灯し火（ともしび）

KakuniManju4:23July 26, 2025

Traditional Japanese ghost story-inspired ballad with ambient horror elements. Female vocals enter in a breathy
trembling whisper
like a spirit returning not in hatred
but in sorrowful love. Instrumentation includes sparse koto plucks that echo like footsteps

Lyrics

しじまに舞うは　君の名残

ひとひらふれれば　まだぬくい

忘れたふりの　背を見送り

ついてゆけずに　朽ちたまま

あの夜、鈴虫が鳴いていた

君がくちづけをくれた夜

赤い灯籠の影を踏んで

私の心は　どこへ消えたの？

逢いにきたの　怖がらないで

愛していたの　終わらないまま

君が笑えば　それでいいから

この世のはざまを　今日もただよう

さよなら　さよなら　言えなかったの

あいして　あいして　壊れたままで

逢いにきたの　風にまぎれて

灯した心　消えぬように

君が眠れば　夢で逢える

幽けき月の裏を　わたしはゆく

逢いにきたの　風にまぎれて

愛した心　消えぬように

君が眠れば　夢で逢える

幽けき月の裏を　わたしはゆく

Style detailsTraditional Japanese ghost story-inspired ballad with ambient horror elements. Female vocals enter in a breathy, trembling whisper, like a spirit returning not in hatred, but in sorrowful love. Instrumentation includes sparse koto plucks that echo like footsteps, heartbeat-like deep taiko drums, shakuhachi drones, and reversed shamisen textures. Chorus builds with overlapping, ghostly harmonies—off-tuned and soaked in reverb—like a haunted funeral chant lingering in mist. Use pauses and dissonant swells for tension. Bridge features a warped, distant music box melody, low-pitched gongs, and the echo of a voice crying softly. Final chorus crescendos with all instruments in a wave of ghostly beauty, then fades into the sound of wind and a whispered “arigatou.” Tempo: 60 BPM Key: D minor (main), shifting to G Phrygian and B-flat tritone tension Mood: eerie, tragic, haunted, romantic, cursed.

Traditional Japanese ghost story-inspired ballad with ambient horror elements. Female vocals enter in a breathy, trembling whisper, like a spirit returning not in hatred, but in sorrowful love. Instrumentation includes sparse koto plucks that echo like footsteps, heartbeat-like deep taiko drums, shakuhachi drones, and reversed shamisen textures. Chorus builds with overlapping, ghostly harmonies—off-tuned and soaked in reverb—like a haunted funeral chant lingering in mist. Use pauses and dissonant swells for tension. Bridge features a warped, distant music box melody, low-pitched gongs, and the echo of a voice crying softly. Final chorus crescendos with all instruments in a wave of ghostly beauty, then fades into the sound of wind and a whispered “arigatou.” Tempo: 60 BPM Key: D minor (main), shifting to G Phrygian and B-flat tritone tension Mood: eerie, tragic, haunted, romantic, cursed.