Stomping Through Mediocrity / Kasane Teto and KAITO (Original Song)

-CREDITS- Music/Lyrics/Tuning/Art - ampersketch Vocals - Kasane Teto (SynthV), KAITO V3 English & Straight Instrumental - https://youtu.be/s7gUGDEH0Aw The 2023 version of this song (the one in a swing beat and has no lyrics) - https://youtu.be/9_TLo71Yjyo I had the line "Forever and ever until I die" on my mind even before making this second version, and from there a story was (kind of) crafted. The basic idea for this song is remembering past events but all you can remember is the non important parts of them with other memories being being barely rememberable or forgotten (hi I'm someone with memory problems). Then you go through a crisis wondering how you even got to the point where you are in the first place. Aside from that, the lyrics both do and don't have meaning while also telling a vague story. I do want to make a sequel song with these characters again, just unsure when that will be. The instrumental is the same as the original just with different instruments and the swing beat is gone (whoops made it moodier). But it's basically the same so that the lyrics also work for the original version as well. Also I made her purposefully hard to hear but Sheena's there, too. She's singing underneath Teto. -SOCIALS- Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/ampersketch.bsky.social Tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com/ampersketch-art -LYRICS- Stomping through the path of mediocrity The static trees are swaying in this gentle breeze Showing me pictures fuzzy and clear Yet I can’t remember how I first got here My memory’s hazy, but all I know The mirages of mundane are ones that won’t go I’ll be stuck on the trail of times gone by Forever and ever until I die Is it left or right? I’m not sure where to go Is there an end? I don’t even know Both of these trails are black and white If it doesn’t matter, then I’ll stick to the right Is it left or right? I’m not sure where to go Is there an end? I don’t even know Haven’t I already passed by that raven? Seems like I went in a circle again “Oh wanderer,” says the raven on the branch “If you think you do, then you’ve never had a chance” “This path it stretches for eternity” “When you reach yours, then the end you will meet” Stomping through the path of mediocrity The white noise sounds just like the buzzing of bees The distracting raccoons say I’ll be there Yet I still am unsure if I was from where My memory’s hazy. I want to know If there is really no end, then where must I go? If I keep on trudging past times gone by Forever and ever, I think I’ll cry Is it left or right? I’m not sure where to go Is there an end? I don’t even know All of these trails look about the same Each with a scene from a moment mundane “Oh wanderer,” says the raven on the branch "If you think you do, then you’ve never had a chance” Oh black raven, just tell me what you mean Is this all real, or is it all a dream? Stomping through the path of mediocrity The static trees are swaying in this gentle breeze Showing me pictures fuzzy and clear And now I remember how I first got here (Now do you remember how you first got here?) Caught up in a storm of clarity The static trees are angry in this violent breeze Showing me pictures that are most clear And as it turns out I’ve always been here My memory’s perfect for now but I Am still afraid of what is the truth and what lies Guess I’ll keep on trudging through times gone by Forever and ever until I die #kasaneteto #重音テト #KAITO