Released: November 12, 2014

Mekuru meku asa no machi suri nuke
Kimi wa hashiri dasu yume to
Genjitsu wo kaban ni tsume konde
Kanaetai kimi wa hani kande itta

Massuguna hitomi kaze ga
Sono nagai kami ni kisu shita
Sasayaka na kotoba shika

Kimi ni todoke rarenai n dakedo
Hitori janai tte yuu yo
Ichiban no mikata de itai yo

Hate shinaku tsudzuku hibi ni nori konde
Dare yori mo ganbatteru kimi wa
Kyou wo daki shimete asu ni koi shite
Mae dake miteru

Mirai e to tsudzuku kyou wo norikoete
Mada minu chansu ga kimi wo matsu yo
Akogare no basho e tadori tsuku toki mo
Soba ni itai yo kimi rashiku ite egao no mama de

Kimi rashiku ite zensoku ryoku de
Kawarenai jibun ni ira datte
Kimi wa ame no naka
Sukoshi dake naiteru youni mieta yo
Tomarenai shin-gou ga kawattara

Kimi wa aruki dasu
Itsumo jibun ni maketa kunai no to
Koi ni yabureta hi ni wa

Kimi ga warai to bashite kureta yo ne
Sukoshi okotta kedo sugu futari de
Naki nagara waratta

Ashita e to tsudzuku chizu wa itsudatte
Sono mune no naka ni aru kara
Namida furi haratte egao furi shibotte
Kimi wa tobidasu yo

Ashita e to tsudzuku michi ni tsumazuite
Kizu darake kamo shirenai dakedo
Donna toki datte kokoro kazarazu ni
Mune hatte yuku yo kimi rashiku ite tsuyoku yasashii
Kimi rashiku ite zensoku ryoku de

Zensoku ryoku de kimi rashiku
Be as you are
Looking for the golden girl
In your mind
La la la

Ashita wo shinji tsudzukeru kimi wa
Dare yori mo ganbatteru kimi wa
Ima o daki shimete mirai ni koishite
Mae dake miteru

Ashita wa donna koto ni deaeru?
Donna sekai ga kimi wo matte iru no?
Akogare no basho e tadori tsuku toki mo
Soba ni itai yo kimi rashiku ite egao no mama de
Kimi rashiku ite zensoku ryoku de

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.