Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai (美しき残酷な世界 Utsukushiki Zankoku na Sekai?, lit. "This Beautiful Cruel World") is the 1st ending theme of the Attack on Titan anime, and is sung by Yōko Hikasa. It is also the ending theme of the OVA, Lost in the cruel world. It was replaced by great escape in Episode 14. Romaji Sono yume wa kokoro no ibasho Inochi yori kowareyasuki mono Nando demo sutete wa mitsuke Yasuraka ni sā nemure Myaku utsu shōdō ni negai wa okasare Wasurete shimau hodo mata omoidasu yo Kono utsukushiki zankoku na sekai de wa Mada ikiteiru koto "naze" to tou bakari de Ā boku-tachi wa kono tsuyosa yowasa de Nani o mamoru no darō mō risei nado Nai naraba Ano sora wa setsunai no darō Maiagaru hai to shinkirou Atatakai kotoba ni kogoe Hitoshirezu sā nemure Nebatsuku gensō ni nageki wa kakusare Chigitte shimau hodo mata karamitsuku yo Kono utsukushiki zankoku na sekai de wa Tada shinde yuku koto "mate" to kou bakari de Ā boku-tachi wa kazamidori tobezu ni Shinjitsu wa uso yori kirei ka dōka Wakaranai Moshimo bokura uta naraba Ano kaze ni ho o age Mayowazu ni tada dareka no moto e Kibō o todoke ni yuku no ni Kono utsukushiki zankoku na sekai de wa Mada ikite iru koto "naze" to tou bakari de Ā boku-tachi wa kono tsuyosa yowasa de Nani o mamoru no darō mō risei nado Nai naraba English Your dream is where your heart is It’s something more fragile than life itself No matter how many times you throw it away, you still find it So rest in peace now Your wish is violated by your pulsing urge and as much as you forget about it, you recall it again In this beautiful and cruel world We only ask “why” we’re still alive… Ah, what are we going to protect with our strength and weakness? If reason no longer exists That sky looks sad Ashes and mirages rise up You freeze in warm words So rest in secret now Your grief is hidden by fantasies sticking to you and as much as it tears apart, it joins back together again In this beautiful and cruel world We only beg for death to “wait”… Ah, we’re flightless weathercocks We don’t know if the truth is more beautiful than lies or not If we are songs Then we’ll raise the flags to that wind and just send hope to someone without hesitation, if only… In this beautiful and cruel world We only ask “why” we’re still alive… Ah, what are we going to protect with our strength and weakness? If reason no longer exists
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