Released: February 29, 2012

Songwriter: Kiyoe Yoshioka

Anata no himitsu o uchiakete kureta ne
Hazukashikute ureshikutte sukoshi tomadotta yo
Itsumo itta umi terekusakattakedo anata no kami ni fureta toki
Koi o shitta nakitai kurai ni

Omoide no naka ni aru shiroi daiarī
Natsukashikute sotto kirai na toki ni umikaze no oto ga shita

Sayonara no kotoba sae mo taisetsuna takaramono
Yasashi-sa to nukumori o kuretakara
'Itsu made mo wasurenai' tte hohoende kureta
Todoketai anata ni deaete shiawasedatta to

Yūgure no machi wa `samuine' tte itte
Tsunaidate ni akakunaru watashinokoto kara katta yo ne

Akogareta yume no koto hanashita hitomi wa
Utsukushikute zutto mitsumete itakute motto suki ni na teta

Itsu datte anata ga ita anogoro o koete yukou
Toki to ima aruki hajimetaikara
Tōzakaru anata no kage kazeninatte kieru
Nakanai yo watashi no ashita o kagayaka serukara

Sayonara no kotoba o sotto kono umi ni ukabetara
Atarashī monogatari hajimaru yo sā
Kono michi o tada susumu no atarashī watashi de sā sotto
Hyōshi o tojiyou shiroi daiarī

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.