‘today’ has ‘ended’ again
now the rain, and only I remain
soon the night covers up the truth,
it all repeats forever

“why must it be this way?”
abolishing the lenses that hide it all,
my vision blurs, the world turning into
the palest shade of blue

you say “the eyes are the gate to the soul”
it makes me wonder what it is
that you see inside of my own…?

Words concealed in plain view,
Silently begging to be set free--
Artistry with true meanings of tears,
It's right in front of you

“Can you hear me?”
Empty, I’ll be
The silence repeats
Maybe you’ll hear
the (II)nd time…

tangled, all these feelings are,
and that reverie, its still so far
that distant dream, that last puzzle piece–
it leaves it all incomplete

“for now, i’ll be free” (for now, i’ll be free)
its all blurred, and yet so crystal clear…
so ill stay…
in this emptiness
once more, today.

don’t trust all of these new coats of paint,
‘cause in the end, they crack away again
if you knew this was me,
would you… still… like… me…?

Words concealed in plain view,
Silently begging to be set free--
Artistry with true meanings of tears,
It's right in front of you

“Can you hear me?”
Empty, I’ll be
The same words repeat
Maybe you’ll hear
each word I say…

…

I know it’s all foolish,
so please don’t belittle me
won't you hear me, just one more time…?

Only I, when the night falls
Drained of the bright palette you used to know
Illustrating this feeling once more…
“I’m still quite lost”
Enclosed by all the times,
Day after day,
Regretful, I stay
Even my hollow soul
Can’t bear it all

but I’ll sing again, (this monochrome melody)
a (II)nd time

Wow. I put a lot of thought into this one.

"A song about a language of communication which no one seems to understand..."

This song is a sequel to a song in Shinjitsu, one about the concept of that album (and this one too) as a whole-- The idea that the album was a musical representation of events in my life. 

After the feedback of the album, I noticed that there was many people that didn't quite see the songs of Shinjitsu (especially the vocal ones) as ones that might be about topics that are important to me, or even joked about them. In any case, didn't feel too good, even if I knew that there would be people that would do that before.

That said, II serves as a response, one where a second view-over is requested to the previously-mentioned people, through lyrical metaphors.
Many of those lyrical metaphors are also later shown in my designs and songs for myself.

All of that said, "hey... can you hear me?" also ties a lot into the reason why im so proud of the amount of information and thought I put into this song.

I first made concepts for II as a song in Summer of 2023, and really started to flesh them out with visuals and lyrics in Fall of the same year.

Near the end of December of 2023, I was really putting so much into Shinjitsu II's start as a whole, but especially on this song. It took lots of energy, but I think it payed off.

Looking back at it, I shouldn't really have looked at  other people's opinions so personally, even if I wasn't trying too-- but at least I made something cool out of how I felt...?