Taro komshiie bare rodaya | "From the neighbors, the big family"

by Rejo

This song by Rejo paints a very singular kind of loneliness. The kind where you are surrounded by a big family and yet you feel alone and forgotten. The most literal translation of the song is about a parent lamenting how the now-adult children have moved on with their own lives. But also, at its core, this song is about family estrangement and all the shapes it can take so your dearest ones feel like mere neighbors.

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