Absolute ディスタンス
English and Japanese voices in the same bed, an inch of air between them as cold as absolute zero. Right next to me, still out of reach.
Lyrics
Intro – Radio static, distant heartbeat, cold synthesizer
[Male – Whisper]
You're right beside me...
So why can't I reach you?
Verse 1 – Male English Fast Rap, tight aggressive flow
An inch of air between us feels like a closing door,
Your pulse on my fingertips, but I can't find the source.
I talk into the hush till my throat goes raw,
No breath left in the room, just the edge of a flaw.
Same bed, same ceiling, different map, different view,
I keep pulling for your orbit, you keep slipping through.
I don't need a clean break, I need one sign you're here,
'Cause the coldest thing in this room is how you disappear.
Chorus – Female Japanese Clean / Male English Melodic, explosive guitars
[Female] そばにいるのに、届かない
[Male] Right next to me, still out of reach!
[Female] 触れた指先、絶対零度
[Male] Your touch comes back like winter glass!
[Female] 真空の中、叫んでも
[Male] I call your name and hit the wall!
[Female] こんなに近くて、遠いまま
[Male] A whole wide void between our skin!
Verse 2 – Female Japanese Fast Rap, sharp double-time delivery, heavy breakbeat
隣にいるのに 交わらない視線
つながるはずの言葉は途中で途切れてく
息を吸っても 部屋は静かなまま
叫んだ音だけが 先に消えていく
指先は冷たくて 触れても確かめられない
笑ったはずの顔も どこか遠く見える
近づくほど ずれていくリズム
二人でいるのに 一人の部屋みたい！
Bridge – Male screamed rap / Female Japanese echoes, heavy mechanical breakdown
[Male] NO AIR! NO SOUND!
[Female] 聞こえない！届かない！
[Male] I'M SHOUTING BUT YOU NEVER LOOK AROUND!
[Female] 消えていく！戻れない！
[Male] ZERO KELVIN! NOTHING LEFT TO FEEL!
[Female] ねえ、私を見て！
[Male] YOU'RE RIGHT HERE!
[Male] BUT NONE OF THIS FEELS REAL!
Final Chorus – Female Japanese soaring, male English clean/screamed
[Female] そばにいるのに、届かない
[Male] Right next to me, still out of reach!
[Female] 触れた指先、絶対零度
[Male] Your touch comes back like winter glass!
[Female] 真空の中、叫んでも
[Male] I call your name and hit the wall!
[Female] こんなに近くて、遠いまま
[Male] A whole wide void between our skin!
Outro – Instruments abruptly cut, faint radio interference
[Male – Whisper]
The universe isn't empty.
It's just...
Everything I can't reach.
[Female – Distant]
聞こえる...？
[Signal lost]
Song sheet
How the track is built.
- nearness ↔ unreachability
- an inch of air between two people in the same bed, cold as absolute zero
- fast male English rap, then fast female Japanese rap
- female Japanese clean lead answered by male English melodic lines
- male screamed rap in the bridge