from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

——

It’s not a special day
Nor is it an anniversary
Nor is it your birthday, but
This ordinary day called today is a treasure

My special seat is to your right
To be able to laugh out loud with you
Is there a greater happiness than that?

You see, there is no way
We will be able to live forever
So it’s about how much we can love
In this limited time we have

Why do we think that hurting others
And putting the blame on them
Will heal our own wounds?
Or is this era to blame?

How others see you, how they think of you
Unable to say what you want to say
Don’t live according to someone else’s ideals

This is the world we live in
This is the era we live in, but
I won’t throw it away yet
As long as you are here

You see, there is no way
We will be able to live forever
So it’s about how much we can love
In this limited time we have

Who knows how far our future
Will continue to stretch on, but
It’s about what we can do today
Which is to live life with all our mights

——

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from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

——

Look, the future is shouting
That the present is not the answer

Making a mess
Veering from the path
These things happen alot

But in the end
My eyes never leave you
Want to stay beside you, watch over you forever

I love you so much
That there is no way I can love you more

Up till now and into the future too
Forever the Only one

When the things we believe in vanish
And anticipation turns into betrayal

As if this world
Is coming to an end
Such a day will surely come

If you are feeling sad
I’ll become the world’s best clown

Let me show you a dream for awhile more
You are the Only one

You are the only one
You are the only one
You are the only one
You are the only one　only one
You are the only one　only one
Forever the Only one

You are the Only one

——

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from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

——

Within this literal
Concrete jungle
Hey, is there a city
That’s more surreal than this one?
They call us
Cute, but lying beneath that
Is a cruelty that outsiders
Don’t know

Just like a snake coiled
Around a beautiful flower

Faraway, fly away
With you, try again
We can make it come true

To be scorched by dreams
That’s already long in the past
Now, aside from reality
Nothing else can charm us

So, you and I
Let’s survive

That person with the kind smile
Whom we always pass by
What if
That was his crying face?

Such constrained
Sorrow is overflowing

More, fly away
Then, try again
I know we can be saviours

I’m not talking about the earth
Or anything overly ambitious
Maybe just for the girl next door

So, you and I
Let’s survive

Within this literal
Concrete jungle
Hey, is there a city
That’s more surreal than this one?
They call us
Cute, but lying beneath that
Is a cruelty that outsiders
Don’t know

Faraway, fly away
With you, try again
We can make it come true

To be scorched by dreams
That’s already long in the past
Now, aside from reality
Nothing else can charm us

So, you and I
Let’s survive

——

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from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

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I looked into your eyes as you gave a gentle smile
And I heard a voice say “love does not exist in this world”

Your back, so small and unreliable as always
Appears even smaller and dimmer now

How much more must I strive
Before they stop telling me to strive on?
How much tougher must I pretend to be
Before I’m no longer affected by the words “you’re so strong”?

When I realized I had reached the place of my dreams
It was, in the end, just a continuation of reality

Repeating the same mistakes even now
Unable to make them right, regret piles up

I’ll walk on like this
I’ll walk on all the way forever
I’m no longer frightened of anything
And that’s the only thing that really frightens me

How much more must I strive
Before they stop telling me to strive on?
How much tougher must I pretend to be
Before I’m no longer affected by the words “you’re so strong”?

I’ll walk on like this
I’ll walk on all the way forever
I’m no longer frightened of anything
And that’s the only thing that really frightens me

——

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from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

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If trees could speak
What would they plead for?
As they lie, cut down mercilessly
Before the abyss of death

The god of fortune laughs
At our endless foolishness

Hey, tell me, what do you
Think of such times?
Hey, tell me, in such times
What I am thinking of
As I cry now
Who should I confess it to?

If the wind could speak
What would it plead for?
To have its color and fragrance
Polluted beyond recognition

The god of fortune laughs
At our inflated arrogance

Hey, tell me, how would you
Survive in such an era?
Hey, tell me, if I’m just
So sick in the heart
Of this era
Where should I voice this feeling?

As a single person
Standing up for it all
There’s no use in that
So are you just waiting
For someone else to stand up first?

Hey, tell me, what do you
Think of such times?
Hey, tell me, in such times
What I am thinking of
As I cry now
Who should I confess it to?

