There are a few artists with the name Keiko:

1) Yamada Keiko (Keiko… Read Full Bio ↴There are a few artists with the name Keiko:

1) Yamada Keiko (Keiko Yamada - 山田圭子) is the vocalist of the J-Pop group Globe. In 1994 she participated in the 'EUROGROOVE NIGHT' audition organised by Tetsuya Komuro, and in 1995 became part of Globe. She later married to Tetsuya Komuro, and even has her own solo project. In 2001, She collaborated with Hamasaki Ayumi in the Songnation Project single a song is born.

2) KEIKO the band, hailing from Redditch, Worcestershire, UK.
Keiko formed in May 2004 and played their first show as a band less than a month later. Within four months the band were gigging across the country, and have gone on to play in excess of 200 shows from Edinburgh to Newquay and Cardiff to Norwich, and everywhere in between. Their inventive, energetic music combines a progressive attitude with a solid song-writing sensibility, and a desire to rock the balls off anyone who hears them. Their list of influences encompasses everything from Led Zeppelin to Biffy Clyro to Talking Heads to Luther Vandross, and then some.

The debut EP, The Rorschach Test was released in April 2006 on Lockjaw Records, coinciding with tours supporting Hundred Reasons and Hell Is For Heroes, and an appearance on the Snickers Bowl stage at the Download Festival.

Mark Stevenson left the band at the end of 2006, and was replaced by The Culprit drummer Joel Stanley. The band split up in April 2007, playing a final hometown show at the packed Liberal Club, which was filmed for DVD. They also sold a CD titled The Very Best of Keiko at the show, a compilation of material from all their previous demos. The original lineup reformed in 2009 for three live shows, but are now again no more, with the members pursuing other projects.

Keiko were: Tom Lynam (g/v), Nick Ebanks (b/v) and Mark Stevenson (d).
(With a brief stint for Joel Stanley on drums, in place of Stevenson)

Tom Lynam is now finding success playing drums for Pegasus Bridge. Nick Ebanks went on to form and front Idiosync.

3) On the EXIT TRANCE label there is also a singer named KEIKO.

4) KEIKO (Kubota Keiko - 窪田啓子) is a member of Kajiura Yuki's FictionJunction project and was one of the main vocalists of the Japanese vocal group Kalafina. She started her solo debut in 2020.

5) KEIKO, a band from Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain).
The Tenerife rock group, whose recognizable sound has evolved in directions that include blues, reggae and funk, among other rhythms, has already been occupying its place in the island's musical panorama for almost two decades.
This trio was originally formed by Román Brito (bass), Luis Suárez (percussion) and Diego Hernández (guitar and voice), in addition to the occasional collaboration of Beatriz Triviño (voice) and David Rodríguez (keyboards).

As Syllable From Sound
Keiko Lyrics

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Dead air calls your name
Through hollow walls
Broken mirrors mask
Your phantom waltz

I'll slowly close my eyes
Lament that lies within us dear
As Syllable from Sound

Is silence kindling our fears

You were at my seams
Just holding me together
Stitches pulled
We have worn into this form

I'll slowly close my eyes
Lament that lies within us dear
As Syllable from Sound
Is silence kindling our fears

You had the darkness in you dear
It's clear that we were only here to die
Yes you and I

I'll slowly close my eyes
Lament that lies within us dear
As Syllable from Sound
Is silence kindling our fears

I cannot exhale

Overall Meaning

as the dead air calls your name. The walls around are hollow, yet they seem to echo your name. There are broken mirrors around, but they only serve to mask your phantom waltz. The lyrics portray an eerie silence, perhaps one that comes as a result of a loss or a separation. The singer then closes their eyes slowly to lament the loss that remains within them.

The lines "As Syllable from Sound Is silence kindling our fears" suggest that the silence that surrounds them is instilling fear within them. The loss of a loved one, a friendship, or a relationship could be the cause of this fear represented in the song. The absence of the person they once had in their life leaves them alone in the silence. The singer talks about how the person they lost was holding them together at the seams, and they both have now worn into this form.

As the song progresses, the lyrics reveal the darkness that the person who left had hidden within them. It is clear that their presence was only meant to cause the singer pain and result in their shared demise. The singer states that they cannot exhale, signifying that the pain and the hurt is intense and suffocating.

Line by Line Meaning

Dead air calls your name
The silence reminds me of you and it's suffocating

Through hollow walls
I hear the echoes of our past, but it's all empty now

Broken mirrors mask
The reflection I see is distorted and shattered, like our relationship

Your phantom waltz
Even though you're gone, your presence still lingers and haunts me

I'll slowly close my eyes
I'll let my guard down and allow myself to feel the pain

Lament that lies within us dear
Our sorrow and regrets that we keep hidden inside

As Syllable from Sound
The words we couldn't express and the things left unsaid

Is silence kindling our fears
The quietness of our separation makes us anxious and afraid

You were at my seams
You were my foundation and my support system

Just holding me together
You kept me from falling apart and losing myself

Stitches pulled
Our relationship has been stretched to its breaking point