Honda Minako 本田美奈子. For Ever For Ever (Video by KEN-san S16213K) <br /> This video was uploaded by Kenichi Kurosawa-san (Ken-san as “S16213K”) in 2008 or early 2009. I believe that this was the first YouTube video of the song. This is the original video posted by KEN-san. The song was composed by Inoue Akira to the lyric written by Tokiko Iwatani. I believe it to be the most difficult song Honda Minako ever recorded because of the enormous power at the highest registers; most other singers would drop an octave. It is the title song of the album TOKI (meaning Time/When/Forever), released November 25, 2004, and produced by Hiroyuki Okano. It is also in several posthumous albums, all produced by Hiroyuki Okano for EMI-Japan. Honda Minako performed the song at a mini-concert on January 8, 2005 promoting the release of “TOKI.” <br />Lyrics <br /> <br />The faraway sky and a wide ocean <br />You pass a border of them <br />The name must be Toki <br />The lonely trip without an end day <br />You pick us up and drift in space <br />Show courage and get over this time <br />With gentleness and love <br />Let’s live together to gather right power <br />Our life has the end <br /> <br />The earth and a sky <br />You pass a border of them <br />The name must be Toki <br />The lonely trip without an end day <br />You pick us up and drift in space <br />Show courage and get over this time <br />With gentleness and love <br />Convey prayer <br />Give our world a sweet-smelling quiet day <br />Let’s live together to gather right power <br />Our life has the end <br /> <br />Please help in the fight against Leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. Donations can be made to NPO LIVE FOR LIFE MINAKO FOUNDATION <br />http://live-for-life.jp/ <br />Non-Japanese viewers please go to Google, paste in the link and click on "Translate This Page."
