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it's soothing soothing soothing
your
voice
it's catching catching catching
me
up
in
its spell.

I'm welding my feet
to the
earth
via this
stream of gloaming light
you're conjuring
in
my mind.

I'm opening
the
space between my brow
and the top of my head
to be cleaved like
a lemon
leaking
such a
potent
scent--
I'm
asking in
silver-colored light.

questions like
"how ought I to communicate with you?"
are not at all
what
crossed my mind before
before
I
started listening
but now
they are as much
a
part
of my
stream of consciousness as
any mantra
that
threatened to
never
leave me.

one little bit at a time
everything
gives itself to that
process
you call
"transmutation"
and then
comes
flowing back
to me.

I am
dreaming
but
I am awake and
I am aware and
I am listening to
your
soothing soothing soothing voice
and
being
quietly
changed
from
the inside.

CHE.R.RY (english version)

Preliminary(rough draft) English version of another YUI song.
This time, an uncharacteristically girlish, cutesy love song by YUI. I usually don't like songs in this vein, but YUI nailed it with this one.
I'm still working on getting everything to match the meter perfectly, but it probably won't change much ultimately, and it's at least singable as it is. Oh, not singable by me though, because it's way out of my range. But I present you with the lyrics anyway.

CHE.R.RY (English version)

Tiny phones shivers in my palm
Somehow incites just a little bit of bravery
I quickly tire of emoticons
But if it's you, they can still get a smile from me

My friends all say that I should play hard to get
I shouldn't be so quick to answer your texts
But answering straight off is all I can do
Because I love you
Ah ah ah ah

I fell head over heels for you
Come on boy, haven't you realized yet?
I whisper prayers to the stars in the sky
Cherry
Let these fingers convey a message that'll reach you, baby

Cherry blossoms open to full bloom
I can see it all from here where I'm standing
Wish that somehow I could could leave this room
For ten seconds just see the world you see

But really I'd prefer just to hear my phone ring
Even one line is fine, really, anything
Even if it's all lies, I'll pretend it's true
Because I love you
Ah ah ah ah

I fell head over heels for you
Come on boy, haven't you realized yet?
I whisper prayers to the stars in the sky
Cherry
Let these fingers convey a message that'll reach you, baby

The fruits on the trees that start out sour
Can always grow sweet
I hope my words can
Harness that power
Ah ah ah ah

My heart twists and turns for you
Just how love always feels when it begins
But I know I will wait like this for you always
Spring is offering to send you this message on its cold winds, baby

I fell head over heels for you
Come on boy, haven't you realized yet?
I whisper prayers to the stars in the sky
Cherry
Let these fingers convey a message that'll reach you, baby

Affecting

The world I saw
The "someone tapping me on the shoulder" world
Crumbled.
Fell
Completely
Apart
Around me.
I knew that this time,
I could never repent.
I knew that now,
It was all over for real.
And somehow
This time
I did not think of death.
I could think of nothing at all
But
Those words saying that
My existence meant something
Because
It meant that her existence meant something.
We two
Are
Mutual justifying
One another.
And so
Even now
When I know it is over for me
I cannot give up my life
Because it is not over for
Us.

Is This Too Obvious?

Call me someday maybe
Or just stop by and say hello
Reminisce with me about the good times
Make me smile like you always do
Actually, it doesn't matter what we do
Can you understand that I just want to see you?

My dreams be [Yours]

The you part of me
Is shifting
Is turning to different lyrics
To explain itself
In verses I've long known
But never knew were yours.

You reach out and take these tunes
The same way you stole my heart
And the same way you broke it:
Without warning
Without any cause you could explain.

And am I disillusioned
To smile?
To find comfort in
Your presence in these familiar songs
To find comfort in
You?

Everyone seems to know
How I should feel
How I should hate you
Should be less forgiving.

You were my destroyer, true
You were
But before that
You were my best friend.

Condemn me if you must, world
For seeing a great kindness
To be much stronger
Than a great cruelty.

How many songs have I found you in?
How great a variety?
How very fundamental is
The you part of me still
That it shows itself in
Something as basic as music?
You are basic to me, yes
As surely as you were base.

And so now the song is
One of moving forward
But with sympathy for
The past

It contains a lot of Ifs, this song
And a lot of Wants
A lot of I Believes
But the part that's certain is
That I will stay in your heart
And you in mine
And yet, above all
I will stay free.