1.The hourglass falls, grain by grain
2.The trembling stars of the night—
3.I had stopped noticing them4.
5.Surely, on those twilights when my tears wouldn’t stop
6.And those mornings when I couldn’t move
7.It was because no one was beside me8.
9.I ran with all I had through this day I didn’t want to lose
10.Without knowing the meaning of living “right”
11.But even so, there was truly light there12.
13.Hey, what color was the sky again?
14.What kind of tone did the stars have?
15.The worlds that don’t know you
16.Were probably laughing at this song
17.There must have been gray words, too
18.But I want to call those days my strength
19.O river of your stars
20.Shine on21.
22.Even when my step faltered
23.Even when the future sky was dark
24.There was still “sound” beside me25.
26.Not everything I can see is truth
27.I want to be someone who doubts the whirlpool of human voices
28.Still searching for constellations not yet seen29.
30.Even the stars I’ve counted so far
31.Surely, they were shining
32.So when did I start forgetting?
33.When did I start erasing them?34.
35.When was the last day
36.This world looked beautiful?
37.On those nights when I looked down
38.I must have missed it—but now39.
40.It shines again
41.What color was my light, I wonder?
42.What kind of tone were you, I wonder?
43.If I lift my head just a little
44.And see the sky spread wide—
45.If the answer from that day is there too
46.Then I don’t want to hate that kind of tomorrow
47.O river of your stars
48.Shine on49.
50.Ah—the sky was this color after all                
                  
                                    
                  
                  
                  
                    
                  
                  
                  
                  
                      
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