is the seventh single by

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. The title track is from the album ''

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is an acoustic version of "Ever Lasting Lie", from the album '' The Living Dead''. The song's lyrics were inspired by the fictional character

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Track listing

Personnel

*Motoo Fujiwara —

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*Hiroaki Masukawa —

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

*Yoshifumi Naoi — bass *Hideo Masu —

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

Chart performance

References

External links

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on the official Bump of Chicken website. 2004 singles Bump of Chicken songs Neon Genesis Evangelion 2004 songs Toy's Factory singles Songs written by Motoo Fujiwara {{2000s-rock-song-stub