Recommended Song: Fukai Mori

Artist: Do As Infinity Song Title: Fukai Mori (Deep Forest) Lyrics/Composition: D.A.I Release Date: September 19, 2001 Album: DEEP FOREST Recommended Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHPf0lwWpQU&t=80s I first discovered Do As Infinity through the anime 'Inuyasha's' ED2, 'Fukai Mori'. Later, I stumbled upon works released by the vocalist Tomoko Kawase under her solo name and only then realized it was the same person (Do As Infinity & Tomoko Kawase), and also learned her name was 'Tomoko Kawase'. 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 I couldn't get it right. Many years later, I finally learned the full line was '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 forget this fact, until recently when I heard it again on THE FIRST TAKE... Bokutachi wa……