ORIGIN Front Cover

Lyric

flow of time is

Chao

昔悪さばかりしていた

あの友人も

今じゃ三児のパパになり

子供のためだと

セッセと働いている

昔は私利私欲に走ってた

あの先輩も

今じゃ会社の部長となり

社員のためだと

コツコツ働いている

それはそれで良いと思う

むしろそれが正しいのかも

人は変わっていくものだから

そういう生き物だから

I know it can't be helped

ただ寂しくなるのは何故だろう

頭で分かっていても

変わった姿を見てしまうと

そんな気持ちになる自分がいる

外見がどうとかじゃなくて

中身が変わっていたことに

とても寂しさを感じてしまうんだ

こればかりは仕方のないことなのに

I shouldn't have hoped "maybe"

昔は真面目で勤勉だった

あの優等生が

今じゃ競馬競輪ボート

賭けのためだと

適当に働いている

それはそれで良いと思う

それが正しいとは言えないが

人は楽しさに弱いものだから

そういう性なのだから

I know it can't be helped

ただ寂しくなるのは何故だろう

頭で分かっても

変わった姿を見てしまうと

そんな気持ちになる自分がいる

外見がどうとかじゃなくて

中身が変わっていたことに

とても寂しさを感じてしまうんだ

こればかりは仕方のないことなのに

I shouldn't have hoped "maybe"

あの夢なんかを語り合った

キラキラした瞳は何処へ？

俺はオレだから変わらないと

イキイキしていた表情は？

無理難題押し付けられても

ヒョウヒョウと遣って退けた君は？

Where have the people I looked up to gone?

The people I chased after are nowhere to be foumd

長い月日が経った

自分が知らない時間を

それぞれ歩んで来た

連絡も取らなかった

会わずにいた時間が

こんなにも君を変えるなんて

Has too much time passed?

Where has the person you were back then gone?

ただ寂しくなるのは何故だろう

頭で分かっていても

変わった姿を見てしまうと

そんな気持ちになる自分がいる

外見がどうとかじゃなくて

中身が変わっていたことに

とても寂しさを感じてしまうんだ

こればかりは仕方のないことなのに

I shouldn't have hoped "maybe"

You might think I'm the same, or forever young, or something like that

Please realize that's not the case

You're the one who's changed so much

But when you met yourself, you rmembered, didn't you?

Those passionate feelings, those powerful emotions!

The flow of time is cruel

The flow of time is sad

The flow of time is hateful

Please stop the flow of time

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    Chao

  • Composer

    Chao

  • Producer

    Chao

  • Graphic Design

    Chao

  • Vocals

    Chao

  • Songwriter

    Chao

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I've poured my songs into this.
I hope you feel something and that something stays with you.
Please also give a listen to "ORIGINAL,"
which is being released at the same time.

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  • Chao

    I used to play bass in a band, and for a while I was also the vocalist. We mainly performed original rock and punk songs. After the band broke up, I stopped making music for a long time. At the beginning of 2025, I encountered AI music generation while creating a theme song for an event, and that led me to start writing lyrics again. "I still prefer songs and music created by people over those generated by AI. I don't think that will ever change. However, starting a music career requires instruments, equipment, and technical knowledge, which always felt like a huge hurdle for me. With the arrival of generative AI, many of those barriers have been lowered. Of course, new challenges have come with it as well... but even so, I'm excited about the possibilities that this technology offers. That said, if I leave everything to AI, I don't feel any personal attachment to the songs, so I write all the lyrics myself." "As for songwriting, when I'm writing lyrics, I already see the song's imagery and hear the music in my head. That's why, once I finish writing the lyrics, I first create the jacket artwork based on that vision. After that, I use AI to generate the music that had been floating in my mind during the writing process, recreating it over and over again until it matches my image as closely as possible. Then, I fine-tune the details of the arrangement until I'm satisfied, and only then do I release the song." "Since the vocals are not human, sometimes the words come out in a strange or awkward way, and I find myself going, 'Huh? What did it just say?' But honestly, I think that's part of AI's current charm. I'm sure one day it will become flawless... but in a way, I think that might feel a little lonely."

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