Melodies of Life

Almost everyone who ever entering RPG world would know this song. Yes, the one song from Final Fantasy IX series. A beautiful song, that almost everybody who would listen would fall in for it.

Wrote by Nobuo Uematsu, who has been known as a genius music, plus the beautiful vocal Emiko Shiratori, made this song so lively inspiring. There is no need to tell why this song becomes the most song I repeated to hear and hear again once you listening for it.

Sometimes, when I listening the whole melody, I could see it is like writing my story, my heart’s voice through the wall of wind, or the path of time. Rolling back to the past and exploring the future. The song keeps so much part of my memories, my life. So the name “melodies for life” sure is like craving the moments of your own life into beautiful power of voice and harmony.

Here is the animation video:

And do not forget the lyric (as I provide them from Eyes on Final Fantasy, you could find the Japanese version lyric on this site):

Written by Nobuo Uematsu
Performed by Emiko Shiratori

(English)

Alone for a while I’ve been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of Life-Love’s lost refrain

Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said good-bye
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
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 should I 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 out hearts
As long as we remember

Now, have you fallen in love with the melodies? Well, why not, it is a beautiful song which may make your heart trembles, doesn’t it?

If you would like to play it with piano or just singing it well, do not forget the music sheet. You can find it on Nobuo Uematsu’s Site.

Well, happy enjoying the “Melodies of Life“