Lyric

A wave of people passing through the ticket gates

Everyone’s eyes fixed on their smartphone screens

Thinking they’re connected by the number of “likes”

But the hand in my pocket feels a little cold

That person I just passed at the intersection

I’ll probably never see them again

To laugh off the idea of “ichi-go ichi-e”

As just a phrase from a textbook—this world is a little too lonely for that

We fear getting hurt

Yet we still crave a connection with someone

Trusting someone always feels like a gamble

But please, don’t pull back that hand you reached out

That LINE message where we promised, “We’ll be together forever”—

It’s been read but ignored, and another season has passed

The deeper my expectations, the deeper the needle of pain stings

To call it betrayal would be unfair; surely, they were just as vulnerable as I was

Before you mutter, “I was a fool to trust them,”

And lock your heart away

If only you could gently wrap

Their imperfections in your own

Because there are no perfect people anywhere

We need to have forgiving hearts

Forgiving isn’t losing

It’s gently untangling the threads

That bound us together

Even if you’re connected to hundreds of people on your timeline

The people you can truly trust might fit in one hand

But with the warmth of that single hand

You can walk through this cold concrete city

Today, too, the city scrolls by at a dizzying pace

Carrying fleeting encounters and farewells that feel like an eternity

To you, facing someone new with a heart that’s been scraped raw

That clumsy kindness of yours is never a mistake

Just for a second, stop in your tracks

And listen closely to the footsteps of the person walking beside you

Because from there, a new story will begin