KELUN (ケルン), formerly UTARI (ウタリ), are a three-piece rockband formed in 200… Read Full Bio ↴KELUN (ケルン), formerly UTARI (ウタリ), are a three-piece rockband formed in 2006 in Japan.
The band original band lineup was guitarist and vocalist 児島亮介 (Ryousuke Kojima) [ex-member of Pick2Hand], bassist 佐藤周作 (Shuusaku Satou) [ex-member of FREENOTE] and drummer 梶谷雅弘 (Masahiro Kajitani) [ex-member of KOHL].

In 2008, bassist Shuuskau Satou left the band, and was later reaplaced with bassist 如人 (Yukito)

KELUN's first album UTARI was released independently under the label sweet honey records, but they were later signed by SME Records and re-released the album under the name Astral Lamp. SIGNAL, the first song from the album was featured in TV Tokyo's anime Gintama in 2007.

Their song HEART BEAT is also the opening theme of the japanese drama RH Plus.

On September 1st, 2009, KELUN announced they would temporarily cease their activity until further notice after their live performance on October 25th. Each member will still continue their individual music career.

Website: www.kelun.jp

THE WORLD
KELUN Lyrics

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鉛色の空遠ざかる君に
僕は手を振れずいる
いつしか大空のキャンパスに何も描けないまま

気付いてたこの世界が
彩りを失ったように
色彩を無くしていった表情を

溶け落ちていきそうな心
カケラを僕にくれ
この心はまだ消えてない
鳴り止んでいないから

落としてきたモノ失ったモノを数えるうちに僕は
君がくれたこの心の色まで落としてたんだ

気付いたよこの大空を
いっそもう一度塗ればいいって胸に残る心の奥の色で

溶け落ちていきそうな心
カケラを僕にくれ
この心はまだ消えてない
失っていないから

さよならさえ言えずに落ちてく
涙よ今止まれ

手を振ろう遠ざかる君へ

過ぎてゆく青い時間
手を振るよさよなら

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to KELUN's song THE WORLD is about the singer's longing for a person who has gone away from their life, represented by the distant and fading figure in the lead verse. The inability to wave goodbye and the feeling of being left behind, helpless and colorless, in a big empty world are expressed here. The lyrics also touch on how the world feels colorless, almost as if everything has lost its vibrancy, and how this has affected people, resulting in them having lost their facial expressions and emotions.

This melancholic song is a reflection of one of the experiences of life we all go through at some point. The singer is battling with the idea of how to move forward and not let their heart sink deeper into sorrow. The lyrics, "手を振ろう遠ざかる君へ" ("Wave my hand, to you who are going away") and "手を振るよさよなら" ("Shake hands and say goodbye"), capture the singer's desire to follow the person who has left, to make them stay or to be able to leave with them. There is a sense of urgency and desperation, and the lyrics bring out the emotions of sadness and longing.

Line by Line Meaning

鉛色の空遠ざかる君に
The gray sky is getting further away from you

僕は手を振れずいる
I stand waving my hand without being able to wave

いつしか大空のキャンパスに何も描けないまま
Gradually, I cannot draw anything on the canvas of the vast sky

気付いてたこの世界が
I realized that this world

彩りを失ったように
had lost its colors

色彩を無くしていった表情を
and the expressions have lost their color as well

溶け落ちていきそうな心
My heart is melting away

カケラを僕にくれ
Give me your broken pieces

この心はまだ消えてない
My heart has not disappeared yet

鳴り止んでいないから
because it hasn't stopped ringing

落としてきたモノ失ったモノを数えるうちに僕は
As I count the things I have lost and dropped,