Released: December 24, 2014

“Nakitai” nante iwanai yo
Sunao ni narenai futari no
Modokashii kono kyori o koetai
Osaerarenai kimochi wo
Senaka ni sotto tsubuyaitanda
Kimi no kokoro e kirari tsunoru omoi

Toki ga tomatta you na
Son’na fushigi na shunkan datta
Totsuzen kimi ga te o tsukanda
Shingou ga kawatte hanareteitte shimau no ga iyade
“mou sukoshi dake” tte kokoro de itta

Doko ka setsunai kimi no yokogao
Yasashiku terasu hikari ni hora watashi wa nareru ka na

“Nakitai” nante iwanai yo
Itsu demo kimi no tonari de ichiban ni sono egao misete yo
Wasurerarenai jikan o futari de chanto tsukuritainda
Kimi no kokoro e kirari tsunoru omoi

Hareta sakamichi o futari jitensha de kakeorite yuku
Kaze ga hoho wo yasashiku naderu
Daiji ni shitai no wa nani mo tokubetsuna koto janai konna fuu ni warai au koto

Itsuka kyou o omoidaseru ka na
Akogareru mirai demo ne narande arukitai

Shiroi kumo no mukou wo futari de zutto miteita yo
Sukoshizutsu hiroiji o kasaneta
Owari-gake no kisetsu ga
Naze ka ne kyuu ni sabishiku naru no
Ima mou ichido kimi ni “suki” to iu yo

Zutto kimi no soba ni iru kara
Tsutaetakute omoi ga ima Kokoro ni afureteru

Nakanai koi wo shitai yo
Hitori ja nai to tsutaeru yo
Watashi datte tsuyoku naretanda
Aoi sora ni hajimeyou
Atarashii yume wo futari da miru no
Kimi no kokoro he kirari tsunoru omoi

Itsumademo kirari tsunoru omoimoi

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.