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Track Listings - Disc One (23:22) Track Title Track Time 01) Melodies Of Life ~featured in Final Fantasy IX (Japanese Version) 5:50 02) Melodies Of Life ~featured in Final Fantasy IX (English Version) 5:50 03) Melodies Of Life ~featured in Final Fantasy IX (Instrumental) 5:50 04) Galway  lyrics 5:47

Melodies of Life	Composer: Nobuo Uematsu Vocals: Emiko Shiratori
Japanese (Japanese Release) Ate mo naku samayotte ita Tegakari mo naku sagashitsuzuketa Anata ga kureta omoide o Kokoro o iyasu uta ni shite Yakusoku mo suru koto mo naku Kawasu kotoba mo kimetari mo sezu Dakishime, soshite tashikameta Hibi wa nido to kaeranu Kioku no naka no te o furu anata wa Watashi no na o yobu koto ga dekiru no? Afureru sono namida o Kagayaku yuuki ni kaete Inochi wa tsuzuku Yoru o koe Utagau koto no nai ashita e to tsuzuku Tobu tori no mukou no sora e Ikutsu no kioku azuketa darou Hakanai kibou mo yume mo Todokanu basho ni wasurete Meguriau no wa guuzen to ieru no? Wakareru toki ga kanarazu kuru no ni Kieyuku unmei de mo Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri Inochi wa tsuzuku Eien ni Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo Watashi ga shinou to mo Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri Inochi wa tsuzuku Eien ni Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo tsuzuku	English (Translation) I was wandering aimlessly I kept searching, though I had no clues Make the memories you gave me Into a song to heal my heart Without making promises Without deciding what words to say You held me, and then I was certain We could never go back to those days You, waving your hand in my memories Can you call my name? Turn those overflowing tears Into glittering courage Life goes on Across the night And continues to a certain tomorrow How many memories were entrusted To the sky beyond the flying birds? Short-lived hopes and dreams Are forgotten in an unreachable place Can you say our meeting was coincidence? Even though the time will surely come when we part Even though fate is fleeting As long as you live Life goes on Eternally To anywhere, as long as you're strong Though I may die As long as you live Life goes on Eternally Continues to anywhere, as long as you're strong
English (International Release) Alone for awhile I've been searching through the dark For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart To weave by picking up the pieces that remain Melodies of life, love's lost refrain Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told? Let them ring out loud till they unfold In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name A voice from the past, joining yours and mine Adding up the layers of harmony And so it goes, on and on Melodies of life To the sky beyond the flying birds, forever and beyond So far and away, see the bird as it flies by Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me? Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind? A voice from the past, joining yours and mine Adding up the layers of harmony And so it goes, on and on Melodies of life To the sky beyond the flying birds, forever and beyond If I should leave this lonely world behind Your voice will still remember our melody Now I know we'll carry on Melodies of life Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts As long as we remember

Lyrics Credit and Translation
Square Enix Music Online | Anime Lyrics | The Opera House | Chudah's Corner | Squaremusic

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