Released: October 3, 2010

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

Tokai wo nukedashi te kaze wo sagashita yo
‘sukoshi dake tsukareta ne’ nante warau kedo
Mitai kei shoku ga aru
Hodoketa ashiato wo mouichido tadore ba
Itsuka mita yume no tsutsuki kakinaoshi te
Mata hajime rareru yo

‘Kanta na koto’ ga sa muzukashi sugi chatte
Hitori mayoikomu doyoubi
Akarui sora no shita shu wo nobashi mashita
Kakusa zu ne sunao ni ne nozomu kono michi wo

Ima egai ta mirai ni mukatte doko made mo bokura kakete yuku yo
Todoita sono chizu nigirishime te kawaita kutsuoto wo hibikase te
Hora mata ano kaze wo otte itsu made mo kimi to tomoni yuku yo
Asayake no daichi ni me wo korashite
Mabayui hikari no uzu mo koete

Minareta machikado ni hana wo sakase tara
Haru to natsu aki to fuyu kisetsu ga megutte
Irodoru kaze wa fuku

‘Junsui na koto’ ga sa mie naku nacchatte
Nazeka omoikomu yoake
Fui ni miage tara ma? rui tsuki deshi ta
Aojiroku sasayai ta kotoba wo sagashitte

Ima soyoi da kaze ni notte ashita no bokura ni ai ni yuku yo
Tsunai da tenohira wo tashikame te mune ippai iki wo suikon de
Tooku no sora ni hirogatta hoshi furu yozora wo dakishimeru yo
Chiisana namida boshi wa nagare te
Inori ga yokaze no nami wo mau yo

Ima hajimaru mirai wa kitto suteki na hikari wo mini matotte
Azayaka na irodori wa tashika ni bokura no ashita wo terashi dasu yo

Ima egai ta mirai ni mukatte doko made mo bokura kake te yuku yo
Todoita sono chizu nigirishime te kawaita kutsuoto wo hibikase te
Hora mata ano kaze wo otte itsu made mo kimi to tomoni yuku yo
Asayake no daichi ni me wo korashite
Mabayui hikari no uzu mo koete

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.