1.) BRAHMAN is a Japanese alternative punk band with four members; Kohki-Gu… Read Full Bio ↴1.) BRAHMAN is a Japanese alternative punk band with four members; Kohki-Guitar, Makoto-Bass, Ronzi-Drums and Toshi-Low-Vocals. As their sanskrit name suggests, they bring asian influences to the Western punk genre. They ventured to the US in 2005, following the success in Japan of their album A Forlorn Hope.

2.) Progressive, slightly pop, band from 1971. Released one album.

3.) Brahman is the oldest known persona of Joshua Hamilton, better known as Lil Darkie. The Brahman alias is a reference to the Hindu term of the same name. Originally active from 2016, the Brahman persona is still used for features on tracks under the Lil Darkie persona and in 2021, Darkie began to make new music under this persona, like for example "invisibility cloak" and "iamsuicidal".

the void
BRAHMAN Lyrics

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Sinking my body into braveness of this gloomy season
Ending incomplete with indications calm

Sinking my body into the history that′s carved behind me
Implicitly promising an existence of stagnation

Walking to, walking away
Slow and stifling pace

Walking to, walking away
Destined to vanishing away

Sinking my body into the defects that always lie inside me
Watching a world that's skeptic about birth and death

A forgotten sequence of landscapes and escape
Silence and escape
Craving and escape

Walking to, walking away
Slow and stifling pace
Walking to, walking away
Destined to vanishing away

Just stand up, Just stand up
Exposed to acute trouble
Just stand up, Just stand up
Standing up from nothingness

THE VOID

暗い季節の沈痛さに身を沈め
気配を静かに未完成で終わる

背後に刻印された歴史に身を沈め
混濁に沈滞する存在を黙約する

歩み寄る立ち去る
息苦しく重い足取りで
歩み寄る立ち去る
余儀なく消えていく

常に抱いた欠陥に身を沈め
誕生と死を懐疑した世界を覗く

忘れられた風景の連続と遁走
沈黙と遁走
渇望と遁走

歩み寄る立ち去る
息苦しく重い足取りで
歩み寄る立ち去る
余儀なく消えていく

立ち上がるしかない
痛切と苦渋にさらされて
立ち上がるしかない

虚無から
空無から

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to BRAHMAN's song "The Void" speak to the feeling of being lost and stagnant in life, sinking into the dark and gloomy season. The singer feels incomplete and unsure of their direction, turning to the history that has shaped them as a promise of stagnation. The verses also allude to the singer's inner conflicts, their flaws and the skeptical world around them. The chorus repeats the lines "Walking to, walking away, destined to vanishing away" like a mantra or a cycle that the singer can't seem to break.

The song has a theme of escape that can be interpreted in different ways. The landscapes and silence represent a desire to escape reality, to find a sense of peace and stillness. The escape from the defects and the skeptical world around them could be seen as a search for a better version of oneself or a way to overcome obstacles. In the end, the only hope seems to be to stand up and face the troubles that come your way, even if it means starting from nothingness.

Overall, "The Void" is a song that captures the feeling of being lost and stagnant, but also the desire to break free and find a way forward. The lyrics are introspective and poetic, with a melancholic and somber tone that matches the music.

Line by Line Meaning

Sinking my body into braveness of this gloomy season
Immersing myself in the courage of facing the depressing nature of this season

Ending incomplete with indications calm
Leaving unfinished while finding peaceful hints in what's incomplete

Walking to, walking away Slow and stifling pace Walking to, walking away Destined to vanishing away
Approaching and distancing, at a slow and oppressive pace, to inevitably disappear

Sinking my body into the defects that always lie inside me Watching a world that's skeptic about birth and death
Diving into the flaws I constantly bear while observing a world that questions the cycle of life and death

A forgotten sequence of landscapes and escape Silence and escape Craving and escape
A lost sequence of places to run away from, an escape in silence, and yearning for an escape

Just stand up, Just stand up Exposed to acute trouble Just stand up, Just stand up Standing up from nothingness
Rise up, exposed to severe struggles, emerge from the emptiness

THE VOID
The uncertainty and darkness that dwells within

Writer(s): 宮田俊郎, 小林諭司, 宮田　俊郎, 小林　諭司

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