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| "Embracing the Light... |
| and Then Some" |
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A Lighter Shade of Sorrow: Japanese = [English Translation] |
May I say, I’m feeling down today And though I can’t say why It feels a part of me, has died Days die, so quickly into nights While nights make me fear, the day to come The birds don’t seem to sing And the sunlight has ceased to light up my life I wonder if it’s something inside Chorus: Perhaps, I’ll try a lighter shade of sorrow And things will be better tomorrow For the lighter that the weight is, The easier it’ll be when a chance, Comes around again to smile. Here in a lighter shade of sorrow, I think I can deal with the day I think I can take things my way When I walk, the streets I feel so ill So many faces out there, overwhelm me Is it as hard, for them to leave their homes? Am I bold to admit this world feels so cold? The birds don’t seem to sing And the sunlight has ceased to light up my life I wonder if it’s something inside I yearn to come clean But the dirt that I live in just holds me down, I wonder what I really have found... Perhaps, I’ll need a lighter shade of sorrow So things can be better tomorrow For the lighter that the weight is, The easier it’ll be- Chorus Perhaps, I’ll find a lighter shade of sorrow So things can be better tomorrow I think I can deal with the day I think I can take things my way |
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| I'll Keep Smiling: | I wish I knew you the day you were born Maybe I’d know you better Memories of who I was trouble me They never match who I hope to be I guess that’s what they mean when they say “people change,” again and again I guess that’s what they mean when they say “memories fade,” again and again Being in love has made me so cold, I’m never sure of what I’ve been told, kimi mo [you too] Wherever you go, there you are, so the story goes Am I going to be happy where I go? I don’t know Will you still come with me even if I’m not? I surely hope so But the doubts in me are weakening our link, sou yo [that's right] But I swear to you, I’ll keep smiling if you stay with me, if you stay with me I think I knew you before you were born, You were much happier then. I seem to smile much more these days It must be I smile for the both of us There’s a current that runs from your hands to mine, when we touch Are positive emotions what attract, you to me? Day after day I’m feeling so old, I’m so tired of what I’ve been told, kimi mo [you too] Wherever you go, there you are, so the story goes, ohhh Wherever you go, there you are, so the story goes, I hope so Wherever you go, there you are, so the story goes, soudayo [you're certainly right] But I swear to you, I’ll keep smiling if you stay with me, if you stay with me Please stay with me... |
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| Never Ending Universe: | I know you always wanted me to fail I accept that plans can go wrong, There was no doubt that we weren’t meant to be For a little longer I wanted you and me From the nights of abuse, now I am free Wish you were too, some things aren’t meant to be Gotta take a step back every now and then I realize you hurt but it may never end I didn’t want to offend, masaka [this can't be!?] why am I here alone? People are going to be angry at you When you let them down they feel so insecure Rivers may flow down into oceans, and cease to exist With you I wanted to fly up to the sky, on into space You left without a word and never did you wish, the best for me I know you said there’s a never ending universe that I need to see I just hoped that we’d do it ishouni [together] But I know this world has it’s own imagined set of rules, I just don’t want to hear it again I suffered in silence, it was my therapy Wanting something so intangible There were dark days not wanting to repeat I’d cut myself just to watch somebody bleed You’d come home and we’d loose all our clothes Then we would fight like only heaven knows I miss the way you’d hit me to the ground Guess there’s no insane way to be sound I really was a bastard It kind of felt good to be mean to you Rivers may flow down into oceans, and cease to exist With you I wanted to fly up to the sky, on into space You left without a word and never did you wish the best for me I know you said there’s a never ending universe that I need to see I just hoped that we’d do it ishouni [together] But I know this world has its own imagined set of rules, I just want to hear you hate me again |
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| The Light in You: | I remember when I met you The light seemed to show more then May you always shine in that way The world will love you even more There’s something desperate in me that wants to say I love you You may not want it, but everyone wants to say that to you Lights on the runway, have their way of guiding us to the right people I’m glad I knew you long enough to receive your inspiration Where you go the lights are always on, it’s such a blessing Everyone has come to you for your help, don’t push them away Have I hurt you with my words? The light in you is fading out You should listen to yourself, More than what others say You’ll find the light that bathes you someday to be in your own hands May you always have the ability, to heal the weakened Lights on the runway, have their way of guiding us to the right people I’m glad I knew you long enough to receive your inspiration Where you go the lights are always on, it’s such a blessing Everyone has come to you for your help, don’t push them away Desperate for a sign just look to yourself, The light is within you |
