This year again, in Tokyo
The snow will fall, I know
Surely, softly, silently
The snow will fall once more
Gently over Tokyo
It will wrap the city white
Stained in silver white
It won’t fall for very long
A momentary illusion
A fleeting infinity
That’s TOKYO SNOW
Oh snow, paint this stained and tainted Tokyo
In pure, beautiful white
Cramped and crowded towers
Roads spread like a web
Houses with no gardens
Cars frozen in place
Hiding darkness with decoration
A city full of fakes
Bright on the surface
But filth clings deep inside
This metropolis
So little space, yet
We pack it all too tight
Now it’s choking
Even the air stands still
A city overflowing with people
A lonely city filled with strangers
And once again, I hear
The sound of sirens
Suits rushing past
Matching every step
Moving in the same direction
Is that what brings relief?
No strength left to resist
Like fish in an aquarium
If we stop working
Can we even survive?
In this city
So suffocating
The ground is cold
Asphalt with no warmth
Hatred seeps through the cracks
A city overflowing with people
A lonely city filled with strangers
And once again, I hear
The sound of sirens
This year again, in Tokyo
The snow will fall, I know
Surely, softly, silently
The snow will fall once more
Gently over Tokyo
It will wrap the city white
Stained in silver white
It won’t fall for very long
A momentary illusion
A fleeting mirage
That’s TOKYO SNOW
Oh snow, paint this stained and tainted Tokyo
In pure, beautiful white
Let this restless Tokyo
Take a break
Blame it on the snow
And let us rest
With piling snow
Sink this chaos
Quiet it all
Snow…
Every single falling snowflake
A crystal with no identical shape
Mysterious, beautiful crystals
They melt the moment you touch them
Fragile and fleeting
Yet when they pile up
They start to look like
The people moving this city
Layer upon layer
It makes me ache
Knowing they’ll someday disappear
Like the white snow
That fades away
This year again, in Tokyo
The snow will fall, I know
Surely, softly, silently
The snow will fall once more
Gently over Tokyo
It will wrap the city white
Stained in silver white
It won’t fall for very long
A momentary illusion
A fleeting infinity
That’s TOKYO SNOW
Oh snow, paint this stained and tainted Tokyo
In pure, beautiful white
TOKYO SNOW
Oh snow, paint this stained and tainted Tokyo
In pure, beautiful white
This year again, in Tokyo
The snow will fall, I know
Surely, softly, silently
The snow will fall once more
Gently over Tokyo
It will wrap the city white
TOKYO SNOW
- Lyricist
Chao
- Composer
Chao
- Producer
Chao
- Graphic Design
Chao
- Guitar
Suno
- Bass Guitar
Suno
- Drums
Suno
- Keyboards
Suno
- Vocals
Suno
- Songwriter
Chao
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TOKYO SNOW (English Version)
Chao
I wonder if it will snow in Tokyo this year too?
I love seeing the city fall silent after it snows.
It feels like a moment of fantasy, away from everyday life.
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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