
👁Reflection
Neo-classical ambient with cinematic atmosphere and soft Chopin-inspired piano. Reflective and fragile mood. Minimal arrangement: piano, distant strings, faint synth pad, and soft mall ambience. Female spoken voice in English, calm and intimate, recorded close to mic as if quietly observing a scene in a mall. Background: subtle crowd murmur, echo of footsteps, warm reverb. Structure: short piano intro → spoken verses → layered crowd voice in the “Don’t joke around” line → fade into piano silence. Mix: piano center-left (warm), vocal center (dry), ambience wide and low. Keep lyrics exactly as provided in the lyric section.

👁Reflection
Neo-classical ambient with cinematic atmosphere and soft Chopin-inspired piano. Reflective and fragile mood. Minimal arrangement: piano, distant strings, faint synth pad, and soft mall ambience. Female spoken voice in English, calm and intimate, recorded close to mic as if quietly observing a scene in a mall. Background: subtle crowd murmur, echo of footsteps, warm reverb. Structure: short piano intro → spoken verses → layered crowd voice in the “Don’t joke around” line → fade into piano silence. Mix: piano center-left (warm), vocal center (dry), ambience wide and low. Keep lyrics exactly as provided in the lyric section.
Lyrics
This is just a list of things I’ve felt during my five or six years living in Japan as a half-Japanese, half-American person.
I don’t really know what it means myself.
But these things really did happen.
When I looked back at the lyrics, I suddenly realized —
maybe this was the chain that had been binding me all along.
ーhitomin
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One parent told their child,
“Don’t do that — the clerk will get mad.”
Another said,
“You mustn’t trouble other people.”
And yet another whispered,
“Don’t — it lowers your worth.”
…So tell me,
which of these is right?
Someone answered softly,
“All of them are right.”
Then came the voice of the crowd:
“Don’t joke around — you’re breaking the harmony!”
Um… I don’t know what to say to that.
これは日米ハーフの私が5~6年日本に住んで感じた事を並べただけなんだ。 意味は自分でもわからない。 でもこういう事が本当にあったんだよ。 この歌詞を見返した時、私を縛る鎖はこれかと直感したよ。
ーひとみん
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ある親は子どもに言った。
「そんなことしちゃダメよ、店員さんに怒られるでしょ。」
べつの親は言った。
「人に迷惑をかけちゃいけません。」
さらにべつの親は囁いた。
「やめなさい、それじゃ価値が下がるわ。」
……ねぇ、どれが正しいんだろう?
誰かが静かに答えた。
「どれも正しいんだよ。」
すると群衆の声が響いた。
「ふざけないで、和を乱すな!」
えっと……なんて言えばいいんだろう。
