Just listen and pause for a moment.

The night I felt like saying, "Could you wait just a little bit?"

— Fragments of a reason to live, given by music —

Just a little bit is enough.

When there is something that gives you a reason to live, people are saved.
People are saved.

There are days when I can't see what's ahead.
There are days when everything feels so far away.

On a night like that,
I put on my earphones.

An intro with a sense of speed.
A melody that pierces straight to the depths of my heart.

"Ah, music really is wonderful, isn't it?"

The moment I thought that,
my breathing became just a little bit deeper.

A story titled "If you were to jump"

That song,
is depicted from a perspective that stands close to someone's despair.

It doesn't push you away,
nor does it try to save you in an exaggerated way,

it just has a sense of distance, as if it were standing right next to you.

That was just right for me, right now.

I have always,

"It's okay"
"You can still do it"
"It will heal eventually"

rushed myself like that.

But that song,
didn't rush me.

The feeling of "Could you wait just a little bit?"

When you can't see what's ahead,
it's painful to be told about the future.

"If you try hard, things will change," and
"Time will solve it," might
be true.

But right now,
I don't need such big ideas.

What I want is,

I got that
from music.

Like the language of flowers

flowers have meanings.

Hope.
Rebirth.
Determination.
Farewell.

Even with the same flower,
the meaning changes depending on the state of the person receiving it.

That song was the same. The language of onion flowers is 'immortality or eternity'

If I had listened to it when I was feeling energetic,
it might have just been an emotional song.

But it's different now.

"It doesn't have to end yet."

I felt like I was being told that.

The reason to live doesn't have to be big

Even now,
I can't see clearly ahead.

But,

A fast-paced three minutes.
A chorus that makes my heart tremble.
The feeling that the world becomes a little clearer.

With just that,

"I'll stay a little longer today."

That is what I thought.

The reason to live
does not have to be grand.

Even just one song is enough.
Even just one moment is enough.

As long as there is that "little bit,"
people can hold on.

To those who are struggling right now

Just a little bit is fine.

I want you to lend me your ear.
I want you to wait just a little longer.

The place where you are standing
might be shaking right now.

But,

the music you felt,
and the moments you were saved,
are truly real.

That will
surely remain within you.

I was saved by that.