

Two missed calls I watch the screen go dark
And for a second I saw my own ghost in the glass
I'm driving through the gridlines of the city
Counting every green light that turns to red
You're a thousand miles away or maybe just ten minutes
But you're living in the static in my head
I still have that voice note from last August
The one where you laughed until you couldn't breathe
I play it back in the hollow of the dashboard
A little piece of us I refuse to leave
The radio is playing something hollow
A four-chord lie about a love that's kind
I'm chasing the outlines of your shadow
On every stranger that I leave behind
Did you find a new favorite coffee?
Do you still hate the way the rain feels on your skin?
I'm collecting these questions like broken glass
Wondering where you end and I begin
The city lights are blurring into halos
I'm chasing a horizon that doesn't exist
They say time is a healer, a steady hand
But time is just a thief I can't resist
I'm screaming your name in a silent car
Tearing at the seams of who we are
A slow-motion crash in a velvet night
I'm looking for you in the neon light
I'm the secret you kept, the letter you burned
The hardest lesson that I ever learned
You're the heartbeat under my skin
The war I know I'll never win
If I called you now would you even know the tone?
Or am I just a number on a cold black phone?
I'm standing on the edge of a memory
Waiting for the fall to set me free
Is it easier to forget or is it harder to pretend that we were a last-ditch end?
I'm screaming your name in a silent car
Tearing at the seams of who we are
A slow-motion crash in a velvet night
I'm looking for you in the neon light
You're the ghost in the passenger seat
The rhythm of a heart that skipped a beat
The sun's coming up but it's still dark in here
I'm still driving, I'm still yours, are you still there?
Are you still there?
- Lyricist
JUNJI
- Composer
JUNJI
- Producer
JUNJI
- Vocals
HIKARI

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Midnight Echoes The Ghost of Us
HIKARI
Song Introduction: Midnight Echoes (The Ghost of Us)
The silence of 3 AM, accelerating loneliness. The destination of a night spent wandering with a "ghost" in the passenger seat.
A fading smartphone screen, a traffic light turning red, and a hollow melody flowing from the car stereo. This urban and melancholic track depicts the sorrow of aimlessly driving through the city at midnight, chasing the afterimage (ghost) of a former lover. Repeating past voice memos, the impact hits the heart like a slow-motion crash, tracing scars that will never heal.
The main highlight is the extremely understated "sweet whisper voice" that seems to melt into the silence of the night. The reality of calling out a name with a trembling voice, yet never being heard. The breathy vocals synchronize with the scene of a highway blurred by city neons, inviting the listener into a deep, deep sea of loss. The nostalgic and ethereal synth sounds produced by SUNO AI blur the boundaries between reality and memory.
"Time was not a healer, but merely a thief." Even as dawn approaches, the heart remains in darkness. For everyone who continues to grip the steering wheel, knowing all too well that no one is in the passenger seat. This is a serenade to gently sit beside your loneliness and wander together in the silence of the midnight hour.



