"Aozora wa kirei dakedo yuuyake ga suki nanda" to
Kimi wa sukoshi hanikande shizumu hi wo nagamete ita
Kotoshi mo fuyu ga chikazuku mata shiroi toiki ga mau
Kimi to hajimete deatta kisetsu ga mata megutteku

Tooku mieteta sora wa ai to somari
Tashika na kagayaki wo mune ni matotta
Soshite mata kotoshi mo kimi no tonari
Matataki hajimeta yozora wo mitsumete
Sotto kimi ga yubi sasu saki
Hikari ni michita hikari ni michita orion

Tsutaetai koto wa itsumo sa kotoba de wa tari nakutte sa
Dakara sono te wo nigittara nukumori ga tsutawarun da yo

Hoshi no furu yoru no koto oboete iru
Hajimete kawashita kotoba wo shitteru
Soshite mitsuketa no wa awai hikari
Chikarazuyoku kagayaku awai hikari
Zutto soko de mimamotteta
Kotoshi hajimete kimi to mitsuketa orion

Tooku mieteta sora wa ai to somari
Tashika na kagayaki wo mune ni matotta
Soshite mata kotoshi mo kimi no tonari
Matataki hajimeta yozora wo mitsumete
Sotto kimi ga yubi sasu saki
Hikari ni michita hikari ni michita orion

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.