X Japan - Art Of Life Lyrics






Desert Rose
Why do you live alone
If you are sad
I'll make you leave this life
Are you white, blue or bloody red
All I can see is drowning in cold grey sand

The winds of time
You knock me to the ground
I'm dying of thirst
I wanna run away
I don't know how to set me free to live
My mind cries out feeling pain

I've been roaming to find myself
How long have I been feeling endless hurt
Falling down, rain flows into my heart
In the pain I'm waiting for you
Can't go back
No place to go back to
Life is lost, Flowers fall
If it's all dreams
Now wake me up
If it's all real
Just kill me

I'm making the wall inside my heart
I don't wanna let my emotions get out
It scares me to look at the world
Don't want to find myself lost in your eyes
I tried to drown my past in grey
I never wanna feel more pain
Ran away from you without saying any words
What I don't wanna lose is love

Through my eyes
Time goes by like tears
My emotion's losing the color of life
Kill my heart
Release all my pain
I'm shouting out loud
Insanity takes hold over me

Turning away from the wall
Nothing I can see
The scream deep inside
reflecting another person in my heart
He calls me from within
"All existence you see before you
must be wiped out :
Dream, Reality, Memories,
and Yourself"

I begin to lose control of myself
My lust is so blind, destroys my mind
Nobody can stop my turning to madness
No matter how you try to hold me in your heart
Why do you wanna raise these walls
I don't know the meaning of hatred
My brain gets blown away hearing words of lies
I only want to hold your love

Stab the dollls filled with hate
Wash yourself with their blood
Drive into the raging current of time
Swing your murderous weapon into the belly
"the earth"
Shout and start creating confusion
Shed your blood for pleasure
And what? For love?
What am I supposed to do?

I believe in the madness called "Now"
Past and future prison my heart
Time is blind
But I wanna trace my love
on the wall of time, over pain in my heart
Art of life
Insane blade stabbing dreams
Try to break all truth now
But I can't heal this broken heart in pain
Cannot start to live, Cannot end my life
Keep on crying

Close my eyes
Time breathes I can hear
All love and sadness
melt in my heart

Dry my tears
Wipe my bloody face
I wanna feel me living my life
outside my walls

You can't draw a picture of yesterday, so
You're painting your heart with your blood
You can't say "No"
Only turning the wheel of time
with a rope around your neck
You build a wall of morality and take a breath
from between the bricks
You make up imaginary ennemies and are chased by them
You're trying to commit suicide
You're satisfied with your prologue
Now you're painting your first chapter black
You are putting the scraps of life together
and trying to make an asylum for yourself
You're hitting a bell at the edge of the stage
and
You are trying to kill me

I believe in the madness called "Now"
Time goes flowing, breaking my heart
Wanna live
Can't let my heart kill myself
Still I haven't found what I'm looking for
Art of life
I try to stop myself
But my heart goes to destroy the truth
Tell me why
I want the meaning of my life
Do I try to live, Do I try to love
in my dream

I'm breaking the wall inside my heart
I just wanna let my emotions get out
Nobody can stop
I'm running to freedom
No matter how you try to hold me in your world
Like a doll carried by the flow of time
I sacrificed the present moment for the future
I was in chains of memory half-blinded
Losing my heart, walking in the sea of dreams

Close my eyes
Rose breathes I can hear
All love and sadness melt in my heart
Dry my tears
Wipe my bloody face
I wanna feel me living my life
outside my mind

Dreams can make me mad
I can't leave my dream
I can't stop myself
Don't know what I am
What lies are truth?
What truths are lies?

I believe in the madness called "Now"
Time goes flowing, breaking my heart
Wanna to live
Can't let my heart kill myself
Still I haven't found what I'm looking for
Art of life
I try to stop myself
But my heart goes to destroy the truth
Tell me why
I want the meaning of my life
Do I try to live, Do I try to love

Art of life
An Eternal Bleeding heart
You never wanna breathe your last
Wanna live
Can't let my heart kill myself
Still I'm feeling for
A Rose is breathing love
in my life





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  1. �.... ....

    いいね押しても 押したりなーい!!!

  2. �.... ....

    よっちゃん✨
    いつも✨全力だからお願い、身体を大事にしてください。🍀

  3. �.... ....

    国歌になって
    みんなで30分斉唱しようぜ

  4. D.... F....

    Why is this still not in spotify???

  5. h.... e....

    Japanese Rhapsody

  6. h.... y....

