Released: February 29, 2012

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

Tsutaetai uta ga aru kyou mo dokoka de naku kimi ni
Hitotsubu no namida ni mo mukiai te wo soerareta nara
Kaze wa mada tsuyosugite ai no imi sae mo tsukamenai
Kizutsuite kizutsukete soredemo ashita ni te wo nigiru

Shizuka na yoru no tsuki wo minna sorezore mitsumete
Sugi yuku toki ni mo kokoro tsunaide iru

Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo taisetsu na kimi no tokoro he
Kotoba ni suru no wa jouzu ja nai kara seiippai wo uta ni takushite
Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo kanashimi yo yasashisa ni nare
Namida mo egao mo chotto no kibou mo zutto soba ni aru yo

Me wo tojite tachidomaru wasurerarenai koto mo aru
Shiawase to sayonara no tsuzuki wo kuchizusameta nara

Nagareru hoshi wa nakute itsumo samishiku naru kedo
Yoake no yume ni mo kokoro tsunagetakute

Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo taisetsu na kimi no tokoro he
Tada sono tonari de koe wo furuwasete seiippai wo uta ni takushite
Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo yorokobi yo itoshisa ni nare
Namida mo egao mo chotto no kibou mo zutto soba ni aru yo

Itsuka kanashimi ga yami wo tsure sekai wo tozashite shimatta to shite mo
Boku wa utau yo itsumo no kono basho kono sora kimi ga kaeru made

Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo kimi mo zutto aruitekita
Darekaga aishite kimi wa soko ni iru seiippai o uta ni takushite
Ai ni ai ni ai ni iku yo kanashimi yo yasashisa ni nare
Namida mo egao mo chotto no kibou mo zutto soba ni aru yo

Zutto soba ni aru 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.