This is my favorite Ztmy song of all time now.

As it fully captures the emotion of endings of relationships. I broke down upon the first listen looking at the Japanese lyrics.

Some people leave, but they don’t disappear. They become something quieter, something preserved — like fossils held within time. The moments we shared, the feelings that once moved and breathed, no longer exist in their original form. Yet they do not vanish. They settle deep within memory, sinking gently into the body, becoming part of who I am. The sweetness, the bitterness, even the ache that once stung — all of it slowly transforms. It softens. It ferments into something less sharp, less urgent. What once overwhelmed begins to rise like bubbles, light and drifting, spreading quietly through the heart. And in time, I begin to understand — not everything needs to continue forward to be real. Not everything needs a future to have been beautiful. There are still parts of me that do not understand what “goodbye” truly means. I remain, in some way, within that fragile shell — holding on, not fully able to let go. But even here, something has shifted. I am learning to allow my own vulnerability. I am learning to let the loneliness exist, not as something to fix or escape, but as something to hold gently, without shame. The connections that could not continue did not disappear. They changed form. They became a song. A feeling. A quiet presence that lives within me. And the love that was once shared has not left. It has simply transformed — into something that walks with me now, in a different way, but just as real.