[Intro – Mitsúha (sung, soft)]
Mid-night hums in a crowded sky,
I feel your name but don’t know why.
Hands almost touch, then slip away,
The year forgets us… not today.
[Verse 1 – Táki (rap)]
City loud, but I’m hearin’ you breathe,
Face in the crowd feelin’ closer than me.
I been runnin’ through time like I’m late for my fate,
Clock hands spin but they won’t say your name.
Every streetlight feel like déjà vu,
Every dream got a ghost shaped like you.
I wake up reachin’, pen in my hand,
Write letters to a girl I don’t understand.
January promised I’d let it go,
But December keep whisperin’ “you almost know.”
Somewhere between the stars and the trains,
I lost your voice but I kept the pain.
If love’s a thread, then time’s the knife,
Still I feel you cuttin’ through my life.
[Hook – Mitsúha (sung)]
Even if the year forgets our names,
I’d find you in the break of days.
When the ball drops, when the sky turns blue,
Every mid-night leads me back to you.
[Verse 2 – Táki (rap)]
Calendar pages fall like snow,
Every month says “almost,” never “close.”
I see your shadow in the glass,
Future blur, present pass.
They say time heals, but time’s the thief,
It stole your name but left belief.
I don’t know why my heart still knows,
Some truths survive what memory erodes.
I chased you through a million nights,
Different years, same city lights.
If fate erased us just to test,
I’d lose my mind just to love you next.
[Pre-Hook – Mitsúha (sung)]
If you hear me when the countdown starts,
Follow the pull, it’s your heart.
Say my name before the chime,
I’ll remember you this time.
[Hook – Mitsúha (sung) + Táki (rap ad-libs)]
Even if the year forgets our names,
(I been searchin’, yeah)
I’d find you through the broken days.
(Time don’t own us)
Mid-night strikes, the world stands still,
(I feel you closer)
One kiss bends the will of years.
[Verse 3 – Táki (rap)]
They say New Year, new life, new start,
But I been carryin’ you from the start.
Every missed chance, every rewind,
Led me back to the same design.
If I forget you when the sun comes up,
Then find me again when the stars line up.
’Cause love ain’t stuck in a single year,
It loops forever when you’re near.
[Final Hook – Duet]
Mitsúha (sung):
Even if the world lets go,
I’ll find you when the clocks say zero.
Táki (rap, soft):
When the year forgot us, we stayed true—
Both:
At mid-night… I remember you.
[Outro – Mitsúha (sung, fading)]
Say my name…
The year won’t forget us now.