Do As Infinity - Fukai Mori

Performer: Do As Infinity Song Title: Fukai Mori (Deep Forest) Lyrics/Composition: D.A.I Release Date: September 19, 2001 Album: DEEP FOREST Recommended Listening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHPf0lwWpQU&t=80s I first discovered Do As Infinity through the anime 'Inuyasha's' second ending theme, 'Fukai Mori'. Later, I stumbled upon works released by the vocalist Tomiko Van under her solo name and only then found out it was the same person (Do As Infinity & Tomiko Van), and that her name is pronounced 'Ban, Tomiko'. For a while, I repeatedly listened to this song on my way to school, but I could only hum the line 'Bokutachi wa……'. Every time I listened, I'd try to sing along to this part but couldn't get it right. Many years later, I learned the full line, 'Bokutachi wa ikiru hodo ni nakushiteku sukoshi zutsu,' which roughly translates to 'The more we live, the more we lose, little by little.' It's like the more songs I listen to now, the more I gradually forget this fact, until recently when I heard it again on THE FIRST TAKE... Bokutachi wa……