Time Ago

Videoclip "Time Ago" written by Yousai. Song "Time Ago" written by Black Lab

I watch your window for hours (one more hour)

The moon has set down without us (set beside us)

[Tatara is lying in Tokaki's arms, staring off into space. Images flow before his eyes. He sees a full moon, the cool light bathing the world. He sees the light bathing him, and Suzano, together, 90 years before. They sit in a garden, far away. Tatara holds her close, kissing her hair, staring into her contented face]

All by ourselves riding in the front seat

Watch the sun come up

[The sun rises over the sleeping pair, still in each others' arms. Tatara wakes slowly, contentment evident in the depths of his eyes]

All by ourselves, we will run

Remember

It was so long ago, remember baby

It was a long time ago

[Tatara smiles as he remembers the beauty of his time with Suzano. He remembers the days of his youth, and he remembers her with him]

I feel your hand close beside me (right beside me)

I feel the highway behind me (right behind me)

[A longing look, he casts a glance at her, and takes her hand, kissing it gently, wanting the moment to last forever. He knows his journey is only beginning]

All by ourselves, we may love under the sleepy moonless night

All by ourselves, we will run,

Remember

[A fleeting glance as Suzano runs past him, laughter ringing. Tatara spins, trying to catch a glimpse of her, seeing nothing but the whirling of colors, hearing nothing but the sweet sounds of her laughter. He laughs along with her, catches her in his arms. The world slows. Now it is not the world spinning before his eyes, but Suzano and him, in each others' arms. It seems they are suspended in midair, that time has stopped for them]

It was so long ago, remember baby

It was a long time ago

[Tatara gently caresses Suzano's face, brushing back a strand of her hair. He whispers one word to her: "Forever"]

And I, I couldn't stop you crying

I stop myself from fighting back

[Tatara stands motionless, watching Suzano flying away from him, his arms reach out for her as he cries out her name, but then his arms fall slack as he realizes she's gone, back to her own world, and that there is no way he can fight Heaven and his god for her now]

I tried, but, never hard enough

And don't you remember love

[Eyes screaming, Tatara can only manage to whisper Suzano's name, tears streaming down his face]

And don't you remember love, love, yeah, yeah, yeah.

All by myself I can see it like it's right before my eyes

All by myself, time goes by, remember

[Tatara is sitting in the same garden as earlier, but alone, staring at the now chillingly cold light of the moon, mourning the loss of his love, and his youth]

It was so long ago, remember baby

It was a long time ago, remember baby

It was (it was) so long (so long) ago, (remember baby)

It was so long ago, remember baby

[Tatara smiles up at his friends, new and old, clustered around him. But instead, he sees the faces of his past, of Subaru and Tokaki as they were years before. He sees his fellow Byakko seishi before him, and Suzano, her gaze full of love and adoration]

It was (do you?) so long (do you?) ago, remember baby

It was (do you?) so long (do you?) ago, remember baby

[With a last look, a last smile, Tatara closes his eyes. Tokaki and Subaru call his name, but it is too late. Suzano's spirit, standing beside him, reaches down and pulls Tatara's spirit into her arms. Holding each other, the others fade away as they drift into darkness]