from Upstream Children single + Tales of Almanac album.

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The beginning’s sky in this blue, tall, sunny morning
What’s wrong? Why do you have that faraway look in your eyes

As if we stood apart from everyone else
We’re best at delusions, even though everyone already knows that

From the top of the fence, we dive into the flock of beasts
Because fear is something we lack
We can do anything, the wind at our backs
Is not a misunderstanding

Taller than the roofs, I envy the budding greenery

I screamed because I’m truly enjoying myself
The things I see seem so close, yet also out of reach

Crying in pain, we choose the road of thorns
Because we don’t know how best to live
Maybe, just because we’ll always be heroes
Living in an inflated dream

That is defenseless, reckless hope

The speeding world is a yellow river flowing
Because we’re so insignificant, a breeze will blow us away
We’ve soared so far, aiming for the faraway above
Becoming dragons climbing to the future

Buried in the gaps of those weakling days
Don’t lose sight of what’s precious
We can do anything, if that’s what you feel too
The answer is still before us
I peeked, it’s just right ahead

When we become adults someday
Will we remember this blue sky?

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ROOMAJI

Hajimari no sora aoku takaku sumi wataru asa ni
Dou shitan darou sonna tooi me nanka shichatte

Jibun dake ga hito to wa chigau you na
Mousou nara otokui de ne kitto daremo ga kizuiteru kedo

Nobotta hei no ue kara kemono no mure ni daibu
Kowai mono hodo tarinai bokura dakara
Nandatte dekiru senaka wo osu kaze wa
Kanchigai nanka ja nainda

Yane yori takaku moeru midori urayamashiku natte

Sakenda no wa hontou wa tanoshii kara
Sokokara mieru mono wa te ni hairi sou de todokana sou de

Itai to naki nagara ibara no michi wo erabu
Jouzu ni wa ikirarenai bokura dakara
Itsudatte hiiroo kamoshirenai kamo ne
Fukuramu yume ni ikiteru

Sore wa muboubi de mubou na kibou da

Kasoku suru sekai wa kiiroi kawa no nagare
Fukeba tobu hodo chippoke na bokura dakara
Tobi konda ima haruka ue wo mezase
Mirai he noboru ryuu ni naru

Yowamushi na hibi no sukima ni umore
Taisetsu na mono douka mi ushinawanaide
Nandatte dekiru sonna ki ni naretara
Kotae wa bokura no susumu saki ni
Nozoiteru yo sugu soko made

Itsuka otona ni nattara
Omoi dasu kana kono aoi sora wo

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KANJI

始まりの空 青く高く澄み渡る朝に
どうしたんだろう そんな遠い目なんかしちゃって

自分だけが 他人とは違うような
妄想ならお得意でね きっと誰もが気付いてるけど

登った塀の上から獣の群れにダイブ
怖いものほど足りない僕らだから
何だってできる 背中を押す風は
勘違いなんかじゃないんだ

屋根より高く 萌える緑 羨ましくなって

叫んだのは 本当は楽しいから
そこから見えるものは 手に入りそうで届かなそうで

痛いと泣きながら茨の道を選ぶ
上手には生きられない僕らだから
いつだってヒーロー かもしれないかもね
膨らむ夢に生きてる

それは無防備で無謀な希望だ

加速する世界は黄色い河の流れ
吹けば飛ぶ程ちっぽけな僕らだから
飛び込んだ今 遥か上を目指せ
未来へ昇る竜になる

弱虫な日々の隙間に埋もれ
大切なものどうか見失わないで
何だってできる そんな気になれたら
答えは僕らの進む先に
覗いてるよ すぐそこまで

いつか大人になったら
思い出すかな この青い空を