Evangelion 3.0 ED - "Sakura Nagashi" English cover | 宇多田ヒカル -「桜流し」の英語バージョン

Here's my English cover of "Sakura Nagashi," the theme from the third film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, sung by Hikaru Utada. My version is called "Flowers for My Departed."
Instrumental: Akaashi Keiji ( • Sakura Nagashi 桜流し (Of... )
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I don't own the music used in this video. Only the English lyrics are my own.
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Lyrics:
Each night, I dream of our last spring, when the trees bloomed too early.
“Gone with the breeze, our happy season,” I heard you whisper.
Petals flew free, but, like the leaves, you seemed so weighted with gloom and grief.
Even then, you gleamed, and at times I start wondering…
…if you saw me now, would you notice how much I’ve changed?
You’re gone, but now I’ve found I repeat those words you would say:
“Everybody finds love. Everybody finds love in the end.
In the end…”
A newborn is somewhere in this quiet city you protected, crying out strong and fit.
Their new life begins, and the cries echo on the wind.
If you heard that sound, would you know just how much you’re praised?
These footsteps on the ground all belong to lives you helped save.
"Everybody finds love in the end…"
Still can’t believe you’re not beside me. _(Hiraita bakari no)_
So much I need to say to find peace. _(hana ga chiru no wo)_
Each night when I dream, I’ll tell you what I see. _(kotoshi mo hayai ne.)_
Each night when I dream, I’ll tell you what I see. _(Hayai ne…)_
Each night, I dream of our last spring, when the trees bloomed too early.
Just out of reach, blossoms of pink flowed downstream as we parted.
Though life can be overwhelmingly lonely, I’ll fly free in your memory.
And so next spring, in each bloom I’ll see flowers for my departed.

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Beautiful. I words I cannot describe. Best English cover I’ve found.