Melodies of Life is an original soundtrack of Squaresoft’s (now Square-Enix) Final Fantasy IX PlayStation game. This song is sung by Emiko Shiratori. The video below is edited by me. I did that because I want to give tribute to my favorite game of all time, as an avid Final Fantasy fan and what else, the song got great melodies and lyrics — truly, the melodies of life.

Alone for awhile
I’ve been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left
Inside my wounded heart
To weave, by picking up the pieces that remained
Melodies of life, love’s lost refrain

Our paths they did cross
Though I cannot say just why
We met, we left, we held of 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

The night is dark, the stars are falling
I’m here in the darkness, thinking of you
My dreams are great but the heart is dying
You seem not to understand
I did all those things for you

I don’t understand
This is not the plan at all
Why did I fall?
Do you understand?
You can barely remember
You can barely recall the things we shared

Now I see you here — it’s uncertain
We both know there’s an end of this
I hope I’ll be missed
It’s so painful in this loving
You know what I really feel
But I am ignored and killed

I don’t understand
This is not the plan at all
Why did I fall?
Do you understand?
You can barely remember
You can barely recall the things we shared

But even though I’m hurt this time
But even though my heart was completely ignored
But even though I’m waiting for nothing
I want you to know that still I love you so

I don’t understand
This is not the plan at all
Why did I fall?
Do you understand?
You can barely remember
You can barely recall the things

You can barely remember
You can barely recall the things we shared

Since you came, my life was changed
You became my inspiration and my dream
Since you came, my heart was changed
The windows that I closed before had opened

Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?
Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?

Every moment I spent with you
I captured all the frames in my mind
Every smile that you gave to me
Had pushed me up again when I’m broken

Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?
Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?

Now we’re standing in the edge of time
An important fork of life that we have to decide
Now you tell me if you want to stay
But whatever your decision is my heart won’t go away

Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?
Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?

I want to hold your hand before you go
I want to tell you before I lost it all
You know how much I cared for you
You can always go back to me because I loved you

Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?
Why come, why go?
If you are here today, why you gone tomorrow?