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[夜明け前の São Paulo

カーテン越しの light, it’s soft and low

街のざわめきの裏で

君の voice を探してる

コーヒーの泡が消えるみたいに

熱が少しずつ冷めてく

でも胸の奥、still calling your name

言葉にしたら遠くなる気がして

She’s close, but never mine

We’re more than friends, but less than love

触れられない距離が

僕らを still にしてる

Just one call away

でも言えない “stay”

We’re almost us, not quite in love

時差の向こうで fade away

言葉にならない距離を

心の rhythm で keep the sway

If I say it, it’s over

If I don’t, it’s pain

恋と呼べない恋のまま

Tonight, we stay… almost us

中洲の川沿いの light

風が少し salty tonight

あなたの笑う その写真

まだ lock 画面に残ってる

転勤先のブラジルの海

その空の色に嫉妬してる

でも “元気?” なんて打ったら

余計に遠く感じそうで

He’s online, but not for me

既読の silence が答えみたい

恋の rhythm すれ違っても

同じ tempo でいたいの

Just one step away

でも say it? no way

We’re almost us, not quite in love

時差の向こうで fade away

言葉にならない距離を

心の rhythm で keep the sway

If I say it, it’s over

If I don’t, it’s pain

恋と呼べない恋のまま

Tonight, we stay… almost us

同じ空の下

違う continent

未送信の message

照らす phone light

“Are you free tonight?”

“Can I see you?”

打っては消す、そのたび

心が少しだけ揺れる

She’s close, but never mine…

I’m yours, but not in time…

Between Hakata and São Paulo night—

We stay… almost us

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    MNB (Music and Beyond)

  • Composer

    MNB (Music and Beyond)

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    MNB (Music and Beyond)

  • Graphic Design

    MNB (Music and Beyond)

  • Programming

    MNB (Music and Beyond)

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    Almost Us

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"Almost Us" tells the story of a man transferred to São Paulo and a woman living her quiet, unchanged days in Hakata.
It's a gentle yet heartbreaking R&B track that captures the fragile space between them-
a connection that feels like love, but can't quite be called it.

Though far apart, they find themselves staring at the glow of their phones under the same night sky.
"If we say it, it might break. But if we stay silent, we can't move forward."
That contradiction-loving without naming it, fearing the words that might end it-shapes the emotional core of the song.
Their unspoken feelings float between the morning light of a bustling city and the quiet night of a harbor town.

The soft sunrise of São Paulo and the humid night breeze of Hakata weave into the production,
creating a soundscape that travels between two worlds.
A tender melody lingers in the space between them, carrying the wish embedded in the title:
"Almost-almost Us."

For anyone who has felt the ache of distance,
the unease of an undefined relationship,
or the weight of words left unsaid.

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