"Kokoro yo Genshi ni Modore" (心よ原始に戻れ, Return to Primitive Heart?) is a song written by Hidetoshi Satō and Neko Oikawa and performed by Yoko Takahashi[1]. A remix of the song, titled "Kokoro yo Genshi ni Modore (Sublimation Mix)", is available on the albums Refrain, The Songs Were Inspired by Evangelion and Evangelion Wind Symphony. A new version of the song was recorded in 2020 for the album EVANGELION FINALLY called "Kokoro yo Genshi ni Modore 2020". The song is also used in pachinko machines; in the CR Evangelion 7 machine, a new version is sang by Yuko Miyamura and entitled "Kokoro yo Genshi ni Modore ~2012 Version~".
Kanashī hibi ga kaseki ni kawaru yo
Mōsugu
Anata no sono itami o
Nemurinomori e to
Hisoya ka ni michibīte ageru
Oyasumi subete ni
Ichizu sugita mayoigo-tachi
Hagayu-sa ga yume ni
Shinka suru hi made
Namida no kishi de zutto tatazunda
Kimochi o
Yasashiku tsutsumu yō ni
Himitsu no kusuri ga
Omoide no oki e to hakobu yo
Oyasumi moraru ni
Yogorete ita yubi mo mimi mo
Kono ude no naka
Se mō nemuri nasai
Inochi wa mabushī asa o matte iru
Yabureta seisho o dakishimeru yori
Itsuka jidai no yogaakeru
Anata yo inori o sutete
Inochi wa mezamete
Toki o tsumugi dasu
Shizen no rūru ni sono mi o makase
Soshite hikari ga mune ni todoku
Kokoro yo genshi ni modore
Inochi wa mabushī asa o matte iru
Saigo no zange mo kanawanainara
Itsuka jidai no yogaakeru
Sekai yo mabuta o tojite
Inochi wa mezamete
Toki o tsumugi dasu
Anata no shōko o sakanoboru yō ni
Soshite hikari ga mune ni todoku
Kokoro yo genshi ni modore
Light! Earth! Flowing air!...
[Instrumental Intro]
Those sad days will soon turn into fossils,
and your pain will be secretly led
to the forest of sleep.
Good night, all of you overly enthusiastic stray children,
until the day your impatience evolves into a dream.
(Life is waiting for the dazzling morning.)
Even if final confession isn't granted
(Someday the darkness of this era will break into dawn.)
World! Close your eyes.
(Life is awakening, weaving time itself.)
As if to return to your proof
(And so, the light tells your heart)
Heart! Return to your origin.
[Instrumental]
You stand for a long time on the shore of tears
As if to gently conceal your feelings, the secret medicine
transports them to the open sea of memories.
Good night. Let your fingers and ears, dirtied by morality,
sleep within my arms.
(Life is waiting for the dazzling morning.)
Rather than hold on to your worn-out scriptures,
(Someday the darkness of this era will break into dawn.)
You! Abandon your prayers.
(Life is awakening, weaving time itself.)
Entrust yourself to the laws of nature.
(And so, the light tells your heart)
Heart! Return to your origin.
(Life is waiting for the dazzling morning.)
Even if final confession isn't granted
(Someday the darkness of this era will break into dawn.)
World! Close your eyes.
(Life is awakening, weaving time itself.)
As if to return to your proof
(And so, the light tells your heart)
Heart! Return to your origin.
