The Emerald Hymnal / 緑の賛美歌

The Emerald Hymnal is a collection of passionate love songs, inspired by many different relationships. They form a song cycle akin to Dante's Purgatorio, reaching closer to Paradise with every song.

The variety in this songbook is a stark contrast to the monolithic sorrow of The Black Hymnal. The contents of The Emerald Hymnal were also written over the course of seven years (2017-2024).

These songs deal with long-distance relationships, traveling to unknown worlds, intense rivalries, love triangles, retribution, closure, moving on from grief, falling in love again, and more. The songs re-approach the mythos of the first Hymnal from a more critical angle, having buried the characters of the first book for a new cast.

Some of the recurring themes explored are: how language affects reality, how technology affects relationships, the limitations of language, the power of belief, the fine line between friends and enemies, alchemical symbolism, wintry landscapes, and a plethora of subtle religious motifs and metaphors.

There are 33 songs total.

Yukinohara
Angelsex
Inuit
“Red is like the sound of a trumpet”
Crimes of Passion
8,908 Miles
Analemma
Encrypted Feelings
Leaving You
The Priestess
Reversal of Fortunes
Katana
The Ocean
The Embers
The Green Lion
Lilith
Forever is a Long Time
Divine Lightning
Lailah
Song of the Siren
Via Dolorosa
Spiders
Akai Ito (The Red Thread)
Event Horizon of a Broken Heart
The Return of the King
Love is a Drug
The Mystic
SiniSTAR
Agonies & Ecstasies
Forbidden Spell
Serpent's Egg
Infinite Regress
Just Like Me