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If “Kawaii Is a Language / かわいいは言語を越える” offers kawaii as a signal that comes before words, “Kawaii Is a Language — Phosphorescence” is that signal coming undone in the night.
The lyrics drift in romaji, in no hurry to land on a meaning. Blurred fragments of voice, a texture like sound reaching you through glass, a softened beat. In those gaps, kawaii comes across not as explanation but as a feeling that stays after you've touched it.
Yellow here is not the strong brightness of noon but closer to a signal still visible in the dark. Even as the words come apart, the rhythm and the outline of the voice never fully disappear.
If the original raises words up, Phosphorescence is the faint, stubborn light that remains after the words have come undone.
Lyrics
Romanized lyrics are shown below.