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Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi (憧憬と屍の道 lit. Path of Aspirations and Corpses?) is the fifth opening theme of the Attack on Titan anime, and is sung by singer-songwriter Revo of Linked Horizon.
It replaced Red Swan in Episode 50.
Lyrics
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あの日人類は思い出した―――
薄闇の中進む影は 誰も心許なく
不確かな未来は何時だって 薄氷の上に咲く
夜は訪れる度に幾度も 冷たい手で俺達の首筋を
優しく撫でた
黄昏を裏切って 灯る希望の背に縋り
追い駆けた 地獄へと 向かってると知っても
夢の続きが見たいなら お前は何を差し出せる
悪魔は甘く囁いた 屍で道を作れ
「この壁の向こうに何がある？」
幼き日々に憧れた
真実がすぐそこにある
屍の道の先に
→ 《紅蓮の衝動》（ゆみや）が翔け抜けた奇跡→
→ 《自由への覚悟》（つばさ）を散らして→
→ 《捧げられた花弁》（しんぞう）を束ねても→
→ 《手向けるべき真の暁》（レクイエム）には早すぎる →
→ 太陽はまだ沈んでないのだから→
進み続ける波の彼方へ……！ [1]
Ano hi jinrui wa omoidashitaー
Usuyami no naka susumu kage wa dare mo kokoro motonaku
Futashika na mirai wa itsu datte hakuhyou no ue ni saku
Yoru wa otozureru tabi ni ikudo mo tsumetai te de oretachi no kubisuji o
Yasashiku nadeta
Tasogare o uragitte tomoru kibou no se ni sugari
Oi kaketa jigoku e to mukatteru to shitte mo
Yume no tsudzuki ga mitai nara omae wa nani o sashidaseru
Akuma wa amaku sasayaita shikabane de michi o tsukure
“Kono kabe no mukou ni nani ga aru?”
Osanaki hibi ni akogareta
Shinjitsu ga sugu soko ni aru
Shikabane no michi no saki ni
→ 《Guren no shoudou》 (Yumiya) ga kake nuketa kiseki →
→ 《Jiyuu e no kakugo》 (Tsubasa) o chirashite →
→ 《Sasagerareta hanabira》 (Shinzou) o tabanete mo →
→ 《Tamukerubeki shin no akatsuki》 (Requiem) ni wa hayasugiru →
→ Taiyou wa mada shizunde inai no dakara →
Susumi tsudzukeru nami no kanata e……!
That day humanity received a grim reminder―
Seeing shadows move along in almost no light would make anyone feel uneasy
The uncertain future is blooming on thin ice, ready to be picked at any time
Just how many times were our napes caressed by those cold hands after night had fallen?
Leaving behind the twilight, we instead clung to the back of the burning hope
And chased after the truth, knowing very well the path to it would also lead to hell
What are you willing to give up to make sure this dream will come true?
The devil sweetly whispered, as we lay down corpses to make our path
“What’s outside these walls?”
The truth we sought after when we were still children
Finally, it is within our grasp,
Just across the path of corpses
→ 《Crimson urge》 (An arrow) shoots along the tracks →
→ 《The resolution for freedom》 (The wings) will take flight →
→ 《Flower petals dedicated to our cause》 (Hearts) are tied up in a bundle, but →
→ It's too early to《offer them to truth’s daybreak》 (sing a requiem) →
→ As the sun has yet to sink behind the horizon →
And we’ll chase after
the wave moving further from us……!
Complete version
Opening Animation
An explosion occurs in Shiganshina District which the Colossal Titan emerges out of. The title card is revealed.
Erwin, Dirk, and other Scouts jump off Wall Maria. Levi watches a line of Titans and draws his sword.
A kettle and three mugs lay in the grass. Armin Arlelt, Mikasa, Jean, Conny, and Sasha turn their faces, looking surprised. Reiner, Bertholdt, and Zeke sit on top of Wall Maria, drinking from their mugs around their camp. It transitions to Reiner and Bertholdt each patting the other on the back, with Reiner facing inside the wall and Bertholdt facing outside.
Burning buildings collapse and are launched into the air by the Colossal Titan. Eren hardens his Titan knuckles. A horde of Pure Titans is created. The Beast Titan throws a boulder which shatters into countless debris that devastate the village outside Wall Maria. A cavalry of Scouts led by Erwin charge, firing their green signal flares.
Eren punches the Armored Titan, cracking its face. Jean, Sasha, and Conny zoom across with their ODM gear and launch their Thunder Spears.
Mikasa flings herself into the air and several Scouts face the Colossal Titan. Levi lunges the Beast Titan. A bloodied Hange Zoë is seen without her glasses. A Titan skull looks down, half of it is bones. Armin wakes up. Jean and others detonate the Thunder Spears in the Armored Titan's nape. Erwin and the Scouts charge at the Beast Titan, its horde, and the Cart Titan, everybody with their hearts glowing. The case containing the Titan injection is held by two people, one appears to be dying. Eren is seen crying.
Then, images flash by in rapid succession: Christa and a demon, a field with a pond and an oval-shaped structure, a seashell, the gate of a city behind small walls, the door to the basement, and a line of enormous Titans walking. A soldier is seen with an arm. A soldier steps on grass and a blood droplet ripples. A picture of a woman briefly appears. Historia turns around.
Erwin stands in front of his fallen allies. The Wings of Freedom split into two birds that fly away into the setting sun. A scene of going beyond the walls is shown, which transitions to a desert. Then everything rewinds to Eren's house from the beginning and it zooms in on the basement.
Throughout the opening animation, there are flashes of blurry images inserted between scenes, many of Shiganshina. They include the field where Eren took a nap; the stairs where Eren, Mikasa, and Armin were when the Colossal Titan first appeared; the inner gate of Shiganshina; the boats that carried the refugees out of Shiganshina; the aftermath of the Colossal Titan's explosion; a fence with barbed wire; the top of Wall Rose; etc.
Video Clips
Characters in Order of Appearance
- Bertholdt Hoover/Colossal Titan
- Erwin Smith
- Dirk
- Levi Ackermann
- Mikasa Ackermann
- Armin Arlelt
- Conny Springer
- Sasha Braus
- Jean Kirschtein
- Zeke/Beast Titan
- Reiner Braun/Armored Titan
- Eren Jaeger/Mysterious Titan
- Hange Zoë
- Christa
- Historia Reiss
- Luke Cis
- Dieter Ness
- Lynne
- Nanaba
- Miche Zacharius
- Gelgar
- Darius Baer Walbrunn
- Nifa
References
- ↑ "Romaji of Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi". putrilaurant. Retrieved on April 30,2019.
- ↑ "Romaji of Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi". putrilaurant. Retrieved on April 29,2019.
- ↑ "Translation of Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi". SH_Kingdom. Retrieved on April 30,2019.