[Lyrics]
Below are the lyrics to Melodies of Life, Japanese and English versions, and the additional voiced track, Galway no Sora (Sky of Galway) that was on one of the specially released CDs, containing one Music CD and one VCD of the complete FFIX FMVs. I apologize first just in case the Japanese translations are a little wrong, because I did it myself and my knowledge of Japanese is quite limited. Please don't hesitate to correct me!
» Melodies of Life by Emiko Shiratori - English (now playing)
Alone for a while I've been
searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life -- love's lost refrain
Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life
To the sky beyond the flying birds -- forever and beyond
(mid-music)
So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings
In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life
To the sky beyond the flying birds -- forever and on
If I should leave this lonely world behind
Your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we'll carry on
Melodies of life
Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts, as long we remember
» Melodies of Life by Emiko Shiratori - Japanese (now playing)
hotte monaku sama yohottei ta
te gakari monaku sama shitsu zuketa
anata ga kureta omoide o
kokoro wo niyatsu mutani shite
yadu sokumo suru koto monaku
kawasu kotobamo kime ta rime sezu
takishime soshite tashi kameta
kibiwa nidoto kareranu
kiyobu no naka no te wo iru anata wa
watashi no na oya nukoto ga de hiru no
afureru so no namida o
anaya ku yubu kini kaete
inoshi wa tsuzuku
yuru o koe
otana uko tou no nai ashita heto tsuzuku
(mid-music)
tobu tori no mukou no sora he
ikutsu no ki oku atsu ketadarou
hakanai kiwou omo nonemo
tatakanu ashouni wasurete
meguri an'nuno wa kushi heto yaeruno
watareru doki ga tanarazu kuruno ni
kieyuku gu'unike demo
kimi ga iki deiru tahiri
inochi wa tsuzuku
eien ni
so no chikara no kagiiri dokoma demo
watashi ga shi no utomo
kimi ga iki deiru tahiri
inochi wa tsuzuku
eien ni
so no chikara no kagiiri dokoma demo tsuzuku
» Galway no Sora (Sky of Galway)
kumotta sorawo mitsu mete iru
kuroi hitomi ni nani ga wutsuru no
kara shimi ukaku eneni shimete
tabii ga aji maru
reshuno modo kara niruke shiki wa
doremo nirarenu mono bakari
shirokuu zukumaru hitsuji no mure
'Galway' wa doui
nanaku tsuzuku ishidaki
kazato kiri no kuri kae shi
dokohe tori wa ton deyu kono da rou
ai no shiwabe o watsu ni noseta mama
oide yume tokii bou no hikari
haruka akora re no michi heto
sure teitte
sora ni mukatte sobieru towoni
kamome wa jiyu ni bason teiru
nidoto moranai kono doki wo
hoshimu youni
ikusen'nen no kiyoku
minamo rushi no jyuu jita
kawawa nanaeru mihedo sosogu
hito no kokoro wa ai ni iiyasa rete yuku
oide yume toki bou no hikari
mada minumachi he watashi wa
sure teitte
(mid-music)
dokohe tori wa ton deyu kono da rou
ai no shiwabe o watsu ni noseta mama
oide yume tokii bou no hikari
haruka akora re no michi heto
sure teitte
Look up in the sky [x3]