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Why / Life

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Why / Life
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  • SONGS
    • 1
      Why
    • 2
      Life
    • 3
      Odd Couple
    • 4
      Beyond the Sequence
    • CREDITS
      1 Why

      Vocal, Background Vocals, Minimoog, MK-80, Matrix-12, 3rd Wave, Programming:Gen Hoshino
      Minimoog, MK-80, DX7, Prophet-5, Programming:mabanua
      MK-80, Piano, Upright Piano:Hirotaka Sakurada
      Electric Guitar, Background Vocals:Ryosuke Nagaoka


      2 Life

      Vocal, Background Vocals, Upright Piano, Handclap:Gen Hoshino
      Electric Bass, Upright Piano:mabanua
      Drums:Shun Ishiwaka
      Alto Sax:Satoru Takeshima
      Background Vocals, Handclap:Ryosuke Nagaoka, UA


      3 Odd Couple

      Vocal, Background Vocals, Tambourine, Prophet-5, Synthesizer:Gen Hoshino
      Drums:Noriyasu Kawamura
      Electric Bass:Jungo Miura
      Rhodes:Hirotaka Sakurada
      Electric Guitar, Background Vocals:Ryosuke Nagaoka


      4 Beyond the Sequence 

      Piano, ARP Odyssey, Prophet-5, JUNO-60, Organ, Programming:Gen Hoshino
      Electric Bass:Jungo Miura


      Produced by Gen Hoshino

      Lyrics, Music & Arrangement:Gen Hoshino
      Co-Arrangement:mabanua (1,2)
      Background Vocals Arrangement:Ryosuke Nagaoka (1,2,3)
      Recorded by Shojiro Watanabe (1,2,3,4), Shu Saida (1,2,3)
      Gen Hoshino (1,2,3,4), mabanua・Satoru Takeshima (2)
      Assisted by Satoshi Goto
      Mixed by Shojiro Watanabe at Victor Studio
      Mastered by Takahiro Uchida at Flair Mastering Works, Tokyo 2023

  • 1 Why

    Eventually
    People fade from existence
    Leaving nothing behind
    Fading away completely
    Love and wounds too
    Become one with the ocean sand
    Reflecting and glistening between the waves

    Now’s our chance
    Let’s go on a journey
    Wave goodbye to our sorrows
    Open the window and smile toward the wind
    We go through life without meaning
    And we’re basking in the sunlight

    The past rains down on my back
    Yet, before my eyes
    There’s a landscape yet unknown

    Why are we drawn to each other?
    “Look, it’s beautiful,” you said simply, leading me by the hand
    Traces of light shimmering on the sea
    If they’re going to fade away
    Why make memories we just don’t want to forget?
    Don’t you see?
    The end is the future

    Joined hands
    Eventually separate
    Footprints may come to a stop
    It’s just like
    Finding out the meaning behind your smile
    Shining without rhyme or reason

    Shoulder to shoulder
    Wishing together
    In the twilight

    Why do we hold each other in our arms?
    Embrace every heart that can’t be preserved
    Don’t you see?
    There’s still more to explore

    We look at each other
    Inaction dances
    As we hold hands

    Why do we laugh at each other?
    In this thing called “time” that can only fade away
    We set our lives ablaze and leave our mark
    If we’re going to fade away
    Why make memories we just don’t want to forget?
    Don’t you see?
    Crossing paths is the future



    2 Life

    Before I knew it, I was part of a race
    “Win!” “Keep running!” they said
    I’ve got a vehicle of my own but one I couldn’t choose
    “Head down the track we laid for you,” they said

    It’s funny, what the hell are you saying?
    Hey, now I realize that
    I choose the way I live and the horizons I seek
    Dash down the runway you imagined
    And take off into the wilderness
    Like you’re dancing

    My skin melds with the wind and melts away
    Boundaries disappear
    Flags dance and sway in the wind
    Beyond the “one”
    Without a doubt, you’re here
    Living and singing

    We can change our uncontrollable destiny with love
    We’ll head to a place where the threads of ego unravel
    The passage where we swim “just once”
    Defy their evaluations
    As if we’re reshaping ourselves

    Our song melds with the wind and melts away
    Their jeers disappear
    Our hair dances and sways in the wind
    Beyond intentions
    Without a doubt, you’re here

    Life keeps on struggling
    “Don’t die!” “Sharpen your skills!”
    “Go!” “Keep running!”

    My skin melds with the wind and melts away
    Boundaries disappear
    Flags dance and sway in the wind
    Beyond the “one”
    Without a doubt, you’re here
    And life goes on


     

    3 Odd Couple

    One neighborhood
    Two different people
    Being around each other
    Was only natural

    Wow, how many years has it been?
    We’ve only gotten more wrinkles, huh?
    I'm sick of us
    Your presence is so natural to me

    From what I know about you
    And what I don’t
    To you, I’m probably the best in the world
    I can’t stand it

    Even though we don’t know how far we’ll go
    We’ve been dancing our hearts out
    Even in the dark, silly stories are
    The sole reason we can carry on

    Fate can be a piece of shit
    Not that I like you or anything
    It’s just that we happen to be
    On the same wavelength

    Our steps are slowing down
    It’s natural for us
    Quitting is the only thing
    We’re not planning on doing

    This is crazy
    This is ridiculous
    Funny
    It’s like a long phone call
    I can’t stand it

    For who knows how long
    We’ve been talking the night away
    Our lives last until we get off the phone
    That's the secret of our lives

    Even though we don’t know how far we’ll go
    We’ve been dancing our hearts out
    “We haven’t even started”
    That’s a lie
    We’re not from that movie

    For who knows how long
    We’ve been talking the night away
    Even in the dark, silly stories are
    The sole reason we can carry on



    4 Beyond the Sequence 
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