| Am IAm I Am I In the dark of the night my echoes whisper who am I Am I Seeking truth Or on a journey where I will reach nowhere Am I Am I I talk to the Shadows who am I Am I the same as the story That I've had in myself for so long Am I | akiko | akiko | Bugge Wesseltoft・akiko | | Am I Am I In the dark of the night my echoes whisper who am I Am I Seeking truth Or on a journey where I will reach nowhere Am I Am I I talk to the Shadows who am I Am I the same as the story That I've had in myself for so long Am I |
| YesterdaysYesterdays Yesterdays Days I knew as happy Sweet sequestered days Olden days Golden days Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous, free and flaming life Forsooth, was mine Sad am I Glad am I For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays | akiko | Otto Harbach | Jerome Kern | | Yesterdays Yesterdays Days I knew as happy Sweet sequestered days Olden days Golden days Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine Truth was mine Joyous, free and flaming life Forsooth, was mine Sad am I Glad am I For today I'm dreaming of Yesterdays |
| We Never Capture “Now”Upward you glide Then fall again Striving to rise An endless refrain The present always Arrives a bit late Moments we chase Yet can't quite seize Slipping through our grasp Like sand in an hourglass Illusion of this world We never capture “now” Chase shadows of the past Yet fleeting, they don't last Delusion of this world We never capture “now” Journey to a realm Beyond time's embrace Beginnings meet ends With a gentle grace Slipping through our grasp Like sand in an hourglass Illusion of this world We never capture “now” Chase shadows of the past Yet fleeting, they don't last Delusion of this world We never capture “now” | akiko | akiko | Masayoshi Fujita・akiko | | Upward you glide Then fall again Striving to rise An endless refrain The present always Arrives a bit late Moments we chase Yet can't quite seize Slipping through our grasp Like sand in an hourglass Illusion of this world We never capture “now” Chase shadows of the past Yet fleeting, they don't last Delusion of this world We never capture “now” Journey to a realm Beyond time's embrace Beginnings meet ends With a gentle grace Slipping through our grasp Like sand in an hourglass Illusion of this world We never capture “now” Chase shadows of the past Yet fleeting, they don't last Delusion of this world We never capture “now” |
| SyncEarth sinks Codes think Trees swing Bots sing Sun shrinks Wires link Wind in sync Screens blink We've already crossed the boundary Get ready, so profound We've chosen this world with certainty No turning back, no safe ground Presence Absence Something beyond the rift Things come from imbalance Wandering Searching Endless Haunting Answers lie within the paradox | akiko | akiko | Masayoshi Fujita・akiko | | Earth sinks Codes think Trees swing Bots sing Sun shrinks Wires link Wind in sync Screens blink We've already crossed the boundary Get ready, so profound We've chosen this world with certainty No turning back, no safe ground Presence Absence Something beyond the rift Things come from imbalance Wandering Searching Endless Haunting Answers lie within the paradox |
| Somei YoshinoBlush pink petals with the breeze Whispers of long-forgotten pleas Wandering shadows softly shown No seeds to bear, just time alone Barren flowers never bloom such vain Over time their spirits will remain O fleeting grace Scattered gentry fading light Lost within the quiet night O subtle trace In your calm life brightly sprawls Accepting fate we find our all Barren flowers never bloom such vain | akiko | akiko | Masaki Hayashi | | Blush pink petals with the breeze Whispers of long-forgotten pleas Wandering shadows softly shown No seeds to bear, just time alone Barren flowers never bloom such vain Over time their spirits will remain O fleeting grace Scattered gentry fading light Lost within the quiet night O subtle trace In your calm life brightly sprawls Accepting fate we find our all Barren flowers never bloom such vain |
| Pavane pour une infante defunteLost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this To lose and to regain And to forget and to remember A void where shadow and light share Born there and will return there someday So far beyond the realm of mortal life A void where shadow and light share Born there and will return there someday Nothing's forever A deep and wide unknown Beyond the realm of mortal life Lost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this To lose and to regain And to forget and to remember Only a pavane It's not misery It is not so bright, but not at all too dark We all just live a fiction extreme Only a pavane Don't be fooled by words A game to notice that you don't realize We're all to know the emptiness fulfilled Lost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this Oh, I never knew That silence sings the loveliest tune | akiko | akiko | Joseph Maurice Ravel | | Lost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this To lose and to regain And to forget and to remember A void where shadow and light share Born there and will return there someday So far beyond the realm of mortal life A void where shadow and light share Born there and will return there someday Nothing's forever A deep and wide unknown Beyond the realm of mortal life Lost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this To lose and to regain And to forget and to remember Only a pavane It's not misery It is not so bright, but not at all too dark We all just live a fiction extreme Only a pavane Don't be fooled by words A game to notice that you don't realize We're all to know the emptiness fulfilled Lost, without sense of direction Lost, without sense of self Or are you someone else What makes me feel hollow like this Oh, I never knew That silence sings the loveliest tune |
