She was born
on December 8th, 1980,
at 10:50 p.m.
The exact time
Mark David Chapman killed
John Lennon.
For me, though,
that's just a coincidence.
All I care about
is that she was born
at that exact moment.
Her name:
Lily Chou-Chou.
Genius.
Or rather,
genesis.
The Ether personified.
From: philia
Liberating our thoughts
for that reason, SHE IS.
The shadows SHE releases
into the Ether
sublimate its wavelengths,
transcend the spectrum,
reach the transparent beyond.
A permeating image of pain
fills the gaps of serotonin.
From: Cornea
The Ether heals my pain.
From: Dream Child
The things you hold dear-
friends,
family,
lovers-
hurt you the most.
You live with that.
That's why we have the Ether.
A place of eternal peace.
That's the Ether.
From: Les Paul
Lily sees something
no one else can see.
If that's the Ether,
then we must listen to her.
From: Ice
Does anyone else make music
from the Ether?
The Beatles, for sure.
From: Ø.
Bjork, for me.
From: P-O-W-E-R
UA!
She cuts right to my soul.
From: Minako
Definitely Ringo Shena.
From: Sakiya
You think Ringo Shena has the Ether?
No way.
Only Lily has the Ether.
From: Sleepy Head
I am the Ether's Chosen One.
The one who guards Lily.
I must carry out my orders
and lead fools to the true Ether
so they will not err again.
From: Rod
This sounds like a cult.
Can't you live without this Ether?
From: Cuttlefish
I may be wrong,
but I don't feel the Ether from Lily.
Am I crazy?
From: Kaiser
I mean,
she's just a person.
I mean, like,
who the hell is Lily?
From: S
Exactly!
She doesn't do anything for me.
You're all brainwashed.
From: Kaiser
What's this Ether
you're all talking about?
From: Free Bird
Hello.
I'm blue cat.
I never knew there was
a site like this.
So you probably don't think
I'm a true fan.
But I hope I'm welcome.
From: blue cat
Hello, blue cat.
This is a free zone in the Ether
for those who love Lily.
"Lilyphilia."
I'm Philia, site manager.
The rule here is
you have to love Lily.
That's all.
So
feel free
to write here anytime
about your passion for Lily.
From: philia
Whoopee!
They just got the hijacker!
From: Yodo
"Breathe" is on sale!
I bought it!
A new hit from the Ether!
Oh! I'm a complete Lilyholic!
Kind of.
From: Bear
It made me feel like I was drifting
in the warm wind after a typhoon.
From: Nazna
Would a lullaby like this
put a baby to sleep?
I've given myself to the baby inside me.
But I'm so busy "Breathing,"
I can't sleep. :-)
From: Rodem
The frequency summoned me.
What is here???
From: M13
A new CD just came out.
From: bancy
Thanks.
I'll buy it tomorrow.
But I have
NO EARS.
From: M13
The first song on "Breathe,"
"Arabesque,"
is an homage to Debussy.
"Arabesque"!
Lily says
the first to make ethereal music
were Debussy and Eric Satie.
But make no mistake -
Lily's Ether
is influenced by no one.
Lily was high on the Ether
before she ever heard Debussy.
From: philia
"In my darkened room,
arms around my knees..."
"That's all I remember,"
says Lily.
"Arms around my knees,
no TV,
no music."
Lily says,
"It's always sunset.
As it grows dark,
when the air splits in two,
sound swells in my head,
and the light leaks through.
I don't remember when it started.
One day it was just there,"
says Lily.
This was
the most important episode
in her awakening to the Ether.
If that idiot interviewer
hadn't asked her this question,
she might have shown
more of what's inside of her.
"What music influenced you?"
She didn't answer.
She didn't have to.
She has no need of other music.
She conceives and gives birth to it.
The Ether is the amniotic fluid
that nurses her music.
That's all.
From: philia
The band with Lily at its center,
"Philia,"
on February 21, 1995,
reached number one on the charts.
The first song was "Addiction."
But "Philia" broke up...
...two short years later.
Of them, only "Kamakatsu"
has gone on to better things.
"Kayama Katsuhiro,"
or "Kamakatsu,"
now leads "Yellow Fellows."
Kamakatsu used the band "Philia"
as a stepping stone for his career.
So all of us Lily fans
will never forgive him.
From: philia
Lily likens the Ether to colors.
"Breathe" was blue Ether
and "Erotic" was red.
From: philia
"Erotic" was a masterpiece!
I still remember the rush I got
when I first heard it last year.
From: blue cat
I didn't get to hear it
when it came out.
It was only a year ago,
but I still didn't know
about Lily.
From: philia
1999.
13 years old.
You call them rose-colored days,
if what you call today is gray.
From: philia
Someone guided me to Lily.
Someone who liked Debussy.
From: blue cat
I sat beside her
for a long time.
It was in fifth grade,
before I changed schools.
When I changed schools, she gave me
Philia's "Manic & Depressive."
I didn't understand it then.
In junior high I started liking it.
Maybe because I met her there again.
