Lyric

Shogo Shibaoka's release project, Ark of Solitude.
Its second single, Eternal Sea.

In an era with countless definitions of what is "right," we ask ourselves: "Is this my true self?" and "Is this who I am supposed to be?"
Within this project, the continuous act of asking these questions is defined as "loneliness."
A Boat Carrying Loneliness is a serialized work depicting a long voyage-carrying each person's loneliness toward the shores of someone yet unseen. This latest release serves as the central song of the project.

There are as many versions of what is "right" as there are people.
And within you, there is surely a truth meant only for yourself.

That being said, we live in a world where you can gain a kind of instant comfort and validation by abandoning such difficult, tedious thoughts, leaning into a minority, or simply nodding along to whatever seems plausible.

In such a world, if absolutely no one else shared your aesthetics or beliefs, would you still be able to hold onto your true self without surrendering it?

Aiming for a faint light in the ocean of the mind, the continuous struggle of introspection is much like a voyage.
Drifting closer, pulling away, and wandering lost in endless self-reflection, the boat creaks under the strain.

The lonely voyage continues across the eternal sea.