After Dark [English Lyrics]

Anime: Bleach
Artist: Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Originally Written: August 10th, 2010

The shadows behind me tear apart at the seams
That's when I make my escape
Ignoring the fragrance of the fallen petals
That fall around my feet

The smell came around the corner of a deserted street
As if it were the voice of a child that cried and weeped

Coasting on the dreams that travel within the nightly wind
Why can't they ever be found?
At the same time the whole world is crumbling from the vast decay
Hiding all those dreams in the ground
When I open my eyes, those dreams will spurt from the soul
Grow new hope-giving flowers and I'll know my dreams will never be dead

Awoken from a ghastly wonderland of mischief
And damage, I'll run away
Fly toward the sky and hear those flowers of dream
And hope look up at me and say,

"Blood from the town beyond the corner of that deserted street
All from that familiar child that you found that cried and weeped."

Flowing down an endless stream of blood that's crimson red
Moon's reflection is rejected through comparison
Our dreams will join the stagnant stream of blood that's never bled
Those flowers merge into a world that moves forward but frozen


Coasting on the dreams that travel within the nightly wind
Why can't they ever be found?
At the same time the whole world is crumbling from the vast decay
Hiding all those dreams in the ground
When I open my eyes, those dreams will spurt from the soul
Grow new hope-giving flowers and I'll know my dreams will never be dead