Released: October 26, 2005

さっきから
降り続いたままの
秋を誘い連れる雨
見事な程、この僕を
隠すように

君に言えたらよかったコトバ
「ありがとう、沢山の日を」
僕はまた
こうして 少しずつ
忘れてしまうのかな

楽になるためでなく
いい人ぶるつもりもなく
僕の好きな笑顔を
もう 絶やさないで

僕へと触れつづけた
その手は やさしかった
何気なく そして 強く
僕は いつも 守られてた

この部屋から見えるもの すべて
今また 違って見える
君がいた
それでもう 僕の 特別だった

諦めではなく
無理しているつもりでもなく
思いのまま 遠くへ
愛を 解き放って

僕へと触れつづけた
その手は やさしかった
何気なく そして 強く
僕は いつも 守られてた

君があふれた僕の
この手が 握りしめる
さり気なく だけど 強く
僕はゆくんだ 君からゆく

繰り返しながらも
どうしようもなくなりながらも
儘(まま)ならぬ僕は 愛を
見つけて 見つめて
想い果てぬまで

僕へと触れつづけた
その手は やさしかった
何気なく そして 強く
僕は いつも 守られてた

まだ降りやまぬ雨は
やがて花を咲かすだろう
僕を隠すためじゃなく
僕もまた 咲かすのだ、と

一日中 降り続いてゆく
秋を誘い連れる雨

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.