music

It's been a while since I updated this page last time. I guess I just tell you what's going on with my music. Actually, after recording my first 3 songs and seeing what's out there, I have realized the depth of music world and also realized there are still so much to learn in order to make a kind of music I really want to make. I am of course still writing songs and making music, and I am getting good at singing some of my new songs with my piano, but I have decided to put recording activity on hold until I am ready. After all, my goal is to make one complete album in my life. So, what's the rush? One thing I can say for sure is that I never stop creating something. I keep growing no matter how old I become! You might see more activity in my art making. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy lyrics here!

With Love

Yoshika

1/7/2007

Don't worry about saving these songs.
And if one of our instruments breaks,
it doesn't matter.

We have fallen into the place
where everything is music.

The strumming and the flute notes
rise into the atmosphere,
and even if the whole world's harp
should burn up, there will still be
hidden instruments playing.

This singing art is sea foam.
The graceful movements come from a pearl
somewhere on the ocean floor.

Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge
of driftwood along the beach, wanting!

They derive
from a slow and powerful root
that we can't see.

Stop the words now.
Open the wondow in the center of your chest
and let the spirits fly in and out.

(Japanese Chorus:
Mangetsu no yo ni koibitoga
Mukaenikurutoiu,
Utsukushii koimonogatari,
Anataga oshietekureta.)

Ah.... I miss you.
Since you've been gone,
I've been living in the illusion.

Ah....I need you.
How can I believe in love
without your love.

I am sorry. I didn't know
you were fighting all alone
while I was taking your love for granted.

Let me sing for you tonight
in the light of the full moon.
So, I can feel your love once again.

(Repeat Chorus)

I miss your smile.
Since you've been gone
I've been lost in the maze.

I need you now.
Give me a sign.
So, I can move on again.

You disappeared into the light
like a snow flake that melts away
before you could see a cherry blossom.

Let me dance in the light
on the night of the full moon.
Help me open my heart once again.

Are you still feeling me?
Though you're far away
many light years away from here.

You've become a star
Gently shining through the space
watching over me always.

I just don't know what to do
without you anymore
Stuck in the dark, Oh no,

Help me. Get me out of here.
Show me you are near.
Know that I'm still here missing you.

I will sing for you tonight.

I'll dance in the light.
(On the night of the full moon)

I will feel your love tonight.

And I'll move on again.

(Repeat Chorus)

La la la la la.......

Looking up the rainbow,
I wonder if I could ever reach the sky.

Is life like a rainbow?
Beautiful, but it only comes and goes.

Why don't we invite the moon tonight
to the party?
So, we can sing in the moonlight.

Why don't we just play together for a while?
Isn't life supposed to be fun like that?

(Chorus:
We play in illusion
with imagination.
It's our creation.
We give, receive,
We laugh and cry.
That's our life,
so live on.)

Tu, tu ru tu ru.....

Walking in a rainfall,
I wonder if I can still feel the sun.

I'm waiting for a snow storm
'cause it hides everything in white
for a while.

Why don't we drink up the rain tonight?
So, we can become one with the silent night.

Why don't we close our eyes for a while?
So, we might hear the sound of a shooting star.

(Repeat Chorus)

Tu, tu ru tu ru....

Looking up the rainbow, Oh oh oh..
I'm walking in a rainfall, Oh oh oh..
What an ironic illusion. Oh oh oh...
But a beautiful creation. Oh oh oh...

Why don't we invite the moon tonight
to the party?
So, we can sing in the moonlight.

Why don't we just play together for a while?
Isn't life supposed to be fun like that?

(Repeat Chorus)

Oh oh oh oh oh....

Just keep playing
Just keep living
Just keep breathing
And that's enough.

Something ends.
Somethign begins.

The past is gone.
So, let it go.

All these years, what was I crying for?
Stuck in the maze.
Didn't know where to go.

Still in my heart
I wish I could get back the time we lost.
But, can you believe it was meant for us
The time we needed to learn from one another.

(Chorus:
So, let it go.
It's time for new beginning.
(Move on, Move on)
If you want, you can cry
and bathe in the sea of tears.
(Oh oh oh, Oh oh oh)

Just let it go.
It's time for new beginning.
(Move on, Move on)
There is no time to waste.
Just open your heart
Follow your light
So, you'll always find your way.

Something old
Something new

You always choose
which way you go.

All these years,
what were you searching for?
When all you need was already in you.
(Love is always in yourself.)

Wherever you go,
just always love the way you are.
Even when nobody is there for you,
just believe, you're gonna be alright.

(Repeat Chorus)

When something ends,
something begins.

The past is gone.
So, let it go.

* For my entries: the song "What I Like About You" and the lyric "Shadow of Rose", I became one of Runner Ups of VH1 Song of The Year Contest June round 2006.

* The Song "Illusion" became one of top 5 finalists of the Adult Contemporary Catagory of VH1 Song of the Year Songwriting Contest July round 2005.

* The Song "Full Moon" received Honorable Mentions of VH1 Song of the Year Songwriting Contest May round 2005.