Released: June 24, 2013

Hitohira no ano hana no you ni kagayaku ashita wo negattadeshou
Mabuta no uragawa ni aru kanashimi wa mou shitta

Michibata ni uzukumatta bokura ga ai no taneda to shite
Hikari to mizu o kureta kono basho ni hana wo sakasou

Nezumi iro no sora no shita `aozora wo' to inorukedo
Kakushi kirenai kono ashiato ni hokori wo tsumuide aruite ku

Tooku ni mieta ichiban boshi nishi e mukau kinou ni tewofuru
Anata wa mada soko ni ite kurete kigashi kara kuru asu wo matteru
Zutto zutto wakatteta yo kimi ga terashite kureta sono michi wo

Sono oka ni kaze wa fuite hajimaru yozora wo miageru no deshou
Matataita hoshi-tachi ga kawaranai machi wo terasu

Ai ni somaru sora no shita boshiboshi ga chirabarunara
Kako ni dekinai itami wo mae ni ashita wo sagashite fumidaseru

Tooku ni kieta ichiban boshi `ashita ni kaerunda’ to tsubuyaku
Itsumo kyou mo kidzui teta yo kimi ga mamotte kureta kono basho mo

Kawaranu kimochi de deaeta asa ni wa
Mou modorenai fuan no kage mo shizuka ni tashika ni yurunde ku

Kinou no sora ni michiru hikari itsuka no sora ni mo mata kagayaku
Anata wa mata soko ni ite kurete bokura no mune no naka ni mo tomoru

Tooku ni mieta ichiban boshi nishi e mukau kinou ni tewofuru
Anata wa mada soko ni ite kurete higashi kara kuru asu wo matteru
Zutto zutto wakatteta yo kimi ga terashite kureta sono michi wo
Kimi ga terashite kureta kono michi wo

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.