aoku hirogaru ameagari no sora
kawaribae shinai machi niji ga detemo koko ja kidzukenai
kouka shita no kabe hade na iro no rakugaki
nigiwau kousaten de surechigau daremo ga kodoku da
Everything gomi no you de takara mitai na mono sa
dareto datte tsunagaru sekai de
motomeatte kizu wo umaku fusaideru
sakendatte todokanu sekai de
arigatoutte ieru hito wo sagashiteta
dare ni aitai
yonaka no waraigoe komiatta asa no hoomu
nagesuterareta chirashi fumaresugite chiri ni natteiku
yasashiku mo narezu tsuyoku mo narenakatta
dakedo kinou to chigau kyou wo itsumo futsuu ni kirashiteiru
Everyday gomi no you de takara mitai na mono sa
aitakutte aenai hito yo
boku wa doushite kimi ni kiite hoshiindarou
sakendatte todokanu sekai de
sayonaratte ieru hito wo sagashiteta
dare ni aitai
umarekawareru nara dareka ga sou itteita
sore jaa kizu wa kietemo kimi ga inai Oh Oh
takara nante gomi no you sa
dareto datte tsunagaru sekai de
motomeatte kizu wo umaku fusaideru
sakendatte todokanu sekai de
arigatoutte ieru hito wo sagashiteta
kimi ni aitai
soto wa natsu no ame ga
hageshiku tatakitsukeru
soshite bokura wa mata fuan wo aishiteshimau
yagate kumo wa nagare
kaketa niji ga kao wo dashita
oikakete wa kietemo kitto aru Oh Oh Oh
Translation:
Up on the blue expanse of this rain-wet sky, stretching far over this never-reforming town..
.. even if there was to emerge a rainbow, it’d be imperceptible from here
Here, with all this.. graffiti of flamboyant colors drawn on the archway walls under viaducts..
Here, at this crossroads glowing with prosperity, & brimful of people brushing past each other, drowned in solitude
Here where Everything looks like trash to some, as much as they do treasures to others*
In this world, boasting the ability to connect each and everybody..
.. we, via seeking each other out, make a good job of sealing our wounds away
If I keep shouting out into this negligent, hard-to-reach world, ’tis ‘cuz I..
.. have been looking for someone to whom I can say: “thank you.”
Who is the one I long to meet?
Laughing voices at midnights… railway platforms crowded brimful with people in the mornings**..
.. handbills thrown around and walked on so much they are turning into dust
While I couldn’t grow to be loving and kind, nor could I become strong
Albeit, by deludedly assuming it a different day than yesterday, I’m always living ‘today’ like there is nothing wrong or amiss
Every day looks like trash to some, as much as they do treasures to others
O you whom I long to meet, and yet can’t;..
.. tell me why is it that I so want for you to hear me?
If I keep shouting out into this negligent, hard-to-reach world, ’tis ‘cuz I..
.. have been looking for someone to whom I can say: “good-bye.”
Who is the one I long to meet?
“Oh how I wish I could be reborn…” or so you hear them say..
.. but then even if that’d do away with your wounds, the “you” part of you would cease to exist.. Oh Oh
Treasure to some, trash to others
In this world, boasting the ability to connect each and everybody..
.. we, via seeking each other out, make a good job of sealing our wounds away
If I keep shouting out into this negligent, hard-to-reach world, ’tis ‘cuz I..
.. have been looking for someone to whom I can say: “thank you.”
You, are the one I long to meet
As the summer rain outside..
.. inclemently cascades down..
.. we yet again end up entranced in our insecurities
Sooner than later while the clouds eventually cleared away..
..the broken-away rainbow unveiled itself
If you follow it, even if it disappears at some point, it sure is there.. Oh Oh Oh
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