Soranji

It's as if someone is writing a letter through snow and time - not with loud words, but with their breath. In this song, life is like a long swim: your arms get tired, the water is cold, but inside there is still a tiny spark of hope that you can't give up on. The words sound like a mantra: ‘believe, hold on, live’ - and there is no pathos in them, only pure perseverance mixed with fatigue and light.

There is no shiny happy ending here, but there is a gentle strength to carry on. Even if deception and loss lurk around every corner, even if ‘a little hope’ seems almost ridiculous, it still remains - like a bird that has not yet flown away. This is a song about the fragile but stubborn value of every step, every little thing, every ‘today’ that suddenly turns out to be more important than all plans.

Lyrics and music: Motoki Omori

Arrangement: Motoki Omori, EFFY

String arrangement: EFFY

Recording engineer: Gregory Germain from HeartBeat Recording Studio

Assistant: Ryuho Itikawa

Mixing engineer: Gregory Germain at MSR Studio

Vocals, choir, electric and acoustic guitar: Motoki Omori

Electric guitar: Hiroto Wakai

Acoustic piano: Ryoka Fujisawa

Drums: Hideyuki Kurakawa

Electric bass: Natsuhiko Mori

Programming: EFFY, Motoki Omori.

Violin 1: Anzu Suhara, Atsuki Yoshida, Matsuri Mikuni, Honoka Sato

Violin 2: Mika Shirasawa, Kon Shirasu, Miz

Viola: Mei Mishina, Sumire Segawa

Cello: Shuhei Ito, Yunpei Hayashida

Double bass: Kento Takasugi

Choir: KOCHO, Chiharu Tadokoro, Maki Takimoto, Shiori Hongo, Hiromi Matsuoka, Yosuke Kano