Tooku e nagareku bokura no kage wa
Ima mo kawarazu ni aru kara miushinatte shimattemo ii sa

Mata to nai ima sore wa kodoku wo seottari
Ayumu beki michi wo chigaete asettari nakidashitari no renzoku

Tozashita kokoro mujun ni hasamare
Iki mo dekinai kurai ni taeteta
Uzukidashita kono kanjou ni osarete
Yurehajimeta boku wo nokoshite

Boku wa tsuyosa sae koete habatakeru tori ni naru
Koe wa yagate todoku darou ima anata no iru basho e
Sakebu toshitemo sakerare wa shinai

Hate shinai monogatari boku wa hoshigaru
Kitto mirai e no tobira sae hiraku no ga kowai kedo
Mite mitai no kattou

Itsuka dokoka de deatta no kana
Kasumi yuku kioku wo taguriyosete
Shiroi shiitsu ni kurumaru boku ni
Umaretate no ashita wo kudasai

Boku no wazuka na mayoi yo habataite kaze ni nare
Dareka no te wo nigitta nara hanasazu ni maiagare

Boku wa tsuyosa sae koete habatakeru tori ni naru
Koe wa yagate todoku darou kawarazu ni sono basho e
Sakebu toshitemo sakerare wa shinai

Tsukanda mono wa kagayaki no hibi

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.