Melissa



"Melissa" (メリッサ Merissa) was the first opening and briefly the first ending theme of the 2003 anime Fullmetal Alchemist. It was performed by Porno Graffitti as their twelfth single and was released on September 29th, 2003. The opening version of the song was included in the Fullmetal Alchemist Original Soundtrack 1 and the full version in the Fullmetal Alchemist Complete Best album.

English
Take the memories of distant days

Tear them up with your own hands

And squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me

Come on, and pierce my heart

As it yearns for your love!

Looking at the sky, thinking tomorrow must be coming,

It's too much for my captivated heart to take

A bird flutters along beside me

I wonder where he managed to find his light

Say, would you carry me along on your back as well?

And leave me in the highest place there is,

Far away from kindness?

Take the memories of distant days,

Tear them up with your own hands

And squeeze the life out of your sorrows for me

Come on, and pierce my heart

As it yearns for your love!

Romaji
Kimi no tede kiri saite

Tooi hi no kioku wo

Kanashimi no iki no me wo tomete kureyo

Saa ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke

Asu ga kuru hazu no sora wo mite

Mayou bakari no kokoro motea mashiteiru

Katawara no toriga habataita dokoka hikari wo mitsuke rareta no kana

Naa omae no se ni ore mono sete kurenaika

Soshite ichiban takai tokoro de

Ookizari ni shite yasashisa kara toozakete

Kimi no tede kiri saite

Tooi hi no kioku wo

Kanashimi no iki no me wo tomete kureyo

Saa ai ni kogareta mune wo tsuranuke