Modern Soul TOKYO Vol.02 Front Cover

Lyric

TOKYO's Talk-Art

Kiorhi

No lights, no smoke, no giant screen

Just breath and silence in-between

A fan, a cloth, a wooden floor—

Close your eyes… there’s always more

Just a fan and a cloth—watch the city turn

Edo wind in Tokyo, feel the lanterns burn

Lean in, lean in, let the pictures show

I talk, you see—now let the river flow

Knees on the mat, minimal kit, maximum hit

No glitter cannon, just a flick of the wrist—watch it shift

One body, many bodies, I borrow ‘em quick

A tilt of the chin and the whole room flips

Left side: stubborn old man with a bargain to chase

Right side: sweetheart laughing, covering half her face

I’m a human projector, throw scenes in your head

No reel, no steel—just the words that I thread

I paint with pauses, I shade with a sigh

I trade you a grin for the spark in your eye

Read your temperature—cold? I’ll warm it with wit

Hot? I’ll cool it down, make the punchline sit

Ad-lib tailor, stitch the cadence to you

Same tale, new angle when the mood comes through

No stage trapdoor, no dragon on cue

Yet your mind makes a theater the second I do

Small tools, big rooms—watch the scale reverse

A single seat, but the whole world in verse

Just a fan and a cloth—watch the city turn

Edo wind in Tokyo, feel the lanterns burn

Lean in, lean in, let the pictures show

I talk, you see—now let the river flow

I’m measuring laughter like a scientist—calm and precise

Listening to the air like it’s rolling loaded dice

If you blink, I pivot, if you breathe, I ride

If you hold back a chuckle, I widen the slide

Wordplay, birdplay—chirp, flip, dip

Tongue do parkour on a jazz-swing trip

Setup like a hi-hat: tick-tick, minimal, clean

Punchline lands heavy like a bass in the scene

I’m not yelling for claps, I’m conducting a hush

Let the silence get loud, let the meaning blush

A story’s a mirror with a crack of surprise

You laugh, then you notice what you hide in your eyes

Edo breeze, modern streets—two times intertwine

Old jokes, new clocks—still keeping time

Tokyo talk craft, you don’t know it yet

But it’s déjà vu with a future silhouette

Just a fan and a cloth—watch the city turn

Edo wind in Tokyo, feel the lanterns burn

Lean in, lean in, let the pictures show

I talk, you see—now let the river flow

No costume change, but the heart can change

One voice, many doors in a narrow range

If you’re laughing, I’m listening—soft and slow

Edo wind in Tokyo… let it blow

Call it sit-down cinema, call it spoken soul

Call it stories on a string with a finger-roll

A folding fan becomes a sword, becomes a note

A cloth turns to rain, turns to sake on a coat

I’m switching lanes with a shoulder shake

Two characters arguing over one mistake

Your imagination’s the stagehand, the light, the set

I just cue the moment you won’t forget

Keep it simple—simple is sharp, cuts clean

Like ink on paper, like a well-timed lean

I know the city moves fast, screens everywhere

But I slow it down—put the whole crowd in my chair

You came for a vibe, I gave you a view

Tokyo tale-swing—old wind, new groove

No fireworks, no flex, no shallow parade

Just language in rhythm and a smile in the shade

Just a fan and a cloth… that’s all I bring

Yet your mind makes a palace from a single thing

Edo wind in Tokyo—hear the benches glow

This is the talk craft… now you know, now you know

Just a fan and a cloth—watch the city turn

Edo wind in Tokyo, feel the lanterns burn

Lean in, lean in, let the pictures show

I talk, you see—now let the river flow

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  • Kiorhi

    - Kiorhi - Kiorhi is a Tokyo-based DJ/trackmaker, and also works as a data scientist / systems engineer. The "Kiorhi" project explores coexisting with AI in the world ahead and the expansion of human creative expression, aiming to leave a positive message for the future.

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