Released: December 24, 2008

Songwriter: Kiyoe Yoshioka

Doushite soba ni ite kureru no desu ka boku no soba ni
Doushite namida wo nagasu no desu ka boku ga inai to

Ai ga aru kara hito wa ikireru to iu yo
Ai ga aru kara boku mo waraeru no kanaa

Fureau koto tsunagaru koto
Kimi dakara ureshii ru ru ru
Kimi ga kureta kono nukumori nan to yobu no darou
Sugita fuyu mo aoi natsu mo
Boku wa koko ni iru ru ru ru
Boku wa kitto shitte iru yo shiawase no katachi

Wasurete nai deshou?
Kyou mo dekakeyou ano hodoukyou
Futari hashaide kakeagaru
Sono saki nanika mieru no

Ai wo shiru kara hito wa sunao ni nareru yo
Ai wo shiru kara kimi wa kagayaku no kanaa

Kanashii kao ureshii kao
Minna shitte itai ru ru ru
Boku ni miseru sono egao de itsumo soba ni ite
Asa wo tsugeru ano taiyou
Kimi wo terashidasu ru ru ru
Ima umareta kono kimochi ga boku no takaramono

Fureau koto tsunagaru koto
Kimi dakara ureshii ru ru ru
Kimi ga kureta kono nukumori nan to yobu no darou
Sugita fuyu mo aoi natsu mo
Boku wa koko ni iru ru ru ru
Boku wa kitto shitte iru yo shiawase no katachi

Kimi ga kureta mono

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.