Hey, tell me, how would you
Survive in such an era?
Hey, tell me, if I’m just
So sick in the heart
Of this era
Where should I voice this feeling?

——

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from M(A)DE IN JAPAN album.

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What surfaces when I close my eyes
Is the road I’ve walked up till now
It’ll soon be time for the flowers to bloom
I used to look forward to it

The you who smiled so kindly
Where have you disappeared to?

I want to turn into a flower with thorns, and wilt, scatter, crumble to dust
Don’t pick me up, just leave and forget me

I want to turn into rain, into fog, and be drenched
Let me lie down and go to sleep, leave me alone

We used to walk with fingers entwined
In the hometown I left behind
Thinking about it now, the days
When I was happy are over

The you who pulled me along by hand
Your warmth lingers

Don’t hesitate, just deliver the last blow and end this
Don’t smile with such cold eyes, you just can’t lie

I want to turn into a bird, ride on the wind towards that place
To the other side with neither pain nor love

The you who smiled so kindly
Where have you disappeared to?

I want to turn into a flower with thorns, and wilt, scatter, crumble to dust
Don’t pick me up, just leave and forget me

Don’t hesitate, just deliver the last blow and end this
Don’t smile with such cold eyes, you just can’t lie

——

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from kanariya single + LOVEppears album.

—–

The city is noisy, the people frustrated
The birds flown into the night are already asleep

Dreams, as if afraid of waking
The heart, afraid of being broken
Do not provide a single thing
And do not gain a single thing
Always searching for reasons

The canaries, with stifled voices
Are not unable to cry
The canaries, with stifled voices
Are not unable to cry
They may have just decided
Not to cry
Hurry and realize that
They may have decided
Not to cry
Hurry and realize, hurry…

—–

ROOMAJI

Machi wa zawameki hito wa iradachi
Yoru ni tobi komu toritachi wa mou oyasumi

Yume ga mezame wo osoreru you ni
Kokoro ga koware yuku no wo osore
Nani hitotsu toshite ataeyou to sezu
Nani hitotsu toshite eyou tomo shinai mama
Itsudemo riyuu wo sagashita

Koe wo oshi koroshita kanariya-tachi wa
Nakenaku natta wake ja nakute
Koe wo oshi koroshita kanariya-tachi wa
Nakenaku natta wake ja nakute
Tada nakanai to kimeta dake
Datta no kamoshirenai to
Hayaku kizuite
Nakanai to kimeta dake
Kamoshirenai to
Hayaku kizuiteita nara motto…

—–

KANJI

街はざわめき 人は苛立ち
夜に飛び込む 鳥たちはもう おやすみ

夢が目覚めを 恐れるように
心が壊れゆくのを恐れ
何ひとつとして 与えようとせず
何ひとつとして 得ようともしないまま
いつでも 理由を探した

声を押し殺したカナリヤたちは
なけなくなったワケじゃなくて
泣かないようにと

声を押し殺したカナリヤたちは
なけなくなったワケじゃなくて
声を押し殺したカナリヤたちは
なけなくなったワケじゃなくて
ただ泣かないと決めただけ
だったのかも知れないと
早く気付いて
泣かないと決めただけ
かも知れないと
早く気付いていたならもっと…

from LOVEppears album.

—–

If there is a journey
Leading to the past
It must be referring
To this journey now

The only things left are the words
Written on this scrap of paper

“Can I cry if I want to? Until my tears dry up”
“Can I cry if I want to? Until my tears dry up”

If there is something
I would bring on this journey
It would be
Memory and imagination
To search for and find the broken pieces
Which had been lost, and piece them together

“Can I scream in a loud voice? Until my voice dries up”
“Can I scream in a loud voice? Until my voice dries up”
Can you hear it…?

