Lirik lagu Monoral mini album IN STEREO yang dirilis pada 25 Juli 2001 terdiri dari lima tracks. IN STEREO adalah mini album perdana band yang terdiri dari Anis Shimada (vokal, gitar) dan Ali Morizumi (bass) tersebut. IN STEREO sendiri kemudian dirilis ulang pada 2 Desember 2009, di bawah payung Haunted Records yang ada dalam naungan Sony Music Japan. Haunted Records diciptakan oleh HYDE, vokalis L'Arc en Ciel.
Lirik lagu IN STEREO semuanya ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris, baik lirik maupun judulnya. Semua lirik ditulis oleh Anis, yang bekerjasama dengan HYDE dalam menangani lirik bahasa Inggris untuk album kedua solo projectnya, 666. Sementara, aliran musik MONORAL di album ini, sesuai review CaliggyJack dari Sputnik Music, cukup variatif, merentang dari Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, hingga Shoegaze.
Penampilan Monoral cukup asing bagi telinga pendengar J-Music. Bukan cuma karena aliran musik mereka, tetapi juga lirik yang dibuat Anis, yang berbahasa Inggris bukan sekadar Engrish (lirik Inggris, tetapi sangat kental terpengaruh struktur pembentukan kalimat ala bahasa Jepang).
Berikut ini lirik lagu album IN STEREO, mengikuti susunan tracks dalam album (lirik lagu release me - lirik lagu goodbye - lirik lagu wash - lirik lagu weird kind of sings - lirik lagu this band has not begun).
Tracks:
01. Release me
02. Goodbye
03. Wash
04. Weird kind of swings
05. This band has not begun
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RELEASE ME
I woke up today
With tubes within my veins
Too much questions asked
And the truth seem to slip away
Lies are easily made
Forgive me if I don't say good night tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Please release me today
Kill your flowers, water me
Replace all your cards
All your cards
I ended today with pill
That takes me away
Too much pleasant time to lose
It brakes me away
Help me be myself
And forgive me if I don't say good night tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Please release me today
Kill your flowers, water me
Replace all your cards
All your cards
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GOODBYE
How could you blame it all on me
After the gains and the pains we shared
How'd you pretend not knowing anything
Between you and me it's been an endless game
How deep can you go?
How deep can you go?
The words are so meaningless
I close your lips and wave goodbye
And now
Your words keep me thinking on and off
Of what we used to be
Goodbye
How could you be so far away
Breaking the plans that I've made today
How could you make it on your own
When I am bearly hanging on
How deep can you go?
How deep can you go?
The words are so meaningless
I close your lips and wave goodbye
And now
Your words keep me thinking on and off
Of what we used to be
Goodbye
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WASH
If all goes slow
It's gonna be O.K.
There's nothing more to read I say
If all goes slow
And every other way
I fall for you so close my day
There's nothing more to do
In this coming of darkest time
I want to go
Where ever you've gone before
I want to smell
Every smell that surrounded you before
I'll drink the water
That you used to wash your feet
I want to play
With the mud that you stepped on before
If all I want
Is spending night and day
Watching you go through your way
If all I want
Is nothing much to pay
Will you still be afraid to stay
There's nothing more to do
In this coming of darkest time
I want to go
Where ever you've gone before
I want to smell
Every smell that surrounded you before
I'll drink the water
That you used to wash your feet
I want to play
With the mud that you stepped on before
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WEIRD KIND OF SWINGS
If all my make up
And all that comes with it
Was washed away
And now I fear
Those weird kind of swings
If all that you're made of
And all that goes with it
Keeps reminding me
Annoying me
I'm afraid of the words
That slaps again
Waiting for the pain
No really I'm off the frame
I'm aware and heading there again
Of course we got plans
I'll kick ass all the same
Well I could've been in this
Weird kind of swings
Why all the fuse
It wears me out of luck
Lighting up my seeds
Where should I lounge?
The choice is yours
Am I too close
Count me in your feast
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THIS BAND HAS NOT BEGUN
Of all the games
It's all the same
That kills me again
And all the time
I hate to say
The blames on you
Of all the words
And kindness spent
Reminds me again
Of all the time
I felt and cared
To see the side of you
I've died today
I broke the rules
And changed my name
I hate to say
It's over
Over and over
