Released: July 10, 2013

Dakara boku wa waratte hoshiinda
Dakara kimi to ikiteitainda
Kakegae no nai hito yo
Boku wa kimi o mamori tsudzuketai
Kimi ga soko ni ite kureru koto ga
Tada sono chiisana kiseki ga
Nani yori mo atatakai
Dakara boku wa tsuyokunaritai

Hana ga mata saite iru
Boku wa chippokena ippo o fumu
Omoide ni kawaru kono hibi ni
Nando mo sayonara o suru yo

Doko made mo Doko made mo Akaruku nareru kimi nokoe ga
Itsu datte ichiban no Hikari senaka o chanto oshite iru yo

Yasashii hito ni naritai
Itsuka no kimi ga itta ne
Kokoro no naka de kusuburu
Setsunai mono tsutaete yo

Sou sa kimi ga waratte kurerunara
Boku wa nandemo dekiru yo nante
Chotto tsuyogatteru ka na Demo ne Naze ka yuuki ga wakunda
Hana ga chitte saku you ni nando mo
Shiawase o kurikaesetanara
Sou yatte te ikite ikoudakara boku wa tsuyokunaritai

Gomenne to Ienakute Modokashisa o butsuke tari mo shita
Ichiban chikaku ni iru koto ni amaete bakarija dameda ne

Tanoshii hito dearitai ukeireru koto o osorezu
Hitamukina toki o kasanete
Tashikana mono mitsuketai

Kakae kirenu sabishisa no naka de
Moshimo kimi ga hitori de iru no nara
Baka mitai ni gamushara ni
Boku wa zutto te o nobashitainda
Wakariau koto wa muzukashii kedo
Wakachiau koto wa boku ni mo dekiru
Tada tonari ni iru kara itsumo kimi no soba in iru kara

Itsu datte man’naka ni aru yo taisetsu na mono wa koko ni aru
Tsutsumu you na kimi no sono te ga yasashii tsuyoku nigiri kaesu yo

Itsuka chotto kanashii koto mo aru
Itsuka chotto ureshii koto mo aru
Demo zenbu waraetara ii
Zenbu kakae ikiteiketara ii
Subete ga mata kawatteshimatte mo
Nando demo hana o sakaseyou
Shiawase ni nareru you ni kimi to tomo ni aruiteikeru you ni

Warai nagara naku you na hibi o
Naki nagara warau you na hibi o
Sou yatte ikite ikou dakara boku wa tsuyoku 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.