Today (vo.Meadow)

Today
(vo. Meadow)
music by haruka nakamura/
At the start of 2026, haruka nakamura releases a new single to mark the beginning of the year.
Among his recent creative work, this song embodies a renewed sense of
hope born from a different way of weaving sound and voice.
Even when the light trembles, may there be a celebration for "today."
music & lyrics / haruka nakamura
piano, other instruments / haruka nakamura
vocal / Meadow
percussion / ryota tanaka
design / suzuki takahisa (16 design institute)
mastering / gen tanabe (studio camel house)
A&R / kyoko yamaguchi (one cushion, inc)
[Lyric Interpretation]
(In the main track, English and Japanese lyrics are interwoven.)
written by haruka nakamura
Let us cast away our sorrows today-
those withered, lingering griefs.
Let us plant love instead.
Such is the tone I long for.
Walking along a pale blue path,
the sea goddess calls the wind.
We greet the trembling of the world with a quiet hello,
for now we must even pray for peace itself.
Within the fading colors, we are alone.
Is it wrong to seek salvation in our hearts?
Every morning I wonder:
what does "eternity" truly mean?Again today, too late to die, I chant-
may whatever I grasp become light.
It flickers today, disappears tonight,
and before I know it, tomorrow arrives.
Let us light a small lamp.
Dusk falls again; night comes.
-
Then came the voyage after that,
and the small church I once visited.
Even the future-
I had pushed its prayers away.
Ahead of us stands our lighthouse.
How many cries must we raise
as we continue chasing
that uncertain harvest of hope?
Life is the gathering of light.
Before I knew it, I had learned to stitch and chant.
Life is the gathering of light.
Even if the heart begins to sway, it will be fulfilled.
Life is the gathering of light-
to question, to search, then fall silent again.
Life is the gathering of light.
May it be given to you-
to you.///
This song was originally born as the theme song "AKARIBI (Lighted Day)"
for the film "How We Came to Frequent Men-dokoro Maroni,"
planned and produced by Takumi Saitoh, directed by Takumi Koyama.