宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

Released: September 8, 2004

Songwriter: 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

Producer: 宇多田照實 (Teruzane Utada) 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

She rises with the sunset
She wonders, "When will this end?"
The world is full of money, full of money
She goes out unprotected
She doesn't listen to her best friend
It's only for the money
For the money, for the money
She doesn't want to be respected
Reality's her best friend
She needs the extra money, extra money
In the city, the town, and the household
So many things go unreported
So many things her eyes have seen
Eyes have seen, eyes have seen
Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Watch me as I walk in slowly
When your eyes meet mine
It's in the mirrors of the hotel lobby
This is not what she expected
Her hopes, they stretch and they bend
Wrinkle like paper money, paper money
In the city, the town, and the household
So many things can be distorted
So if you want a true life story
Bring money, bring money
Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Watch me as I walk in slowly
When your eyes meet mine
It's in the mirrors of the hotel lobby
Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Watch me as I walk in slowly
When your eyes meet mine
It's in the mirrors of the hotel lobby
She's unprotected
She's unprotected, oh
She's unprotected
She's unprotected, oh
Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Watch me as I walk in slowly
When your eyes meet mine
It's in the mirrors of the hotel lobby
Meet me in the hotel lobby
Everybody's looking lonely
Catch me because I think I'm falling
I'll be waiting in the mirrors of the hotel lobby

Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル, going by “Hikaru Utada” outside of Japan) is a Japanese-American J-Pop singer-songwriter born in Manhattan, New York to Japanese parents. Active since 1996 with a 5-year hiatus starting in 2011, she rose to prominence in 1999 with her Japanese debut album First Love. Since then, she has become one of the top-selling artists in Japan, selling more than 52 million copies worldwide.

In the west, she is best known for the songs she produced for the Kingdom Hearts video game Simple and Clean for Kingdom Hearts I, Sanctuary for Kingdom Hearts II, Face My Fears and Don’t Think Twice for Kingdom Hearts III (English versions of Hikari, Passion, Face My Fears and Chikai respectively).

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