Released: April 25, 2012

Tsutaetakute todoketakute ano hi no kimi e
Itsu no hi ka no sayonara sae mo mune ni shimatte

Sora no aosa ni me wo hosomete nanige naku kazashita te ni
Kaoru kaze ga sotto yokogiri kisetsu wo mata tsugeru

Kuchibue wo fui ni fuite
Kazamuki ga kawaru you ni sukoshi dake kimi wa namida shite
“Ashita ga sukoshi kowa no” to tsubuyaita
Kimi no yokogao dake wo mitsumeteru

Tsutaetakute todoketakute ano hi no kimi e
Itsu no hi ka no sayonara sae mo mune ni shimatte
Itsuka bokura otona ni naru soshite deaeru
Kimi to koko de yakusoku suru yo dakara egao de dakara egao de

Tsukamikaketa sono tenohira wa hirahira to te wo hanarete
Tomaru koto wo shiranu ashita wa tooi sora e kieru

Kurayami no naka aruite tesaguri no michi ni miete
Ichiru no hikari ga aru to shiru
Kotoba wo aete sagashitara
“Kibou” no nimoji wo bokura itto ni erabu darou

Hanarenakute todokanakute soko ni aru no wa
Itsu no hi ni mo futari miageta sora no aosa de
Ano hi bokura mune ni nokoru yume wo egaita
Dakara koko de kimi ni inoru yo itsumo egao de

Boku ga kimi ni moratta mono kimi ga boku ni hanashita koto
Kazoetara hoshi furu yoru ga hajimaru
Katachi no nai omoi wo ima kimi no moto e nagaseba
Yakusoku no sono basho e futari wo tsurete yuku

Tsutaetakute todoketakute ano hi no kimi e
Itsu no hi ka no sayonara sae mo mune ni shimatte
Itsuka bokura otona ni naru soshite deaeru
Kimi to koko de yakusoku suru yo dakara egao de dakara egao de

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.