同じ高みへ / 時を刻む唄

Remixes are wonderful things. In the world of Touhou, there are hundreds of remixes of the same songs that ZUN composes in his games. Remixes are generally either played with different instruments, or in a different kind of genre.

But today's song is a piece from the Visual Novel / Anime Clannad. Here is the original piece:

同じ高みへ (To the Same Heights):

And now the remixes, first a piano rendition:

A more upbeat, techno, version (also used in the anime):

This song is so amazing that they remixed it and used it as the second season opening theme (Clannad After Story) 時を刻む唄 (The Song that Passes Time):

Lyrics

落ちていく砂時計ばかり見てるよ

Ochite iku sunadokei bakari miteru yo

さかさまにすればほらまた始まるよ

Sakasama ni sureba hora mata hajimaru yo

刻んだだけ進む時間に

Kizanda dake susumu jikan ni

いつか僕も入れるかな

Itsuka boku mo haireru kana

きみだけが過ぎ去った坂の途中は

Kimi dake ga sugisatta saka no tochuu wa

あたたかな日だまりがいくつもできてた

Atataka na hidamari ga ikutsu mo dekiteta
僕ひとりがここで優しい

Boku hitori ga koko de yasashii
温かさを想い返してる

Atatakasa o omoikaeshiteru

きみだけをきみだけを

Kimi dake o kimi dake o
好きでいたよ

Suki de ita yo
風で目が滲んで

Kaze de me ga nijinde

遠くなるよ

Tooku naru yo

いつまでも　覚えてる

Itsu made mo   oboeteru

なにもかも変わっても

Nani mo ka mo kawatte mo
ひとつだけ　ひとつだけ

Hitotsu dake   hitotsu dake

ありふれたものだけど

Arifureta mono da kedo

見せてやる　輝きに満ちたそのひとつだけ

Misete yaru   kagayaki ni michita sono hitotsu dake

いつまでもいつまでも守っていく

Itsu made mo itsu made mo mamotte iku

肌寒い日が続く　もう春なのに

Hadazamui hi ga tsuzuku   mou haru na no ni

目覚し時計より早く起きた朝

Mezamashidokei yori hayaku okita asa

三人分の朝ご飯を作るきみが

Sanninbun no asa-gohan o tsukuru kimi ga

そこに立っている

Soko ni tatte iru

きみだけがきみだけが

Kimi dake ga kimi dake ga

そばにいないよ

Soba ni inai yo

昨日まですぐそばで僕を見てたよ

Kinou made sugu soba de boku o miteta yo

きみだけをきみだけを

Kimi dake o kimi dake o

好きでいたよ

Suki de ita yo

きみだけときみだけと

Kimi dake to kimi dake to

歌う唄だよ

Utau uta da yo

僕たちの僕たちの

Boku-tachi no boku-tachi no

刻んだ時だよ

Kizanda toki da yo

片方だけ続くなんて

Katahou dake tsuzuku nante

僕はいやだよ

Boku wa iya da yo

いつまでも　覚えてる

Itsu made mo   oboeteru

この町が変わっても

Kono machi ga kawatte mo

どれだけの悲しみと出会うことになっても

Dore dake no kanashimi to deau koto ni natte mo 

見せてる　本当は強かったときのこと

Misete yaru   hontou wa tsuyokatta toki no koto

さあいくよ　歩き出す　坂の道を  

Saa iku yo   arukidasu   saka no michi o

Source: http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/clannadas/tokiokizamuuta.htm

Adding lyrics to an instrumental piece can really give it a new flavor of life. 

And now we go to remixes of this remix. Here are two Mario Paint Composer remixes. I personally prefer the first one, just because it uses the Symphony Soundfont, but I have always been a fan of balloon303 (the second one's composer):

バンブラDX remix:

Here's a bonus (And my personal favorite):