You laughed from above
While crushing my name
When I spoke my truth
You screamed “know your place”
Clean hands, cold smiles
Never swung a fist
But sugar-coated lies
Were built to kill my will
“Stay in line,” you said
Bite down, behave
They call it virtue
I call it a cage
I’ve bent, I’ve bled
I’ve swallowed it all
There’s nothing left
So I’m done being small
I’ve been stepped on
Dragged through the dirt
So I’ll grin wide
And hit you where it hurts
Watch your pride shatter
No crown, no heir
This ain’t revenge
It’s a Nutcracker
Titles and numbers
Armor your skin
Laughing at weakness
From the place you’re in
You crossed that line
Yeah, don’t play dumb
I wasn’t frozen
I was loading the gun
Forgive and forget
That’s what they say
Pretty little lies
To keep pain in its place
Just one second
Drop to your knees
That quiet scream
Is enough for me
I’ve been stepped on
Time after time
So once in this life
I’m drawing the line
Dignity broken
No legacy spared
This ain’t violence
It’s a Nutcracker
GO! NUTCRACKER!
LET’S! NUTCRACKER!
DOWN! ON! YOUR! KNEES!
CRACK! IT! CLEAN!
I’ve been stepped on
Every scar, every lie
Here’s the justice
That took its damn time
No alibis
No last stand
You wrote this ending
With your own two hands
GO! NUTCRACKER!
LET’S! NUTCRACKER!
- Lyricist
Hideyuki Takahashi
- Composer
Hideyuki Takahashi
- Co-Producer
ACE
- Recording Engineer
ACE
- Mastering Engineer
ACE
- Guitar
Hideyuki Takahashi
- Bass Guitar
Akito Hayakawa
- Drums
Shin
- Synthesizer
Akito Hayakawa
- Vocals
Ryo
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このシングルは、
踏み潰され、消えそうになり、それでも立ち上がるまでの
心の軌跡を3曲で描いた作品である。
怒り、自己否定、沈黙、そして再生。
それぞれの曲は独立していながら、
ひとつの物語として繋がっている。
1. NUTCRACKER
これまで見下し、踏み躙ってきた存在への
静かで冷酷なカウンター。
拳を振るうわけでも、声を荒げるわけでもない。
ただ“一番無防備な核心”を叩き割る象徴としての一撃。
復讐ではなく、決着。
ブラックユーモアとシリアスが同居する、
ACEらしい攻撃性を全面に押し出した楽曲。
2. Can’t Disappear
比較、嫉妬、劣等感。
息をしているだけで精一杯の暗闇の中で、
「消えられない自分」と向き合い続ける内省の歌。
どれだけもがいても届かない光。
頭の中で鳴り止まない声。
それでも――まだ終われない。
絶望に寄り添いながら、
生き続けることそのものを肯定する、
シングルの最も深い核心を担う一曲。
3. Rise Again
沈んだ心を抱えたまま、それでも前を向くためのアンセム。
隠してきた涙も、傷も、嘲笑された過去も、
すべてが“力になる”と高らかに歌い上げる。
観客と共に叫び、跳び、未来を掴みにいくための楽曲であり、
このシングルの物語に光を差し込む最終章。
NUTCRACKERで叩き壊し、
Can’t Disappearで沈み込み、
Rise Againで再び立ち上がる。
この3曲は、
誰かに踏み潰されたことのあるすべての人へ向けた
ACEからのリアルなメッセージである。
――消えなかった者たちのための音楽。
Artist Profile
ACE
ACE Another Centuries Episode is a four piece rock band led by Hide The members are Ryo on vocals Akito on bass and Shin on drums The band was formed fifteen years ago Hide Ryo and Akito started the band when they were first year high school students Shin who was in his third year of junior high school at the time later joined With slight differences in age and environment they have continued to share the same time and the same music The band name ACE comes from the initials of Another Centuries Episode Each member carries a different story and different roots Those stories overlap and resonate as one Continuing to sound as a single episode Hide leads the band as its leader and is responsible for writing and composing all of the songs Built around distorted guitar Ryo raw and emotional vocals Akito bass that supports and guides the songs and Shin drums that strike straight through the soul come together to create the unmistakable rock sound of ACE ACE is not a finished form Carrying both the past and the present they are a band that continues to update their story as they move into the next era
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