Wordplay

"When I learned the word evil."

- ???

Wordplay is a song released by Akuno-P on March 8, 2008. It is both the first song in the Clockwork Lullaby Series and the first song in the Evillious Chronicles.

Plot
The song takes place in an unspecified place and time. A mysterious singer learns in pairs the words "Father" and "Mother," "Wind" and "Water," "Friend" and "Dream," and finally learns love. At this point she understands the shape of the world, but is unable to describe her current feelings and so will keep playing with words. Next, the singer learns in pairs the words "Lie" and "Pain," "Crime" and "Punishment," and finally learns "Evil." At this point she understands the darkness of the world, but is unable to describe how she feels as she's cast aside. She will keep playing with words, despite never wanting to know them in the first place. Finally, the singer says that she will continue to be at the side of the person to which the song is dedicated, as she teaches them new words.

Singing Roles
Kagamine Rin as the Mysterious Singer

Composition
Kagamine Rin's VOCALOID2 voicebank is utilized.The song utilizes synth keyboard, bass guitar, drums, pipe organs, cymbals, chiptune, and synth chords.

The song uses a scale of C and goes to A minor scale, a tempo of 120 bpm, and a meter of 4/4. The song uses the following pattern:

V;(break); V - V - bridge - PreC - C; V - V - bridge - PreC - C ;(Instrum.); Refrain; Lulila; (Instrum.) (break) Coda

The song starts with the verse. The songs repeats, four times, the sequence of two verses, prechorus (climbing verse to the chorus), prechorus (leading up to a chorus) and a chorus. After the instrumental, a refrain of the prechorus and chorus follows. A variation of lulila follows. After the silence, the first line of the chorus is repeated as the Coda. The chorus and the Lulila is a variation of Ode to Joy by Beethoven.

An arranged version was released in an album.

Lyrics
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Romaji=

Clockwork Lullaby
Clockwork Lullaby continues the theme of "words" begun in Wordplay, utilizing the same singer, Kagamine Rin.

Full Moon Laboratory
Full Moon Laboratory shares several images from the Wordplay PV as well as the same singer, Kagamine Rin.

Curiosities

 * At the third line of each chorus and the end of the song, the mysterious singer sings to the tune of Ode to Joy.
 * The song was remastered and included in Evils Theater.
 * This was the first installment to the Evillious Chronicles.