🎧️To be fulfilled was to become empty.

Hello, this is Kotaro.

Some time ago, I read Simone Weil's book 'Reflections on Labor and Life' and wrote an article attempting to extract her thoughts and way of thinking.

Three months have passed since then...

With my poor writing skills at the time, I couldn't fully convey her charm, nor could I touch upon the depths of her 'humanity' or 'heart'.

However, when I saw a letter she wrote to her mother at the very end of her life, I felt as though I had finally encountered her true self.

Everything about her was condensed within it.

Heartfelt gratitude to the mother who gave birth to her and wrapped her in deep affection. A figure who, without pride, left behind only gratitude until the very end.

Shortly after finishing this letter, she quietly departed from this world.

“Anything of value did not come from me.”

A way of life where she emptied herself so completely that she could say this, burning her life away solely for the sake of truth and love.

I cannot help but feel that this graceful and beautiful figure was her philosophy itself.

Just reading the words makes my chest ache and brings tears to my eyes.

I felt that words alone could not fully express the trembling emotion I felt when reading this letter.

So this time, I had an AI rewrite this letter into lyrics, and I turned it into a song.

It is my first attempt and there are some rough parts, but I would be happy if you could listen while thinking of her way of life.

(*Remade the lyrics and composition on July 31st)

To you, far away, I am doing well.
The wind passing through the window strokes my hair.
Do not worry, just like the soup from that day,
my heart is still warm.

Where is André?
The letters I learned that day guide my fingertips.
Letting go of my existence, one by one,
I become nothing, dissolving into the world.

Mother, I am fulfilled now.
This vacuum brings me grace.
To descend is to ascend.
Released from gravity, I become free.

If there is any value in what I have written,
it was not born from me myself.
Emptying myself and burning my life away,
what remained at the end was only love for you.

Mother, I am fulfilled now.
This vacuum is wrapping everything up.
Embracing the light I met on the path descending.
Casting off gravity, I am being set free.

I must put down my pen now.
The rest, in the next letter...

I am glad I was born as your daughter.

From the bottom of my heart... thank you.

How was it?

The "Andre" who appears in the lyrics is Simone Weil's brother.
After Simone's death, he held a strong will to pass on the philosophy his sister left behind to future generations, and he carried on that journey.

This song also contains my respect for the bond between those siblings.