Released: March 7, 2007

Songwriter: Hotaka Yamashita

Producer: Eiji Saibara

Maruku mihiraita me to kesshite shizumanai taiyou
Boku no yuku saki wo souzou shite miru
Toonoku ame no urei wo mou kaoru natsu no nioi ni
Takushite boku wa natsu ni tsutsumareteku

Asamoya wo kakenukete kita michi wa
Tooku haruka tsudzuku sore wa umi no you ni
Nanimokamo wo nomikomu
Me mo kuramu hodo no taiyou wa bokura wo
Yousha naku terashitsudzuke
Yagate kasshoku no hada ni naru

Fureru yubi wo hodoku no wa mada hayai mitai
Gikochi nasa no nokoru kaiwa wo shitari shite
Fui ni kidzuki yuuhi wo mite kimi wa nani wo omou
Nami no zawameki kaze no sasayaki
Hotteta hoho ni shizumikomu

Maruku mihiraita me to kesshite shizumanai taiyou
Boku no yuku saki wo souzou shite miru
Toonoku ame no urei wo mou kaoru natsu no nioi ni
Takushite boku wa natsu ni tsutsumareteku

Nagaku nobiru sono kage ni shizuka ni KISU shite
Yagate shidai ni otozureru darou
Manten no hoshizora wo matsu
Yuunagi wa toki toshite mune wo utsu kodou ya
Kasuka na kokyuu de sae
Kono mimi ni todokaseru

Kantan na kotoba ni datte tamerainagara no koe
Kakushin ni semaru kotoba to wa furenai shi
Modokashisa ni oshidamatte boku wa nani wo omou
Sugita ano natsu kore kara no natsu
Futari wo terasu tsukiakari

Ittai bokura no mirai wa
Don kurai no SUPAN demo tte
Karande n’ da? nante souzou shite miru
Kono natsu ni umareru koi ga
Eien no jikan to natte
Futari no uchi ni iro wo soeraretara ii

Sukoshi tsumetai mizu wo sukuimashita
Namida ni nita aji ni kidzuku boku wa
Yomigaeru kioku ni datte nan no teikou mo idakanai
Kisetsu wa mawaru kisetsu wa mawaru
Onaji suna no ue

Karuku nagashichatta koe mo itsu datte
Kiite itai yo
Sunao na omoi ga nouri wo yogiru
Arifureru koi no genkei mo katachi wo kaeteku you ni
Futari no koi wa natsu ni tsutsumareteku



Chiisana koi yo itsu shika hana ni nare

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.