Angela Aki

Released: January 4, 2000

Songwriter: Angela Aki

Producer: Tony Alany

[Verse 1]
Summer dreams
Drifting into autumn
Stubbornly strung
My body feels so numb

[Verse 2]
I could disappear
Into waves that beat so steady
As though life
Weren't so short enough already

[Chorus]
I live
In your joy and
In your life, it's total

[Verse 3]
Would you love me
For all that life is worth?
As I fall
Deep into this heavy earth

[Chorus]
I live
In your joy and
In your life, it's total

[Verse 4]
When gentleness fills your soul
I'll fall in it to the end
Come with me here
Follow me now
When gentleness fills your soul
I'll fall in it to the end, yeah
There I'll hold your truth
With nothing else, nothing else to keep

[Chorus]
I'll fall
I'll fall

Angela Aki (born September 15, 1977) is a Japanese singer-songwriter best known for her Final Fantasy XII theme song, “Kiss Me Goodbye.” She was born in Tokushima, Japan as Kiyomi Aki to a Japanese father and Italian-American mother. Aki has a strong musical background, and started learning how to play the piano, violin, guitar, and drums at the tender age of 3. Aki and her family moved to Hawaii, U.S. at the age of 15.

Her debut album, January 2000’s These Words was released for the American market, with its lyrics being all in English. After moving back to Japan and signing with Sony Music Japan, Aki released Home in June 2006, which peaked at #2 in the Japanese charts. Included on the album was “Kiss Me Goodbye,” which attracted composer Nobuo Uematsu’s attention and included it on the Final Fantasy XII soundtrack.

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