Eight Million Winds Front Cover

Lyric

Nihonkai Snow

Route62

Snow falls softly on the empty station

No one waiting on the platform tonight

Far across the water, fishing lights are shining

Small as prayers against the endless black

I stand alone and listen to the silence

And almost hear your footsteps coming back

They say the winter here is lonely

But I still feel where you are

Nihonkai Snow

Falling on the sea tonight

Northern winds are calling

Through the cold and dying light

Nihonkai Snow

Burning where the fishing lights glow

Even now, your name still lingers

In places only winter knows

Down the narrow street, the snow keeps falling

Steam is rising from the hot spring town

Warm yellow windows hold back the darkness

While the evening settles heavy down

I remember how you loved this season

How you laughed beneath the falling snow

We were young enough to speak of forever

Now there's only the falling snow

Nihonkai Snow

Falling on the sea tonight

Northern winds are calling

Through the cold and dying light

Nihonkai Snow

Burning where the fishing lights glow

Even now, your name still lingers

In places only winter knows

The winter sea says nothing

But it never feels asleep

Behind the fogged and glowing windows

Someone's kettle starts to sing

Under frozen fields and rail lines

Morning waits beneath the snow

Nihonkai Snow

Falling on the sea tonight

Those distant fishing lights are trembling

Like old stars caught in salt and ice

Nihonkai Snow

Guide me through this darkened road

I may never see your face again

But I still walk the world you showed

Snow is falling

Fishing lights are swaying

And somewhere under all this snow

Spring is waiting

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Eight Million Winds Front Cover

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    Eight Million Winds

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Eight Million Winds is the fourth album by Route62, exploring the many faces of Japan through six distinctly different musical styles.

From sophisticated City Pop and elegant 80s-inspired pop to funky disco grooves, soulful melodies, psychedelic rock, and a grand rock opera, each track offers a different sound and atmosphere.

Inspired by Japan's landscapes, seasons, memories, and timeless spirit, the album moves freely between light and darkness, nostalgia and energy, intimacy and grandeur.

Six songs. Six different worlds. One journey through Japan with Route62.

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