Watashitachi wa koko ni ite ashita no koto wo yume miru
Hidoku semaku bukiyou na kono hohaba de
Mainichi wa junsui de hitasura ni kirameite
Sore de ite kakujitsu ni hibi wa iku

Kanawanu koi ni mune wo kogashi jibun no mune no naka wo egaku
Kono basho wo wakachiaeta koto itsu no hi ka hokoreru no deshou

Kanashii mahou wa itsuka mirai e to kawatte tayorinai watashitachi ni
Sasayaka na ai wo toikakeru deshou
Toonoku kinou mo chikazukitsuzukeru ashita mo
Kawarazu itsumademo zutto dakitsuzuketetai na

Amai nigai jikan wo...amai nigai jikan wo...

Itsuka no kako ni datte “genzai” ga attatte
Motto iu naraba sore mo mata kako no “mirai”
Mainichi wa arifurete sore yue ni kizukanakute
Tokidoki hito wa nanika wo miushinau

Kureyuku yuuhi ga ima hanatsu ashita e muketa kage to hikari
Iro toridori no sekai wa tada shizuka ni “kyou” wo tojite yuku

Yasashii jumon ga itsuka mirai e to tsunagatte wasurekaketa watashitachi wa
Hitamuki na ai wo omoidaseru deshou
Isshun no tamerai ya sakerarenai tomadoi wo koete
Kawarazu itsumademo zutto mochitsuzuketain da

Amai nigai jikan wo...amai nigai jikan wo...

Kanashii mahou wa itsuka mirai e to kawatte tayorinai watashitachi ni
Sasayaka na ai wo toikakeru deshou
Toonoku kinou mo chikazukitsuzukeru ashita mo
Kawarazu itsumademo zutto dakitsuzuketetai na

Amai nigai jikan wo...amai nigai jikan wo...

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.