Released: July 13, 2011

心に心に
いつもあるよ
輝いている
いっぱいの
ありがとう

夕暮れに黄昏ていた
あの雲は
いつか

蒼い蒼い夜に
のまれては
儚くそっと消える

悲しみは
何処からともなく
突然にやってくる

愛したい
ただそれだけで
ただそれだけなのにね

失うことで生まれてゆくこと
そこから始まることがあること

そう信じて
受け入れながら
明日を確かめて
生きてゆくよ

心に心に
いつもあるよ
大切な輝いた確かなもの
戸惑いながらも
永遠ではない日々を
いっぱい愛したい

君に逢えたから
きっと強くなる

いつかきっと
いつかきっと、と
あてのない日々に
期待しては
時に怖じけて
手放してしまうんだ

信じること怖れずにいること
信じすぎて疎かになること

忘れないよ
溢れそうになる
優しさ力にして
生まれ変わる

生きとし生きゆく
希望の光の先に
夢の続きがあるなら
空をあおいで
この手のひらに感じて
いっぱいの
ありがとう

ぼくらはいつでも
どんなときだって
きっと
ひとりきりじゃないんだ

心に心に
いつもあるよ
大切な輝いた確かなもの
戸惑いながらも
永遠ではない日々を
いっぱい愛したい

君と優しさと
ぼくは生きてゆく

Every Little Thing

Every Little Thing (エヴリ・リトル・シング), often abbreviated as ELT or elt, is a Japanese pop and soft rock duo who originally debuted as a trio in August of 1996 with the single Feel My Heart. At the time of debut, the members were Mitsuru Igarashi, Kaori Mochida and Ichiro Ito.

The group was originally formed because Mitsuru Igarashi, who was a producer for avex trax at the time, was searching for a female vocalist for a duo. Kaori Mochida, who was a student and former member of the group The Kuro Buta All-Stars, had sent in a demo to Mitsuru and he had been so speechless by Kaori’s vocals, had asked her to join the group he was forming and she willingly accepted. Ichiro Ito on the other hand, was a friend of Mitusuru’s who conveniently, plays the guitar, was asked to help play the guitar for the first single; the track did so well that Ito decided to stay in the group permanently. However, by the time the trio released their third single, Mitsuru had decided to leave in order to produce songs for other artists under avex, and, as such, ELT became a duo, as originally planned.

Since Mitsuru’s departure from the group, ELT continued to release content as a duo and continued to succeed on the charts.