All songs are sung by Iruka, with lyrics and music by Ise Shozo. [Table of Contents] 0:04 Back then I was ('74) 4:19 Lingering Snow ('76) 7:56 Story of the Rain ('77) 11:25 Kaigandori ('79) 15:14 Drops of Rain ('96) ...Lyrics... ♬Back then I was too young to forgive your whims, but your kindness has matured. You left your half-knitted sweater on the desk and ran out crying into the rain that continued since morning. Now you are a woman of memories in this old album, burning in a small ashtray. Your long hair was so beautiful, I wanted to say. The words of farewell echo so beautifully in my dreams. The words I muttered in the corner of my heart, like a sweet phrase from someone's novel, if I could keep them on the bookshelf of my heart, you would be You've probably forgotten the bitter taste of the coffee we always bought together Now I'm brewing coffee in my room alone ♬ Lingering snow ♬ As I wait for the train, I'm watching the clock beside you It's snowing out of season "This is the last snow we'll see in Tokyo," you mutter sadly The lingering snow also knows when to fall After a season of fooling around too much Now spring has come and you've become beautiful Much more beautiful than last year You put your face against the window of the train that has started to move You're trying to say something Your lips say "Goodbye" You were afraid to move and looked down Time goes by and even the childish you becomes an adult Without realizing Now spring has come and you've become beautiful Much more beautiful than last year You left I watched the snow falling and melting on the platform Now spring has come and you've become beautiful Much more beautiful than last year Much more beautiful than last year ♬ A story of rain ♬ You putting on makeup Your back looks so small, I can't help it, so I guess I still love you. I suddenly think of that, and outside the window, it's raining, at the end of the story, a rainy day like this suits everyone, on that one page of the story, my heart leaps as I enter, it must have been written on the door of my room, a very sad story, outside the window, it's raining, you were standing on the other side of the door, wetting your shoulders just like that day, outside the window, it's raining, many stripes of rain on the frosted glass of your heart ♬ Kaigandori ♬ Did you choose the boat because you cared about me, why didn't you realize that the tape of separation is something that can be torn? The sunset over the harbor is so beautiful, isn't it? The boat carrying you is getting smaller, and you taught me that the sea at dawn is sad, Kaigandori, as you said, it might have been better if we had remained little sisters, I didn't want to hear that you would one day leave this town, in your gentle arms, Leaving waves on the same sea as yesterday, the boat carrying you is getting smaller ♬ Umbrella drops ♬ Sometimes, on a rainy street corner We made an arrangement to meet up You gently folded up your rain-soaked umbrella with an apologetic look You looked at your watch as you chose what to wear The more you hesitated, the sooner we met Love made me forget all that Love made me forget all that In those moments, I didn't notice the proposal written on the floor with drops of water from the umbrella Time passed by without me noticing If I had known the flow of time in advance I would have realized that no one could replace you But everyone is led astray by trends, like the stores that were popular yesterday suddenly disappearing from the crowds of people walking down the street Because we live our lives being led astray by trends, Even my wings that allow me to fly as I am will someday get in the way Even if I pretend I can't fly Even if I'm a winter bird that has wandered into the city Someday I'll cross the sea again That's why I want to see you once I want to see the me I was with you And I want to go searching for a dream so pure it makes me sad If this long rain is still wetting my heart, I want to accept the painful rain of love like sand