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  • Member: Kusoyaro
  • Studio: Kusoyaro Productions
  • Title: Run
  • Premiered: 2005-07-01
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  • Song:
    • Snow Patrol Run
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  • Comments: The first week I owned Snow Patrol's Final Straw album, I must have listened to the song Run for about 20 hours total (I had it on loop for several hours a day). I was also watching Last Exile at the time, and I instantly thought it would be a good match for the song. The song's lyrics are sort of a mess, but they reminded me of lovers on the lam from a much larger conflict that they've been caught up in. Claus and Lavie from Last Exile aren't exactly lovers, but they have a relationship that reminds me a lot of the relationships in Ghibli films such as Kiki, Laputa, Spirited Away, etc., where they may be too young for romantic love, but there is still a deep, affectionate bond between the two. Even though I have the "romance" and "character profile" tabs checked, I'd say this video is actually a relationship profile, with some coming-of-age and epic adventure thrown in for good measure.

    The big solo near the end of the song was also a big draw for me. As soon as I thought of Last Exile while listening to the song, I saw Vanships soaring through the air during the solo.

    The original song is nearly 6 minutes long and fairly repetitive on a musical level, so I decided to do a bit of cutting. My first couple of tries, I basically gutted the song and took away any sort of cohesion, but eventually, I ended up with something that stands on its own as a complete song.

    Here are the lyrics (with the cut portions in italics):

    I'll sing it one last time for you
    Then we really have to go
    You've been the only thing that's right
    In all I've done

    And I can barely look at you
    But every single time I do
    I know we'll make it anywhere
    Away from here

    Light up, light up
    As if you have a choice
    Even if you cannot hear my voice
    I'll be right beside you dear

    Louder louder
    And we'll run for our lives
    I can hardly speak I understand
    Why you can't raise your voice to say


    To think I might not see those eyes
    Makes it so hard not to cry
    And as we say our long goodbye
    I nearly do

    Light up, light up
    As if you have a choice
    Even if you cannot hear my voice
    I'll be right beside you dear


    Louder louder
    And we'll run for our lives
    I can hardly speak I understand
    Why you can't raise your voice to say

    Slower slower
    We don't have time for that
    All I want is to find an easier way
    To get out of our little heads


    Have heart my dear
    We're bound to be afraid
    Even if it's just for a few days
    Making up for all this mess

    [SOLO]

    Light up, light up
    As if you have a choice
    Even if you cannot hear my voice
    I'll be right beside you dear


    Special thanks to Moonlight Soldier for finding the font used in the bumpers.

    Finalist in Anime Expo's 2005 AMV contest
    Finalist in Otakon's 2005 AMV contest

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