ほんと・うそ・ほんと？| Truth, lies, truth?
Symphonic Rock Ballad, 82 BPM, key B minor. Cinematic & emotive. Structure: 4-bar orchestral riser → Intro (felt piano + solo cello, distant choir “ah”, soft cymbal swells) → Verse 1 (piano arpeggios, legato strings pad, brushes on snare) → Pre (celli ostinato, french horns answer, timpani roll) → Chorus (arena drums, overdriven guitars/power chords, full strings, choir pad; soaring lead line) → short Post (guitar/violin motif). Verse 2 adds clean guitar arps, bass slides; Pre builds with staccato violins + toms. Bridge: drop to piano + vocal + cello; then 16th staccato string build, snare rolls, brass swells. Final double Chorus with key lift (+2 semitones), cymbal crashes, counter-melody (violins/horns), gang “oh”s, ad-libs. Harmony: i–VI–III–VII (Bm–G–D–A), iv (Em) in Pre, brief ♭VI color in Bridge. FX/Mix: hall reverb (orchestra), plate (vocal), tempo-sync delays on guitar; wide stereo, sidechain duck reverb to lead. Master: -9 LUFS, punchy, epic.
ほんと・うそ・ほんと？| Truth, lies, truth?
Symphonic Rock Ballad, 82 BPM, key B minor. Cinematic & emotive. Structure: 4-bar orchestral riser → Intro (felt piano + solo cello, distant choir “ah”, soft cymbal swells) → Verse 1 (piano arpeggios, legato strings pad, brushes on snare) → Pre (celli ostinato, french horns answer, timpani roll) → Chorus (arena drums, overdriven guitars/power chords, full strings, choir pad; soaring lead line) → short Post (guitar/violin motif). Verse 2 adds clean guitar arps, bass slides; Pre builds with staccato violins + toms. Bridge: drop to piano + vocal + cello; then 16th staccato string build, snare rolls, brass swells. Final double Chorus with key lift (+2 semitones), cymbal crashes, counter-melody (violins/horns), gang “oh”s, ad-libs. Harmony: i–VI–III–VII (Bm–G–D–A), iv (Em) in Pre, brief ♭VI color in Bridge. FX/Mix: hall reverb (orchestra), plate (vocal), tempo-sync delays on guitar; wide stereo, sidechain duck reverb to lead. Master: -9 LUFS, punchy, epic.
Lyrics
🚩 Composition Project #16
Lyrics provided by @HEARTofCyan
https://x.com/RBLabQ/status/1964614813684039694
Thanks for listening!
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ほんと うそ ほんと？
声に出せない truth ＆ lies
夜空に溶けていく
未完成な goodbye
強がりの言葉で
隠した thanks
心の奥では
溢れてた phrase
笑いながら
目を逸らすたび
本音が noise みたいに響く
矛盾だらけの self-defense
君はすぐに sense
嘘の中の truth を
拾い上げて hold me close
ほんと うそ ほんと？
Tell me what’s true, what’s wrong, what’s right?
強がりも涙も
全部受け止めて
君がくれた笑顔が
僕の Guiding light
言えないままの “ありがとう”
揺れてる影に
重なるコトバ
「うそもほんとも全部だよ」って
その声が未来を照らす
未完成な melody
繋がるように harmony
別れの裏に hope を
君がくれた energy
ほんと うそ ほんと？
No answer, but I don’t mind
矛盾ごと抱いてくれた
その温もりで
僕は明日へ走り出す
Falling, calling, broken lies
Still your voice is by my side
涙と笑顔
交わって
旅立ちの sign になる
ほんと うそ ほんと？
Tell me what’s true, what’s wrong, what’s right?
言えなかった言葉さえ
君が光に変えてくれた
ほんと うそ ほんと？
No reason, but it feels so right
ありがとうの代わりに
この歌を響かせて
ほんと うそ ほんと？
Truth & lies, both alive
君と僕の交差点
旅立ちを照らす light
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translation (AI):
Truth, lies, truth?
Truth & lies I can’t voice aloud
They melt into the night sky
An unfinished goodbye
With words of bravado,
I hid my “thanks.”
Deep in my heart,
the phrase was overflowing.
Each time I smile
and look away,
my true feelings ring out like noise.
A self-defense full of contradictions
you sense it right away.
You pick out the truth within the lies
and hold me close.
Truth, lies, truth?
Tell me what’s true, what’s wrong, what’s right?
Take in both my bravado and my tears
all of it.
The smile you gave me
is my Guiding light.
The “thank you” I still can’t say,
words overlapping
with the wavering shadows.
“Lies and truths, every part of it,” you say;
that voice lights the future.
An unfinished melody,
a harmony so it can connect.
Hope on the far side of goodbye
the energy you gave me.
Truth, lies, truth?
No answer, but I don’t mind.
You held me, contradictions and all;
with that warmth,
I start running toward tomorrow.
Falling, calling, broken lies
still your voice is by my side.
Tears and smiles
intertwine
and become the sign to set out.
Truth, lies, truth?
Tell me what’s true, what’s wrong, what’s right?
Even the words I couldn’t say
you turned them into light.
Truth, lies, truth?
No reason, but it feels so right.
Instead of “thank you,”
let this song resound.
Truth, lies, truth?
Truth & lies, both alive.
The intersection of you and me
a light that illuminates our departure.