← stationFERAL
KAIRO FIVE

NAME BADGE

Five friends from the same high school who agreed to stop at thirty and are twenty-nine

style

  • j-rock
  • twin guitars
  • driving band performance
  • urgent male vocal
  • anime-opening dynamics
  • tempo shift into double-time outro
  • japanese accent
  • defiant and bright
  • japanese accent
  • furious

the numbers

bpm
129
key
F# major
energy
0.68
dance
0.93
valence
0.57
vocal at
1.1s
length
2:56
language
Ja

lyrics

(one, two, three, four!)
(a register drawer slams)

Five years smiling for minimum pay
A gold star on my sheet today
The badge says trainee — I trained the crew
Mou ii — I'm through
(he's through, he's through)

My hands untie the apron slow
The fryer hisses: time to go
(go! go!)

Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
I was never that name anyway
Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
Jaa ne — have a nice day
(have a nice day!)

The clock-out chime sounds like applause
I bow to the camera, hold the pause
My bike outside still knows my weight
Ikuzo — for my life, I'm late
(ikuzo!)

Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
I was never that name anyway
Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
Jaa ne — have a nice day
(have a nice day!)

To the kid they hire after me
The mop bucket leaks by the freezer, see
Nothing here is yours to keep
Except the leaving — that comes free
(free... free...)

Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
I was never that name anyway
Keep the name badge, keep the name badge
Jaa ne — have a nice day
(have a nice day!)

(the door chime rings once)
Jaa ne