Monotone – YOASOBI

To tow solitude deep in the heart
Always living in a world of loneliness nobody views
Every time these worlds are coming in contact
I feel it within
Oh, I’m grasping it now
Oh, I’m remembering now

In our childhood memory lane, way back in time
When protected by pure innocence at its prime
The names we called each other or the promises of days to come
It was enough for us to think about the world as being as one

The things we cannot understand
And the things we cannot overlook are now
Increasing, one, two, still piling up
Every single time it happened
I even gave up on hoping we could ever reach mutual trust
Just forgot about that

To tow solitude deep in the heart
Separated and each living in a world nobody views
When I think we got so close to each other
But we’re drifting apart
And, every time, as it restarts
I realize it is so lonely in my heart
I cannot, oh, we cannot
Ever stop looking for someone else, again and again
It’s because inside we’re still not mature enough
To deal with the fact that we could still be all alone
With loneliness, we’d carry on

The pasted scenes set at the back of our class
They show us the different hues in sight
Looking at the same sceneries
Each one of us drew something new
And we all have a different view
And they will never overlap
Although they look alike, they never will

Well, if you judge everybody with the ideal image in your mind
Measuring the distance from it
Imitating love for your inner greed
And chasing fantasies of something unreal
But every time I’m checking, it grows unpleasant
And every time I’m longing, it’s selfish intent
And each time I lost it, I became a coward

I don’t wish for more than now
Everything is good as it is
So please, I want you to stay
Don’t want you to go away
Maintaining our distances vague, as everything remains undefined
I believed it was how we grow and turn into a grown-up

Here I am, here I am
Always running away because I’m afraid of being hurt
The truth is, deep inside within me, hope abides
Still want to believe now

To tow solitude deep in the heart
Everyone lives all alone in separate worlds, all outta view
That is why we join up our hands
And so, we begin to communicate
We’re saying that we’re not alone
And yet, we’re so misleading and so vague with each other

Oh, one day, oh, one day
All the loneliness I had to feel, enwrapped in solitude
And all the pain I’m holding within
Inside of my heart will accrue
If only kindness could abound
If I could put trust in those around

To tow lonely tones, all alone
And everyone is on their own
When they felt the need of understanding each other
My heart and yours
Right at the moment they touched
Briefly, I saw the world coming together as one