Released: December 23, 2009

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

Tooku ni mieta machinami itsuno hi nika chikatta keshiki to onaji
Obiete tate nakunattemo namida ni nijimu asu wo oshietekureru

Kimi kara moratta kotoba boku no ikiru imi wo tera shitekureta
Mou sukoshi tsuyoku naretara nante omotte mitemo shikata naiyo

Yume no tochuu sou kizui tara nandakachotto raku ninatte
Kotae nado naku teiindayo bokuno hoo hoo wa sukoshi akani somaru

Tooku mieta sora wa sundeite utakata no hibi ni mayowa ntoshita
Yuru ginai kono mune no mannaka no omoi wo takushite omoi wo shinjite
Boku wa tada asu wo mite aruko tatoe soko ni negai todoka zutomo
Kawaranai ano hi no kotoba dake wo kono teni kakaete kono teni kakaete

Kimi tone deatta kotoga mie nakunatta basho wo shimeshi tekureta
Soushite wakari ae tayo boku mo kimi mo onaji yowasa wo motte ru

Doushitenanda? minna kakaeteru kowasa ya fuan wo kakushitarishite
Tsuyoku naitte sou iikittara kuraku nigotta yami ni akari tomoru

Tsutae taikotoga afure tekite ano sora no mukou e nagare teyuku
Gikochinai kotoba deshika naikedo ima tsutae takute ima todoke takute

Renmen toyuku toki no naka de boku wa tashikani kokode iki wo suru
Yawarakai hi no hikari wo abi reba mata me wo sama shite mata aruki daseru

Boku ga ikita atashi wo nokoso sore wo itsuno hika yume to nazuke you
Tsutsumashikumo imi no aru atashi wo imi aru yume dato tashika na yume dato
Boku wa ima wo shinjite aruko tatoe soko ni inori kana wa zutomo
Umare yuku subete no kotoba tachi wo kono teni kakaete kono teni kakaete

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.