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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtqMOKuUNHs>

I couldn't find an answer on google or wikipedia. Copy pasting the lyrics into
google translate didn't detect the language either.


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What is the language of the lyrics in "Replica" from Ghost in the Shell?


It's Italian because the singer is [Ilaria
Graziano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilaria_Graziano) which is indicated in
that youtube vid's description, the song's info on the dics cover if you have
it, or on Wikipedia. Also, if you put the lyrics into auto-translator sites,
you might get Italian. So many ways to find that out for yourself :p

Update: ok maybe not completely 100% Italian. It is known that some of Yoko
Kanno's tracks contain other languages, such as broken English, Russian and
the made-up [Gablish](https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/337/are-
the-lyrics-of-yoko-kannos-moon-gibberish-or-intelligible).

Except in case of untranslatable Gablish, there are some translations found on
the internet for the lyrics of this song. My theory is that it's because it is
in fact at least in part a real language.

So after finding the disc paper scans, I've found that this track definitely
has words (duh) unlike some tracks which don't, and have no corresponding
description on the track list page:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pZh4F.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pZh4F.jpg)

listed tracks with words contain:

  *     1. player
  *     2. replica
  *     7. she is
  *     8. from the rooftop somewhere in the silence
  *     12. date of rebirth
  *     13. take a little hand

…but "Replica" and "She is" don't have the lyrics printed on that CD's paper,
apparently. For whatever reason!

[This site says](http://fangirlisms.com/2010/04/yoko-kanno-does-not-make-up-
languages/) that one of the other songs by Ilaria Graziano is a mix of Italian
and English − "I Do" from the 2nd GIG album. So this is probably the same deal
here.

I have found this translation on several sites without any source, so take it
as is:

[code]

    Stalling quiet down my silence
    searching that weve done?
    Stalling quiet down my silence
    searching that weve done...
    Stalling quiet down my silence
    Searching for calm...
    
    Found my own destiny out there
    Cant you be calm?
    Love is broken knitted
    thought a love remade
    Cheating, stole it, I dont know
    Buried, the comatose flower so are growing there
    Buried it there my good son
    So much to shine over
    Like a show that never star
    A shamed one will change
    Fool got you the nothing
    A shamed one will change
    Fool got you the nothing
    Stalling quiet down my silence
    searching that weve done...
    I just done all my life...
    all my life
    all my life
    all my life
    You should know
    You should know
    I should know
    Should know
    My Self... My Self... My Self...
    How much would I know My Self...
    My Self...
    My Self...
    Stalling quiet down my silence
    searching that weve done?
    Stalling quiet down my silence
    searching that weve done?
    Searching for calm... ehhhhh....
    A shamed one will change
    A shamed one will change
    A shamed one will change
    Fool got you the nothing
    Fool got you the nothing...
    
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I was puzzled by this question as well and I asked Ilaria Graziano herself if
the song's language was real or made up, and she told me it's made up.

Check out the screenshot for proof.

![Screenshot from FB Messenger](https://i.stack.imgur.com/v9fhW.jpg)


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Honestly the first line sounds like "Stand in quiet and in silence" to me,
with an accent. The rest not too sure on, seems like a blend of words and
snippets from other languages. I'm pretty confident in the one line based on
listening to "Where dies this ocean go" from the first season of SAC. It's in
English but the accent is pretty heavy. The pronunciation is very similar.
It's been said in many resources that the singer is not very comfortable with
English, though seems to like adding it on occasion.


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