[Verse 1] 昔は思っていた 愛すれば 失わないと 夏の光も あの笑顔も この手に残せると けれど川は流れ 季節は静かに変わる 子どもは大人になり 私たちも変わってゆく [Pre-Chorus] だから今は 手をひらいて愛したい つなぎとめるためじゃなく 自由に生きてもらうため [Chorus] すべてが変わっても 心に残るものがある 消えたのではなく 姿を変えて生きている 愛は つなぎとめることじゃない 時を止めることでもない あなたから受け取ったものを 次の誰かへ渡してゆくこと [Verse 2] 木は春を裏切らない 秋に葉を落としても 見えない命を抱いたまま また冬を越えてゆく 遠くへ行った人の声も ふとした優しさに戻ってくる 笑い方や 許すことや 世界を見るまなざしとして [Bridge] 言えるうちに 言葉を 会えるうちに そばに 今あるものに ありがとう 過ぎたものにも ありがとう そして まだ知らない明日へ 静かに心をひらいてゆく [Final Chorus] すべてが変わっても 本当にあったことは消えない 深く愛した時間は 私の中で形を変える 永遠を求めなくてもいい 時に止まってもらわなくていい 手放すことは 忘れることじゃない 愛したまま 歩いてゆける [Outro] 今あるものへ 過ぎた日々へ これから来るものへ ありがとう 夕暮れの水のように 静かに光を返しながら 私は愛する 握りしめずに 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Verse 1 I used to think that love could hold the summer light, the hands we knew, the rooms where evening settled warm, the days we wished would not move through. I thought if I could love enough, nothing precious had to end. But rivers turn and children grow, and even mountains slowly bend. Pre-Chorus So I learned to leave my hands open, not because I loved less, but because I loved enough to let life change its dress. Chorus What remains when everything changes? Not the moment, not the place. Something stays within us softly, something time cannot erase. Love is not the art of holding, love can open, love can free. What we carried for each other becomes part of what we’ll be. Verse 2 A tree does not betray the spring when autumn takes away its green. It lets the leaves return to earth and keeps the life that can’t be seen. And those we loved may walk away, or travel where we cannot go. Still something of their laughter lives in every kindness that we show. Pre-Chorus There are things we cannot shelter from the turning of the years. But a memory can grow gentler without disappearing with the tears. Chorus What remains when everything changes? Not the moment, not the place. Something stays within us softly, something time cannot erase. Love is not the art of holding, love can open, love can free. What we carried for each other becomes part of what we’ll be. Bridge So say the words while they can hear them. Stay a little. Sit nearby. Watch the evening on the water. Let the silence have its time. Do not wait until tomorrow to be grateful for today. We were never meant to keep it all. We were meant to give it way. Quiet Chorus What remains when everything changes? What was true does not depart. Every life that deeply touched us leaves another shape of heart. I will not demand forever. I will not ask time to stay. I will treasure what was given and still let life find its way. Outro Grateful for what is. Grateful for what was. Open to what comes. And when the evening fills the water with its quiet golden light, I will love without possessing. I will hold without holding tight.
