Hohoho, if I’m reading this right, the lyrics are by Maaya Sakamoto:

By the way… the full version of this has leaked, but in a quality much worse than what we hear in the episode, so it’s practically useless Diamond Crevasse 50/50 is also floating around, but it’s not much more than what we’ve already heard from it.

Fan-transcribed lyrics in Japanese text (from YKFan):
わたしの名前をひとつあげる
大切にしていたのを
あなたの言葉をひとつください
さよならじゃなくて

光は粒 そして波
あなたは鳥 そして宇宙

ずっとそばにいて 微笑めばつながった
すべてがひとつに調和してたあの日
ずっとそばにいたかった どんなに声に託しても
あなたまで届かない
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路

攻撃でもない 防御でもない
真ん中の気持ち
きらめきと 絶望の間に
真ん中の気持ち

未来は羽 そしてナマリ
わたしは水 そして炎

ずっとそばにいて 愛よりも近かった
すべてがひとつに 暖かだった日
ずっとそばにいたかった 音楽も聞こえない
あなたから遠ざかる
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路

Romanization of Japanese text:
watashi no namae o hitotsu ageru
taisetsu ni shiteita no o
anata no kotoba o hitotsu kudasai
sayonara ja nakute

hikari wa tsubu soshite nami
anata wa tori soshite uchuu

zutto sobaniite hohoemeba tsunagatta
subete ga hitotsu ni chouwa shiteta ano hi
zutto sobaniita katta donna ni koe ni takushite mo
anata made todokanai
aoi aoi aoi tabichi

kougeki demonai bougyo demonai
mannaka no kimochi
kirameki to zetsubou no aidani
mannaka no kimochi

marai wa hane soshite namari
watashi wa mizu soshite honou

zutto sobaniite ai yori mo chikatta
subete ga hitotsu ni atatakatta hi
zutto soba ni itakatta ongaku mo kikoenai
anata kara toozakaru
aoi aoi aoi tabichi
aoi aoi aoi tabichi

Rough Translation:
DISCLAIMER: Please don’t quote this translation, as it is only a mucked-up concoction of what made most sense in online language translators or Rikai-chan. If anyone could do a proper translation, I would greatly appreciate it.

My one name is given
it is important
Let your one word
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First of all, a recap of the 3 Macross F singles’ first week sales:
Don’t be Late: 42,714
Seikan Hikou: 34,501
Triangler: 31,270

Now Lion beats the three with 56,455 units sold on its first week! The first day sales of this single even beat the first day sales of OST 1 (but didn’t outsell it in the weeklies). This is the fourth Macross F CD to land at the top 3 in the weekly spot. If we are to count in the Seikan Hikou single, it is the fifth Macross F CD to make it within the top 5 of the Oricon weekly charts on its debut.

I personally was wishing that it would get #2, but then Pornograffitti beat it for selling 57,667 copies, about 1200 more than Lion.

As of now we know that there’s another Macross F CD to be released in the future, hope it gets to the weekly top 3 again!

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Thanks to roxfan for info and the translation

Origa will have a re-release of her Toshiba-EMI work which “adds one new track to six previously released” and includes a DVD with “four songs of the last year’s October live”. The pianist on the new track is Yoko Kanno.

Details:

Title: Songwreath
Catalog No.: RSCR-1007
Release Date: October 8, 2008
Price: 2381yen

CD Tracks:
1. Cradle, Cradle* 4:29
2. Chance (Russian Version) 4:51
3. 花の散るとき [Hana no Chiru Toki] 5:15
4. こわれた夢 [Kowareta Yume] 3:56
5. カピタン [Kapitan] 5:31
6. 私の太陽 [Watashi no Taiyou] 4:15
7. We Can Hear Your Pulse 3:54

DVD Tracks
1. リリカ [Lyrica]
2. 初雪 [Hatsuyuki]
3. 愛のかけら [Ai no Kakera]
4. Shine, my star

*new song with Kanno on the piano

This will be released on the same date Macross Frontier’s OST 2 is released

Sources: CDJapan, HMV, Rakuten, E-Best
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This version of Diamond Crevasse isn’t named differently from the original, but it sure sounds different. I’m sure everyone noticed that May’n was also singing more emotively in this version (now, factor the fact that the original is already emotional…). Here’s a short sample of the start of the song:

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The Oricon Daily Singles figures are looking good, as the single has sold 11,715 copies on its first day. It easily beats the 5,036 units sold in the first day of Diamond Crevasse. This is even more than OST 1 sold on its first day *__*

Good luck to this single, possibly the fourth Macross CD to reach #3 in the weeklies or higher!

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