Too Late to Realize

"Too Late to Realize" is a gentle J-POP ballad about understanding the value of someone only after they're gone -
a feeling of deep regret intertwined with quiet gratitude.

We don't always recognize love when we're inside it.
We overlook the everyday presence, the small kindnesses.
And when that presence is gone,
we search for echoes in the places they once stood.

This is not a plea to rewind time -
but rather, a song of acceptance, of holding what was real,
and simply saying:
"I see it now. And thank you."