One Square Meter

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RYAN135 BPM한 발짝도! (Not one step!)Black & white흑백

“One riff. Lights out.”

Story

① A 1 m square taped on the floor, and a metronome① 바닥에 테이프로 붙인 1m 사각형과 메트로놈

② The right hand, downpicking② 다운피킹하는 오른손

③ RYAN, unmoving in a square of light through the smoke③ 연기 속 빛의 사각형 안에서 움직이지 않는 RYAN

Daejeon. In a soundproof booth of barely one square meter, he did nothing but downpick to a metronome for years. His riffs are machine-tight, and on stage he never moves a single step from his spot. After the late breakdown: “Not one step back!”

대전, 1제곱미터 남짓한 방음 부스에서 메트로놈을 켜고 다운피킹만 몇 년을 반복했다. 리프는 기계처럼 정확하고, 무대에서도 자기 자리를 한 발짝도 벗어나지 않는다. 후반 브레이크다운 뒤 「Not one step back!」

In the details

The tape square on the floor becomes a square of light on stage. The room got bigger, but RYAN is still inside that one meter.

바닥의 테이프 사각형이 무대 위 빛의 사각형으로 바뀐다. 방은 넓어졌지만 RYAN은 여전히 그 1미터 안에 있다.

Lyrics

Daejeon, a room the size of a doorOne square meter, a click on the floorDownstroke, downstroke, never the upI don't play the notes, I cut them up

Hit. Stop.Hit. Stop.The silence is part of the shot

One riff, lights outI don't move, I don't need toOne riff, lights outThe ground moves for meONE RIFF. LIGHTS OUT.

Twenty-fourteen, a drummer with no faceI left a comment, one line, still in its placeNobody knows what that first line saidTwo kids, two cities, one song in their heads

Hit. Stop.Hit. Stop.The silence is part of the shot

One riff, lights outI don't move, I don't need toOne riff, lights outThe ground moves for meONE RIFF. LIGHTS OUT.

Every hit, the same squareEvery stop, I'm still there

한 발짝도! (Not one step!)

Not one step back!

One riff, lights outI don't move, I don't need toOne riff, lights outThe ground moves for me

ONE RIFF!