Following the release of their major debut single "Patricia" (2010), they released four more singles from 2010 to 2011; all five were featured on their major debut album Hoshi no Yoru no Myaku no Oto no (2011). Their next three studio albums were Plus to Minus no Shikumi (2012), Namida no Ochiru Sokudo (2013), and Nanairo Megane no Himitsu (2014). After the release of their compilation album Shiawase no Kutsu (2015), they released their fifth studio album Space Echo (2016) and their sixth studio album Pippala no Ki no Shita de (2018).
Members:
Kimiko (きみコ) (composition, lyrics, vocals, guitar)
Jun Sasaki (ササキ ジュン, Sasaki Jun) (composition, guitar)
Past members:
Shinn (drums)
Nobuyuki Abe (アベ ノブユキ, Abe Nobuyuki) (bass)
Yūki Aoyama (青山 友樹, Aoyama Yūki) (drums)
面影ワープ
nano.RIPE Lyrics
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空と地球を繋いでる雲が
ぼくの住むこの街をぐるりと囲った
夢うつつの昼下がりに
綿菓子みたいなそれを千切り
微かに空いた穴の向こう側
目を凝らせば小さな夏の
入り口がほら
追いかけてたカブトムシ
溶けたアイスキャンディ
巻き戻る記憶
きみがぼくに隠していた
夜と朝のあいだのヒミツは
鍵のない箱の中しまい込んだきり
今も眠りに就いたままだ
零れた光は強さを増し
気が付けばぼくは手を伸ばしてる
触れないから動けなくて
また胸を焦がすけど
注ぐ夏の陽に追いかけてたきみの声
焼けたコンクリート 揺れる陽炎
本当は少し怖くて
触れなかったカブトムシ
涙の跡に砂を泥まみれで笑う
夏に見とれてた
ふたり歩いた帰り道
二度と戻ることはない
でも消えない模様
The lyrics of "面影ワープ" by nano.RIPE describe a nostalgic yet melancholic sensation that the singer feels while remembering a specific summer day in his hometown. The lines describe the clouds that connect the sky and the earth and hover above the town, which is enclosed by a horizon. The singer reminisces about the tiny entrance to summer, which slowly opened up from a small hole on that afternoon when he ripped a cloud-like cotton candy.
The lyrics further explain how the singer chased after cicadas and beetles while enjoying ice candy that melted in his mouth. The singer then talks about a lost memory, which has been hidden in a keyless box and is still forgotten. The lines describe how the light that seeps through it is empowering and highlights the singer's longing to reach out and touch his past. However, he cannot do so as he is immobilized by the immovable memory.
The singer then thinks about the voice of a person who once chased the summer sunshine with him, but now they can only see the wavy concrete in the heat of the summer. The final lines describe how the singer is a little scared of the memory of the beetle he couldn't touch that day, yet he finds solace in the fact that he can smile even when he is sad, much like the pattern that stays with him forever.
Line by Line Meaning
地平線をなぞるように
Like tracing the horizon
空と地球を繋いでる雲が
The clouds that connect the sky and the earth
ぼくの住むこの街をぐるりと囲った
Surrounded this town where I live all around
夢うつつの昼下がりに
On a hazy afternoon
綿菓子みたいなそれを千切り
I tear it like cotton candy
微かに空いた穴の向こう側
On the other side of a faintly open hole
目を凝らせば小さな夏の
If I stare hard enough, a little summer
入り口がほら
Entrance appears
注ぐ蝉時雨
Cicada shower raining down
追いかけてたカブトムシ
Chasing after a beetle
溶けたアイスキャンディ
A melted ice candy
巻き戻る記憶
Memories that rewind
きみがぼくに隠していた
The secret that you were hiding from me
夜と朝のあいだのヒミツは
The secret between night and morning
鍵のない箱の中しまい込んだきり
Has been locked away in a box without a key
今も眠りに就いたままだ
Still sleeping until now
零れた光は強さを増し
The scattered light increases in strength
気が付けばぼくは手を伸ばしてる
Before I know it, I'm reaching out my hand
触れないから動けなくて
Unable to move because I can't touch it
また胸を焦がすけど
But it still burns in my heart
注ぐ夏の陽に追いかけてたきみの声
Chasing after your voice in the pouring summer sun
焼けたコンクリート 揺れる陽炎
Shimmering heat on the burnt concrete
本当は少し怖くて
To be honest, I was a little scared
触れなかったカブトムシ
The beetle that I couldn't touch
涙の跡に砂を泥まみれで笑う
Laughing with sand and mud smudging the traces of tears
夏に見とれてた
I was mesmerized by the summer
ふたり歩いた帰り道
The road we walked back together
二度と戻ることはない
We can never return there again
でも消えない模様
But the pattern won't disappear
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: きみコ
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