"Kasou" (Japanese: 花葬, Kasō, Flower Burial) is the twelfth single by L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released simultaneously with "Honey" and "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" on July 8, 1998.[1] The song was used as the ending theme to TV Asahi's Shinsou Kyumei! Uwasa no Flie. The single debuted at number 4 on the Oricon chart.[2] It was re-released on August 30, 2006.[2] The single was also rerecorded by P'unk~en~ciel in 2012 as "花葬 平成十七年", in the album "P'unk is Not Dead".
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Title
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Length
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Lyrics
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Music
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1
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"Kasou"
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5:09
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Hyde
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Ken
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花, pronounced "ka", means "flower". 葬, pronounced "sou", means "burial" or "funeral"
Together, the kanji means "burial flowers" [3]