A Thousand Ordinary Things

Strange languages and foolish jokes.
You sent a song, I sent another,
And found a thousand things to talk about.

You told me what you dreamed of becoming,
I told you where I hoped to go.
We argued over books and meanings,
As if we had forever to know.

And I never thought to memorize
The way those little moments felt.
I didn't know that ordinary days
Could become the things I miss the most.

Oh, I remember a thousand ordinary things,
The midnight laughter, the songs we'd bring.
The unfinished thoughts, the words we'd leave,
The little world that only we could see.

And I wonder if you remember them too,
Those countless hours that somehow flew.
I wish we'd had a little more time,
But I'm glad that those moments were mine.

You said that trust was something precious,
Something you gave to very few.
And for a little while, I understood
What it meant to be someone known by you.

We spoke of all the things we'd struggle through,
Of all the ways we'd yet become.
You said we could learn from one another,
I never knew how much that meant.

Maybe we were only passing through,
Two separate lives that briefly intertwined.
But you changed something without knowing,
And left a little light behind.

Oh, I remember a thousand ordinary things,
The midnight laughter, the songs we'd bring.
The unfinished thoughts, the words we'd leave,
The little world that only we could see.

And I wonder if you remember them too,
Or if they're just a chapter I return to.
I wish we'd had a little more time,
But I'm glad that those moments were mine.

まだ覚えている
あの夜の声も
何気ない言葉も
今も心に残ってる

知らないうちに
君は私を変えた
戻れないと分かっていても
あの日々を忘れたくない

[English translation:
I still remember,
The voices of those nights,
The words that meant so little then,
Still remain in my heart.

Without even knowing,
You changed me.
Even knowing I cannot return,
I don't want to forget those days.]

If time could turn without a warning,
Would we find those conversations again?
Would we laugh about the same old things,
And stay awake until the morning?

But time doesn't ask permission,
And people change, as people do.
I won't ask the past to stay here.
I only wish I'd said more to you.

I remember a thousand ordinary things,
More than the songs, more than anything.
A thousand little moments passing by,
Like distant stars across an endless sky.

And maybe you remember some of them too,
Maybe they're somewhere inside of you.
I wish we'd had a little more time,
But I won't ask the stars to realign.

まだ覚えている
I still remember.

Not everything lasts.
Not everything has to.

Goodnight,
Wherever you are.