Kenjirou appreciation! And Shintaro I guess lol. I had decided that I wanted to cover a song for Kenjirou, but Dead and Seek didn't really vibe with me.

So I took a reach and wrote lyrics for Toumei Answer with the point of view of teenage Kenjirou. This has less to do with Shintaro and Kenjirou being similar and more to do with how similar Ayano and Ayaka are. And I feel like Shintaro lamenting over how he lived after Ayano died kinda matches up with Kenjirou lamenting over how he lived after Ayaka died. Yeah, this is a reach, but I really didn't want to sing Dead and Seek XD. Plus, this song is unapologetically catchy. Kenjirou's cool. His story is nothing new, but it's still compelling and tragic imo

Original song:    • Toumei Answer  
Instrumental:    • Toumei Answer/透明アンサー (Instrumental/Of...  
Video:    • 【IA】Transparent Answer【English Subtit...  
Vocals: Me
Lyrics: Me! Inspired by Will Stetson, David Toth, and JubyPhonic

Lyrics:
Thinking back to the hazy days
Boring in every way
Sitting alone at the desk that always left me empty
“Well, what do you want from me?”
They asked so puzzling
The seemingly endless mountain of books with made up stories
Ah

When you asked me how I felt,
I said “I guess I’m well”
Even though life really didn’t try to be appealing
Then your laugh broke through the air
Smiling without a care
“Why don’t we make an ideal world our own reality?”

Gazing at the sky, thinking of brighter times
Maybe all your thoughts are just the answers that I need
Even not the case, I’ll follow you anyway
Back then, you always smiled so happily

Don’t touch the heart
that always wanted to take the whole world just as it was
Since he’ll never be able to reciprocate back your love
But even so this foolish heart will try his best to make amends
The chilling truth, I’ll seek it out for you.

I’m sure your warmth will bring me closer to the mysteries that you had loved
Surely, your understanding will someday shine on me from above
Even if the life I choose to live will make you frown, I won’t bow down
Just wait for me, I will make sure fore the end, you’ll smile at me again


As the days get carried by while my soul’s still alive
An emptiness builds in my chest as I sense your absence
No matter how I try, still victim to time
Yet everyone else seems to have forgotten your own presence
Ah

In the light of the busy days, I’m still afraid of change.
Can you still blame me for always living in my memories?
Your beautiful flowing hair
Your smile so sweet and fair
Better believe I’m the only one who recalls vividly

Looking just outside, the thoughts I cannot hide
Is the only monster the one stuck inside my mirror?
Thought I knew you then, my confusion never ends
Something tells me that I’ve let you down again


If you had only
stayed a little longer in my life, then I would think
That these agonizing thoughts would stop pushing me to the brink
But every time I stop the ringing in my head, a part of you
Dies in my mind, then everything else unwinds.

I still can’t blame you,
living with a heart full of kindness and so carefree
Having to deal with me, the one who’s constantly bored and brooding
In our next life, I’ll make it up to you and leave behind my sorrow
Even in
death, your never-ending joy takes me through tomorrow