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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

(仕方のないことなのは分かっている)

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"

(「もしかしたら」なんて期待しなきゃよかった)

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?

(憧れていた人たちは何処へ行ってしまったのだろう?)

The people I chased after are nowhere to be foumd

(追いかけていた人たちは何処にも居ない)

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?

(時間が経ち過ぎたのだろうか?)

Where has the person you were back then gone?

(あの頃の君は何処へ行ってしまったのか?)

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

(俺のことを変わらないな、いつまでも若いな、とかそんなふうに思っているかもだけど…)

Please realize that's not the case

(そうじゃないことに気付いてくれ)

You're the one who's changed so much

(変わり過ぎたんだよ、君自身がさ)

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

(でも俺に会って思い出したんじゃないか?)

Those passionate feelings, those powerful emotions!

(あの熱かった気持ち、勢いのあった感情を!)

The flow of time is cruel

The flow of time is sad

The flow of time is hateful

Please stop the flow of time

(時間の流れは残酷だ…

時間の流れは悲しい…

時間の流れが憎い…

時間の流れを止めてくれ…)

  • Lyricist

    Chao

  • Composer

    Chao, Suno

  • Producer

    Chao

  • Graphic Design

    Chao

  • Guitar

    Suno

  • Bass Guitar

    Suno

  • Drums

    Suno

  • Keyboards

    Suno

  • Vocals

    Suno

  • Background Vocals

    Suno

  • Songwriter

    Chao

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The album contains 12 tracks.
It includes all unreleased songs, including renewed versions of songs I wrote previously!
The title is "EXPRESSION", and the lyrics express who I am now.
I love all the songs, and I'm confident that I've made a great album.
Please give it a listen.

Incidentally, I chose the release date, July 25th, because that's my birthday :)

Artist Profile

  • 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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