But now
we're not even in the same class.
I can never talk to her.
I'm a stranger to her.
I wonder if
she still likes Lily.
From: blue cat
You know the southern island
in Lily's "Arabesque"?
It may not be the same place.
But in Okinawa
there's a small island like it.
It's written "New Castle"
and pronounced "Aragusuku."
They say the gods live there.
From: blue cat
I know that name.
I wonder why.
I can't remember.
From: philia
Summer 1999.
Nostradamus was wrong,
but if the world had ended,
if my life had ended
during my summer vacation,
I might have been happier.
From: philia
It did end.
Humanity's extinct.
The world we live in now
is "The Matrix"! :-)
From: blue cat
If that's true, humanity's last day
was September 1, 1999.
The first day of school.
From that day on,
the world was gray.
From: philia
The year 2000.
Fourteen years old.
The age of gray.
Only the rice fields
are that bright, sterile green.
From: philia
For me...
only Lily...
is real.
For me...
only the Ether...
is proof I'm alive.
But lately
my Ether is running out.
Dear blue cat,
talk to me.
Tell me about Lily.
Or about the Ether.
Or about her,
a girl who likes Lily and Debussy.
From: philia
Long ago, people believed
the Ether filled the universe
as a medium
for the propagation of light.
From: Bear
But the Ether Lily talks about
is a catalyst for emotion.
Philia's the one
who knows best about that.
From: Pascal
Thank you very much
for all you've taught me.
From: Winter
Speaking of Philia,
I wonder where he's been lately.
From: Sleepy Head
I wanted to die
many times.
But I couldn't.
Falling! Falling! Falling!
Like an endless loop...
I keep on falling.
Somebody!
Help me!
Somebody!
Get me out of here!
From: philia
Dear Philia,
I know you're feeling
the invisible Ether
deeper than anybody.
From: blue cat
I don't understand.
I just don't understand.
From: philia
I understand.
Because...
I know
the pain you feel.
From: blue cat
I take a deep breath.
"Breathe!"
And then I understand it all.
Everything Lily means.
From: blue cat
"Breathe!"
I'll try to say it loud.
"Breathe!"
From: philia
I'm alive! I'm alive!
Within the pure Ether!
We're alive!
From: blue cat
"Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!"
From: philia
"Sympathy! Sympathy! Sympathy!"
From: blue cat
"Arabesque"!
"Wounds that Heal"!
"Glide"!
"Experiment in Love"!
"Hearts in September Rain"!
"Airship"!
"Abyss of Loneliness"!
"Music Box"!
"Erotic"!
"Wings That Can't Fly"!
From: philia
From: blue cat
From: philia
From: blue cat
From: philia
From: blue cat
Now I'm flying through the sky.
I'm flying, flying!
From: blue cat
Dear blue cat,
I'm glad I met you.
From: philia
On December 8,
Lily's playing live!
The princess
of the Ether lands in Yoyogi!
From: Pascal
I'm bringing my teddy bear!
Look for me!
From: Bear
Dear Philia,
let's meet at the concert.
You'll know me
by a green apple.
From: blue cat
That day...
one soul was lost,
and one boy died.
Who killed the boy?
Who soiled the Ether?
A helpless soul...
now screams without a voice.
From: Dream Child
I was at that concert.
Have they caught the guy yet?
From: Amica
Because of that incident,
Lily's being tagged "ill-fated."
I hate how she's being...
raped by the press.
From: Bear
The Ether fills the universe.
Despair is red Ether.
Hope is blue.
Through eternity and silence...
flies a while glider.
From: Shinobu
As strong light casts a dark shadow,
so does the powerful Ether.
From: Multipolar
Because I'm alive, I found Lily.
"Thank you."
Today I've been given
the happy Ether.
From: Hinako
I hate everyone.
But I like it here.
From: moto
How wonderful will be
the end of all things,
as my body rots and I am destroyed.
From: Lemon
Black tears.
Blue smiles.
I am transparent.
A world without color.
From: Lui-hua
Uninjured, I hurt.
Hurt, I feel no pain.
I want to see the beautiful blue sky.
From: Noah
When I'm here,
my brain starts to laugh.
You say I don't understand this.
I say people all die...
searching for a place to belong.
From: Mifune Ogawa
Lily is very mysterious.
But she's also a living human being.
She needs a certain number of sales
to make a living.
Otherwise she can't keep on going.
From: dodon
Lily's not there to heal you!
Don't make her out
to be what she isn't.
From: Blue Flower
For the cancer-ridden city hordes
who are poisoned by exhaust,
Lily bravely keeps singing.
From: Guten-B
The wound that does not heal.
The wound that may heal.
The wound that should have healed.
It grows wider, wider.
What if the whole body
became one big wound?
We can still revive,
that is "the wound that heals."
From: Lui-hua
The great wound of the heart
is Existence.
I listen to "The Wound that Heals."
Existence will heal you
from the past to the future.
From: Shinobu
People can't fly.
From: Frog
Maybe I'm writing this
because I want to scream out,
"I'm here!"
From: Palstela