    I have never seen and listened such great song in Japanese rock band.

    Metal tune which preasant melody and power song, i think.

  7. h.... y....

    果たして日本のバンドで これを超える曲を書けるバンドが居るだろうか?ってぐらいの秀作、傑作ですよね。

    海外だと、ジャーマン、プログレ、ネオクラシカル勢が書いたりで結構 居るんだけど
    いずれも組曲形式。

    30分弱、途切れることなくテンションを保ったまま
    静と動を繰り返して最後まで書けるバンドは
    エックス以降あまり現れてない気がする。

    ルナシーも10分弱の長い曲を必ず入れるバンドだったから後のビジュアルロックに影響を与えた曲でもあるかもしれませんね。

  8. �.... ....

    この曲の歌詞を読んだときに衝撃を受けて涙が出ました。
    楽曲を聞くというよりも魂のこもった絵画を美術館で鑑賞する感覚で聴いてしまいます。
    この曲の重みは言葉では上手く形容できませんが…

  9. �.... ....

    あっという間の30分…

  10. �.... ....

    명곡...

  11. �.... ....

    The masterpiece! Every parts of song is very excellent and harmonious!!

  12. �.... ....

    まさに、Xが辿った、いや辿る人生を描いたような曲。

  13. �.... ....

    Art of life in the madness call me now time goes to flowing breaking my heart
    I believe in the madness called "Now" Time goes flowing, breaking my heart

    �.... ....

    @김동준 I'm 37 years old, ?

    �.... ....

    @이만희 glad you know your age

    �.... ....

    @이만희 I'm 6'3 200lbs u?

    �.... ....

    @김동준 I'm 5'6 160lbs

    �.... ....

    @이만희 you small bro

  14. �.... ....

    Taiji ㅜㅜ;;;;;;;;;;

  15. �.... ....

    Life is art. Because we listen ART OF LIFE song.

  16. �.... C....

    19:30 으악ㅠㅠ 괴랄하고 괴랄해고 난해해ㅠㅠ 으악 혼란스럽다ㅠㅠ 정신이 혼미산맥 어질어질

  17. M.... ....

    なんでyoshikiとかいう日本人天才作曲家が作った伝説の曲がこんなに再生回数すくないの?😭
    1億再生いってる曲は数えきれないくらいあるんだから、これが1億再生いってないのはおかしい

    M.... ....

    日本はどっかポップなものが好まれるんだよな
    つまり、ほんとの天才って受けいれられないってなくね?
    どこの誰よりすごいはずなんだけどさ、まあようわからんがそう思った

  18. �.... ....

    YOSHIKIもToshIも天才。血を吐きながら一年もレコーディングするのは狂気だが、ゆえにこれを超える芸術も簡単には生まれて来ない。
    後世に記憶される名曲となるだろうね。永遠に。

  19. �.... ....

    本当にYOSHIKI
    30分以上掛かるレコーディングお疲れ様でした。
    Toshiもお疲れ様です。

  20. �.... ....

    X JAPANのArt of Lifeの曲は、長過ぎるね

  21. �.... ....

    アンチコメ見てると本当に気分悪い
    そういうこといいにここに来るなら邪魔です

  22. A.... ....

    It's exactly Art!

  23. �.... �....

    Merody me

  24. S.... Y....

    Oh, shit ... I clicked on this, and now I am bound to stay and listen through it all, leaving all else aside.

  25. I.... M....

    I'm not ready for really long songs, especially when a song has 29 minutes duration

    But when I listened again, wow.. There are so many compositions and medleys. I wonder if guitarist, bassist, and drummer has much stamina to do at first 15 minutes.

    After that, there's piano solo and I didn't even know that I'm at 24 minutes already. There are so much broken parts, but magically I'm still listening and i'm at 24 minutes already

    And then going back to main music. Wow, 29 minutes flying so fast. How magical

    I.... M....

    Indeed.. A melodic, dramatic & powerful song

    Try listen to Nightwish - Greatest Show On Earth. It got the same vibes

  26. K.... H....

    wow. that was actually pretty amazing. X is special. Rusty Nail is one of my top favorites as well. Wow. When bands make long songs that dont feel like it, its a success (not that i mind) but wow.

  27. �.... i....

    バンドリのガルパにフルで出して欲しいと唐突に思ってしまった

    �.... i....

    指吊りそー

  28. s.... ....

    個人的には、12:23から歌に入るまでの曲調が好き。

  29. T.... I....

    Yoshikiさんは美人😻

  30. A.... m....

    Lovin it..

