Hikōkigumo [NDC]

------------------------------------------------------------- Week 40 2026 Nordic Discord Challenge 86 Genre: Visual Kei Theme: Someone I look up to Challenge Playlist: https://suno.com/playlist/b9c33d71-b064-4178-816f-fdd79e0a8a08 Want to join Nordic Discord Challenge? Check out the Swedish chat on the SUNO Discord server! ------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] [Lone piano and strings — then distorted guitar cuts in, drums crash] [Verse 1] Chiisana te de sora wo sashita Ano hi no koto wo mada oboeteru Anata no senaka wa tooku Kumo no ue ni kieta Mado kara zutto miteita Shiroi sen ga sora wo kiru "Otōsan" to yonda koe wa Kaze ni sarawareta [Pre-Chorus] Todokanai Todokanai Demo mada aruiteru [Chorus — English, soaring] I am looking up Still looking up At the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am looking up Still looking up And I am coming [Verse 2] Kyōkasho ni wa nai koto wo Anata no me ga oshiete kureta Kowai mono wa nai janai Kowasa to tomo ni tobu Shiken hikō no asa ni Nani mo iwazu ni waratta Ima wa sono imi ga wakaru Sukoshi dake, wakaru [Pre-Chorus] Todokanai Todokanai Demo mada nobotteru [Chorus] I am looking up Still looking up At the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am looking up Still looking up And I am coming [Bridge — strings and piano alone, no guitar] Hikōkigumo wa kiete shimau Sore demo watashi wa oboeteru Anata ga tonda sora no iro Anata ga nokoshita michi [Whispered] Onaji sora ni [Build — orchestra and synths swell, guitar returns] Onaji sora ni Onaji sora ni Watashi mo tobu [Final Chorus — maximum intensity, full orchestra and band] I am looking up No — I am rising now Through the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am not looking up I am flying And I am coming [Outro] [Guitar fades, single piano note, wind] Hikōkigumo Mata sora ni -=English Translation=- [Verse 1] I pointed at the sky with small hands I still remember that day Your back was so far away It disappeared above the clouds I watched from the window the whole time A white line cutting through the sky The voice that called out "Father" Was carried off by the wind [Pre-Chorus] I can't reach it But I'm still walking But I'm still climbing [Chorus] I am looking up Still looking up At the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am looking up Still looking up And I am coming [Verse 2] The things not written in textbooks Your eyes taught me It's not that there's nothing to fear You fly together with the fear On the morning of the test flight You said nothing and smiled Now I understand what it meant Just a little, I understand [Pre-Chorus] I can't reach it But I'm still walking But I'm still climbing [Chorus] I am looking up Still looking up At the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am looking up Still looking up And I am coming [Bridge] Vapour trails always disappear Even so, I remember The colour of the sky you flew through The path you left behind To the same sky I will fly too [Build] To the same sky To the same sky I will fly too [Final Chorus — maximum intensity, full orchestra and band] I am looking up No — I am rising now Through the white line you left across the sky You never told me it would be this far You only told me it was worth the climb I am not looking up I am flying And I am coming [Outro] Vapour trail To the sky again ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Visual Kei song with Nagoya Kei darkness and symphonic scale, told by the daughter of a test pilot. She remembers watching from the window as his aircraft cut a white line across the sky and disappeared above the clouds. He never explained how far it was — only that it was worth the climb. Vapour trails always fade, but she remembers the colour of the sky he flew through, and the path he left behind. By the final chorus she is no longer looking up. She is flying. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2026 Ande Records Lyrics by Ande All rights reserved. https://ande-records.se/