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| Rule the World: | What is more worthwhile than wanting something worthwhile? Just the wanting can make a man loose all negativity. Maybe it’s just the sense of good things on the way But I’m ready to admit, I want more in life Love has no way of getting through if it’s not blessed Who blesses our love better than the sea, the sea of dreams My world, my thoughts need to be, together with yours The past has never happened as far, as I’m concerned Later on I’ll rule the world, A world made of my own design And You’ll be a center figure I’ll hold your hand as we loose our minds This world of mine can shift through time It’s up to you to accept the truth Our desires will set the tone Dream with me and you’ll never be alone good-bye my dear self, -consciousness We’re restarting my dead heart, in a world we rule We’ll delight in the golden castles, and flowers that grow While thoughts of anger and suicide, cease to flow I’ll rule the world of my dreams, by your side There’ll be waterfalls and streams, that never end The new ideas will grow as I, do as well There’s no place like this home I want, so let’s begin! I really want to rule the world, A world made of my own design And You’ll be a center figure I’ll hold your hand as we loose our minds This world of mine can shift through time It’s up to you to accept the truth Our desires will set the tone Dream with me and you’ll never be alone I really want to rule the world, A world made of my own design And You’ll be a center figure I’ll hold your hand as we loose our minds This world of mine can shift through time It’s up to you to accept the truth Our desires will set the tone Dream with me and you’ll never be alone |
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| Moonlight Densetsu: | This is a Cover Song... please Google the song's title for lyrics. |
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| Each Step is High: | These days I’m reminded of reality It hurts to turn off the tv The silence only reminds me, that I have my own thoughts And if we’re all truly hurting, And why do we feel so empty We should be allowed to let the sunlight in. Why does the sun only shine on the days I want to sleep in? I want to give, but I’m afraid of what I’ll get in return Every moment is one more step in this endless time And today each step is five feet high In the absense of a hobby, I ponder life’s mysteries And my head fills to the top with empty ideas Generous as the hands are that help me They still need compensation It’s only an indication of what lies ahead Why does the sun only shine on the days I want to sleep in? I want to give, but I’m afraid of what I’ll get in return Every moment is one more step in this endless time And today each step is ten feet high Why does the sun only shine on the days I want to sleep in? I want to give, but I’m afraid of what I’ll get in return Every moment is one more step in this endless time And today each step is endlessly high |
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| Maybe Someday: | Just as words split, to make a language once unknown I know how things can be right or wrong Let’s bathe this love in, sunlight in hope it will grow I think it’s time I let these feelings show My heart hurts when I fathom, the possibility But the melody of life, restrains my insanity Sometimes I think dying alone is better for us There’s noone to feel hurt by your passing Then I imagine someone else leaving you And it brings a greater sorrow, to my soul Have a new thought, it haunts you day in and out The thought is I don’t want to be alone The foundation, of our love will be hope, The hope that someday I will surely know My heart only envisions, one reality That we’ll want another in a new way, everyday Sometimes I think dying alone is better for us A union often has such misery So just focus on the things that bring you joy And maybe, just maybe someday we’ll be happy Memories flow in and out of my mind But I want to start a new life with you Let all our sorrows just melt away And maybe, maybe someday, we’ll be happy Sometimes I think dying alone is better for us We all have our own possessive natures May I never ask for more than love from you Maybe, maybe someday ...we’ll be happy |
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| When Love has Meaning: | Love fades, is it more than affection, that goes away? Sometimes I wonder how, Our smiles always hide the world we live in, is that truth? is that perfection? Flowers that were blossoming, out of season Like how I recall we used to dance, in the moonlight So fictional, they were nothing more, than fantasies Alone in thought I realize, they had meaning A touch, from a beautiful hand, has power, Power to comprehend That feeling loved is what matters to me; should matter to you, It’ll help you breathe Flowers that were blossoming, out of season Like my memory of when you died for me, it never happened So fictional, they were nothing more, than fantasies Alone in thought I realize, they had meaning I understand when love isn’t real, it’s the feeling, That’s when love has meaning. . . |
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| My Former Sins: | Where would I go if I needed you? The senseless streets seem to get me down Yet I always take the long road here You’d think I’d feel the blisters on my feet Fruitful are the malicious thoughts But growing strong is the need to burn Burn all the way to the other side The side of me I once wanted to die Pre-chorus: So this flame inside, I don’t want to hide, And this memory of once being happy is still somewhere out there Chorus: Give me a sword, the battle’s on Give me a shield, I no longer want to be wrong I’m fighting this war inside and out of myself The scars mean that I’m about to change only the way the moon has felt If I make it through that door, I will always want more I was born to win and I won’t dwell in my former sins, My former sins, my former sins I was born to win and I won’t dwell in my former sins There are so many ways to live And they all die out so fast The negatives, each one makes me say, I’ll never take that path again But I always take one more step, To the ones aligned with pain What I want is a way to silence, Silence all that wretched shame Pre-chorus Chorus |
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| Closer to Perfection: | This is a Cover Song... please Google the song's title for lyrics. |
