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The Story:
"A human inventor is obsessed with creating the perfect android. But every time he finishes his work and brings the android to life, he finds something about it that he finds imperfect. Finally, he builds and activates the android for the last time. The android remembers each time that inventor has rebuilt him and asks the human "Why am I here?". But before the inventor can answer, the android destroys itself in depression."

lyrics

Ta de mian mu tai guo chou lou
它的面目 太过丑陋
Its face is too ugly
Xiao rong xiang zhuo lie cao kong de ti xian mu ou
笑容 像拙劣操控的 提线木偶
Its smile like a marionette being operated clumsy
Dui zhe wo jiang chun jiao wan gou
对着我 将唇角 弯勾
Turns to me, and bend its lips upward
Ta gu jia shang mei you xue rou
它骨架上 没有血肉
There is no flesh on its bone
Hu xi xiang qin pao guo nei zang li de tie xiu
呼吸 像浸泡过内脏 里的铁锈
Its breath like being soaked in rust of its internal organs
Xue guan zhi yun zai zhe dian liu
血管只 运载着 电流
and the only thing carried by its vessel is electric current

Wo fu mo guo
我抚摸过
I once fondled
Ta de mei yi cun wai ke
它的每一寸外壳
every inch of its shell
Xia ci qian que da mo
瑕疵欠缺打磨
There are still blemish to be polished
Yan se ye bu gou xian huo
颜色也不够鲜活
And the colors are not vivid enough
Zui chu de jia she
最 初 的架设
My initial design
Zao yi bei zhu jie yan mo
早已被注解掩没
Have been covered by comments already
Quan bu chong lai ru he
全部重来如何
How about build all of them again from the beginning?
Ni ke yi da dao wan mei de bu shi me
“你可以达到完美的,不是么?”
“you can be perfect, right?”

Ri fu yi ri ze liang qu you
日复一日 择良祛莠
Days by days select the merits and get rid of defects
Zhi hui xue shi chao yue le ren lei de fan chou
智慧学识超越了人类的范畴
It has more wisdom and knowledge than any human being could ever be
Zhu jian xi yin mu guang zhu liu
逐渐吸引目光驻留
Gradually catches people's eye
Dang ta bian de ru ci you xiu
当它变得 如此优秀
When it becomes so excellent
Wo xiang xin chuang zao chu ta de zhe xiang cheng jiu
我相信创造出它的这项成就
I believe the achievement to create it
Zu yi rang ren yong chui bu xiu
足以让人永垂不朽
can let me be immortal

Ke shi zhe hai bu gou
可是这还不够
But it is not enough
Jiu jing zai na li
究竟在哪里
There must be somewhere
Ke shi zhe hai bu gou
可是这还不够
But it is not enough
Huo xu wo ke yi
或许我可以
Maybe I am able to
Ke shi zhe hai bu gou
可是这还不够
But it is not enough
Lai ba zai yi ci chai jie diao zai chong qi
来吧 再一次 拆解掉再重启
Come on one more time just disassemble and restart

Wo ming bai le
“我明白了。”
"Got it."
a yi jiu shi xiao zhe shuo
它依旧是笑着说
It replies with a smile as usual
Que bo kai le xian lu
却剥开了线路
Yet tears off its circuit
Nie sui zi ji de xin he
捏碎自己的心核
and crumbed its core
Yan di de hua huo
眼 底 的花火
The illumination under it eyes
Xi mie ye zhi zai qing ke
熄灭也只在顷刻
Takes less than a moment to extinguish
Zhi neng fan fu nie ru
只能反复嗫嚅
The only thing I can do is to whisper again and again
Ni ming ming neng geng jin yi bu de Wei shen me
“你明明能更进一步的……为什么?”
"You could go even further...why?"

Ru guo wo
如果我
And if I
Bu shi ni de chuang zao zhe
不是你的创造者
am not your creator
Zhi zuo yi ge guo ke
只做一个过客
But only a passer-by in your life
Hui fou you qi ta xuan ze
会否有其他选择
Will there be any more choice?
Pian zhi yu kuang re
偏执与狂热
Stubborn and fanaticism

Zui hou niang chu de zai huo
最后酿出的灾祸
Lead to tragedy till the end
Ying de dao cheng fa de
应得到惩罚的
And the one should be punished
Bu gai shi wu gu de hai zi er shi wo
不该是无辜的孩子 而是我
Should not be the innocent child But me

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from Ghosts of Artificial Trees​/​人​造​树​的​幽​灵, released November 2, 2018
Music, tuning, and concept by EmpathP
Lyrics by 水螅-Hydra

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Aki Glancy (EmpathP) is a VOCALOID and UTAU Producer from the United States. Her works include voice providing for the English VOCALOID, DAINA and illustrating the Celtic VOCALOID, AVANNA.

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