Released: March 7, 2007

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno Hotaka Yamashita

Producer: Eiji Saibara

Toonoku omoide wo sotto
Amai satou tokashite nomihoshita
Shinjiru mono wa kono omoi dake
Shimiwatatte iku no wa
Itsumo no hotto miruku

Imi mo naku semaru futashika na mono
Kotoba dewa arawasenai
Tsukinukeru ryuusei wo minogashite wa
Mata hitori nigawarai
"Saa hora ima ga chansu" to sekasaretemo
Mata yukue shirazu no atashi
Kankei nai to waratte kakimazen no wa
Itsumo no hotto miruku

Hontou ni ima hoshii mono
Sore wa sono risou desu ka?
Kanjin na koto wa yappa sa
Hitotsu no kotae ja ienai mono datte aru

Toonoku omoide wo sotto
Amai satou tokashite nomihoshita
Nurukunai kara nigakunai kara
Kaoru yuge to tomo ni sotto
Mekurumeku hibi wa tashika ni
Kawariyuku mono dake misemashita
Dakedo kienai kono netsu dake ga
Kore kara mo atashi wo zutto ugokashite iku

Fusaida mimi ni karaman no wa
Hito no iu risou deshita
Jakkan aisou waratte kamikudaitara
Itsumo no hotto miruku

Yuuutsu na sekai nante sa
Imi nai to omoimasu ka?
Shinratsu na mirai datte sa
Arifureta yume no hitokakera datte ninau

Chikadzuku genjitsu wo chotto
Atsui miruku to tomo ni nomihoshita
Mazukunai kana shibukunai kana
Sukoshi dake mayoun da kitto
Demo kinou no jibun ga gomakashita
Sasai na kizu mo kyou wa nomihosu yo
Kokoro ni kimeta sono shunkan ni
Shimiwatatte iku no wa itsumo no hotto miruku

Hontou ni ima hoshii mono
Sore wa sono kotae desu ka?
Kanjin na koto wa yappa sa
Kono mune no naka ni yadoru mono datte kidzuku

Toonoku omoide to ippo
Chikadzuita genjitsu wo mazemashita
Amai kedo sukoshi horonigai
Magire mo nai atashi to shitte
Mekurumeku hibi wa tashika ni
Kawaranai mono koso misemashita
Shinjiru mono wa kono omoi dake
Shimiwatatte iku no wa itsumo no hotto miruku
Hotto miruku...
Atatakana kono mune ni shimiwataru hotto miruku
Hotto miruku...
Atatakana kono mune ni shimiwataru

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.