  31. �.... ....

    정말 엄청난 노래다 들을때마다 새롭고 신비로움

  32. �.... ....

    ❤️❤️❤️

  33. S.... S....

    あれ、持ってるCDより音きれい?

  34. H.... K....

    No Japanese lyrics, huh? Okay

    H.... K....

    Yoshiki actually write this in English

    H.... K....

    Oh, okay. Then he's amazing lyricist in Japan too (since he can made lyrics in full english and not mixing it with japanese lyrics, even the lyrics would be sound better to hear if he use full japanese lyrics)

  35. n.... k....

    これが再結成後初のLIVEで流れた時には鳥肌立った・・・!

  36. �.... ....

    カセットテープの片面フルで使ってこの曲を録音してもらったなあ。懐かしい。

  37. T.... G....

    "Art Of Life"

    Desert Rose
    Why do you live alone
    If you are sad
    I'll make you leave this life
    Are you white, blue or bloody red
    All I can see is drowning in cold grey sand

    The winds of time
    You knock me to the ground
    I'm dying of thirst
    I wanna run away
    I don't know how to set me free to live
    My mind cries out feeling pain

    I've been roaming to find myself
    How long have I been feeling endless hurt
    Falling down, rain flows into my heart
    In the pain I'm waiting for you
    Can't go back
    No place to go back to
    Life is lost, Flowers fall
    If it's all dreams
    Now wake me up
    If it's all real
    Just kill me

    I'm making the wall inside my heart
    I don't wanna let my emotions get out
    It scares me to look at the world
    Don't want to find myself lost in your eyes
    I tried to drown my past in grey
    I never wanna feel more pain
    Ran away from you without saying any words
    What I don't wanna lose is love

    Through my eyes
    Time goes by like tears
    My emotion's losing the color of life
    Kill my heart
    Release all my pain
    I'm shouting out loud
    Insanity takes hold over me

    Turning away from the wall
    Nothing I can see
    The scream deep inside
    reflecting another person in my heart
    He calls me from within
    "All existence you see before you
    must be wiped out :
    Dream, Reality, Memories,
    and Yourself"

    I begin to lose control of myself
    My lust is so blind, destroys my mind
    Nobody can stop my turning to madness
    No matter how you try to hold me in your heart
    Why do you wanna raise these walls
    I don't know the meaning of hatred
    My brain gets blown away hearing words of lies
    I only want to hold your love

    Stab the dollls filled with hate
    Wash yourself with their blood
    Drive into the raging current of time
    Swing your murderous weapon into the belly
    "the earth"
    Shout and start creating confusion
    Shed your blood for pleasure
    And what? For love?
    What am I supposed to do?

    I believe in the madness called "Now"
    Past and future prison my heart
    Time is blind
    But I wanna trace my love
    on the wall of time, over pain in my heart
    Art of life
    Insane blade stabbing dreams
    Try to break all truth now
    But I can't heal this broken heart in pain
    Cannot start to live, Cannot end my life
    Keep on crying

    Close my eyes
    Time breathes I can hear
    All love and sadness
    melt in my heart

    Dry my tears
    Wipe my bloody face
    I wanna feel me living my life
    outside my walls

    You can't draw a picture of yesterday, so
    You're painting your heart with your blood
    You can't say "No"
    Only turning the wheel of time
    with a rope around your neck
    You build a wall of morality and take a breath
    from between the bricks
    You make up imaginary ennemies and are chased by them
    You're trying to commit suicide
    You're satisfied with your prologue
    Now you're painting your first chapter black
    You are putting the scraps of life together
    and trying to make an asylum for yourself
    You're hitting a bell at the edge of the stage
    and
    You are trying to kill me

    I believe in the madness called "Now"
    Time goes flowing, breaking my heart
    Wanna live
    Can't let my heart kill myself
    Still I haven't found what I'm looking for
    Art of life
    I try to stop myself
    But my heart goes to destroy the truth
    Tell me why
    I want the meaning of my life
    Do I try to live, Do I try to love
    in my dream

    I'm breaking the wall inside my heart
    I just wanna let my emotions get out
    Nobody can stop
    I'm running to freedom
    No matter how you try to hold me in your world
    Like a doll carried by the flow of time
    I sacrificed the present moment for the future
    I was in chains of memory half-blinded
    Losing my heart, walking in the sea of dreams

    Close my eyes
    Rose breathes I can hear
    All love and sadness melt in my heart
    Dry my tears
    Wipe my bloody face
    I wanna feel me living my life
    outside my mind

    Dreams can make me mad
    I can't leave my dream
    I can't stop myself
    Don't know what I am
    What lies are truth?
    What truths are lies?

