Don’t leave me behind
I still can’t smile properly, and the chime rings again
I have my usual reflection meeting with another me.
My heart races
Between the ticking of the clock, I find myself out of breath
Searching for an exit that I still can’t see, like a way to kill time.
These boring days don’t have even a millimeter of meaning, I block my ears—lyrics that don’t suit you
The more beautiful something is, the more tainted it seems, ah
Like cherishing the discarded parts of me, you laugh, saying, “That’s fine, that’s how it should be.”
You grabbed hold of the hands of time.
If time could just stop like this, I would want to stay here forever
Even my blinks and breaths,
I’ll capture and keep them like a camera, preserving them
Don’t let it become the past just yet, let this never-ending now
Stay just as it is—yes, just like this—my own chronostasis.
“If you’re leaving, then…”
If you run that fast, I can’t help but lift my head
The notebook blurs, that day didn’t have this kind of warmth.
What color does a rainbow × monochrome make? Surely, it won’t turn into a vivid hue
Even though I’ve always been an impurity,
You, with your strange love for the odd, pulled me out of the sea of light
My floating shadow.
If time could just stop like this, I would want to stay here forever
Lock it away, write it down, don’t let it spill
If you ring the chime, it’ll rewind
Don’t let it become the past just yet, let this never-ending now
Stay just as it is—yes, just like this—my own chronostasis.
Our chronostasis.