From the recording PREVIEW - Unbreakable Hope and Resilience
A quiet, unshakeable declaration: Miyajima will live fully enough for those whose lives were cut short. Megan Masako Haley’s voice and Rachel Therrien’s trumpet carry the depth of fourteen springs’ worth of meaning.
Lyrics
Fourteen Springs
Words & Music Migiwa Miyajima
A gentle wind begins to blow
A tender bud unfolds each day
And I realize—
The fourteenth spring has come again
A spring—A spring without you
As if nothing has changed at all
A twilight shade drifts soft and slow
I am lost in thought—
But the fourteenth spring has come again
A spring—A spring without you
Am I living in the way I should?
Am I enough?
I swore to fill the world with love and hope
For the part of you that’s gone
That’s gone!
Some never say "I love you" first
yet their hearts still crave the prize
And I realize—
That every day we live is numbered
And no one—no one seems to know
People doubt the kindness in my heart
They say, "What is beneath it?"
But I just swore to fill the world with love and hope
Fill the world…Ah…
A restless town, as busy as always
A gentle wind begins to blow
Some never say "I love you" first
Do they ever feel regret?
The fourteenth spring…
The fourteenth spring…
The fourteenth spring