By adding lyrics to Lost Theme of the Brian de Palma film Femme Fatale (2002), Taeko Ohnuki provides a different interpretation of this soundtrack piece by Sakamoto. Antinomy, the result of this collaboration, showcases Ohnuki’s perceptive writing and the compatibility between her voice and Sakamoto’s music. Both blessed with the fluid, crystal quality resembling water, the vocal and backing piano flow in accordance like the ripples in the lyrics. The layers of emotional intensity gradually reach the climax in the chorus part, and at last, quiet down to the pensive stillness.
Antinomy
曲：坂本龍一
詞：大貫妙子
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Lyricist: Taeko Ohnuki
ひびわれた壁と
街路樹のむこうに
笑い声が聞こえる
若いふたりの
Beyond the cracked wall and
The roadside trees
I can hear the laughter
Of two youngsters
夢は剥ぎ取られ
輪郭を失い
取り戻せない時を
私は歩いていく
Dreams are stripped away
Losing the shapes
I walk through time
With no turning back
私はあなたと
どこかですれ違う
閉ざされた心は
それに気づかぬまま
I and you
Cross paths somewhere
But our closed hearts
Have not realized it yet
ひとつのコインの
裏と表のように
離れることさえも
できない苦しみよ
Like the two sides
Of a coin-
The pain of being even
Not able to separate
川沿いを走る
車の窓を開け
握りしめた鍵を
水面に投げ落とす
Driving along the river
I open the car window
The keys gripped tightly in hand
I throw them down the water
小さな波紋が
何かを変えてゆく
流れ去るすべてを
空は映している
Something changes
Along the tiny ripples
The sky is reflecting
Everything that flows away
茨の砦に捕われたふたりが
それでも私はあなたを愛した
明るい光に満たされ続けた
生きる喜びに溢れ
Two of us were captured in a fortress of thorns
But I still loved you
Still filled with bright light
With the overflowing joy of life
あなたは私と
ふたたびすれ違う
それがこの運命と
知らないままに
You and I
Again brush past each other
Still, we have yet to realize
That this is our fate
Between Thought and Expression 