Luna Sea, to make it fast, is the Number One rock band in Japan. Five cool guys who released their first indies album in 1991 and slowly improved their music, which could already be considered as top-quality then. Their fifth album, Style, released in 1996, is the proof that their talent is due to the combination of all the members. Individually, they are all great, especially Sugizo, the main guitarist, and Ryuichi, the singer. They both released some state-of-the-art albums in 1997 : Truth ?, from Sugizo, a drum'n'bass and jazz masterpiece (featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto !), and Love, from Ryuichi Kawamura, the best pop album released since years !

This page contains some lyrics from their songs. I'll update it whenever I have some free time. I have to precise that the lyrics were reproduced straight from the songs, not completely from the booklets, where the transcription is sometimes quite different from what one can actually hear in the songs...

Lyrics transcripted by René-Gilles Deberdt.

Luna Sea (1991)

1. FATE (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
2. TIME IS DEAD (Ryuichi/J)
3. SANDY TIME (Ryuichi/Inoran)
4. BRANCH ROAD (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
5. SHADE (Ryuichi/J)
6. BLUE TRANSPARENCY (Ryuichi/Inoran)
7. THE SLAIN (Ryuichi/J)
8. CHESS (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
9. MOON (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
10. PRECIOUS (Ryuichi/J)

Image (may 21, 1992)

1. CALL FOR LOVE (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
2. Déjàvu (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
3. MECHANICAL DANCE (Ryuichi/J)
4. WALL (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
5. Image (Ryuichi/Inoran)
6. SEARCH FOR REASON (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
7. IMITATION (Ryuichi/J)
8. VAMPIRE'S TALK (Ryuichi/Inoran)
9. SYMPTOM (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
10. IN MIND (Ryuichi/J)
11. MOON (Ryuichi/Sugizo)
12. WISH (Ryuichi & J/J)

Eden (april 21, 1993)

1. JESUS
2. BELIEVE
3. Rejuvenescence
4. RECALL
5. ANUBIS
6. LASTLY
7. IN MY DREAM (with shiver)
8. STEAL
9. LAMENTABLE
10. Providence
11. STAY
(Paroles et musique :
Luna Sea)

Mother (october 25, 1994)

1. LOVELESS
2. ROSIER
3. FACE TO FACE
4. CIVILIZE
5. GENESIS OF MIND ~Yume no kanata e~
6. AURORA
7. IN FUTURE
8. FAKE
9. TRUE BLUE
10. MOTHER
(Lyrics and Music :
Luna Sea)

Style (march 1996)

1. With Love
2. G
3. Hurt
4. Ra-se-n
5. Luv U
6. Forever & Ever
7. 1999
8. End of Sorrow
9. Desire
10. In Silence
11. Selves
(Lyrics and Music :
Luna Sea)

Luna Sea Singles (double album, december 1997)

(Lyrics and Music :
Luna Sea)

Some of the C/W songs from the singles...

Rain (From the Single Rosier) (july 21, 1994)
Ray (From the Single In Silence) (july 15, 1996)

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Other links...

Luna Sea (Rockin' Heaven): the most beautiful page, the most complete one (before the two sisters who maintain it lost it because of a crash), and also some lyrics... Well, actually their page is much better than mine !! ;-)
Cyber-Soul Luna Sea: a fascinating page about Luna Sea. (with frames)

Cyber Namida was created and designed by René-Gilles Deberdt. All rights reserved.