my hands

Sever a rift in the red-stained clouds with my torn wings.

See, I can flutter better than you thought.

The eternity I dreamed while confined in my cocoon,

Where will it take seed and blossom?

The morning will eventually come and bring the darkness back home,

And steal my eyes away from me.

Fumbling for you by moonlight, overlapping and entangling with you,

I believed I could become your true hiding place.

Burned down     Burned down,

The place of our promise that ill never return

Run across the black-stained earth with a torn-off agony

See, I can flutter better than you thought.

If you can't hear me, even though I scream

I want you to destroy me with your own hands

While you can still hold me dear.

Your arms that hold me back

turn into a gentle dust

I simply stare at the sky, silently.

Burned on     Burned on,

The inerasable scars left by the palms of my hands.

Sever a rift in the red-strained clouds with my torn wings.

Burned down     Burned down

The place of our promise that will never return

See, I can flutter better than you thought."

English

"Underground in the cellar, I continued digging a hole

Without knowing where the hole was going to

With a shovel wet with earth in one hand, I was searching for your arms

I pieced together a patchwork happiness

As I planted my seeds, I was crushed by your strength

The scars on my palms that won't come off

Burn, burn

Breaking through the gap in the clouds stained red by torn wings

See how well I fly

I wonder if the eternity that I pictured while trapped in a cocoon

Is now a flower blooming somewhere

The morning will soon bring back the dark night

Stealing away my vision

I believed that by groping along in the moonlight, I'd find you in the place where things tangled and overlapped

The promised land to which we cannot return

Burns out, burns out

Running over the earth stained black by torn pain

See how well I fly

If I shout and yet can't be heard, I want to be destroyed at your hands

While I can still be called "me"

Your arms that held me back turned to soft dust

And I just silently looked up at the sky

The scars on my palms that won't come off

Burn, burn

Breaking through the gap in the clouds stained red by torn wings

The promised land to which we cannot return

Burns out, burns out

See how well I fly."

Japanese

地下に潜り穴を掘り続けた どこに続く穴かは知らずに 土に濡れたスコップを片手に 君の腕を探していた つぎはぎの幸せを寄せ集め 蒔きながら君の強さに押し潰されていた 焼け付き焼け付き 剥がれない掌の跡 千切れた翼で赤く染まる雲間を裂いて 上手に羽ばたく私を見つめて 繭に籠もり描いた永遠は どこに芽吹き花開くのだろう 朝はやがて闇夜を連れ戻し 私の目を奪ってゆく 月灯り手探りで重ね合い 縺れては君の在処になれると信じた 燃え尽き燃え尽き 戻らない約束の場所 千切れた痛みで黒く染まる大地を駆けて 上手に羽ばたく私を見つめて 叫んでも聞こえぬなら、その手で壊してほしい まだ私を私と呼べるうちに 抱き止める君の腕が穏やかな塵に変わる ただ静かに空を仰いだ 焼け付き焼け付き 剥がれない掌の跡 千切れた翼で赤く染まる雲間を裂いて 燃え尽き燃え尽き 戻らない約束の場所 上手に羽ばたく私を見つめて。

Romaji Chika ni moguri ana o hori tsuzuketa Doko ni tsuzuku ana ka wa shirazu ni Tsuchi ni nureta sukoppu o katate ni Kimi no ude o sagashite ita Tsugihagi no shiawase o yose atsume Makinagara kimi no tsuyosa ni oshi tsubusarete ita Yaketsuki yaketsuki Hagare nai tenohira no ato Chigireta tsubasa de akaku somaru kumoma o saite Jouzu ni habataku watashi o mitsumete Mayu ni komori egaita eien wa Doko ni mebuki hana hiraku no darou Asa wa yagate yamiyo o tsuremodoshi Watashi no me o ubatte yuku Tsuki akari tesaguri de kasaneai Motsurete wa kimi no arika ni nareru to shinjita Moetsuki moetsuki Modoranai yakusoku no basho Chigireta itami de kuroku somaru daichi o kakete Jouzu ni habataku watashi o mitsumete Saken demo kikoenu nara, sono te de kowashite hoshii Mada watashi o watashi to yoberu uchi ni Daki tomeru kimi no ude ga odayaka na chiri ni kawaru Tada shizuka ni sora o aoi da Yaketsuki yaketsuki Hagare nai tenohira no ato Chigireta tsubasa de akaku somaru kumoma o saite Moetsuki moetsuki Modoranai yakusoku no basho Jouzu ni habataku watashi o mitsumete.

Videos

SplitPlaythru Fatal Frame II - Crimson Butterfly (42) Normal Ending & Ending Credits

The song playing in the game's normal ending and credits

Tsukiko Amano - Chou (Butterfly)

Tsukiko Amano's promotional video for "Chou"

Fatal Frame 2 Chou - Amano Tsukiko - English Sub & Singable Lyrics

Videoclip with english subs

Trivia

• "Chou" (蝶) in Japanese means "butterfly."
• The Japanese character of Chō (蝶) is Kanji. In Mandarin Chinese, the characters for "Butterfly" are, "蝴蝶" (hú dié).
• A track parodying "Chou," named "Zhou," can be heard on the b-side of the single.