Finding Our Sound
自分たちの音
After the disaster, the band did not give up, but they knew that something had to change.
Until then, every song they played had been written by other, famous musicians.
"We used to copy everyone else," Mia said, "but that isn't really us."
In the past, they used to spend long hours learning other people's popular hit songs.
Their old set list was filled with covers that were loved by huge, distant crowds.
"Those songs were written by strangers," Leo said, "not by the four of us."
That evening, they decided to write their very first song together.
Nobody in the band had ever composed real music before that night.
Mia played a simple , and Nora's warm bass line was added underneath it.
Leo used to be about his lyrics, but tonight he read them aloud without fear.
The words were rough, yet they described feelings that were truly their own.
Sam created a steady that was inspired by his favourite old records.
The first was messy, and it was quickly thrown away by the whole group.
They used to argue about small things, but now they listened to each other carefully.
Line by line, the song was slowly built from their shared memories and quiet jokes.
A bright was created that made all four of them smile at exactly the same time.
"This wasn't taken from anyone," Nora said, sounding genuinely proud.
They used to feel like four separate players who happened to share one small room.
Now their very different ideas were woven into a single, sound.
The finished song was named after the garage where the young band had been born.
When they finally played it through, the whole room felt strangely warm and alive.
"This is ours," Leo whispered, "and it was made by nobody in the world but us."
They used to their heroes, but tonight they had truly found their own voice.
For the first time, the band knew exactly who they wanted to become.