Grow into One
Grow into One (stylized as grow into one) is the second studio album released by Japanese pop singer Koda Kumi, released on March 19, 2003. It barely peaked in the Top 10 on Oricon, coming it at #8, and charted for forty-three weeks. The album also contained, at the time, one of her best-selling singles, real Emotion/1000の言葉 (real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba / real Emotion/1000 Words)." Combined with the singles, the album has sold over half a million copies in Japan.
Limited editions of the album contained a Final Fantasy X-2 trading card and an unpublished, alternate arrangement of 1000の言葉.
The song one feat. LISA was originally released on her single m•a•z•e (2002). This album also contained her first collaboration attempt with Japanese rappers Clench & Blistah. She would later feature Blistah (known as Mr. Blistah) for several works and collaborate with the duo for their own songs.
Background Narration
"Although my second album, which I released directly after real Emotion . . . the singles I released afterwards ranked outside of the top 10." - Koda Kumi
Podcasts:
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by David Wilcox
Into One
by: David WilcoxSay goodnight
Now the window's broken
Turn out the light
Pray they're safe from the war
Swallow the fright
Felt but never spoken
This is the terror
We learn to endure
Now the dark time comes
What is this world going though?
The children are fed, asleep in their bed
Dreaming their dream of worlds ahead
Dreaming of this world
That we are turning in
Turning into dawn
Into light, into love, into one
Lives are lost
Once more a building shatters
Count up the cost
Know it won't be the last
Fear is the boss
It's war and nothing matters
Except the children growing up fast
Now the dark time comes
Fierce is the red, white and blue
But long overdue
The peace that we knew
So sleep, little babes, your dream is true
Dreaming of this world
That we are turning in
Turning into dawn