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Night-Veiled Pareidolia

Single2026.06.15

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"Night-Veiled Pareidolia" layers the shadows of dark pop and an uncanny, enigmatic world over a modern J-POP beat.

A city at midnight, a self you don't recognize reflected in the window, a voice coming from a shadow where no one should be. With deep male vocals and a mysterious sound, the track paints a scene in which the line between reality and dream slowly begins to warp.

Heavy, resonant beats, darkly swaying synths, and a dreamlike melody draw the listener deep into the night. It's a dark J-POP piece that captures a strange, fleeting emotion: the way the things you can't see feel all the more beautiful.

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  1. Night-Veiled Pareidolia
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    Standard version · 3:35 · Dream Fantasy

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Lyrics (Japanese)

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午前零時の窓にIn the window at midnight

知らない僕が映るa stranger who is me looks back

信号だけが瞬いてonly the traffic lights are blinking

街は息を潜めるand the town holds its breath

階段下の影からFrom the shadow beneath the stairs

名前を呼ぶような風a wind that seems to call my name

振り向けば誰もいないI turn around—no one is there

なのに胸が騒いだand yet my heart won't settle

現実の縫い目を そっとほどいたらWhen I gently loosen the seams of what's real

昨日の記憶が 逆さに降ってくるyesterday's memories come falling upside down

夜隠しのパレイドリアNight-veiled pareidolia

見えないものほど綺麗だthe unseen is the loveliest of all

くら くら 暗い夢の奥でdizzy, dizzy, deep in a darkened dream

ふら ふら 僕は僕を探すswaying, swaying, I search for myself

答えなんて まだ要らないI don't need an answer yet

不可思議なまま 踊らせてleave it a mystery, and let me dance

路地裏の自販機がA vending machine in the back alley

青い光で笑うsmiles in its pale blue glow

買えないはずの願いをthe wishes I was never meant to buy

小銭みたいに数えたI counted out like loose change

耳の奥で鳴っているRinging somewhere deep in my ears

誰かの甘いノイズsomeone's sweet little static

手を伸ばせば消えていくit fades the moment I reach for it

幻ほど優しいthe more an illusion, the more tender

正しさの扉に 鍵をかけたならOnce I lock the door marked "right"

怖がっていた闇さえ 僕を連れていくeven the dark I feared takes me by the hand

夜隠しのパレイドリアNight-veiled pareidolia

壊れた月が手招いたa broken moon beckoned to me

ゆら ゆら 揺れる声の中でwavering, wavering, inside a trembling voice

まだ まだ 君の影を追ったstill, still, I chased after your shadow

醒めたくない 夢でもいいI don't want to wake—even a dream will do

不可思議なまま 抱きしめてleave it a mystery, and hold me close

鏡の向こうで 笑う僕はThe me who smiles beyond the mirror

泣き方だけを 忘れていたhad forgotten only how to cry

心に残った 黒い星屑the black stardust left in my heart—

今夜だけ 光になれjust for tonight, become light

しずく しずく 落ちる秒針Drip, drip, the second hand falls

ひそひそ 秘密のメロディwhisper, whisper, a secret melody

世界が少し ズレていくthe world slips slightly out of place

そのズレに 僕は生きているand in that gap is where I live

夜隠しのパレイドリアNight-veiled pareidolia

見えないものほど綺麗だthe unseen is the loveliest of all

くら くら 暗い夢の奥でdizzy, dizzy, deep in a darkened dream

ふら ふら 僕は僕を見つけるswaying, swaying, I find myself at last

答えじゃなくて 祈りみたいにnot as an answer, but like a prayer

不可思議なまま 夜を越えてleave it a mystery, and cross through the night

朝が来ても 消えないようにSo it won't fade away when morning comes

胸の奥へ 魔法をしまうI tuck the magic deep inside my chest

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