Released: November 11, 2009

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

"Hyottoshitara mina hitoribocchi de aruite irun ja nai kana"
Shoikonda sabishisa wo uchiakeru wake mo naku
Mata ikutsumo no senaka ga tooku naru

Aiso warai dake wa umaku natte sa otona ni wa nareta kedo
Boku ga egaiteta no wa sonna mono ja nain da yo
Motto tsuyokute yasashii hazu no nukumori

Dareka ga sashinobete kureteru sono te wo nigiru yuuki ga boku ni aru kana
Sasai na nan demo nai kyori ga chippoke na kono kokoro wo
Itsumo tameshiteru

Namida no kazu dake egao ga arun da sou wakatteru hazu na no ni
Kimi no mae de wa nazeka tsuyogaru yo
Mada sunao ni wa narenakute
Kanashii dekigoto mo ureshii dekigoto mo sou tsunagaretara ii no ni
Sou yatte bokura wa hitotsu hitotsu ne kokoro wo hirotte ikun da

Shippai mo uragiri mo iya na nyuusu mo gocha maze ni mune fusaide
Mienai furi shitatte sa sorya ikite ikeru kedo
Demo boku wa mada nigetaku wa nain da

Doshaburi kuzurete iku ame ga mata dareka no koe wo kakikeshite iku yo
Soko ni wa komatta kao wo shite
Boku to onaji sabishisa wo daita kimi ga iru

Tadashii "kotae" nante wakaru wake nai kedo sou akirame taku wa nain da
Datte kimi ga ite datte boku ga ite
Kokoro wa motomete irun da

"Wakari au tte koto wa yurushi au tte koto"
"Mayoi" ya "fuan" de sae bokura no "ichibu" nanda yo
Hitotsu hitotsu no namida wo chanto oboete okou
Hora mata kimi to warai aetara

Egao nokazu dake namida ga arun da sou wakatte wa iru kedo
Kara shita koe de nando mo tsutaeru yo
Kimi dake ni wa todoite hoshii kara
Naite kureru nara waratte kureru nara sou tsuyoku nareru ki ga suru yo
Sou yatte bokura wa hitotsu hitotsu ne kokoro wo tsunaide ikun da

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.