"Invoke" was T.M.Revolution's 17th single, released 2002. It was used as the first opening theme for the anime "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED"

Momoclo performed it at the Imazuma Rock Fes, and with Nishikawa in a madcap version in the second "Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura", both in 2014

Mus: Daisuke Asakura (浅倉大介), Lyr: Akio Inoue (井上秋緒)

Concert version:

TV version:

Kanji

擦れ違い急ぐたびに ぶつけ合い散切れ合う
互いの羽根の傷み 感じている

淋しさに汚れた 腕で抱いた
それ以外の何かを 知らないから

繋がる瞬間 目覚める永遠 待ち焦がれる

速過ぎる時の 瞬きに晒されて
独りでは 届かない
願いなんて 消えそうなコトバじゃ
辿り着けない

じっと瞳(め)を懲らしても 見失ってしまう星
誰のものにもならない 光がある

口唇 確かめる 生命の灯が
思い詰めたように 眩しいから

愛が先なのか 壊すのが先か 惑わされる

絡み合う熱の 伝えたい真実を
誰から 守ればいい?
キミがいつか 欲しがった想いが
そこにあるなら…

速過ぎる時の 瞬きに晒されて
独りでは 届かない
願いなんて 消えそうなコトバじゃ

絡み合う熱の 伝えたい真実を
誰から 守ればいい?
ここでいつか 欲しがった想いが

キミにあるから…

Romaji

Surechigai isogu tabi ni butsuke ai chigire au
Tagai no hane no itami kanjite iru

Sabishisa ni yogoreta ude de daita
Sore igai no nanika wo shiranai kara

Tsunagaru shunkan mezameru eien machikogareru

Hayasugiru toki no mabataki ni sarasarete
Hitori de wa todokanai
Negai nante kiesou na kotoba ja
Tadoritsukenai

Jitto me wo korashitemo miushinatte shimau hoshi
Dare no mono ni mo naranai hikari ga aru

Kuchibiru tashikameru seimei no akari ga
Omoitsumeta you ni mabushii kara

Ai ga saki na no ka kowasu no ga saki ka madowasareru

Karamiau netsu no tsutaetai shinjitsu wo
Dare kara mamoreba ii?
Kimi ga itsuka hoshigatta omoi ga
Soko ni aru nara...

Hayasugiru toki no mabataki ni sarasarete
Hitori de wa todokanai
Negai nante kiesou na kotoba ja

Karamiau netsu no tsutaetai shinjitsu wo
Dare kara mamoreba ii?
Koko de itsuka hoshigatta omoi ga

Kimi ni aru kara...

Translation

Every time we hurry past each other
Our wings collide painfully, feathers scattering

I held you with arms dirtied by loneliness
I don’t know how to do anything else

Waiting and longing for the eternity that awakens the moment we connect

Time moves too fast, I’m swept away in a blink
I can’t get there alone
My wishes won’t get there
With these fading words

I’m sure even if I quietly focus my eyes on this star, I’ll lose sight of it
There’s a light that belongs to nobody

Your lips confirm to me the spark of life
That’s every bit as bright as I’d imagined it to be

Is it love that comes first, or breaking it? I’m confused

The truth I want to tell you about the heat I feel when we’re entwined
From whom must I protect that?
If the love you wanted one day
Is there...

Time moves too fast, I’m swept away in a blink
I can’t get there alone
My wishes won’t get there

The truth I want to tell you about the heat I feel when we’re entwined
From whom must I protect that?
You hold

The love I wanted one day...