“Hiiragi” by Do As Infinity: “Bokutachi wa ayamachi o okasu. Bokutachi wa sugu ni tachitomaru. Sasai na koishi ni sae mo tsumazuite. Dareka no kotoba o shinji dareka no te no naka ni iru. Saigo wa hitori na no ni…” [Japanese] “We all make mistakes. We all come to sudden stops. Even a small stone […]

“Youthful Days” by Mr Children… “Yuganda keshiki ni torikakomaretemo, kimi wo daitara fuan wa sugata wo kesun da?” [Japanese] “Even if I’m surrounded by distorted scenery, when I hold you, it erases all the worry…”
So here I am now writing from the coast, having made the move from rainy London to just-as-rainy Brighton. The feeling […]

“The Dream of Evan and Chan” by The Postal Service… “It was familiar to me, the smoke too thick to breathe. The tile floors glistened, I slowly stirred my drink. And when you started to sing you spoke with broken speech that I could not understand. And then you grabbed me tightly. I wont let […]