「!」- 髥莏 | Piano Arrangement

This is Kyozou's "!" arranged for a solo piano - made a little jazzier and such!

This was the first video I'd ever watched from Kyozou's channel, and what led me and so many others down the K.-san tribute UTAU rabbit hole. And it's no wonder I got so hooked because all these tunes are instant earworms - the funky basslines and interesting harmonies draw you in for more, not to mention the whole mystery behind them when you first stumble upon these weirdly-titled Japanese videos.

"!" looks to be an elaboration/retelling of the story from Lamprey Hole - as with the other two tributes by Kyozou - going more into what those people really encountered and experienced at that strange path in the garden. The lyrics are equally as cryptic as Lamprey Hole's, mentioning a "mischievous Yokai/spirit" who, erm, entrances people to dance to create various waveforms? I'm not so sure either, but interpreting these songs so literally is the fun part about them!

That English translation there is based on existing translations, though I gave a shot at making the lyrics actually fit the number of syllables and have a proper flow in English. It was a lot harder to create rhymes for this song than "i" because the lyrics were a lot harder to paraphrase.

//lyrics
眉唾の噂です
二人が道行く先で
見慣れない場所に辿り着いていたので
怖くなりました

手を繋ぎ小走りで立ち去ろうとして
小石に躓き転んだら
二連二拍の正弦波が
近づいて来るのです

その見た目から目を付けられてたのか
片方はもう消えていた

雨の音が耳に付く
頃のお話です
無色透明の水銀は
満たされていました

いつも行く帰り道
一人が道行く先で
見慣れない標識を見つけていたので
怖くなりました

悪戯な妖に誘われていたら
ひたむきな愚者は踊らされ
二拍二連のノコギリ波を
生み出した気になるのです

その見た目から危険だと理解らずに
気が付けばもう█████

蝉の聲が耳に付く
頃のお話です
無色透明の水銀は
底を尽きてました

//english translation attempt
this is all just a rumour that i'd heard
but there were these two people walking down the street
soon they stumbled upon a place that both of them had not yet seen before
and so both of them got cold feet

then they tightly held each other's hands; tried scampering away desperately
but one tripped and fell over a rock, unwittingly
from the trees, a two-beat duplet sine wave quickly stemmed
and began to approach the two of them

i still wonder if the two had the chance to stare at its true semblance
but by that time, one of them was already long gone

ah~ this whole ordeal happened around the time
the rain's patter echoed in your ears
at the time, the colourless, transparent mercury
had already filled up to the brim

it was on the person's usual way home -
they were alone as always, walking down the street
soon they stumbled upon a signpost that they'd had not ever seen before
so they started to get cold feet

then a mischievous yokai appeared and beckoned them assuasively, so
that earnest fool took the bait and danced 'long to the beat
soon they felt as if a two-beat duplet sawtooth wave
had materialized; became concrete

'cos of how it truly looked, they did not realise they were in jeopardy
but when they finally did, they were already █████

ah~ this whole ordeal happened around the time
the cicadas cried out in your ears
at the time, the colourless, transparent mercury
had all but completely disappeared

Music written by | 作曲者 x髥莏
Arranged by | 編曲者 myself :)
Apr - May 2021

Original:    • !  
x髥莏's Bandcamp (support him!): https://kyozou.bandcamp.com/

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