Lirik lagu Monoral album VIA yang dirilis pada 29 Oktober 2008 terdiri dari 11 tracks. VIA adalah album ketiga band yang terdiri dari Anis Shimada (vokal, gitar) dan Ali Morizumi (bass) tersebut. Sebelum ini, Monoral sudah penah merilis dua mini album, IN STEREO dan AMMONITE, juga pernah merilis dua album lain, PETROL serta TURBULENCE. Via diirlis di bawah payung Vamprose yang ada dalam naungan Sony Music Japan. Vamprose adalah 'label baru' setelah Haunted Records yang diciptakan oleh HYDE, vokalis L'Arc en Ciel.
Lirik lagu VIA semuanya ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris, baik lirik maupun judulnya. Semua lirik ditulis oleh Anis, yang bekerjasama dengan HYDE dalam menangani lirik bahasa Inggris untuk album kedua solo projectnya, 666. Penampilan Monoral memang unik berkat lirik Inggris ini. Pasalnya, lirik yang dibuat Anis, yang berbahasa Inggris bukan sekadar Engrish (lirik Inggris, tetapi sangat kental terpengaruh struktur pembentukan kalimat ala bahasa Jepang).
Berikut ini lirik lagu album VIA, mengikuti susunan tracks dalam album (lirik lagu everybody's way - lirik lagu you - lirik lagu costa rica - lirik lagu safira - lirik lagu via - lirik lagu guards of mice - lirik lagu everest 0 lirik lagu sun shadow - lirik lagu casbah - lirik lagu i don't mind - lirik lagu sometimes).
Tracks:
01. Everybody's Way
02. You
03. Costa Rica
04. Safira
05. Via
06. Guards Of Mice
07. Everest
08. Sun Shadow
09. Casbah
10. I Don't mind
11. Sometimes
EVERYBODY'S WAY
Everybody's got some ways to go
Everybody's got some ways to go
How about you
How about you
Everybody's got some ways to go
Everybody's got some ways to go
How about you?
Yes, how about you
You could maybe
But then again
You don't know what to say
Well, I could maybe
But then again
I don't know what to say
How about you
How about you
How about you
Yes, how about you
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YOU
I'm taking nothing but you, you and you
Your silence messes me up
There's nothing new about, you and you
But I'm still with you
If I make up feelings for you, you and you
This smell will shut you up
And I would still be with you, you and you
When you're still with...
Doesn't matter what you do
I would blame myself for you
Come and fill me up
Come and tear me down
I'm sure you've seen it all, too
I would blame myself for you
My hands are all over you, you and you
Your numbness messes me up
There's nothing sane about you, you and you
But I'm still with...
Doesn't matter what you do
I would blame myself for you
Come and fill me up
Come and tear me down
I'm sure you've seen it all, too
I would blame myself for you
Please come to the river side
And you'll see
Nothing Hill will make it alright
Come to the river side
And you'll see
Nothing Hill will make it alright
We'll make it alright
Make it alright
Make it alright
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COSTA RICA
Over Costa Rica
Flown around with infantry
For the closing era
Taste of the life and sympathy
Set the view across
The ocean floor without the sea
Hate to be so lonely
Hate to be in the wrong end of this
Well, I know
If only I had always agreed
Desire all, desire all, my demons
Well, I know
if only I had always agreed
Desire all, desire all, my demons
Through the raging weather
Helped across the border stream
Stumbling over and over
Stray the land that used to breed
Set the view across
The open sky deprived of scene
Hate to be so lonely
Hate to be in the wrong end of this
Well, I know
If only I had always agreed
Desire all, desire all, my demons
Well, I know
If only I had always agreed
Desire all, desire all, my demons
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SAFIRA
I saw your light tonight
Slipping off to see the world
Allowed myself this time
Gripping on to another's life
You stray the streets just fine
Showing off what you've become
Let me taste your crime
Giving off what you never had
So dry So dry So dry
So please be sure
To make a choice before you break it off
I would hate myself if I'm the one you lose
So please be sure
To make it up before you break it off
I would bleed myself to make it through to you
I lost the light tonight
Evading lies to conceal the truth
The door is open wide
Stepping into another maze
So dry
So please be sure
To make a choice before you break it off
I would hate myself if I'm the one you lose
So please be sure
To make it up before you break it off
I would bleed myself to make it through to you
Remember the days we praised and cared
I know they're still in me
And you
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VIA
I'm leaving town today
With everything I've learned
I wonder how you fared
Since that day
Cause I've never really cared
Promises so vague
On the counter here I am
High above
Catch me with your smile
I'm here to dare
This time I'm yours
Cause I know now how you feel
I know exactly how you feel
As time goes by
Staring at your street
With everything I own
Staking out my dreams
Since that day
Cause I've never really shared
Promises so frail
On the counter here I am
High above
Catch me with your smile
I'm here to dare
This time I'm yours
Cause I know now how you feel
I know exactly how you feel
As time goes by
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GUARDS OF MICE
If you ever need assistance
I will always be by your side
It only takes two to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance
There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers
'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen and face your ghosts
If you ever meet resistance
I will always be by your side
You'll always know how to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance
There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers
'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen and face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Oh take these words in advance
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EVEREST
Twining our life together
Climbing up our Everest
Raising my eyes I wonder
How you fill your emptiness
So let me provide you with a smile of happiness
Close your door
Crying over it
Shining the light I tire
Climbing up our Everest
Setting aside my anger
Watching you with innocence
So let me provide you with a smile of happiness
Close your door
Crying over it
Twining our life, I wander
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SUN SHADOW
Can you speak
Can you breathe
Staring at the sun shadows seem to burn
Can't you see
Can't you be
The proof that you were once what I oughta be
Oughta give
Gotta stop the bleedling
Can you smile
Like they smile
Staring at the moon shadows seem to gloom
Can't you feel
How they feel
The colors that I pour never seem to blend
Gotta stop the bleeding
can you speak
Can you breathe
Staring at the sun shadows seem to burn
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CASBAH
I see the world from a tree
Imaginary friend tells me
How this rune could be
As beautiful
As you and me
Irrepressible, impassible
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I see this ruin high above
Imaginary fiend tells me
How this gem could change
the course of fate
For you and me
We're responsible for principles
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
When I kiss the sky
And my senses go so numb
I seem to find a place surrounded by your smile
When I cross this line
Could you still be by my side
All I want is your hand to lead us and feed us
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
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I DON'T MIND
I'm feeling strong and content
There's nothing wrong I'm haunted
To be closer
Everyone must try
I don't mind
When feeling's strong I contest
This broken clock I notice
To feel closer
Everyone must try
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
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SOMETIMES
Come around to see the world I've made for you
Take your time and just screw me well
I'll stick around and read your mind
You know that nothing matters as long as you're near
Near me
See the world and trace the life that use to bleed
Wash away all the pain you hold inside
Stick around and read your mind
You know that nothing matters as long as you're near
Near me
Sometimes I fall and show myself to you
Sometimes I rise against what is not me
Sometimes I cry to hide my anger
Sometimes I lie to you
Come around to see the world I've made for you
Take your time and just screw me well
I'll stick around and read your mind
You know that nothing matters as long as you're near
Near me
Sometimes I fall and show myself to you
Sometimes I rise against what is not me
Sometimes I cry to hide my anger
Sometimes Oh I lie to you
