Released: July 13, 2011

満ちていた
この世に生まれ
はじめての光

青い青い命は強く
今生きてると泣いた

忘れない
忘れないよ、と
喜びを胸に

悲しみも時の流れに
たゆたう日々の中で

それでも人は忘れてゆくこと
愚かだと後悔もするけど

想っているよ
愛しているよ
本当の優しさを
生きるために

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

寂しさは
時が経つほど
とめどなく溢れる

愛してた
その沢山と
生きようとする度に

強く心のままにあることで
真っ直ぐに還る場所があること

ここへきて
しあわせだった、と
伝えてゆけるように
生きてみるよ

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
光あるかぎり

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.