A Duet of Sorts
Performed by Nuriko and Hotohori (NHTC)


BOTH:
I wonder if the stars shine
the same for me as they do for you?
The stars and the sky
are a duet, of sorts...
like us.

HOTOHORI:
Sometimes, being an emperor
isn't like people expect
it's hard to think
when you want just to be free.

NURIKO:
I can help, maybe
if you let me
I can free you
just one kiss and you're gone.

HOTOHORI:
You're always so kind to me
it makes me wonder why.
You laugh with me
make me feel like a human being.

NURIKO:
I know you're a person
just like anyone else..
Why do these people have to make you
into some kind of idol on a dias?

BOTH:
It's so hard to live life
meeting other people's expectations
but you understand me...

NURIKO:
My dreams are of you
don't you see?
But until you do, I'll just
be there for you.

HOTOHORI:
Often I wonder
why you're always there.
But then I remember
the words I heard you say...

NURIKO:
You look so lonely, standing there
just like that;
could it be that
you and I are alike?

HOTOHORI:
You told me that you'd always
be there if I needed someone to talk to
to help me escape from this life
I am eternally grateful for that.

BOTH:
It's so hard living life
meeting other people's expectations
but you understand me...

HOTOHORI:
The trouble with my life
is that everyone expects of me
an adult, when
I'm just still a boy.

NURIKO:
Everyone expects a lady
out of just a boy like me!
How can they expect me, at eighteen
to be as old as thirty?

HOTOHORI:
They want me to be something I'm not
I wonder if the same is for you
and I ponder these things when I'm alone
and I want you to be near.

NURIKO:
So I've resolved
that I'll be just incredibly happy
so that my smile
can be your smile!

BOTH:
It's so hard living life
meeting other people's expectations
but you understand me...

The stars and the sky
are a duet, of sorts...
like us.
~*Owari*~