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| Good Job (Youkudekimashitane): | So many things left unspoken The dreams I had, have drifted away And in my mind I feel left opened There’s not a chance I’ll heal again, And yet the wounds just go away Certain life lessons leave me broken I can’t explain my motives to you But I am longing for the real words And if by chance some things are certain Then may the voices tell me the way Chorus: There were so many things I wanted to say Before you stretched your limbs and walked away Under who I once was and who I’ll come to be Lies the stress and love of all humanity Believe me it’s good, good to have more to do Youku [it's good] , youkudekimashitane [you do a good job] Unfortunate is this religion That causes me to come back to you You are the basis for my hurting Could there be another way to live, Or do we all just live for pain? Chorus Believe me it’s good, good to have more to do Youku, youkudekimashitane |
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| From this Life: | I thought the moon had died for me,the day I saw you walk away. The seasons never change to me, as I seem to have nothing. I thought my name was set in stone, until you changed my identity. One man’s power for himself, Something has to tell me, is this how things should be? Who knows what will last In this world of missing pieces, Do we know our full selves? Why do I feel someone can complete me, What do I want from this life? Maybe you wished to be alone, you certainly needed serenity. And every way that I was so, I knew you were ashamed of me. Somehow I wanted to have your heart, but love was never a choice for me. Can I share the happy memories, or are they only for you to see? I hope that I’ll feel loved when I die Something has to tell me, is this how things could be? Who knows what will last In this world of missing pieces, Do we know our full selves? Why do you feel someone can complete you, What do you want from this life? Who knows what can be lost? Do we really need the past? The future is the only way we can go Perhaps the end is almost here, But what do we want from this life? |
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| To Love Me: | I was too busy being miserable, In my youth, for anything else As the years went by not much changed. For my heart, nothing else suited it so well. Maybe today won’t be so bad, I say as I notice you in bed next to me. I thirst for light in everything that I do And you’re that spark, that makes life come together You’re that spark that makes life come together Hope comes when you let it in For that reason I changed my pace. I can only hope I can continue to never look back Birds fly but land for the nourishment of the earth. I will do the same with you as my solid ground. I want your wisdom of happiness I want your love from all spaces of time I want to feel, that you were born, to love me. You were born to love me Sunlight floods the room at the end of the day, It’s not the same, for my soul As when you enter the room at night Your warmth is incomparable to light Hope comes when you let it in For that reason I changed my pace. I can only hope I can continue to never look back Birds fly but land for the nourishment of the earth, I will do the same with you as my solid ground, I want your wisdom of happiness I want you to break my insanity I want to say, that you were born, to love me Your were born to love me |
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| Labyrinth: | When is it yesterday? When does pain go away? There’s too much hell today; so I long for yesterday If life is a mystery, should I know anything? I fear the unknown, but I’ll never know it all. This is my labyrinth, and I do it all again and again and again and again Who you are, you’re not me, Does your heart long for something, When, someday, it’ll be gone and you’ll search again and again and again and again This is my labyrinth, and I do it all again and again and again and again and again We’re all meant to be someone; does it matter who we are? We’re all made to be equal, but I want a better me. If life is a mystery, do you crave solution? Maybe I know enough, but I’ll never know it all. This is my labyrinth, and I do it all again and again and again and again Who you are, you’re not me, Does your heart long for something, When, someday, it’ll be gone and you’ll search again and again and again and again This is my labyrinth, and I do it all again and again and again and again Welcome to my labyrinth, I do it all again and again and again and again Who I am, I’m not you, But my heart longs for something, Though, someday, it’ll be gone and I’ll search again and again and again and again This is my labyrinth, and I do it all again and again and again and again and again |
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| Hitori de (As One): | So many ways to be in love Those ways left me wanting more It wasn’t their faults, but I don’t want to see them again My true thought was I wanted to be in love, with myself That way I wouldn’t love the wrong one The morning brings so many fears Who will love me at the end of the day. . . Some people think that they are gods Some people hate all that is they are Some people hurt and they can’t live without their friends Insecurities great and small, but I’m understanding Sometimes you just need the light from within I’ll take a pill and feel better But the feeling still comes from my heart Hitori de [as one person] I have more energy to face the day Hitori de I find more reasons to think things my way Hitori de I see salvation in every little thing My life has more meaning than I wanted it to before I don’t know if there is a god I feel a universal love these days It’s the way the worries have ceased, Whether this or that person will find me worthy I think I need to be worthy of me I think it’s time to grow older I’m only wanted if the want is in me Hitori de I like myself, most of the time Hitori de nobody swears I’m doing the wrong thing Hitori de I find the light, in everyone’s soul I’ll find the real meaning of love, before my end |
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