when I come down with a fever
I notice that I've got a body
when my nose gets stuffed up
I understand that I've been breathing
all this time
I've reaffirmed myself of you so many times,
but it's only when you're gone
that I know what's truly precious.
if I reject the hand asking me for help,
what if a big earthquake had hit?
if I accept the hand asking for help,
aren't I really just trying to help myself?
I've clung to you for so long now
but it's just that I'm too frightened to let go.
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when I talk with someone
I don't have the words to say how I feel
when I try and put them together,
I realize how badly I want to convey how I feel.
I continued to speak of you this way
but my true gratitude can't be conveyed with thank you's.
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in our time together,
I'd love to be able to grab just one true thing,
I want just one true thing to last
when I count the years gone by,
I notice that, even though its small, I had a history
and it's about the same time I understand,
there'll be an end to that too.
I can always remember you
but what I want isn't memories,
it's the here and now
it's after I've forgotten you that I remember,
we had a history together
it's after I've lost you that I find
we once met each other.
in this vast world, each individual is insignificant
but the world of each individual is made up with such people.
I've reaffirmed myself of you so many times but
the real you is with me here in my heart,
even after you're gone
Our life clock keeps on ticking away, on and on.
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