    I believe in the madness called "Now"
    Time goes flowing, breaking my heart
    Wanna to live
    Can't let my heart kill myself
    Still I haven't found what I'm looking for
    Art of life
    I try to stop myself
    But my heart goes to destroy the truth
    Tell me why
    I want the meaning of my life
    Do I try to live, Do I try to love

    Art of life
    An Eternal Bleeding heart
    You never wanna breathe your last
    Wanna live
    Can't let my heart kill myself
    Still I'm feeling for
    A Rose is breathing love
    in my life

  38. S.... E....

    How have I never heard of this masterpiece until now? Beautifully created! One of the most epic compositions ever created!!! Certainly an Art of Life! 😍
    This will be my playlist for my commute to work! 🤘

  39. P.... S....

    Canción culia de panaaaa 🔥

  40. �.... ....

    中学生の頃、美術の授業でこのジャケットを描写し、エレキギターで楽曲を練習した僕は、X jumpしに、ライブ会場に足を運んでましたw
    あの頃は、革パン履いて、円陣組んで、
    みんな怖かったなー笑笑
    今ならあの年上の人達も友達になれそう🤝

  41. �.... �....

    เขาจำท่อนเปียโนได้ยังไงอัจริยะมาก

  42. t.... ....

    音楽を聞いて初めて自然に涙が出ていたのがこの曲だった

  43. h.... ....

    かれこれ25年聴いている
    全く飽きる事がない、というか聴く度に新たな発見があります

  44. P.... ....

    true epic

  45. N.... L....

    Why is this not on spotify 😭

  46. W.... R....

    Still​ listening, 6Sep,2019.Love you​ XJAPAN.

  47. 1.... J....

    저작권 신고 ㅅㅂㄹㅁ

  48. N.... R....

    This is literally the most extra and dramatic metal song of all time lol

  49. K.... F....

    Toshl.,you are beautiful ,! Who can sing like that,,only you can , that's one of the best! Love you

  50. t.... ....

    この曲、アメリカのハードロックバンドの曲で構成から曲調までよく似たのがあったけど、何だったかな?完全に忘れてる。

  51. K.... R....

    What a beautiful song.

  52. N.... A....

    Listening to this in 2019 still one of the best songs ever!

  53. J.... N....

    2019 from Malaysia

  54. A.... B....

    9:38 - 10:16 Tribute to the Song (Trapped In A Corner) from the band "Death"

  55. �.... ....

    asmrがわりに寝ようとしたら普通に無理でした泣きました

  56. �.... �....

    Japan.... there must be the X-USA or X-UK in next time!

  57. r.... ....

    まさにこれぞ、クラシックロックの真骨頂!!

  58. �.... ....

    9:58
    10:58
    19:00
    22:00
    26:48
    ここちょー好き

  59. s.... ....

    Pure perfection.

  60. �.... ....

    他の曲はいいところを語り切れるけど
    (⬆︎5時間あればの話)



    この曲は全然語れない。
    素晴らしすぎて、、自然に涙が出る…

    ドラム入るところまじで興奮する…
    ギターも泣いてるみたいで国宝級

  61. K.... C....

    A master piece of music.

  62. A.... A....

    Para mi la mejor canción de X Japan, y eso que tiene muchas canciones demasiado épicas para su tiempo, una lástima que este grupo no reciba la atención que merece a nivel mundial, realmente de culto

  63. E.... G....

    When a 29min long Symphonic Power Metal track can sell 600,000 copies in japan alone, you know X Japan were work shipped like Gods for a reason.

  64. �.... ....

    フルで聴くと長いですね。

  65. �.... ....

    CDレンタルしようとお店に行ったらアルバム料金だったので少し躊躇した記憶があります笑

  66. P.... X....

    Its is so fuxking epic

  67. D.... R....

    Just kill me...

  68. t.... ....

    日本ってなんだろ、ほんとの天才の集まりって毛嫌いする?とこがあるというか、身近なポップスが受ける文化というか・・・

    t.... ....

    taka 天才気取りの下手クソの集まりだから嫌われるんだよ
    信者もバンドも気持ち悪い

  69. a.... a....

