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There are so many differences
between you and me
But do they really matter
when we live together as one?
We were born under the same blue sky
and are livin' on the same planet
So why don't we stop silly argument?
Oh, I wanna see your smiling face .....
I always wonder why we fight or segregate
Knowing we are equal as human being?
So everyday, every night,
I pray for your peace
and I sing my song for you
Can you hear? Can you feel?
I want you to catch my voice
flyin' across the sky
Kayo Yoshimoto
She is a singer and songwriter who lives in Toyama(Japan), which has beautiful mountains and seashores. She has loved singing intensely since she was a child. She worked at The International Youth Development Exchange Program as a volunteer when she was a university student, and sung the Japanese version of the program's theme song there. She started out as a singer and a songwriter at that time. She lives in her hometown, Toyama, and enjoys its life and expresses her thoughts in her songs.
She released her first mini album "lost and found" in January, 2003. "across the sky" is on the CD, and you can listen to the song at the website below.
Sound Sonics:
(Please click DISCOGRAPHY, and then click the yellow banner which has Japanese letters.)
For your reference:
Toyama prefecture official website
*From the editor: One can listen to "across the sky" in many ways, depending on one's interpretation. I heard that in this song Kayo thought about the people who are in war zones or are forced to live in misery. I, Kazue, imagined children's smiles in Iraq and Afghanistan when I read it for the first time. And while I was translating it into Japanese, I often thought about my close friends, who are un-married couples of different nationalities. What do you imagine or think when you read the poem?
"across the sky" is the lyric of the song which includes in CD "lost and found" (Warner Indies Network).
Copyright by Kayo Yoshimoto
Photograph Copyright by Seidoh Sujaku
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