There’s a Lion Next to Me
Genre: Afrobeat, Future Pop, Dreamy Urban Groove, Minimal Electronic, Tribal City Pop, Emotional Worldbeat Style: Warm Yet Futuristic, Emotionally Grounded, Slightly Humorous, Urban Dreamscape, Gentle Cultural Collision, Stylish But Human, “Walking Through Tokyo With A Lion” Energy Vocal: Soft Female Lead Vocal, Calm And Intimate Tone, Slight Breathiness, Relaxed Emotional Delivery, Conversational Phrasing, Warm Group Responses In Chorus, Natural Human Feeling Instruments: Dry Tribal Percussion, Afrobeat Rhythm Guitar, Minimal Electronic Drums, Warm Deep Bass, Floating Ambient Synths, Soft City Pop Keys, Urban Field Noise, Gentle Hand Percussion, Sparse Flute Textures, Delicate Vocal Echoes Arrangement: Intro: Soft futuristic city ambience, distant crossing signals, subtle electronic textures, dry percussion slowly entering like footsteps through Shibuya at night Verse: Minimal groove with intimate storytelling vocal, restrained rhythm section, warm bass movement, feeling slightly
There’s a Lion Next to Me
Genre: Afrobeat, Future Pop, Dreamy Urban Groove, Minimal Electronic, Tribal City Pop, Emotional Worldbeat Style: Warm Yet Futuristic, Emotionally Grounded, Slightly Humorous, Urban Dreamscape, Gentle Cultural Collision, Stylish But Human, “Walking Through Tokyo With A Lion” Energy Vocal: Soft Female Lead Vocal, Calm And Intimate Tone, Slight Breathiness, Relaxed Emotional Delivery, Conversational Phrasing, Warm Group Responses In Chorus, Natural Human Feeling Instruments: Dry Tribal Percussion, Afrobeat Rhythm Guitar, Minimal Electronic Drums, Warm Deep Bass, Floating Ambient Synths, Soft City Pop Keys, Urban Field Noise, Gentle Hand Percussion, Sparse Flute Textures, Delicate Vocal Echoes Arrangement: Intro: Soft futuristic city ambience, distant crossing signals, subtle electronic textures, dry percussion slowly entering like footsteps through Shibuya at night Verse: Minimal groove with intimate storytelling vocal, restrained rhythm section, warm bass movement, feeling slightly
Lyrics
Verse 1
This city wears tomorrow in its eyes
I put the lenses on, but something doesn’t feel right
The sky of Kenya still lives inside my chest
But Tokyo shines too hard through every screen tonight
People move fast
Signals change faster
I feel myself
Falling one step behind
Pre-Chorus
So I slipped my glasses off
And breathed into the night
Then I looked up at the sky
And whispered softly
“I still miss those grasslands…”
Chorus
There’s a lion next to me
A lion next to me
Staring eye to eye
Like we’re rivals in the dark
Walking through Shibuya
Walking through Shibuya
Turning every crossing
Into a runway tonight
We laugh when our eyes meet
At all the cultural chaos
But somehow tonight
Everything looks beautiful
(There’s a lion next to me)
(Walking through Shibuya)
Verse 2
Near the Hachiko lights
His tail swings slowly
Waiting at the crossing
Like a king above the noise
I hold my bag tight
Like I might disappear
But he takes his time
Never rushing anywhere
We stopped by a bubble tea shop
And one low roar from him
Made the whole line turn around
Even the cashier laughed
And asked with a smile
“Would that be extra large?”
I didn’t know what to say
Pre-Chorus
So I looked up once more
At the cracks between the towers
And somewhere in the wind
I could almost feel Kenya
And whispered softly
“I still miss those grasslands…”
Chorus
There’s a lion next to me
A lion next to me
Staring eye to eye
Like we’re rivals in the dark
Walking through Shibuya
Walking through Shibuya
Turning every crossing
Into a runway tonight
We laugh when our eyes meet
At all the cultural chaos
But somehow tonight
Everything looks beautiful
(There’s a lion next to me)
(Walking through Shibuya)
Bridge
He stares into the glass
At his own reflection
Tilting his head like
“Do I really look that scary?”
I answered quietly
“Maybe just a little…”
But somehow tonight
You make me feel safe
Grasslands and crossings
Africa and neon
Crashing together
Still dancing somehow
Final Chorus
There’s a lion next to me
A lion next to me
Still staring eye to eye
Like we belong here tonight
Walking through Shibuya
Walking through Shibuya
Like the whole world’s watching
Our strange little runway
We laugh when our eyes meet
At all the cultural chaos
But somehow tonight
Everything feels beautiful
(There’s a lion next to me)
(Walking through Shibuya)
(I still miss those grasslands…)
Verse 1
コンタクトに
未来を入れた街
気が進まない
レンズをかけて歩く
ケニアの空
胸の奥にあるのに
画面の中の
東京がまぶしすぎる
人波は速い
信号も速い
私は少し
置いていかれそう
Pre-Chorus
ふっと酔って
グラスを外した
見上げた空に
深呼吸ひとつ
あの草原が懐かしい
そうつぶやいたら
Chorus
となりにライオン
となりにライオン
いつも睨み合う
あの顔で立ってる
渋谷を歩く
渋谷を歩く
ふたりでランウェイ
なぜか決まってる
目が合って笑う
文化のズレも
今日は全部
派手に似合ってる
(となりにライオン)
(渋谷を歩く)
Verse 2
ハチ公前で
彼は尻尾ゆらす
横断歩道を
王様みたいに待つ
私はバッグを
ぎゅっと抱えてるのに
彼は余裕で
一歩も急がない
タピオカ屋の
前で止まったら
彼のひと鳴きで
列がざわめく
店員さんも
二度見して笑う
「特大ですか」と
聞かれて困る
Pre-Chorus
ふっと酔って
空を見上げた
ビルの隙間に
ケニアの風
あの草原が懐かしい
そうつぶやいたら
Chorus
となりにライオン
となりにライオン
いつも睨み合う
あの顔で立ってる
渋谷を歩く
渋谷を歩く
ふたりでランウェイ
なぜか決まってる
目が合って笑う
文化のズレも
今日は全部
派手に似合ってる
(となりにライオン)
(渋谷を歩く)
Bridge
彼はガラスに
映る自分を見て
「そんなに怖いか」
って顔で首をかしげる
私は答える
「少しだけね」
でも今日はなぜか
頼もしいの
草原と交差点
アフリカと雑踏
ぶつかっても
ちゃんと踊れる
Final Chorus
となりにライオン
となりにライオン
いつも睨み合う
あの顔で立ってる
渋谷を歩く
渋谷を歩く
ふたりでランウェイ
世界が見てる
目が合って笑う
文化のズレも
今日は全部
愛しく見えてる
(となりにライオン)
(渋谷を歩く)
(あの草原が懐かしい)