Unbeknownest to many Final Fantasy fans, there was not only one version of Melodies of Life recorded, but two. One in English, and one in Japanese. Each version of the song appears in the respective region the game was released in.

The Japanese title for the song is Tenrai I and II

Both versions are sung by Emiko Shiratori

Melodies of Life - English Version

Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of Life-Love's lost refrain

Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said good-bye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold

In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone, I still believe that you can call out my name

A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life
To the sky beyond the flying birds-forever and beyond

So far and away, see the bird as it flies
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
I've laid my memories, do you remember loving me?
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings

In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life
To the sky beyond the flying birds-forever and beyond.

If should I leave this lonely world behind
Your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we'll carry on
Melodies of Life
Come circle round and grow deep in out hearts
As long as we remember

Melodies of Life - Tenrai I and II - Japanese Lyrics

Ate mo naku samayotte ita
Tegakari mo naku sagashitsuzuketa
Anata ga kureta omoide o
Kokoro o iyasu uta ni shite

Yakusoku mo suru koto mo naku
Kawasu kotoba mo kimetari mo sezu
Dakishime?soshite tashikameta
Hibi wa nido to kaeranu

Kioku no naka no te o furu anata wa
Watashi no na o yobu koto ga dekiru no?

Afureru sono namida o
Kagayaku yuuki ni kaete
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Yoru o koe
Utagau koto no nai ashita e to tsuzuku

Tobu tori no mukou no sora e
Ikutsu no kioku azuketa darou
Hakanai kibou mo yume mo
Todokanu basho ni wasurete

Meguriau no wa guuzen to ieru no?
Wakareru toki ga kanarazu kuru no ni

Kieyuku unmei de mo
Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Eien ni
Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo

Watashi ga shinou to mo
Kimi ga ikite iru kagiri
Inochi wa tsuzuku
Eien ni
Sono chikara no kagiri ni doko made mo tsuzuku