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I Was Like You

KIRI

...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

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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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