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Lyric

Cry for yourself

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

泣きたいときには泣け 勘違いしてないか

泣きたいときに泣けよ 当然の権利だぜ

泣きたいときがあるだろ 我慢していられるか

押さえつけるのはよせ 理由ならばいらない

オトナはなくななんて どこのどいつが決めたこと

見苦しいだなんて 他人の考えることだろう

オマエは泣かなきゃダメだ

オマエは泣かなきゃダメだよ

泣きたいときには泣け 溜めこむくらいなら

悔しいときには泣け 理不尽なら そう言え

上目づかいで睨んで 頭にきてるってわかる

どうしようもないことなら 泣くしかないだろうが

オトナは泣くななんて 昔のひとが決めたこと

泣くななんて思うな 泣くんだ

胸が張り裂けそうなら 泣くんだ

苦しくって耐えきれないなら 泣くんだ

大きな声を張りあげて 泣くんだ

涙が涸れてしまうまで 泣くんだ

立ち直れそうにないなら 泣くんだ

気にしなくてもいいんだ 泣くんだ

一人前のひとだから 泣くんだ

からだ震わせ さいごまで 泣くんだ

今ここで泣けるなら 泣きたいだけ泣くがいい

今しか泣けないなら いま泣くしかないから

泣くんだ 泣くんだ 泣くんだ

泣くんだ 泣くんだ

泣くんだ

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Producer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Recording Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Mixing Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Guitar

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Bass Guitar

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Synthesizer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Background Vocals

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Piano

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Percussion

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Programming

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    Cry for yourself

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 2

    Winter moon

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 3

    Evening Star

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 4

    Long distance shore

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 5

    Quince

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 6

    Baby it's so hard, but I don't mind

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 7

    I'm stupid one

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • 8

    Drifting

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

I lived in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, from 1989 to 1996 and worked for a manufacturer of educational musical instruments. As a professional instructor, I taught across Japan, arranged music, and wrote sheet music.
The songs written during those seven years all have a somewhat composed demeanor. The reason I gave the album the pretentious title 'Windsor Knot' was also a reflection on my days as a salaryman, always wearing a tie for work.
When it was released in January 2025, it was an epic work of over an hour with 18 tracks, but for this re-release, I have carefully selected 8 songs to present. I believe the album now has a more concentrated structure.
I hope listeners can sense the loneliness and inner struggle glimpsed behind the stylish front of a man reaching the end of his youth.

Artist Profile

  • Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

    My name is Iwashita Keisuke, also known as Sardine. Over the 20 years from 1983 to 2003, there are about 170 songs that I recorded using multitrack recording by myself. From 2024 to 2025, I have been releasing albums that compile these songs in chronological order. Then, in 2026, I plan to release several best-of albums based on the significance of the songs and listeners' preferences. Sardine's music is diverse. It ranges from accessible pop to socially conscious message songs, from progressive constructions to punk subversiveness. I'm a formidable pianist, a mad synthesizer player, a halting guitarist, a tone-reading bassist, a loose percussionist, and a clumsy singer-songwriter with solo multi-choruses. All of these parts are integrated into one persona. A mixture of romance, cold-heartedness and passion, depicting incoherent anxiety and yearning for something unattainable, this is an oldie but an evergreen. Please listen to Sardine's expressive music.

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