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Fear

KIRI

...恐れとは何か

...what is fear

I have faced a thousand blades

And never felt afraid

I have walked through darkest nights

Without being swayed

But standing here before you

Something stirs inside

A feeling I have never named

A place I cannot hide

That feeling has a name kunoichi

You already know it

You have carried it so long

You learned not to show it

Fear is not the enemy

That you think it is

Fear is just the proof

That something still exists

Fear

恐れよ 教えてくれ

Fear

お前は敵か味方か

It keeps us moving forward

生かし続けるもの

Fear

それが答えか

I fear the day the mission ends

And nothing takes its place

I fear the moment silence comes

And I must face my face

I fear that all this shadow

All this blade and night

Was never really living

Just a fear of light

I feared those very things once

Every word you said

The difference between us now

Is I moved past the dread

Not because I conquered it

But because I learned

Fear was just a signal

Of something I had earned

Fear

恐れよ 教えてくれ

Fear

お前は敵か味方か

It keeps us moving forward

生かし続けるもの

Fear

それが答えか

死ぬことが怖いか

くのいちよ

死ぬことより

消えることが怖い

誰にも知られず

何も残さず

Then you understand

More than most ever do

The fear of disappearing

Is the most human thing

I ever knew

Fear

恐れよ 教えてくれ

Fear

お前は敵か味方か

消えることへの恐れ

それが私たちを

人間にする

Fear

...恐れよ

...are you afraid

...怖いか

...yes

...ああ

  • 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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