Windsor knot Front Cover

Lyric

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

Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

知っているんだ、あなたの中に ぼくの居場所はまるでないと

ぼくとは違う人がいるね あなたのこころ、そいつでいっぱい

But it's so hard ぼくはかまわない Baby it's so hard ぼくは気にしない

Baby so hard, so hard 気にしないで

あいつを選ぶ ぼくを選ぶ  それともどちらか決めかねる?

ぼくの分だけ足りないのを 認めることはとてもつらい

But it's so hard だけどかまわない Baby so hard ぼくは挫けない

Baby so hard, so hard 気にしないで

苦痛になんかなりたくない 負担になんかなりたくない

あなたの望むところに行きな 目の前にいる男を捨てて

それで済むなら

Baby so hard, yeah

行ってしまえば取り残され 独りのぼくはどこへ行こう

おそらく傷つき泣くだろう それでもあなたを愛してる

Baby so hard ぼくはかまわない Baby so hard ぼくは気にしない

Baby so hard, so hard 気にしないで

ぼくは挫けない Baby so hard そうさ 気にしない

Baby so hard, so hard 気にしないさ

  • Lyricist

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Composer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Producer

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  • Recording Engineer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Synthesizer

    Iwashita Keisuke Sardine

  • Vocals

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  • Background Vocals

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  • Piano

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  • 1

    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

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    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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