Released: December 18, 2002

当たり前だった
君とふたりそばに居る
鈍くなってゆく想いが怖くて
知らぬフリをして

淋しいかもわからずに
いつの間にか空白の時間だけが
ただ過ぎていった

出逢えた喜びを
愛してゆく意味を
あふれる優しさで伝えて欲しい

サヨナラも言えないくらいに
しっかり抱き締めていてね
言葉じゃ足りない想いだけが
心をつなぎとめる

「昔は、ヨカッタ」
茶化すように言うけれど
締め付けられてく想いが痛くて
泣き笑いになる

淋しさから逃げたくって
離れるコト考えた
あと一歩が踏み出せなかった

「ずっと一緒だよ」と
揃いで買った指環(ゆびわ)
あの頃と変わらず輝いてた

こんなにも近くに居るなら
この手を離さずにいてね
言葉じゃ届かない想いがある
大事な想いがある

出逢えた喜びを
愛してゆく意味を
あふれる優しさで伝えて欲しい

サヨナラも言えないくらいに
しっかり抱き締めていてね
言葉じゃ足りない想いだけが
心をつなぎとめる

大事な想いがある

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.