A Night I'll Never Forget

Wasurerarenai Yoru Dakara (A Night I'll Never Forget)

A clear autumn night. Stars flickering, and one silver moon hanging among them.
The moon looked just like this on that night too - when we walked home side by side under light so bright it was almost blinding. We didn't need words. Our hearts were shining silver, just like the sky.

Now I walk the same road alone. One shadow. One set of footsteps.
That feeling is never coming back. And still - this, too, must be a shape that love can take.

A Japanese soul ballad that opens on a single grand piano, gathers strings and a gospel choir, and breaks wide open at the final key change into one long, sustained note.
From a whispered chest voice to a soaring belt to a falsetto that dissolves into silence - a voice used as an instrument, melting into the autumn night.

Listen alone. Preferably after dark.