About the Song
I wrote this song when I was around 20 years old. At that time, a studio owner was incredibly kind to me, offering, "You can use the studio anytime it's empty." So, night after night, I'd compose at their piano. This song is from that period. It was used as the theme song for an independent film back then, and later recorded as a demo for a singer. Now, in my sixties, it feels wonderful to finally release it as my own work.
Credits
Written, Arranged by Shu Hakamada
Vocal, Chorus, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Organ
Synthesizer and Drum Programming by Shu Hakamada
Mixed and Mastered by Shu Hakamada
Meet Eyes Again
The twilight past unfolding ever still
Our bond lost, yet echoes evermore
Your final sigh still lingers over us
In stillness my heart holds each breath tight
If we could meet eyes again
For just one more time with you
Echoes fade beneath the calm
Hidden in your distant gaze
Ties we wove now softly fray
Gently lost within the mist
The lingering past memories entwine
Old feelings rise in silence all anew
This quiet ache softly remains still
Buried in my core as we now drift apart
If we could meet eyes again
For just one more time with you
Gentle warmth begins to wake
Deep inside my waiting heart
Faint hope stirs and softly grows
Gently found on steady ground
Two long silent shadows
Cast through the frosty windows
Our bright past left in haze
Ache held inside my chest
Why do these tears still rest
When all my hope seemed truly gone
If we could meet eyes again
For just one more time with you
Echoes fade beneath the calm
Hidden in your distant gaze
Ties we wove now softly fray
Gently lost within the mist
Diverging roads we start to trace
Till we embrace once again
Just drifting more and more astray
Those nights we shared fade from our hearts
Silently slipping away
No other path can lead me from this winding road
Lost and alone, heart turned cold
These memories hurt too much still
The sorrow carves slowly deep within my soul
Like wounds that never heal away
Like wounds that never heal away
※日本語意訳
黄昏は過ぎ なお続く静寂
失われた絆は今も響く
君の最後の吐息は、まだ二人の間に漂っている
静寂の中 心は鼓動を刻む
もし もう一度
君と見つめ合えたなら
響きは静けさに消え
遠く霞む君の眼差し
紡いだ絆 ほつれていく
優しく 霧の中
絡みつく過去の記憶
静かに蘇る 古い感情
この鈍い痛みは まだ残って
離れゆく二人 胸の奥に
もし もう一度
君と見つめ合えたなら
優しい温もりが目覚める
待ち続けた心の奥
かすかな希望が そっと膨らむ
確かな地に 見つけた
二つの長い影が
凍える窓に映る
眩しい過去は 霞の中
胸に秘めたこの痛み
なぜこの涙はまだ留まるのだろう
全ての希望が 本当にもう消え去ったように思えたのに
もし もう一度
君と見つめ合えたなら
響きは静けさに消え
遠く霞む君の眼差し
紡いだ絆 ほつれていく
優しく 霧の中
分かれた道を 僕たちはそれぞれ辿りはじめる
再び抱き合うその時まで
ただ 遠ざかるばかり
あの夜の記憶は 心から
音もなく こぼれ落ちる
この曲がりくねった道から 逃れる術などない
孤独で 冷えたこの心
記憶は今も疼いて
悲しみはゆっくりと 魂の奥深くに刻み込まれる
決して癒えない傷跡のように
決して癒えない傷跡のように