Why / Life
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SONGS
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1Why
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2Life
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3Odd Couple
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4Beyond the Sequence
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CREDITS1 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
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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
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