Words held back for the sake of the other person can sometimes create distance instead. You might smile and say it's fine, only to spend a long time at home wondering why you responded that way. "Seigi" is not a song that decisively declares who is right. It lingers in the space between feelings hidden out of a desire to get closer and feelings that remain unreachable because they were concealed.
The urge to keep checking on someone who is already close
Even when sitting together and trying to make eye contact, it is impossible to know for certain what the other person is feeling. The speaker wants to get closer not only to the other person but also to themselves. It sounds as if, in the process of maintaining the relationship, they had been overlooking even their own honest expressions.
The song repeatedly depicts a cycle of moving closer and then drifting apart, finding someone only to understand them, and eventually meeting again with smiles. This is not a relationship where a single conversation resolves all misunderstandings. Listening to this repetition leaves behind both the relief that the connection has not ended and the frustration of feeling stuck in the same loop.
Is hiding things really for the other person's sake?
Choosing pretty words and hiding one's true feelings even when nothing has gone wrong can feel like the kindest option if it is believed to spare the other person pain. In that light, the title 'Justice' also hints at a mindset where believing one's choices are right becomes essential just to endure.
However, when the reassurance that one can return anytime becomes a habit, the urgent desire to hold on right now may fail to get across. The considerate words remain, but the speaker's desperation is left out. The song does not insist that keeping things hidden is always wrong; rather, it prompts reflection on whether the two are actually growing closer behind those gentle words.
Even in a quiet voice, as long as it is honest
When it comes time to actually voice what's on their minds, their heads go blank or they end up talking too much. It isn't a polished conversation with rehearsed lines. Still, in the moment they hear each other's dreams and nod wholeheartedly, the attitude of simply being there feels more significant than any skill for speaking well.
As the song nears its end, the quiet voice and sincere heart linger. That doesn't mean the two people's future is neatly resolved into bright clarity; it's precisely that lingering resonance that makes you want to listen again. If explaining who was right has worn you out, try recalling one thing you truly wanted to tell them. This song waits alongside your hesitation until those words finally come.
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“Seigi” is the second track on the second mini-album “Kima wa Kima de Chikai wa Warai de,” released on June 12, 2019. The same album also includes “Mabushii DNA dake.” Rather than hearing the chorus’s repetition as a simple restatement of the same words, following it as an attempt to draw closer again makes the song’s desperation more palpable.
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