The flowers that should be blooming here
Are gone, but that is inevitable
Even if a day comes when
You hear this song alone, don’t forget

You can cry if you want to
Until your tears dry up
You can scream in a loud voice
Until your voice dries up
You can cry if you want to
You can scream in a loud voice
Time has passed…

—–

ROOMAJI

Kako he mukau tabi ga moshi
Atta toshita nara
Kitto konna tabi no koto wo
Iu no deshou

Yuiitsu nokotteita mono wa kono
Kamikire ni kakareteita kotoba

“Nakitai dake naitemo ii namida karete shimau kurai”
“Nakitai dake naitemo ii namida karete shimau kurai”

Kono tabi ni motte yuku
Mono ga aru no nara
Kiokuryoku to souzouryoku no
Futatsu deshou
Sude ni nakunatta itsuka no hahen wo
Sagashite mitsukete wa narabeta

“Oogoe de sankendemo ii koe ga karete shimau kurai”
“Oogoe de sankendemo ii koe ga karete shimau kurai”
Kikoeru kana…

Koko ni saiteita hazu no hana ga
Ima wa nakutemo sore wa hitsuzen de
Itsuka kono uta wo hitori de
Kiku hi kitemo wasurenaide

Nakitai dake naitemo ii
Namida karete shimau kurai
Oogoe de sankendemo ii
Koe ga karete shimau kurai
Nakitai dake naitemo ii
Oogoe de sankendemo ii
Toki wa tatta…

—–

KANJI

過去へ向かう旅がもし
あったとしたなら
きっとこんな旅の事を
言うのでしょう

唯一残っていたものはこの
紙きれに書かれていた言葉

「泣きたいだけ泣いてもいい涙枯れてしまう位」
「泣きたいだけ泣いてもいい涙枯れてしまう位」

この旅に持って行く
ものがあるのなら
記憶力と想像力の
ふたつでしょう
すでに失くなったいつかの破片を
探して見つけては並べた

「大声で叫んでもいい声が枯れてしまう位」
「大声で叫んでもいい声が枯れてしまう位」
聞こえるかな…

ここに咲いていたはずの花が
今はなくてもそれは必然で
いつかこの歌をひとりで
聞く日来ても忘れないで

泣きたいだけ泣いてもいい
涙枯れてしまう位
大声で叫んでもいい
声が枯れてしまう位
泣きたいだけ泣いてもいい
大声で叫んでもいい
時は経った…

from LOVEppears album.

—–

We have never really
Wished for much

Hidden in the shadow of the grey buildings
What is that unmoving thing?
Rubbing my eyes, I peered at it again
It could have been me, or her, or you

We weren’t blinded by loneliness, unable to see
But we just didn’t want to look anymore

“We must have been born
To be happy”
It’s alright to think like this some days
Look, listen closely and you’ll hear it
The scream hidden within that sounds like a prayer

Someday, what would flow down that river
Would be the pieces of broken dreams

We were hurt by every single one
Of the promises we couldn’t keep

“We must live on in order
To be happy someday”
It’s alright to think like this some days
Even if I know that not everything
Reflected in these eyes is beautiful

Unable to react to the tragedy before our eyes
There’s no way we can reach out to tragedies far away

“We must have been born
To be happy”
It’s alright to think like this some days
“I really want to open this door”
You just have to say it
You just have to say it

—–

ROOMAJI

Bokura wa sonna ni mo ooku no koto nado
Nozondari wa shiteinai yo zutto

Haiiro no biru no kage ni kakurete
Jitte shiteru mono wa nandarou tte
Me wo kosuri nagara mo nozoki kondanda
Jibun dattari ano ko ya kimi datta

Kodoku de nanimo mienaku nattan ja nai
Mou nanimo mitakunakattanda

Bokura wa kitto shiawase ni naru tame ni
Umarete kitanda tte
Omou hi ga attemo iinda yo ne
Hora mimi wo sumaseba kikoete kuru
Uchi ni himeta inori ni nita sakebi ga

Itsuka ano kawa de nagareteta mono wa
Kowareta yume no kakera datta ne

Mamorarenakatta yakusoku ni ichiichi
Kizutsuite mitari shitetanda

Bokura wa itsuka shiawase ni naru tame ni
Ikite yukunda tte
Omou hi ga attemo iinda yo ne
Kono hitomi ni utsuru mono ga subete
Kirei na wake ja nai koto wo shittemo

Me no mae no higeki ni sae taiou dekizu ni
Tooku no higeki ni nado te ga todoku hazu mo naku

Bokura wa kitto shiawase ni naru tame ni
Umarete kitanda tte
Omou hi ga attemo iinda yo ne
Hontou wa tobira wo hirakitainda tte
Kuchi ni dashite itte mireba ii
Kuchi ni dashite itte mireba ii

