BETHANY JOY LENZ - "Elsewhere"
originally sung by Sarah McLachlan

I love the time and in between
the calm inside me
in the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a
distance I have wandered
to touch upon the years of
reaching out and reaching in
holding out holding in

I believe
this is heaven to no one else but me
and I'll defend it as long as I can be
left here to linger in silence
if I choose to
would you try to understand

I know this love is passing time
passing through like liquid
I am drunk in my desire...
but I love the way you smile at me
I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near...
I believe...

Oh the quiet child awaits the day when she can break free
the mold that clings like desperation
Mother can't you see I've got
to live my life the way I feel is right for me
might not be right for you but it's right for me...
I believe...

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AYUMI HAMASAKI - "Hanabi"

namida ga koboreochinai you ni
nijinda sora o miagete iru yo
hito wa doushite omoi no
mama ni ikirarenai no
nakenai yowai kokoro mo
nakanai tsuyosa mo iranai
negai o kakeru nagareru
hoshi o sagashite miru kedo
yoake ga mou hayasugite
mitsukerarezu ni iru yo

*kimi no koto omoidasu hi
nante nai no wa
kimi no koto wasureta toki ga nai kara

kanashii koto ni deau tabi ni
daijoubu da yo to kuchiguse ni naru
ano hi nani ka ga tomatte
shimatta konna watashi ja
ikura inotte mita tte
hoshi hitotsu sae mienai

aitai yo nee aitai yo
kioku no naka no egao dake yasashisugite
dou shiyou mo nai

english translation
I'm looking up at the stained sky
so my tears don't well up and fall.
Why can't people live
as they wish
I don't want a weak heart that can't cry
or the strength not to cry.
I'll search for a shooting
star to cast my wishes on, but
dawn is coming too soon
and I won't be able to find one.

*There's never a day that I have
to remember you because
I never for a moment forgot you.

Whenever I'm sad I have
a habit of saying I'm ok.
After something stopped
that day, no matter
how much I pray,
I can't see a single star.

I want to see you, I want to see you.
Your smiling face in my memory is
just too kind.