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Spineless, Undissolved
04:03
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If I were a candle by the window
Burning half-way through
It might have set a fire on my curtains
But I looked away
As it was lighting up the corner of the space
It was rather difficult winter
Or at least that’s how I thought it
Snow’s already gone but do I really miss it?
Maybe only the part that lets me feel less guilty for slacking off
The smoking bay, it’s hard to tell when I should go to sleep and dream
I’m with a good reason not to fail my lungs and intoxicate myself
Not that I’d indulge myself otherwise anyways
If you grew up at the foot of mountains
You can’t be a part of the sea
Transition in progress
ほら異常に不満気
Barely know the way-out
変に脳が飢えて
Half-circle to the young
万策尽きたようだ
Passing it on to my other half
迷宮入りをしたようで
だいたい自らを閉じて
暗がりが好きなような気質
訳もなく笑う
曖昧さが美徳だって
誰に言われたわけでもないけど
途切れた会話の頭を探して
裏切ったつもりは無いし
最大の愛を持ち込んできた
つもり 少なくとも
最果てなど程遠く
入り口の縁を震えてなぞる
足も手も動く 目は鈍くなった
明るさを捉える
Comfortable being among the odd ones
Caught up in the heat of the world
But the eyes are still
Till I see the light at the end
Till I see the light at
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Small Pieces, Tied Knots
03:23
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Records on a paper
Reading through what I’ve said
Faces and places
I’m not going to phase out
I’ll just take myself out of the light
For a short span of time
Need a space to count my breath and see what’s there on the edge of my landscape
I guess I’m over-acting myself
Head is full and filled but craving for more thoughts and numbness will not leave me alone
And it casts you off now
I’ll just take myself out of the light
For a short span of time
A solid foundation made of my reflection and memories
Slowly, dissolving into pieces
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Smoker, Harbour
02:56
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So this is the time to see my face
For the first time in a while
It’s raining here
The kind of square-ish open world we’re in
Trapped and slowly turning into waves
(At its) High-tide
I’m in the middle of the night where I sit in the corner
Like begging for my stay
Light comes horizontally
And it stops me forthright still
And I melt into the air
Like odor that will one day fade away
Right, I kind of wanna know you
Right, I might wanna see you
In this free fall down
High-tide
I’m in the middle of the night where I sit in the corner
Like begging for my stay
Light comes horizontally
And it stops me forthright still
And I melt into the air
Like odor that will one day fade away
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Smelter, Withering Time
03:24
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Woke up to the sound from the upstairs
Of them being ready to go about their days
Not that I mind this at all
I’ll slowly start off my days
In the time that it withers quicker than the tree in the garden where we spent our last time
Meanwhile, I have to tell you that I’m still in the same struggle
and it keeps me awake til I see you in the dark
Cold air creeps into my room
And I close the window
It was just to forget what I was on about
And I’ll be watching myself go around in circle
In the time that it withers quicker than the tree in the garden where we spent our last times
Meanwhile, I have to tell you that I’m still in the same struggle
and it keeps me awake til I see you in the dark
In the time that it withers right away and it asks you to take a next path
Move on, you said
Sometimes, all it takes is a year of evaporation
and a way to be honest with you
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Ukas Tokyo, Japan
Ukas is a DIY songwriter from Nagoya, Japan.
Largely influenced by indie-rock/pop and alternative music, he writes catchy, noisy, messy and packed songs that are turbulently mixed up and fused with ennui.
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