Released: November 23, 2011

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

Aruite ikou aruite ikou
Boku wa “ima” wo ikite iku yo
Kimi ga kureta kotoba wa koko ni aru yo
Sou da yo aruite ikou

Hodoukyou no mukou ni fuyu no machi ga mieta yo
Hito kakera no kodoku wo te ni boku wa asu wo tsunaide iru
“Kokoro de waraeru kana” itsuka no koe ni kikoeta
Shiroi iki ga sora ni kieru
Sabishiku wa nai eki e isogu yo

“Kaeranai to kimetan da”
Hajimari wo tsugeru you ni yuki ga furihajimeta

Aruite ikou aruite ikou
Boku wa “ima” wo ikite iku yo
Kizu tsuitemo nandomo shinjitai yo
Kono te wo kono hibi wo
Kimi to naite kimi to waratte
Boku wa tsuyoku naretan darou
Kimi ga kureta kotoba wa koko ni aru yo
Sou da yo aruite ikou

Taguriyoseta kibou ga nukumori wo daiteru
Ai wo yuruseru tsuyosa wa kimi ga boku ni tsutaeta koto

“Aenakutemo wakatteru yo”
Ima no boku wa ano hi no kimi ni mune wo hareru no kana

Ureshii koto kanashii koto
Sono subete wo wasurenai yo
Hitotsu hitotsu kokoro wo terashite iru
Sou da yo “hitori” ja nai

Sayonara sae arigatou sae
Mou kimi ni wa ienai kedo
“Kisetsu” wa ima tashika ni kawatte iku
Sou da yo hajimeru yo

Aruite ikou aruite ikou
Boku wa “ima” wo ikite iku yo
Kimi ga kureta kotoba wa koko ni aru yo
Sou da yo aruite ikou

いきものがかり (Ikimono Gakari)

いきものがかり (Ikimonogakari) is a three-piece co-ed Japanese band that was formed in February 1999 by Hotaka Yamashita (山下穂尊) and Yoshiki Mizuno (水野良樹) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan – vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka (吉岡聖恵) was added in December of 1999.

The band made their major-label debut with the album 桜咲く街物語 (Story of the Town where the Sakura Bloom) in 2007 despite releasing their first EP 人生すごろくだべ。 (Life is Amazing) in 2003.