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Lyric

First Meeting

KIRI

...誰だ

...who are you

I heard your footsteps in the dark

Before I saw your face

A presence cold as winter stone

That fills this empty space

I've faced a thousand enemies

But none like you before

What are you and why do you stand

Outside my shadow's door

I am what waits beyond the blade

The end of every fight

I've watched you from the beginning

Moving through the night

You ask me what I am, kunoichi

You already know

I am the destination

Of every path you go

First meeting in the darkness

生と死が向き合う

First meeting at the crossing

影と骨が語り合う

Neither one can leave now

この場所を離れられない

First meeting

始まりの夜

So you are death itself then

Standing here with me

I've danced around your edges

But never stopped to see

That every blade I carried

Every shadow that I cast

Was moving in your direction

From the very first to last

And yet you do not tremble

You do not run or hide

Most who see me clearly

Cannot meet my eyes

You are different kunoichi

I have watched for long

Tell me what it is

That makes you this strong

First meeting in the darkness

生と死が向き合う

First meeting at the crossing

影と骨が語り合う

Neither one can leave now

この場所を離れられない

First meeting

始まりの夜

...so we begin

...では 始めよう

  • Lyricist

    KIRI

  • Composer

    KIRI

  • Producer

    KIRI

  • Vocals

    KIRI

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The Dialogue is the fourth album from KIRI,
a kunoichi warrior and Japanese trap artist
under Shinobi Sound.

Ten tracks. Ten conversations between the living and the dead.

KIRI encounters a skeleton warrior -
a figure who has witnessed every life,
every battle, every last breath.
What follows is not a fight.
It is a dialogue.
About why we fight. About what we fear.
About what remains when everything else is gone.

Blending Japanese trap, heavy 808 bass,
traditional instruments - shamisen, koto, shakuhachi, taiko -
with bilingual lyrics that move between English and Japanese,
The Dialogue is a meditation on life, death,
and the razor's edge between them.

From first meeting to farewell,
nothing is resolved easily.
But something is understood.

© 2026 KIRI / Shinobi Sound

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  • KIRI

    KIRI is a Japanese AI music artist blending the deadly elegance of the kunoichi with modern Trap & Bass. Heavy shamisen, thundering taiko, and crushing 808 bass lines form the sonic world of Shinobi Sound, a place where shadow, blade, and silence converge. Born in darkness. Gone before you blink.

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