Gardenia Night

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✨ About the Song

“くちなしの夜 (Gardenia Night)” was born from the idea of words that dissolve before being spoken.
It paints the quiet ache between presence and absence — a voice trembling through glass, a dream sinking into pale light.
The koto leads the listener into a world of suspended time, while the rhythm echoes the distant pulse of memory.

The phrase 「微睡　現世　籠守」 runs through the song like a mantra.
It speaks of the thin boundary between dreams and reality — to drift, to exist, to retreat within.

This is not simply a song.
It’s a fragment of poetry that remembers itself.

🪷 制作ノート

「くちなしの夜」は、音と言葉が互いを探り合うように構築されました。
Suno AIで生まれた旋律に合わせ、GPTが詩を紡ぎ、
“和の響き”を持つ単語を一つずつ丁寧に選びました。

「微睡」は夢の入口、「現世」は目覚めの光、「籠守」は人の祈り。
それぞれの言葉が重なることで、「夢に棲む人」と「現に立つ人」のあわいを描いています。

“Gardenia” は「くちなし」——香りを持ちながら、声を持たない花。
この曲もまた、声にならない感情を香りのように残すことを目指しました。

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🎼 Lyrics (Japanese)

[intro (koto) solo]

[Verse1]
玻璃の罅に詠む焦懐　幽糸の輪に声囁
翳りの螺旋　廻る涅槃　縹の記　曖に沈む

[Chorus1]
微睡　現世　籠守
繻子の爪先　灯に舞い
鈍夜の眠　忘骨の歌
澱みし月に　袖かざす

[Verse2]
緋襲の裾　凍ゆる律　錫糸ひびく臥の香
魂垂の宴　くぐる湯霧　虚舟浮かぶ黎明処

[Chorus2]
微睡　現世　籠守
瞬き骸　藍の縫音
籠る慕恋　ぬばたま響き
糾る指に　痺れさす

[Bridge]
燐の帳　呟き綯う　瀞る想は　氷焔しき
継ぎ目なき　託宣の窓　空虚しるく　天降らす

[Verse3]
裂けし憶輪　瞼に咲く　瞑き褥に沈む貌
閨語の屑　残火に燃え　冴ゆる調べ　淡幻を斬る

[Chorus3]
微睡　現世　籠守
焦香しき宵　呻くたそがれ
哀の皮膜　零る霧唄
紅結びに　軋む縁

[ChorusReprise]
微睡　現世　籠守
焦香しき宵　呻くたそがれ
哀の皮膜　零る霧唄
紅結びに　軋む縁

[Ending (koto) solo]
  

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Official Lyrics: https://ishipos.com/phantomtone/lyrics/gardenia-night/

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🌑 Folklore Origin – “Kagomori no Me” (The Chamber Spirit)
This track draws inspiration from the old Japanese folklore of
“Kagomori no Me” — a shadow-like female spirit said to appear
at night inside the sleeping chamber.
She visits the boundary between dream and waking life,
whispering to those who drift into light slumber.
In folk belief, she embodies unspoken longing, forgotten bonds,
and the thin membrane between memory and illusion.
Her presence is gentle yet unsettling—
a quiet guardian, a lingering yearning,
or a shadow that keeps the sleeping soul from drifting too far.
The imagery of glass fractures, faint light, mist, and red threads
reflects her role as a spirit who protects (or binds) the human heart
during the vulnerable hours of the night.

Anime World References

This track carries a dreamy yet eerie atmosphere filled with mist, ritualistic tones, and quiet emotional tension. To help overseas listeners visualize its aesthetic, here are three anime works with a similar mood:

• Mononoke (モノノ怪) – Surreal ukiyo-e horror, swirling colors, and ritualistic tension. Its visual language mirrors the song’s imagery of cracks, mist, threads, and lingering sentiments.
• Mushishi (蟲師) – A calm, spiritual world filled with pale fog, faint lights, and quiet encounters with the unseen. The song’s sense of fading memories, drifting souls, and cold serenity aligns closely with its tone.
• The Garden of Sinners (空の境界 / The Garden of Sinners) – Aestheticized darkness, silent tension, and fragile life–death boundaries. Its atmosphere resembles the song’s motifs of fractured consciousness, twilight haze, and ritual emotion.

These titles are not influences, but worldbuilding touchpoints that help convey the atmosphere of Japanese Folklore Hip-Hop to international listeners.

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