Released: March 15, 2016

Anata to tada anata to kotoba wo tsunaide
Yorokobi ya kanashimi wo wakachiaetara
Itsu no hika itsu no hi ni ka sayonara ga kuru toki
Kokoro kara nakeru you ni waraiaeru you ni

Kono michi wo narande aruita kizutsuita toki mo atta ne
Anata mo watashi mo namida wo nugutta
Korekara to iu ima wo nando mo issho ni ikiteiku yo

Anata ga warau tabi ni ureshiku narerunda yo
Terekusai koto dakedo taisetsu na koto nanda
Soba ni ite hoshii yo kakegae no nai hito
Modoranai kono hi wo tomoni ikitai
Hitori janainda yo to umaku tsutaerarezu ni
Tadoritsuku no wa itsumo kazari no nai kotae de
Chanto dakishimetai chanto te wo soetai
Shiawase wo anata to mitsukete ikitai

Hitotsu ni naru koto de wakariaeru wake janai
Butsukari mukiai yurushiaetara
Doushitemo yarikirenai sonna yoru ni wa
Sono te wo hanashite tsutaete hoshii nda

Tsumetai kaze ni fukareru hi wa anata wo daiji ni shite
Dekiru koto nante ooku wa nai kedo
Zutto mae kara kawarazu koko de watashi wa waratte iru yo

Dare ka to ikiru koto wa muzukashii koto dakedo
Tonari de anata no te wo nandodemo nigiru kara
Chanto yorisou koto chanto omoiyaru koto
Sonna subete ga kibou ni naru nda yo

Sugite iku kisetsu wo kanashimanaide
Hajimari wo kurikaesu yo

Anata wo aishiteiru anata to aruiteiku
Subarashii kono hibi wo itsu made mo tsumuideku
Dakara asu no naka ni itsumo asu no moto ni
Todaeru koto no nai yume ga arunda yo
Kanashimi wo norikoete yorokobi wo wakeatte
Chiisana sono namida mo tatta hitotsu no egao mo
Chanto dakishimeru yo chanto aishi tsudzukeru
Watashi wa anata to shiawase ni naritai

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.