Lyrics

[Intro - Soft Piano]
(Ma-na sei-ko-ra) [whispered]
(Te-mo ka-shi-da) [whispered]
[Verse 1]
I watch you moving in the kitchen late at night
Your silhouette against the window, lost in time
Something in the way you fold the cloth so slow
Like every crease contains a prayer I'll never know
The scent of jasmine rice drifts down the hall
While I pretend to sleep, but really watch it all
[Pre-chorus]
Your fingertips are traced with tiny scars
Each one a mile that brought us where we are
The weight of oceans crossed still in your eyes
All the words you couldn't bring across the tide
[Chorus]
Your hands tell stories mine will never know
Each line and callus speaks of letting go
Of everything you built across the sea
To plant these roots so I could grow up free
[Verse 2 - In Mother's Language]
Watashi no kokoro wa itsumo anata wo omou
Tsuyoku naru tame ni tatakai tsudzukeru
Shiawase wo sagashi anata no tame ni
Watashi no yume wa anata no mirai ni
Donna ni tōku ni ite mo
Kanarazu modotte kimasu
[Bridge/Rap]
See, I used to think that strength meant never breaking
But watching you taught me it's about keep making
A way forward through the dark without mistaking
Sacrifice for weakness - no, you kept creating
Space for grace in every moment that you borrowed
Time between the shifts, between the joy and sorrow
Built a bridge between two worlds with just your labor
Every dinner table lesson was a favor
To the future you could see but couldn't promise
Every midnight prayer you whispered being honest
With yourself about the cost of starting over
While I slept beneath the dreams you held like clover
Lucky charms against the doubt that tried to find us
In between the lives we left so far behind us
Now I understand the power in your silence
Was a language all its own - a quiet guidance
[Final Chorus]
Your hands tell stories mine will never know
(Ka-sei ma-no, ka-sei ma-no)
Each line and callus speaks of letting go
(Te-mo shi-ka-ra, te-mo shi-ka-ra)
Of everything you built across the sea
To plant these roots so I could grow up free
[Outro - Soft Piano]
(Ma-na sei-ko-ra) [whispered]
(Your hands tell stories) [fading]