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“Every Shade of Kawaii - As We Are (Acoustic)” is an acoustic version that explores the range of “kawaii” from closer up. Crying faces, bravado, clumsiness, lines over the edge. Instead of fixing all of it before accepting it, the song recognizes each one as a color, just as it is.
In the acoustic setting, the tenderness at the heart of the song comes forward. Rather than spreading color across a big surface, it feels like looking at each color up close, in your hands. Green here sounds not as a proliferating color but as space for setting differences side by side without erasing them.
Lyrics
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Those teary eyes of yours, yeah, that's a cute look too
The way you hate to lose is kinda cute, through and through
A silly little slip, you never meant to do it wrong
But that's your kind of charm, it's been there all along
Your messy bedhead hair, a sleepy "morning" yawn
You trip over your feet before the day has dawned
The days you can't keep cool, when nothing goes your way
You somehow shine the brightest, wonder why, I say
Hey, who gets to tell us what the word "cute" should mean
Why paint yourself into a shade you've never been
So many shades of cute, and don't you know
A single color's never gonna be enough, oh no
The tears you try to hide, the brave face that you wear
They're all a part of us, and every shade is there
So many shades of cute, and yeah, it's true
Why even try comparing, what a waste to do
Just line up all our colors standing side by side
Look, the most amazing view you'll ever find
You look so cool and calm but lonely deep inside
A clumsy mess for sure, but with a heart you cannot hide
No two of all our shades could ever be the same
That's why I wanna be right here, you feel the same
On one of those rough days, just walking our way home
We didn't say a word, just side by side alone
You never need to be the perfect shade to shine
A little smudged around the edges, that's just fine
Hey, look at me today, I found a brand new hue
A shade of who I am I didn't even know
So many shades of cute, and don't you know
I'm looking just a little different, even so
On all my best days, yeah, and on my worst days too
They're painting every part of me in every hue
So many shades of cute, and yeah, it's true
There's never been a "right" answer, we always knew
Go on and bleed the lines or color past the frame
'Cause that's the way we draw, and we are not ashamed
"Be more like this, be more like that"
How many times I tried to paint it over, make it flat
But you were right beside me and I heard you when you said
"I love your colors just the way they are instead"
No label, we don't need the ones that someone chose
We'll name our colors on our own, that's how our colors grow
So many shades of cute, and don't you know
We never need a single answer, let it show
Our colors ever changing, blending in the air
It makes me love us even more, beyond compare
So many shades of cute, and yeah, it's true
These are the colors only meant for me and you
So every single shade, don't ever lose a one
Let's go and find the shades we've never known, let's run