—–

KANJI

僕らはそんなにも多くのことなど
望んだりはしていないよずっと

灰色のビルの影に隠れて
じっとしてるものは何だろうって
目をこすりながらも のぞき込んだんだ
自分だったりあのコや君だった

孤独で何も見えなくなったんじゃない
もう何も見たくなかったんだ

僕らはきっと幸せになるために
生まれてきたんだって
思う日があってもいいんだよね
ほら耳を澄ませば聞こえてくる
内に秘めた祈りに似た叫びが

いつかあの川で流れてたものは
壊れた夢のかけらだったね

守られなかった約束にいちいち
傷ついてみたりしてたんだ

僕らはいつか幸せになるために
生きて行くんだって
思う日があってもいいんだよね
この瞳に映るものが全て
キレイなわけじゃない事を知っても

目の前の悲劇にさえ対応出来ずに
遠くの悲劇になど 手が届くはずもなく

僕らはきっと幸せになるために
生まれてきたんだって
思う日があってもいいんだよね
本当は扉を開きたいんだって
口に出して言ってみればいい
口に出して言ってみればいい

from A Song for xx album.

—–

What I’ve finally realized now
Is not that you had been kind to me
Nor that you had treasured me

There were days when you really felt defeated
And before anxiety pressed you down
You sent out an SOS to me

I should have understood every single thing about you

You’ve been waiting, continuing to believe in me
Despite not knowing when I would return, even until morning came…
Sorry for not noticing your pain

Could I have done something
Any single thing for you back then?
Endless regret comes in such a manner

I thought I understood every single thing about you, but

You always waited for me, choosing to believe in me
Despite not knowing when I would return…
Sorry for not noticing your feelings

Days overflowing with your happy smile will come again, right?

I’ve kept you waiting, and much time has passed
I want to be your best friend, not losing out to anyone
Praying to create a deep bond

—–

ROOMAJI

Imagoro yatto kizuita no wa
Yasashiku shite kureta koto ja nakute
Taisetsu ni shite kureta koto ja nakute

Hontou wa makesou na hi mo atte
Fuan ni oshi tsubusareru mae ni
Watashi he no SOS wo dashitetanda ne

Kimi no koto nara subete nandemo wakatteiru you na tsumori de ita

Zutto mataseteta ne itsu ni nareba modoru no ka sae
Wakaranai you na watashi wo shinji tsuzukete asa ga kitemo…
Kimi no tsurasa wo shirazu ni gomen ne

Ano koro tatta hitotsu demo
Nanika wo shite agerareta darou ka
Sonna fuu ni kuyami dasu to kiri ga nakute

Kimi no koto nara subete nandemo wakatteiru you na ki de ita no ni

Zutto matte kureta itsu ni nareba modoru no ka sae
Wakaranai you na watashi wo soredemo shinjiyou to shiteta…
Kimi no kimochi mo shirazu ni gomen ne

Kimi no shiawase sou na egao ga koboreteita hibi wa mata kuru darou

Zutto mataseta kedo yagate toki ga tatteitta nara
Hoka no dare ni mo makenai saikou no naka ni natte itai
Fukai kizuna ga dekiru to inotte

—–

KANJI

今頃やっと気付いたのは
優しくしてくれた事じゃなくて
大切にしてくれてた事じゃなくて

本当は負けそうな日もあって
不安に押しつぶされる前に
私へのSOSを出してたんだね

君のコトなら全て何でも解っている様なつもりでいた

ずっと待たせてたね　いつになれば戻るのかさえ
わからない様な私を信し続けて朝が来ても…
君の辛さを知らずにごめんね

あの頃たったひとつでも
何かをしてあげられただろうか
そんな風に悔やみ出すときりがなくて

君の事なら全て何でも解っている様な気でいたのに

ずっと待ってくれた　いつになれば戻るのかさえ
わからない様な私をそれでも信じようとしてた…
君の気持ちも知らずにごめんね

君の幸せそうな笑顔がこぼれていた日々はまた来るだろう

ずっと待たせたけど　やがて時が経っていったなら
他の誰にも負けない最高の仲になっていたい
深い絆が出来ると祈って