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Forever Young
04:43
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VERSE 1
Lookin’ back
at the photographs
from my teenage years,
road trips,
silly outfits, all the
love, laughter and tears.
Movin’ homes and
changing jobs,
finding love and letting it go,
Another year
has passed me by
But I wish that I’d be told.
(Gettin’ older
aint the hardest part,
it’s holding’ on to who you are) x4
CHORUS
A little more time is all I want,
a little more time is to let me think.
A little more time to let me be,
young and free.
Holdin’ on to memories of the past
all the heartache and the laughs,
it’s all part of who we are
the footnotes to our heart.
There’s only one comfort in my mind,
only one reason I’m alright
knowin’ that no matter who I become,
my heart will always be,
(Forever young) x2
BRIDGE
I’m not afraid
of getting older,
I’m just afraid,
of losing hold of,
Who I was,
when I was younger,
of that boy,
who would always wonder,
Of how we change,
when we get older.
Oh, am I the same,
as the boy I used to be?
VERSE 2
Lookin’ back
at the photographs
from my teenage years.
Birthday parties
bad haircuts,
first crushes and breakups.
Travelin’
and understandin’,
that no matter where you go,
Another year will
pass on by
Oh I wish that I had known.
(Getting older
ain’t what makes me sad
it’s forgetting who I am.) x4
CHORUS
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2. |
Beautifully Me
05:09
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VERSE 1
Don’t you ever wonder
what life
might have been?
If your roots
had grown
in another direction.
It’s so hard to
imagine what,
you cannot see.
All I know is
something inside me
feels empty.
CHORUS
I used to be
afraid of the dark.
Tryin’ to fill this
void, inside my heart.
Now I see that this,
darkness is part of me
I am broken but
that’s beautifully me.
I am broken but
that’s who I’m meant to be.
BRIDGE
Some say that love is blind
but I’m not sure I know
that kind of love.
All they see is half of me,
the other half a mystery,
to them.
Even when I do explain,
Yoshi Kazu is my name,
they smile.
As if to say they understand,
But really they don’t know who
I am.
As if to say they understand, but…
VERSE 2
I used to
pretend,
that all of me was one.
My hazel eyes
came,
from staring at the sun.
I was a
mistake,
is all I thought I was.
CHORUS
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3. |
Chance on Me
04:53
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VERSE 1
I don’t wanna be the
one to say,
“さよなら”
I’m afraid if I say it
it might
break my heart.
考えても、迷ってる.
If I walk away now,
what will I lose?
(Don’t ever let go,
忘れないで、
Hold on tightly to our
思い出. ) x2
CHORUS
Standing on this island,
looking at the sky
流れ星を見たい
A signal or sign to tell me I’m fine.
Even if the sun sets
and the night sky,
星見えなくっても,
that don’t mean I opened the wrong door.
Cause you gotta look before you can find,
探さないといけない,
take a chance don’t worry about
what’s behind.
(Even if you leave
You’re not alone,
一人じゃないよ,
me, myself and I are by your side.) x2
BRIDGE
Why do we say goodbye,
when a goodbye
is never good, never good?
Why do we say goodbye,
when a goodbye,
always hurts, always hurts?
Let’s skip all the goodbyes
and say instead -
see you again.
VERSE 2
Letting go’s never easy when you
held so tight.
It’s hard to move forward without
looking behind.
I don’t wanna be
the one to say,
“I never tried.”
I don’t wanna be
the one to say,
“Maybe next time.”
Time to take a leap of faith,
a chance on me.
No matter where I land
I’ll be, better off you’ll see.
CHORUS
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Yoshi Kazu Hokkaido, Japan
"Yoshi Kazu" was the Japanese name given to me when I was born. The characters can be interpreted as "harmony" and "joy". However, it has taken many years to unpack and repackage these characters; uncover the joy and harmony in the strokes. Through making music, I have learned more about myself, and found a voice to tell my stories. Now I can say that this name -Yoshi Kazu - is truly mine. ... more
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