Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen (紅蓮の弓矢 Guren no Yumiya?, lit. "Crimson Bow and Arrow") is the 1st opening theme of the Attack on Titan anime, and is sung and composed by singer-songwriter Revo of Linked Horizon. It was replaced by Die Flügel der Freiheit in Episode 14. Romaji: “Sono hi jinrui wa omoidashita Yatsura ni shihai sareteita kyoufu Torikago no naka ni torawarete ita kutsujoku Hanatareta yumiya yo kabe wo koe umi made tonde ike!” Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger! Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen Fumareta hana no namae mo shirazu ni Chi ni ochita tori wa kaze wo machiwabiru Inotta tokoro de nani mo kawaranai 《Ima》 wo kaeru no wa tatakau kakugo da Shikabane fumikoete Susumu ishi o warau buta yo Kachiku no annei kyogi no han'ei Shiseru garō no jiyuu wo! Torawareta kutsujoku wa hangeki no kōshi da Jōheki no sono kanata emono wo hofuru 《Jäger》 Hotobashiru《shōdō》ni sono mi wo yaki nagara Tasogare ni hi wo ugatsu Guren no yumiya Ya wo tsugae oikakeru yatsu wa nigasanai Ya wo hanachi oitsumeru kesshite nigasanai Genkai made hikishiboru hachikiresō na tsuru 《Yatsu》 ga ikitaeru made nando demo hanatsu Emono wo korosu no wa 《dōgu》 demo gijutsu demo nai Togisumasareta omae jishin no satsui da Wir sind die Jäger! Honō no yō ni atsuku Wir sind die Jäger! Kōri no yō ni hiyayaka ni Wir sind die Jäger! Onore wo ya ni komete Wir sind die Jäger! Subete wo tsuranuiteyuke Angriff auf die Titanen Der Junge von einst wird bald zum Schwert greifen Wer nur seine Machtlosigkeit beklagt kann nichts verändern Der Junge von einst wird bald das schwarze Schwert ergreifen Hass und Zorn sind eine zweischneidige Klinge Bald eines Tages wird er dem Schicksal die Zähne zeigen Nanika wo kaeru koto ga dekiru no wa Nanika wo suteru koto ga dekiru mono Nanihitotsu 《risk》 nado Seowanai mama de Nanika ga kanau nado Angu no sōtei tada no gen'ei Ima wa mubō na yuuki mo 『Jiyuu』 no senpei kake no kōsei Hashiru dorei ni shōri wo! Kaserareta fujōri wa shingeki no kōshida Ubawareta sono chihei 『sekai』 wo nozomu 《Eren》 Tomedonaki 《shōdō》 ni sono mi wo okasare nagara Yoiyami ni shi wo hakobu Meifu no yumiya English "On that day, humanity received a grim reminder... Of the fear they held for the Titans, And that the Walls they lived in, were more like Cages... Fly away to the sea beyond these walls!" Are you the prey? No, we are the hunters! Crimson Bow and Arrow Not knowing the name of the trampled flower Birds that have fallen from the sky tire of waiting upon the wind Prayers won’t change anything Only the resolve to fight can change the <Undesirable Present Situation>[present]… You pigs who sneer at our will to step over corpses and march onwards Enjoy the peace of livestock…false prosperity…"freedom" of the dying wolves that hunger! The humiliation of entrapment is our cue to counterattack Beyond the castle Walls lies a 《hunter》 killing his prey With a surging 《killer impulse》 scorching his body, he pierces the dusk scarlet With a crimson arrow Drawing his bow, he takes after his target; he won’t let it escape Releasing his arrow, he closes upon it; he won’t let it escape He bends his bow to its limits, the string on the verge of snapping He’ll release it, time and time again, until <his target> draws its last breath What truly kills a prey are not 《weapons》 nor your skills at using it But your own sharp killing intent We are the hunters -> passionate as flames! We are the hunters -> cold as ice! We are the hunters -> pour your heart and soul into your arrow! We are the hunters -> boldly go forth and pierce through everything! Attack on the Titans. The boy from back then will soon take up the sword. Who only laments his powerlessness won’t be able to change anything. The boy from back then will soon take up the black sword. Hate and rage are a double-edged blade. Soon, one day, he will bare his fangs against fate. Ones that could hope to change anything Are ones who could bear to abandon anything Without bearing any 《risk》 at all, how could you hope to attain anything…? Foolish assumptions…they are but mere phantasms…right now, we could do with even reckless courage… The advance guards of <freedom>…betting on their offensive Victory to the charging slaves! All this absurdity forced upon us are our cue to counterattack Deprived of his horizon,《Eren from that day》 yearns for《the world of freedom》 With relentless 《killer impulse》 assailing his body, he carries violet to dusk- With an arrow from Hades Trivia Images from the manga can be seen in rapid succession in two parts of the opening sequence. The melody of the song is reused as a leitmotif in several of Linked Horizon's other tracks, including Die Flügel der Freiheit, Opfert eure Herzen!, Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi, Saigo no Kyojin, and Ni-sen Nen... Moshiku wa... Ni-man Nen-go no Kimi e.... The German line at the beginning of the song is often misheard as "Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!" or something similar. According to the official lyrics provided in the booklet of the CD, the correct line is "Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind der Jäger!".
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