Released: December 23, 2009

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

Dakishimete mo dakishimete mo
Todokanai omoi ga aru nara
Kotoba ni dekinai sono itami wa
Boku ga ima uke tomeru yo

Itsu kara bokura wa otona ni natte
Kazoe kirenai namida wo uma kuwanai
Egao ni kakushite kitan darou

Sou dayo kizutsuku koto wa wakatteita
Konna nimo soba ni iru noni
Doushite kana setsunaku naru toki ga aruyo

Haru ni fuki konda
Tokyo no kaze ni nani ka o mitsuke
Aruki dasun dato kimi wa naite ita

Dakishimete mo dakishimete mo
Todokanai omoi ga aru nara
Kasaneta kokoro ni mimi wo yosete
Kimi no koe sagasu yo

Hanasanaide hanasanaide
Futari wa tsunagatte iru kara
Kotoba ni dekinai sono itami wa
Boku ga ima uke tomeru yo

Doushite sunao ni narenain darou
Tonari ni ite hoshii tesa ieru no nara
Sabishisa mo nukumori wo motsunoni

Yasashi sugirunda chiisana uso mo tsukenai mama dayo
Hagure souna te wo kimi wa nigiri kaesu

Dakishimete mo dakishimete mo
Kanawanai omoi ga aru nara
Koboeru kokoro ni inori komete
Boku no koe tsutau yo

Hanasanaide hanasanaide
Kono te wa tsuna gatte iru kara
Kotoba ni dekinai sono negai wa
Boku ga ima uke tomeru yo

Dakishimete mo dakishimete mo
Todo kanai omoi ga aru kara
Nando mo kokoro ni te wo nobashite
Kimi no koe sagasu yo

Hanasanaide hanasanaide
Futari wa tsuna gatte iru kara
Kotoba ni dekinai sono itami wa
Boku ga ima uke tomeru 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.