    寝る前によく聴いてる曲✨ほんま癒される

  70. T.... S....

    I'd love to own this song legally as a example of early Symphonic Power-Metal, however it's neither on itunes store nor on a certain torrent site, and don't even get me started on the offerings of our discounter's in germany..

  71. A.... k....

    ピアノソロの曲がRed swanの前奏に似てるww

  72. A.... D....

    i come back to this song at every junction of my life, it's basically the art of life.

    The piano section is the best metaphor for moving on, whatever it is, no matter how easy or hard, how soon or how long it takes. The 3rd movement is a fucking glorious phase of anthem because of it.
    Getting up, regaining our balance, acceptance, and moving on.
    Like phoenixes, like cockroaches, life - beautiful or ugly - is all about moving on, again and again till we're ded ded.

  73. k.... o....

    エイトビートの呪詛からのがれて

    ウッドストックからのビートジェネレーション。
    ロックやってる有名どころは、体制ベッタリ!
    それがわかった時、それペテン師っていう。ペテンに
    引っかかりCD買ってたわけ……???奴等は将棋の駒。
    司令塔の言う通りに曲を量産するのみ。魂をカネと名誉
    に売り飛ばした背信の輩。

  74. M.... A....

    Top Best Song Ever!...

  75. �.... ....

    この曲こそ、「X」というタイトルにしてほしいくらい

  76. G.... A....

    Always make me cry to deep...

  77. c.... m....

    この長さには中邑真輔もビックリ

  78. d.... l....

    Gentlemen, my cover here from Korea.. https://youtu.be/eCatZqmsdxw

  79. �.... ....

    ᴳᴼᴼᴰ (*^_^*)!

  80. �.... ....

    この曲が発売されたのは俺が中学の頃だった。当時まだ子供だったから「幾ら大好きなロックバンドX JAPANだからって誰が30分の歌、曲聴くか!普通は5〜6分だろう。」…と偏屈な思い込みから一切聴こうとしなかった。…ソレから6〜7年の年月が過ぎ、当時既にHIDEが他界し解散していたX JAPANの曲を聴きたくなりこの曲を聴いた…するとどうだろう。激しくも美しい曲で不思議と心に安らぎすら憶え眠ってしまった。20歳過ぎて大人になってたって理由もあるんだろうけど何故中学の時に聴かず嫌いなどしてしまったのか。素直に聴こうとしなかったのか…と後悔した。このART OF LIFEと言う曲はそれ程の楽曲であると今となっては確信している。そしてこの曲は当然YOSHIKIのピアノありきの楽曲。何か思い違いしとる馬鹿豚アンチが勝手に弄くり倒して原作レイプ紛いの醜悪な行為やらかしとるけどな。

  81. M.... N....

    Великая и сильная музыка ❤️❤️❤️

  82. N.... _....

    Ningen Isu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X Japan

    N.... _....

    it's just your opinion

    N.... _....

    haha nice try

    N.... _....

    Jajajaja

  83. S.... M....

    "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Art of Life" are the greatest Rock songs EVER!! 👏👏👏🙏

    S.... M....

    Bohemian no, there are Netter songs

    S.... M....

    @Guillermo Diaz In your opinion. In my opinion Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the two best rock songs ever. Como dicen en mi país: Para gustos hay colores.

  84. �.... ....

    crazy !!!!

  85. k.... b....

    Desert Rose
    Why do you live alone
    If you are sad
    I'll make you leave this life
    Are you white, blue or bloody red
    All I can see is drowning in cold grey sand- Hideto Matsumato To Much Hurt Words.

  86. K.... ....

    Lots of symbolism in the piano solo. The melody being played throughout is the inner self that is trapped; the scrambled notes and chords are frustrated emotions becoming out of control.

  87. K.... ....

    The people with the most talent are the ones who suffer the most.

  88. A.... ....

    I've heard enough metal bands but these guys are just so unique and irreplaceable, they are legends.

  89. A.... ....

    This is fucking epic

  90. S.... S....

    激しさ、美しさ、切なさが全て揃ってる‼️

  91. x.... ....

    가슴속에 살아있는 영원한 X

  92. �.... ....

    これほどの大曲が200万も再生されてないってのが悲しいかな、ジャパニーズの限界なのか。。。

  93. �.... ....

    本当にほんの少しも妥協してないんだろうと、聞いてて感じる。

  94. J.... R....

    Just WOW!

  95. T.... k....

    長いのに最初から最後までダレずに聴ける曲。
    これを越えるものはないと思う。

  96. k.... m....

    the man is a genius