Art of Life by X JAPAN
Art of Life by X JAPAN

Art of Life

X JAPAN * Track #1 On Art of Life

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Art of Life by X JAPAN

Release Date
Wed Aug 25 1993
Performed by
X JAPAN
Produced by
YOSHIKI
Writed by
YOSHIKI
About

The first and only track on X japan’s 1993 mini album of the same name. Written by drummer and pianist Yoshiki Hayashi, “Art of Life” is a 29-minute metal epic revolving around his life experiences, namely the death of his father and how he felt suicidal about it, as well as all the other feelings h...

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Art of Life Lyrics

[1st Movement]
Desert Rose, why do you live alone?
If you are sad, I'll make you leave this life
Are you a 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 wanna hold your love

Stab the dolls 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

[Spoken Interlude]
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 enemies and are chased by them. You are 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 the 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?

[2nd Movement]
[Piano Solo]

[3rd Movement]
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
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 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

Art of Life Q&A

Who wrote Art of Life's ?

Art of Life was written by YOSHIKI.

Who produced Art of Life's ?

Art of Life was produced by YOSHIKI.

When did X JAPAN release Art of Life?

X JAPAN released Art of Life on Wed Aug 25 1993.

What did X JAPAN say about "Art of Life"?

During an interview conducted in Brazil, Yoshiki had this to say about the song:

I just drew from my emotion. You know, I used all my pain, and happiness… I put everything into the lyrics. So, for Art of Life I just started thinking about my own life, what I’ve been through. Because I was very… I d...

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