RYKER - Painted Faces (Official Audio)

Midnight, Tainan, a whole street closed for a god on a chair. Firecrackers by the meter, gongs and drums, a reed horn screaming over all of it. Then the generals, faces painted red and black and white. Once the paint is on, they don't speak. Not a word all night. They say it's so the ghosts can't tell there's just a man below. Tall gods come dancing down the block with sunglasses on. Nobody asks who's under there. All year they asked me why I hide. Tonight the men inside the faces carry something taller. A mask is not a wall down here. A mask is how you carry. A line forms in the road. People kneel, heads down. An uncle pulls my sleeve: 「趴下,聽指揮。」 Forehead on warm asphalt. The chair goes over, slow, a shadow, drums, then light again. First time I was blessed with it on. No one said take off the mask. Painted faces, no one speaks. 台南遶境的一夜:鞭炮、鑼鼓、嗩吶,家將開了臉就整晚不說話,戴墨鏡的神偶跟著電音跳舞。他發現在這裡把臉藏起來是一種傳統,不是逃;跪在路中間讓神轎從上方過去,他第一次戴著口罩被祝福。RYKER 萊克第二張專輯《Southbound》第九首:鞭炮+嗩吶開場,124 BPM,爵士鋼琴 × electro house × 嗩吶鑼鼓取樣,英文為主。 RYKER 萊克|Masked rapper. No face, just the voice. 【人與 AI 共同創作 / Human × AI】 本作品由人與 AI 共同創作:TNL 負責企劃、角色設定、故事與每一步的挑選定稿;歌詞、演唱聲音與人物影像由 AI 工具協作生成。RYKER 為虛構角色。 This track was created by humans together with AI tools. RYKER is a fictional character. 【Lyrics 歌詞】 Midnight, Tainan, a whole street closed for a god on a chair, firecrackers by the meter, smoke and powder in my hair. Gongs and drums, a reed horn screaming over all of it, loud, a palanquin on shoulders, rocking slow, straight through the crowd. Then the generals, faces painted red and black and white. Once the paint is on, they don't speak. Not a word all night. They say it's so the ghosts can't tell there's just a man below. Nobody cuts across their line. You wait. You let them go. Painted faces, no one speaks. Red and black and white on their cheeks. Hide your face so the god can be seen. Painted faces, no one speaks. Tall gods come dancing down the block with sunglasses on, speakers on a truck behind them, bass until the dawn. A man inside each one of them, a god's head way up top. Nobody asks who's under there. The dancing doesn't stop. Pop, pop, powder, paper, pepper-red, a carpet in the road, people pressing, palms together, pushing closer, row by row. All year they asked me why I hide, like hiding made me smaller. Tonight the men inside the faces carry something taller. A mask is not a wall down here. A mask is how you carry. I've been doing the oldest thing in town and thought that it was scary. Painted faces, no one speaks. Red and black and white on their cheeks. Hide your face so the god can be seen. Painted faces, no one speaks. A line forms in the road. People kneel, heads down, in a row. An uncle pulls my sleeve: 「趴下,聽指揮。」 Get low. Forehead on warm asphalt, powder, someone's knee by my hand, the chair goes over, slow, a shadow, drums, then light again. I stand up, knees black. Nobody looked. Nobody asked. First time I was blessed with it on. No one said take off the mask. Dawn, the god goes home, the paint comes off behind a door. I keep mine on. For once it's nothing I am sorry for. Painted faces, no one speaks. Red and black and white on their cheeks. Hide your face so the god can be seen. Painted faces, no one speaks. Painted faces, no one speaks. Red and black and white on their cheeks. I hid my face, and I still got seen. Painted faces. I'm seen. #RYKER #EnglishRap #HipHop #MaskedRapper #AsianAmerican #TheNoNameLessRAP #TNL #AIMusic #VirtualArtist #OfficialAudio #PaintedFaces #Southbound #ChillJazz #ElectroHouse #Tainan YouTube →    / @thenonamelessrap