Kawauso（2023）

by 上の助空五郎 / Soragoro Uwanosuke

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This song was recorded for short film animation "Kawauso" directed by Akihito Izuhara.

www.soragorouwanosuke.com/post/kawauso

lyrics

昨日のニュースで知ったよ、君がもういないって
I heard it on yesterday`s news that you are not here anymore.

名前は知ってた、いい名前だと思ってた
I only knew your name, I thought it was a good name.

もう少し早く君と友達だったら
If I had become a friend with you a little earlier,
君の家だけは守れたろうに
I would have been able to protect your home.

カワウソうだよ　カワウソうだよ　カワウソ
Kawauso-dayo, Kawauso-dayo, Kawauso

ごめんね　君はもういないのか
I am sorry. You’re not here anymore.

僕が生まれた頃はまだあの川にいたんだって
You were still in that river, when I was born.
泳いでいたよなニホンカワウソ
Your were swimming, weren’t you, Japanese otter?

絶滅したなんて勝手に言われて　　
Although we say that you are extinct animal,
そんな僕らを嫌いになる事もしないで
you never hated us.

カワウソうだよ　カワウソうだよ　カワウソ
Kawauso-dayo , Kawauso-dayo Kawauso

ごめんね　君はもういないのか
I am sorry you’re not here anymore

僕らはいつまで　自分勝手に生きられるか
How long will we live selfishly?
削って埋め立てて　我が物顔で歩いて
Cultivating and reclaiming as if we own the land

地球は人間を５０万年前にウェルカムして
Earth welcomed human 500,000 years ago
一緒に生きようって　光と木陰をくれたんだぜ
To live together, it gave us light and shadow

カワウソうだよ　カワウソうだよ　カワウソ
Kawauso-dayo , Kawauso-dayo Kawauso

ごめんね　君はもういないのか
I am sorry you’re not here anymore

credits

released November 22, 2023
カワウソ/ Kawauso

Written by Soragoro Uwanosuke

Animation Director : Akihito Izuhara　

Script : Ikuko Mizokami & Akihito Izuhara

Sound : Tetsuro Nishi

Soragoro : Vocal, Ukulele, Drums

Yusuke Minami : Contrabass

Koji Ataka : Guitar

Agatha : Chorus

Kosuke Nakamura : Rec&Mix&Mastering

Object Drawing : Aiko Okamura, Kaho Kasuga, Keisuke Mada, Makiko Ito, Marina Akegawa, Sabi Hodumi, Katsuhiko Watanabe

Year : 2023

Duration : 15min 22sec

www.studio-mangosteen.com/kawauso

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about

上の助空五郎 / Soragoro Uwanosuke Tokyo, Japan

Soragoro is a musician, vaudevillian, songwriter, based in Tokyo and Takayama in Japan.

He sings his original songs that are inspired by many genres of world music. He also sings old jazz & bossa nova with the ukulele, and peforms mime and tapdance.

Soragoro has been performing in several countries and won the first prize in the VOIX-de-VILLE in Montreal (summer 2014). ... more