Released: July 24, 2013

Itsuka ano hito ni kou iwa reta kke na
`Tsumugu omoide tte eien janai no?' Tte
Atashi wa komacchatte sukoshidake namida shite
Nukumoru sono migite o tsuyoku nigiri kaeshita

Hidoku hieta sangatsu no sora kaze wa wakare no kisetsu wo hakobu
Fureta yubisaki hanarete tomatta jikan
Are kara sannen tsuki hi tatte atashi mada koko ni iru

`Kantan' nante omoenai no ikutsu ka no koi mo shite mitakedo
Naosara datte wakatte tatte omoi wa mada kienu
Daitai shitte irundakedo anata wa mada kono mune ni iru no
Ano kotae ga imasara yurete kieru

Ano hi iitakute mo ienakatta kotoba o
Tsumetai kaze ni nosete toba setanara iinoni

Tsuyoku fumidashita tsumoride mo nazeka namida ga mata jama wo suru
Zureta ikisaki mayotte majitta shisen
`Gomen ne…' nante hoshikunakutte atashi wa me wo tojiru

`Keiken' nante shitakunai no kanawanai yume wo mada miru no mo
`Itsuka wa…' nante omotteta tte omoi wa mada ienu
`Aitai' nante ienaikedo anata ga mabuta no naka ni iru no
Sono kotae ga ima demo mune wo shimeru

`Kirai' ni nante narenai no yo hontou no `ai' wo sagashita keredo
`Korekara datte shinji teru' tte atashi mata usotsuki
`Unmei' nante omoenai yo `omoide' ni datte deki tenai no
Soredemo miageta no wa ano hi no sora

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.