A Place to Call Home - Melodies of Life (from "FINAL FANTASY IX")

Alone for a while, 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 the stories never told?
Let them ring out loud 'til 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 on

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

English translation by Alexander O. Smith from Japanese by Hiroyuki "Shiomi" Ito