Janus

is a song by Fantôme Iris.

It was announced on April 30, 2021 during the "「ARGONAVIS Project Presentation -2021 Spring-」" stream, where the future contents for 3 months of AAside were previewed; while it wasn't revealed until the paid live Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!- on May 5th, 2021.

It was made public with the ingame version in June 30th, 2021 as the song for the Daimon Kusunoki focused event with the same name, where it was described as "A song that was performed in a live with a masquerade ball as its theme. It depicts men and women trying to reveal what's in each other's hearts."

It is written, arranged and composed by Takayuki Kato -who also played the guitars and was also in charge of all the other instruments and programming-, the bass was played by Ritsu and the drums by KENZO.

A digital single version was released on March 2nd, 2022 and it is also part of their first album miroir, which was released on September 7, 2022.

Video
AAside MV= https://youtu.be/sc3v57Uv3hI AAside Event Story= https://youtu.be/LpkTfNkFDRQ Full (Single)= https://youtu.be/_CRHv_VgXmk Full (miroir)= https://youtu.be/dIh8o8hugDM

Lyrics
Romaji= Utagai no nai manazashi ga mune ni sasaru Surechigai kataki ai koyoi kareru made odorou

Saguriai fumidashita suteppu Motsure karamiatte hanarerarenu futari e to

"Itoshii" sore wa shinjitsu Hakanaki hana yo Chiriyuku sugata mo kitto Utsukushii no darou Komiageru kanjou finale o machiwabite

Nuri kasanete yukeba shinjitsu ni mo kawaru Kokoro moyou mo onaji hora tebanasenaku naru

Kitsuku dakishimete mitsumeaeba Towa o chikau ka no you ni hitomi urumasete

"Aishita" sore mo shinjitsu Subete wa kako e Kaze ni mau hanabira no you ni Surinukete

Sono te ni wa Nani mo nokori wa shinai darou

Odorou kareru made Ai ni mi wo yudanete Nanimokamo ga uso ni somatte mo "Aishiteru"

Subete wa yume sore de ii Sayonara kimi yo fermata ni yorisou you ni Kimi wa kuzureta

Koboreochisou na shinjitsu ga ima Itsuwaru kamen wo kowashite shimaisou Kanji = 疑いのない眼差しが胸に刺さる すれ違い難き愛　今宵枯れるまで踊ろう

探り合い踏み出したステップ 縺れ絡み合って　離れられぬ二人へと

「愛しい」それは真実 儚き花よ 散りゆく姿もきっと 美しいのだろう こみ上げる感情 finaleを待ちわびて

塗り重ねていけば真実にも変わる 心模様も同じ　ほら手放せなくなる

きつく抱きしめて見つめ合えば 永遠を誓うかの様に瞳潤ませて

「愛した」それも真実 全ては過去へ 風に舞う花弁の様に すり抜けて

その手には 何も残りはしないだろう

踊ろう枯れるまで 愛に身を委ねて 何もかもが嘘に染まっても 「愛してる」

全ては夢　それでいい さよならキミよ fermataに寄り添う様に キミは崩れた

零れ落ちそうな真実が今 偽る仮面を壊してしまいそう English = A confident gaze pierces my heart Though we grow apart as we talk, for tonight, let's dance until we wither

We stumble, intertwining our steps as we dance The two of us are eternally entangled

The truth is as "beautiful" as a fleeting flower, as it scatters, its beauty remains certain While it impatiently waits for the emotional finale

If you conceal it several times, the truth will change as well But as we both feel the same we just can't let it go

Our eyes meet as we tightly embrace, your eyes tremble as if they are making an eternal vow

Though "my love" is true, I'll just leave it all in the past It all slips through like petals fluttering in the wind, and none of it remains in my hands

Let's dance until we wither, as we give ourselves up into our love Even if everything is tainted by lies, I'll still "love you"

If everything is nothing but a dream, that's fine, I bid farewell to you You crumble as we get closer to the fermata

It seems like the scattered truth is now cracking that mask made of lies

Translation by @Roseiristan

Live Performances

 * May 5th, 2021: Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-
 * September 26th, 2021: Fantôme Iris Concept LIVE ― Gekkoukyouen ―
 * January 2nd, 2022: ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022
 * May 15th, 2022: Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-