[Verse 1] There’s a certain kind of anguish That no language can explain I remember when the world stopped And my father vanishing away They said it was a season Just a fever passing through But the world kept on revolving Like it hadn’t buried you I remember all the prayers All the bargains made with God How I begged for one more morning And received no word at all And I learned that being human Isn’t learning not to cry It’s the courage to keep loving Knowing everything can die [Pre-Chorus] And there’s a word they have in Japanese For a moment we cannot retrieve Not another life, not another chance Just the miracle of being here [Verse 2] I had a friend who left too early With his sorrow on his skin I wish I’d known the depth of darkness He was quietly living in Now I carry all these questions That no heaven can resolve Was there something I could’ve noticed? Could I have been there when he called? But I know that love’s not omniscient And compassion cannot save us all Sometimes all we have is kindness And the names of those we’ve lost [Pre-Chorus] And there’s a word they have in Japanese For a moment we cannot retrieve Not another life, not another chance Just the miracle of being here [Chorus] Ichigo Ichie We may never meet again So be kind before life leave me We don’t know how stories end Oh mother oh father Every stranger, every friend We are more than all our differences We are human in the end If you see somebody breaking Don’t pretend you cannot see There’s a little bit of everyone In the sorrow inside me Oh we are only human in the end [Verse 3] I’ve been loved for my appearance For the things that I could give For the comfort of my presence Not the life I had to live They can recognize my body They can memorize my face But the child beneath the surface Never found a resting place I’ve been everybody’s shelter, Martyrs While my own roof fell apart I was praised for being gentle By the ones who broke my heart [Pre-Chorus] And there’s a word they have in Japanese For a moment we cannot retrieve Not another life, not another chance Just the miracle of being here [Chorus] Ichigo Ichie We may never meet again So be kind before life leave me We don’t know how stories end Oh mother oh father Every stranger, every friend We are more than all our differences We are human in the end If you see somebody breaking Don’t pretend you cannot see There’s a little bit of everyone In the sorrow inside me Oh we are only human in the end [Bridge — shaking voice like cry, Intimate vocal ] Daddy, I miss you, I wish I love you like I miss you now I still have so much to say And to my friend, wherever you are I hope the hurting finally ceased I hope there’s somewhere in existence Where your heart can rest in peace And to everybody who never knew me Beyond the person I portrayed I was lonely, I was frightened I was human all the way I don’t want the world to suffer Just to understand my pain I don’t want another person To inherit what remains [Final Chorus — Gospel Choir] Ichigo Ichie We may never meet again So forgive what can be forgiven Hold the ones you love until the end Ichigo Ichie Let our differences transcend All the walls that we inherited All the hatred we defend We are somebody’s children We are somebody’s grief We are all a little frightened Of the things we cannot keep Ichigo Ichie Be kind before you leave [Outro breakdown— Piano, Whispered] To my father, to my friend To my beloved people Family,I mean it everybody To the love that had to end To the child I used to be To the ones who never saw me If I never find the answers If my prayers are never heard May I still become the kindness I was looking for on Earth We only meet this way once So while we’re here Let us be kind Let us be human Let us be here.
