We can say just about anything to others, but will we be able to be honest to ourselves when we are in trouble? Can we be as we feel? Weren't we closing our eyes to troubles we must face in the future? I am not a saint, or some kind of magician. I felt myself being cured by a song I wrote to cure another.

As I heard the completed tape in my car, I cried again and again. (I don't care what the public says.) Writing this song was my 'realization' at the time. The song became the best one I had ever written, by fusing Yuuki Ito's lyrics, which truly represented my image. I wrote a song called 'Rising Expectations' on 2/7. Each one should make meaning of their own events. But even though we can't change what has transpired, we can interpret it in different ways. It is said that past events cannot be changed. Take a deep breath and face them eye-to-eye. There's no need to stay in a good place all the time, either. But isn't looking back at painful, joyful, and all other experiences, a step to the future?ĭon't run from bad memories. I find myself trying to forget painful thoughts, and trying to remember only joyful ones. During this period, I went through a lot. Babies back then must be writing love letters now.

It was a short 15 years, just thinking about music. I still don't have a child, but 15 years have passed from that day. I thought I discovered a new concept, and my heart was overwhelmed with joy. As I thought, 'Oh, I was just a small kid like them 15 years ago, and I will be like that father 15 years into the future,' I knew I must be at a turning point. The kids were 5, 6 years old, and their parents had to be 35, 36.

Around me were several families enjoying that fine, spring day. I was lying down in the Yokohama Oukurasan Bairin Park alone on my 20th birthday, 15 years ago. Liner notes (translated from the original Japanese) Kids Run Through the City Corner - 3:14.2 Liner notes (translated from the original Japanese).

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