Today is your birthday
The day you were born
But you’re no longer here
All alone, it’s only me
Remembering your birthday
The streets are still the same
As they were on that day
Nothing has changed at all
But I have lost my colors
Still standing in the shadows
Why did the world
Take you away from me?
You were the one
Who meant the most to me
Why did the world
Choose you, not me?
Even if this is the punishment
For failing to protect you
Even then
I still…
All the gentle words
You once gave to me
Are still echoing
Inside my heart
Like a distant echo
Fading through the years
I’m still back on that day
Nothing has changed in me
I hold onto
The traces that you left behind
And hold them close to me
Why did the world
Take you away from me?
You were the one
Who meant the most to me
Why did the world
Choose you, not me?
Even if this is the punishment
For failing to protect you
Even then
I still…
So that you will live on
Inside of me
I won’t hide my tears anymore
I’ll keep on living
I’ll live for you
I am the one
The world left behind
The living proof
That you were here
Your precious life
More precious than anything
Was once here in this world
I want to protect
The miracle that brought us together
No matter how much it hurts
No matter how deep the sorrow
Even then
I will go on
I will live
- Lyricist
Aki
- Composer
Aki
- Mixing Engineer
Aki
- Songwriter
Aki
- Programming
Aki
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Back then, we never knew the world could be so cruel.
After losing someone precious to me, the same sky no longer looked the same.
Even the scenery I once gazed at without a second thought began to feel painfully distant.
Still, I keep walking.
Because somewhere, somehow, I feel as though I might see you again.
This song is not only about the sorrow of loss.
It is the story of someone left behind, carrying an empty heart, yet still trying to move toward tomorrow.
The sky we looked up at together that day.
I wonder if there will ever come a day when I can look up at it the same way again.
I still don't know the answer.
And so, today, I look up at the sky once more.
