

...かつて私も
...I was like you once
I walked these same shadows
A thousand years ago
I carried blade and mission
Everywhere I'd go
I thought that I was different
That I would never end
I thought the night would always
Bring me home again
You were like me once?
A warrior in the dark?
You moved through the shadows
With a blade and a heart?
How does it feel to know
That everything you were
Became the very thing
That follows others further
I was like you once
私もそうだった
I was like you once
影の中を走った
The blade felt eternal
刃は永遠だと思った
I was like you once
でも全ては変わった
I had a name once
People spoke it with respect
I had a mission once
That I would not neglect
I had a home once
Somewhere warm and real
I had everything you have
Including things you feel
And now you have nothing?
No name no home no blade?
You stand here in the darkness
With nothing left but shade?
Tell me what remains then
When everything is gone
What is left of someone
When they can't carry on
What remains is memory
And the echo of the fight
What remains is the question
Of whether we were right
What remains is this moment
Standing here with you
A warrior recognizing
Another warrior true
I was like you once
私もそうだった
I was like you once
影の中を走った
The blade felt eternal
刃は永遠だと思った
I was like you once
そしてあなたも
いつか私のようになる
いつか私も
あなたのようになる
それでも今夜は
まだ生きている
Yes. Tonight you are still here
That is everything
...I was like you
...かつて私も
...そしていつか
- Lyricist
KIRI
- Composer
KIRI
- Producer
KIRI
- Vocals
KIRI

Listen to I Was Like You by KIRI
Streaming / Download
- 1
First Meeting
KIRI
- 2
Why Do You Fight
KIRI
- ⚫︎
I Was Like You
KIRI
- 4
Fear
KIRI
- 5
What Is Beauty
KIRI
- 6
The Mission
KIRI
- 7
Regret
KIRI
- 8
What Remains
KIRI
- 9
We Are The Same
KIRI
- 10
Farewell
KIRI
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
Artist Profile
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.
KIRIの他のリリース
Shinobi Sound



