Released: December 24, 2008

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

Tokai no biru kara odoketa taiyou ga kao dasu
'Mata furareta no?’ Kiri sugita maegami kakushi kirenai yo
Hachamecha na hibi de te ni shita chansu no kirehashi
Poketto no naka de kushakusha ni naru made nigiru yo mou hanasanai

"I" wo ikitai kara "I can" sou utau yo
Kono chiisana mune ni yume ga tsumatte'n da
Hora kokoro wo hirogete mata warau yo

Happy smile again sonna kotoba wo kuchizusande kyou mo atashi de irareru kana
...Nante omotte miru sou da yo kitto suteki ni nareru
Sutoorii wa ima ugoki hajimete harewatatta sora ni tsudzuite ikeru you ni
...Nante waratte miru sou da yo shinkokyuu saa aruki dasou

Kawaii hitsuji wo konya mo kazoete nemuru yo
Anata no yume wa mousukoshi oadzuke shite mata asa wo mukaeru

Kanashimi wo wasurenai omoide mo ippai motta yo
Kono chiisana mune wo hajiru koto wa nai
Hora sesuji wo nobashite mata warau yo

Happy smile again sonna aizu wo okuri nagara ashita mo atashi de irareru you ni
...Nante omotte miru sou da yo kitto kirei ni nareru
Kamisama wa ima mirai no peeji wo mekuri kakete chotto ijiwaru shite iru'n da
...Nante sune te miru dame da yo atashi wa akiramenai yo

Happy smile again sonna negai wo itsu datte ne zutto taisetsu ni dekiru kana
...Nante shinjite miru sou da yo kitto shiawase ni nareru
Happy smile again sonna kotoba wo kuchizusande kyou mo atashi de irareru kana
...Nante omotte miru sou da yo shinkokyuu saa aruki dasou

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.