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    Ciretako's "translated" Nier soundtrack lyrics by

    Fandoms: Nier Gestalt | Nier, NieR: Automata (Video Game), Drag-On Dragoon | Drakengard, Project Dragonsphere, drakenier, The Yokoverse, NieR Gestalt | NieR Replicant | NieR (Video Games), Nier: Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., Nier: Replicant ver.√1.5  

    04 Jan 2019

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    For a while I've been making English "translations" of the lyrics to a bunch of the tracks from Nier: Replicant/Gestalt and Nier: Automata - creative interpretations of the "chaos language" lyrics to each game's soundtrack. Now I've got them collected here - how 'bout that?

    As I choose not to use AO3's provided ratings system, note that content warnings apply for similar themes to those found in the Nier/Drakengard series proper. The Nier/Drakengard series does deal in heavy themes - themes of loss, mortality and existential despair - and I do attempt to broach those themes in my "translations." My Nier: Automata lyrics, in particular, have a depressing ending.

    The transcriptions of the original lyrics of each track are generally sourced from elsewhere, sometimes with my own personal edits made to them. Unfortunately, most of those sources have come without credit for a transcription's original author. Some of my “translations” have notes attached, comprising commentary I’ve imagined for the in-universe histories and linguistics of the music being “translated” or discussion of the choices I’ve made for my “translations” and out-of-universe discussion of the tracks themselves.

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