Lyric
Leave Me Not
TOMOKO SHIBATA, AYATOSHI OIKAWA
言葉、声を掛けても
心沈む胸は
夜の闇が深くて
抜け出せないときは
毎晩祈り続けて
朝を待ち焦がれて
人の心感じず
未来 ここにはない
眠りに落ちたなら まだ息をしてるわ
そんな夜を幾晩重ね、重ね 時を生きる
引きずったこの体 この心
この時代だから疎む
誹謗中傷 正解だけ求めてる
このちいさな島の毎日に
戦うことに疲れて 休む場所がないの
でも気づけばそこには あたたかい手のひら
気づいてほしいんだ 幸せのある場所
触れて抱きしめて感じる
愛の瞬間がある
諦めないでいて お願い
この時代は危ない場所よ
人はみな孤独なの
そう、だから 私につかまっていて
あなたの痛みをちょうだい
この地球も泣いているの
だから愛するあなたが 生きていればそれでいい
Even if I speak words, call out my voice
Your heavy heart remains suken
When the night’s darkness is too deep
And you can’t escape
I keep praying every night
Longing desperately for the morning
Unable to feel others’ hearts –
There is no future here
If I’ve fallen into sleep, then I still breathing
Nights like that, over and over, I live through time
This body I’ve dragged, this heart too
I resent it because it’s this era
Slander and insults – only chasing what’s ‘‘correct’’
In the everyday life of this small island
Tired from fighting, and there’s no place to rest
But when I notice, there’s a warm palm right there
I want you to realize – there’s a place where happiness lives
You can feel when you touch and embrace
There are moments of love
Please don’t give up
This era is a dangerous place
Everyone is lonely
Yes, that’s why – please, hold on to me
Give me your pain
This Earth is crying too
So if you, whom I love, are alive – that’s enough
- Lyricist
TOMOKO SHIBATA
- Composer
AYATOSHI OIKAWA
- Producer
TOMOKO SHIBATA
- Recording Engineer
TSUTOMU OKADA
- Mixing Engineer
TSUTOMU OKADA
- Mastering Engineer
TSUTOMU OKADA
- Piano
AYATOSHI OIKAWA
- Songwriter
TOMOKO SHIBATA
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Artist Profile
TOMOKO SHIBATA
A soprano who brings the joy of song to the world. After graduating from Musashino Academia Musicae, she went on to study at The Juilliard School. She has performed on prestigious stages both in Japan and abroad, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the New National Theatre Tokyo. She has taken on leading roles in operas and musicals such as The King and I, and received high praise from The New York Times for her performance in the Japanese opera Twilight Crane Tsu. She premiered contemporary works with the Kronos Quartet and studied in Italy, contributing to the promotion of Leonard Bernstein's music. She has performed with major orchestras such as the New Japan Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and has released three CDs as an exclusive artist with EMI. Among these, her aria-style cover of the Beatles' "Let It Be" attracted global attention and was re-released by Universal Music in 2021. In 2024, she directed, produced, and starred in Message from Violetta - La Traviata, showcasing her innovative approach to performance. She also appeared as the prima donna in Tokyo Opera Production's Viva la Mamma at the New National Theatre Tokyo, and played the roles of Juno in The Merry Widow and Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld, both produced by the Nikikai Opera Foundation at the Nissay Theatre.
TOMOKO SHIBATAの他のリリース
AYATOSHI OIKAWA
Born in 1994. After graduating from Urawa High School in Saitama Prefecture, he completed undergraduate studies in Musicology and a graduate degree in Solfege at Tokyo University of the Arts. As a chamber musician, he has performed with renowned artists such as Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, former concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and members of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. In addition to appearing as a pianist on numerous television programs including TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert," many of the CDs he has contributed to as a composer, arranger, and pianist have been released by major labels. In 2022, his original composition "Hana ni Yakusoku" (lyrics by Kei Ogura, performed by Satoshi Hayashibe) was selected as the featured song for NHK Radio's "Late Night Flight" from February to March. In July 2024, he held a solo recital at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, which concluded to great acclaim.
AYATOSHI OIKAWAの他のリリース
Opera in Jiyugaoka
