Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life

	Alternative Title:	Melodies of Life (The Layers of Harmony) (English Version)
	Composition:	Nobuo Uematsu
	Arrangement:	Shiro Hamaguchi
	Lyrics:	Ciomi
	Vocals:	Emiko Shiratori

Lyrics - Original Japanese Version

Ate mo naku samayotte ita
Tegakari mo naku sagashitsuzuketa
Anata ga kureta omoide o
Kokoro o iyasu uta ni shite

Yakusoku mo suru koto mo naku
Kawasu kotoba mo kimetari mo sezu
Dakishime, soshite tashikameta
Hibi wa nido to kaeranu

Kioku no naka no te o furu anata wa
Watashi no na o yobu koto ga dekiru no?

Afureru sono namida o
Kagayaku yuuki ni kaete
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Yoru o koe
Utagau koto no nai ashita e to tsuzuku

Tobu tori no mukou no sora e
Ikutsu no kioku azuketa darou
Hakanai kibou mo yume mo
Todokanu basho ni wasurete

Meguriau no wa guuzen to ieru no?
Wakareru toki ga kanarazu kuru no ni

Kieyuku unmei de mo
Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Eien ni
Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo

Watashi ga shinou to mo
Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Eien ni
Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo tsuzuku

Lyrics - English Translation of Japanese Version

I was wandering aimlessly
I kept searching, though I had no clues
Make the memories you gave me
Into a song to heal my heart

Without making promises
Without deciding what words to say
You held me, and then I was certain
We could never go back to those days

You, waving your hand in my memories
Can you call my name?

Turn those overflowing tears
Into glittering courage
Life goes on
Across the night
And continues to a certain tomorrow

How many memories were entrusted
To the sky beyond the flying birds?
Short-lived hopes and dreams
Are forgotten in an unreachable place

Can you say our meeting was coincidence?
Even though the time will surely come when we part

Even though fate is fleeting
As long as you live
Life goes on
Eternally
To anywhere, as long as you're strong

Though I may die
As long as you live
Life goes on
Eternally
Continues to anywhere, as long as you're strong

Lyrics - English Version

Alone for awhile 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

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 beyond

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 as we remember

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