Released: February 29, 2012

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

Moshimo anata ga tooku he hanarete mo
Kitto itsuka no taiyou yori mo tsuyoku kagayakitai
Hitotsu kakechigaeta BOTAN wo hazushite
Maru de mujaki na kodomo no you ni itsumademo issho ni itai keredo

Kono basho kara hanareteku koto ga ima wa sukoshi dake kowainda
Kono kagirareta jikan no naka de sorezore ni nanika wo mitsuketara

Onaji chikyuu ni tatte anata wo zutto matte itai
Moshi ima sugu aeru nara koko wo nanimo motazu tobidasu no ni

Tatoe jikan ga tatte mo sono te wo nigiru yo
Asahi ni terasareta kawara no sumi ni chiisa na wa wo mita

Bokura no me no mae ni tsuzuiteku haruka na chi ni
Tanin ni kimerareta michi nante nai yo
Dokomademo issho ni itai keredo

Aru itten wo misueta dake ja nanika hajimaru wake demo naku
Nanimo kanjirarezu ikiteku no ga kono ashiato wo saegitteku
Todokanai basho kara mo sono kaze wo ukete itai
Isshun no hanabi no you ni
Nando demo sora ni kagayaketara

Onaji chikyuu ni tatte anata wo zutto matte itai
Dokoka de aeru kara ima wa koko de aruite iku yo

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.