Lyric

I stepped off the train in a town I don't know

My heart began to race, I don't know why

A crimson torii stood against the sky

Calling me deeper into the night

Lanterns were glowing down the narrow streets

Strange words around me sounded like a song

The evening breeze was moving through the trees

For a moment, I forgot where I was from

I don't need the words

This view is enough for me

A traveler from so far away

Finding more than I came to see

Take me to the lights of the East

Mount Fuji fading into the night

The bullet train cuts through the dark

Racing toward a future I can't see yet

Sakura falling, carried by the wind

I'm finding a self I never knew

Whatever waits at the end of this road

I won't forget these lights of the East

I walked those ancient stones beneath my feet

And felt the weight of all the years gone by

A quiet temple standing in the dusk

Made me stop and wonder about my life

I don't need the words

This view is enough for me

A traveler from so far away

Finding more than I came to see

Take me to the lights of the East

Mount Fuji fading into the night

The bullet train cuts through the dark

Racing toward a future I can't see yet

Sakura falling, carried by the wind

I'm finding a self I never knew

Whatever waits at the end of this road

I won't forget these lights of the East

Shakuhachi flute solo, graceful and floating over koto and warm synth pads

Like a memory I can't quite place

A sparkler burning quiet in the dark

This single moment feels like forever

This is the road I've been searching for

Maybe I came here looking for a place

But found a different way to see myself

Take me to the lights of the East

Mount Fuji fading into the night

The bullet train cuts through the dark

Racing toward a future I can't see yet

Sakura falling, carried by the wind

Now I see the soul I never knew

Whatever I find at the end of this road

These lights of the East will never fade

Koto and synth dissolve softly into silence, leaving a lingering warmth

Lights of the East

Toward a place unknown

The journey carries on