[Intro — spoken / mechanical] No wall, no shape. No rule, no game. Infinite space is nowhere. Give me a line. ⸻ [Pulse I] one two three four stay inside stay inside one two three four now— move. ⸻ [Verse 1] 線を引けば 方向が生まれる 扉を閉じれば 出口を探す 何でもできる世界では 何も選べない だから ひとつだけ奪って 残った自由を 見せて ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — piano counterpoint] Not infinite not complete a little friction under my feet not unlimited not divine give me the boundary I’ll find the line ⸻ [Chorus] Restricted freedom inside the frame limited motion creates the game take one away I choose the rest pressure makes the difference manifest Restricted freedom don’t set me free give me resistance and let me be ⸻ [Instrumental I — Jazz fracture] Piano solo attempts to escape the four-on-the-floor grid. Strings repeatedly force the motif back into four notes. Each return changes one note. ⸻ [Verse 2] 強すぎるなら 代償を置く 速すぎるなら 隙を置く 逃げられるなら 追うものを置く 勝てるのなら 失うものを置く 選択肢は 増やせばいいわけじゃない 捨てるものがあるから 選んだものが 残る ⸻ [Break — silence / solo violin] You may attack. But then— you cannot defend. You may run. But then— you cannot stay. You may win. But— what did you choose? ⸻ [Build — polymetric] three against four five against eight rule against impulse choice against fate three against four five against eight the cage is moving the cage creates ⸻ [Chorus II — expanded] Restricted freedom inside the frame every prohibition changes the game give me a weakness give me a cost only with something that can be lost Restricted freedom measured and strange I need the boundary so I can change ⸻ [Instrumental II — Controlled Collapse] Techno kick remains perfectly constant. Piano moves into free jazz. Strings retain strict counterpoint. Brass enters in 7/8. Everything appears to collapse, but all phrases resolve together on beat one. ⸻ [Final Verse — quiet] 自由とは 何でもできることじゃない できないことの中で それでも 何をするか ⸻ [Final Chorus] Restricted freedom that is the game rules make the difference difference makes the name close every door leave one unknown inside the limit I become my own ⸻ [Outro — spoken] No constraint— no decision. No decision— no meaning. Give me the rule. I’ll make the freedom.
