I have no qualms admitting I ripped off the harmonic rhythm for this song from Mikami Chisako of fra-foa. (And the shape of the chorus has a dash of ACO in it.)
Mikami herself used the progression — I-ii-VII-I — in at least three of her songs on fra-foa’s debut album, so if it works for her …
Thing is, I keep coming back to this song, so much so I’m making it the title track of the project. And I just finished the lyrics a few minutes ago. Here, now — “Imprint“:
“Imprint”
March 8, 2005
There’s a picture of you in my head
I don’t know where it’s from
You were smiling and your eyes were bright
The best was yet to come
These photographs strewn everywhere
Caught nothing of that smile
Was it really just a memory?
Did it exist at all?
It’s the one thing I count on
And the one thing I search for
There was something special in that smile
I don’t know what it was
Just a promise of a better life
Of something good to come
Those images strewn in my head
Convince me I’m not wrong
Where did it go? Why did it leave?
Did it exist at all?
It’s the one thing I count on
And the one thing I search for
It’s the one thing I’m missing
And the one thing I yearn for
Where did it go? It was no dream
I’ll find it, that I know
It’s the one thing to reach me
And the one thing to teach me
It’s the one thing to find me
And the one thing to touch me