Released: December 23, 2009

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

“Kawarazu arukeru” to kimi no messeeji ga kikoeta toki ni boku wa nani wo shiyou
Ima made no kotoba ja mochikirenai hodo ookina yume to tomo ni kyou mo nemuru

Furisosogu ame ga boku no kasa wo kumorasetemo
Itai hodo no koe de nokoshita ashita wo kono te ni dakiyoseta

Chikara zuyoku mada hashitte me ippai mata hashitte
Tooku naru ashita wo tsukamae ni iku yo
Hitasura ni mada hashitte gamushara ni mata hashitte
Arifureta kotae wo sagashi ni dekakeyou ka
Itsuka miteta mirai e to

Tatoeba sono saki ga mienaku nattemo kogoeta mune wo atatamete iyou
Yorokobi ya kanashimi chirabaru sekai de chiisana koe wo douka tayasazu ni

Hiroi michi no ue ni hito sorezore michi wa ate
Sumiwataru sora ni nakushita jibun no yukue wo sagashiteru

Mou ikkai soko ni tatte se ippai iki wo sutte
Hayaku naru kodou wo tashikamete iku yo
“Shippai shite ii” tte kantan na koto tte shitte
Me no mae no tobira wo hiraite hajimeyou ka
Itsumo miteta mirai e to

Chikara zuyoku mada hashitte me ippai mata hashitte
Tooku naru ashita wo tsukamae ni iku yo
Hitasura ni mada hashitte gamushara ni mata hashitte
Yuruganai kotae wo sagashi ni dekakeyouka
Itsuka miteta mirai e to

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.