| Pavane pour une infante defunte (Reading)私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し 忘れては思い出す 世界はあると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから あなたはわたし わたしはあなた 失くしたわたしを思い出せない 光と影が共存するところ そこから生まれそこへ戻る あなたとわたしはこれからも在り続ける 生命の向こう側へ あなたはわたし わたしはあなた わたしの中にあなたの声を聞く からっぽの人形 時間と空間のないところ 無は永遠の広がり 大きな深い未知へ 私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し、忘れては思い出す 世界は、あると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから これは単なるパヴーヌ 幸せでもないけれど 不幸せなわけでもない 明るいわけではないけれど 暗すぎるわけでもない 繊細なようで激しく 完全であり 同時に不完全でもある 満たされた空虚 これは単なるパヴーヌ 言葉に惑わされてはいけない 夢のような現実と 現実のような夢 本当の私はとうに消えてしまった 人生は究極のフィクション ただ自分のシナリオを生きるだけ 私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し 忘れては思い出す 世界はあると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから 私は何も見えてなかった 私は知らなかった あなたの声をわたしの中で聞く | akiko | Sayaka Kai・akiko | Joseph Maurice Ravel | | 私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し 忘れては思い出す 世界はあると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから あなたはわたし わたしはあなた 失くしたわたしを思い出せない 光と影が共存するところ そこから生まれそこへ戻る あなたとわたしはこれからも在り続ける 生命の向こう側へ あなたはわたし わたしはあなた わたしの中にあなたの声を聞く からっぽの人形 時間と空間のないところ 無は永遠の広がり 大きな深い未知へ 私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し、忘れては思い出す 世界は、あると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから これは単なるパヴーヌ 幸せでもないけれど 不幸せなわけでもない 明るいわけではないけれど 暗すぎるわけでもない 繊細なようで激しく 完全であり 同時に不完全でもある 満たされた空虚 これは単なるパヴーヌ 言葉に惑わされてはいけない 夢のような現実と 現実のような夢 本当の私はとうに消えてしまった 人生は究極のフィクション ただ自分のシナリオを生きるだけ 私たちはどこへ行くのだろう 私は誰であなたは誰なのか 私が失ったものは何 あなたが「それ」を捨てたのはいつ 失っては取り戻し 忘れては思い出す 世界はあると思えばあるし ないと思えばないのだから 私は何も見えてなかった 私は知らなかった あなたの声をわたしの中で聞く |
| HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERETo lead a better life I need my love to be here Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with a wave of her hand Nobody can deny that there's something there There, running my hands through her hair Both of us thinking how good it can be Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there I want her everywhere And if she's beside me, I know I need never care But to love her is to need her everywhere Knowing that love is to share Each one believing that love never dies Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there I want her everywhere And if she's beside me, I know I need never care But to love her is to need her everywhere Knowing that love is to share Each one believing that love never dies Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there I will be there and everywhere Here, there and everywhere | akiko | Lennon・McCartney | Lennon・McCartney | | To lead a better life I need my love to be here Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with a wave of her hand Nobody can deny that there's something there There, running my hands through her hair Both of us thinking how good it can be Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there I want her everywhere And if she's beside me, I know I need never care But to love her is to need her everywhere Knowing that love is to share Each one believing that love never dies Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there I want her everywhere And if she's beside me, I know I need never care But to love her is to need her everywhere Knowing that love is to share Each one believing that love never dies Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there I will be there and everywhere Here, there and everywhere |
| Both Sides NowRows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's cloud illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say “I love you” right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all | akiko | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | | Rows and floes of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, and still somehow It's cloud illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say “I love you” right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all |
| MotherIn the midnight's hollow heart Her tears begin to start With a storm inside her eyes Love's tempest wild and wise Wearing moon's delirious veil A harbinger of endless woe Where sently and shadows grow In her gaze the stars grow pale Lullabies of whispered lies Cradle made of fractured light Swaying through the endless night A specter in the darkened skies It's mother, mother Crimson trails and shattered dreams Echoes of her fevered screams Dancing shadows, madness flows In her gaze the starlight goes It's mother, mother Twited love and ghostly thread Bound by chains of madness spread In the silence fear is won Mummuring dreams that time has spun | akiko | akiko | Bugge Wesseltoft・akiko | | In the midnight's hollow heart Her tears begin to start With a storm inside her eyes Love's tempest wild and wise Wearing moon's delirious veil A harbinger of endless woe Where sently and shadows grow In her gaze the stars grow pale Lullabies of whispered lies Cradle made of fractured light Swaying through the endless night A specter in the darkened skies It's mother, mother Crimson trails and shattered dreams Echoes of her fevered screams Dancing shadows, madness flows In her gaze the starlight goes It's mother, mother Twited love and ghostly thread Bound by chains of madness spread In the silence fear is won Mummuring dreams that time has spun |
