Released: October 15, 2008

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

Manten no yozora kara hagureta houkiboshi wo
Marude bokura no you da to kimi wa yasashiku waratta
Wazuka na kibou no subete wo kagayaki ni kaetakute
Kenage na sono hikari ni bokura wa yume wo takushita

Hitori ja nai to shitte kono te wa tsuyoku nareta
Ima wa mou kikoenai sono koe ni boku wa mata unazuite

Kanashimi no yoru wo koete bokura wa aruki tsudzukeru
Negai wa omoi wa hateshinai sora wo yumemite shimau kara
Tatoe hitotoki dake demo kirameku koto ga dekitara
Kokoro wa hora ima koboreta hikari ni te wo nobasu yo

Kimi ga kureta tegami wo mada suterarenai mama
Nando mo yonda moji ni 'arigatou' to kakitashita

Haruka na machi no kanata kimi ni mo mieteru kana
'Sayonara' yasashii kono basho kara boku mo mata tabidatsu yo

Kanashimi ga itsuka soko de bokura wo hikitomeyou tomo
Negai wa omoi wa utsukushii mirai wo egaite iku kara
Tatoe maboroshi da toshite mo mitsukeru koto ga dekitara
Kokoro wa hora ima koboreta hikari ni te wo nobasu yo

Kanashimi no sono mukou de kimi to mata deaeru made
Negai wa omoi wa yuruginai kotoba wo tsutaete iku kara

Kanashimi no yoru wo koete bokura wa shinji tsudzukeru
Negai wa omoi wa owaranai sekai wo yumemite shimau kara
Tatoe hitotoki dake demo kirameku koto ga dekitara
Kokoro wa hora ima koboreta hikari ni te wo nobasu yo

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.