Released: August 23, 2009

Songwriter: Yoshiki Mizuno

“"Watashi” wa ima doko ni aru no” to
Fumishimeta ashiato wo nando mo mitsume kaesu
Kareha wo daki akimeku madobe ni
Kajikan da yubisaki de yume wo egaita

Tsubasa wa aru noni tobezu ni irun da
Hitori ni naru no ga kowakute Tsurakute
Yasashii hidamari ni kata yoseru hibi wo
Koete bokura kodoku na yume e to aruku

Sayonara wa kanashii kotoba janai
Sorezore no yume e to bokura wo tsunagu YELL
Tomo ni sugoshita hibi wo mune ni daite
Tobidatsu yo hitori de tsugi no sora e

Bokura wa naze kotae wo asette
Ate no nai kuragari ni
Jibun wo sagasu no darou
Dareka wo tada omou namida mo
Massugu na egao mo koko ni aru noni

“hontou no jibun” wo dareka no kotoba de
Tsukurou koto ni nogarete mayotte
Arinomama no yowasa to mukiau tsuyosa wo
Tsukami bokura hajimete asu e to kakeru

Sayonara wo dareka ni tsugeru tabi ni
Bokura mata kawareru tsuyoku nareru ka na
Tatoe chigau sora e tobitatou tomo
Todae wa shinai omoi yo ima mo mune ni

Eien nado nai to kidzuita toki kara
Warai atta ano hi mo utai atta ano hi mo
Tsuyoku fukaku mune ni kizamarete iku
Dakarakoso anata wa dakarakoso bokura wa
Ta no dare de mo nai dare ni mo make nai
Koe wo agete “watashi” wo ikite iku yoto
Yakusoku shitan da
Hitori hitori hitotsu hitotsu michi wo eranda

Sayonara wa kanashii kotoba janai
Sorezore no yume e to bokura wo tsunagu YELL
Itsuka mata meguriau sono toki made
Wasure wa shinai hokori yo tomo yo sora e

Bokura ga wakachiau kotoba ga aru
Kokoro kara kokoro e koe wo tsunagu YELL
Tomo ni sugoshita hibi wo mune ni daite
Tobidatsu yo hitori de tsugi no sora e

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.