[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.

The Year Forgot Us” (Taki & Mitsuha)