Released: December 23, 2009

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

Yuuyake iro ni somaruru
Kono machi no naka aruite iru
Kotoba ni sureba itsumo tsutawaranakute mune ni shimau

Itsuka mita ano sora ni ukanda kumo ni nite iru naa
Fuwafuwa nagare yuku mama
Ashita e mukau kaeri michi

Hitokakera no fushiawase to hitokakera no shiawase to
Hontou wa futatsu wo hoshigaru
Iro aseta kodoku sa de sae mo…

Nobiru kage shizumu yuuhi ni
Bokura wa nani wo negai nani wo inorou to suru darou
Hosoku semai kono michi no yuku saki ni wa
Kawara nai nukumori ga boku wo matteru

Kira kira to matataiteru musuu no hoshi wo miagete iru
Ano dore ka hitotsu dake demo anata no moto ni todoketai na

Hitotoki no michi no ri no naka
Tsubuyaku kotoba wo hirou
Hitohira no kagirareta jikan
Ima masa ni kurete yuku machi yo


Nobiru kage shizumu yuuhi ni
Bokura ga takusareta hibi no kioku to wa nan darou
Tsuyoku tsuyoku mune wo utsu kodou wo shinjite
Kyou no hi to ano yuuhi ni wakare wo tsuge you

Hitotsu hitotsu kobore yuku musuu no namida wa
Hana tonari itsuka bokura wo uruoshite yuku no deshou
Tojikaketa mune no shijima ni sashikomu
Hitosuji no hikari wo tsurete uchi e to kaerou
Uchi e to kaerou

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.