Where to buy this song: Amazon.JP, CDJapan

RADWIMPS – Dialogue
Lyrics + Composition: Youjiro Noda (作詩・作曲：野田洋次郎)

KANJI
今からお前に何話そうかな
どうやってこの感じ伝えようかな
少し長くかかるかもな でもね 頑張ってみるよ
神様もきっとびっくり 人ってお前みたいにできてない
今世紀最大の突然変異ってくらいにお前は美しい

そんなお前の 父ちゃんと母ちゃんの
心と心くっつきそうなほど
近くに いた二つの想いと
想いがちっぽけな時間なんてもののせいにしては
いつしか 目と目も合わさず
もう二度と聞こえない「ただいま」
そんな二人お前見つめる ウルっとした瞳でこう呟く

「私の命は二人の愛の証 そこには一つだって
嘘はない そうでしょう? そうだと言ってよ」
「二人に愛はもうないと言うなら私の命はすべて嘘にかわり…
「時」に嘘をつかせないで」

あの日二人交わした約束を今につなぎとめる光が 今の君なの
「父よ、母よ」と震う声も 二人を見て流るるその涙も
半分コずつもらったのに

君がこの世に生まれた 奇跡を信じれないという
君と僕とが出会えた 奇跡を信じれないという

同じとこに空けたピアス お前のだけやけに光って見える
俺もいつか輝くかな お前みたいに世界を愛せるかな
俺の心滅びようとも 醜く朽ち果て 息ひきとろうとも
その最期の一瞬だけでも お前が見てた世界見てみたいの

もう決めたもん 俺とお前50になっても同じベッドで寝るの
手と手合わせてたら血も繋がって 一生離れなくなったりして
こんな夢を いつまでも見よう 醒めなければいいってことにしとこう
醒めるから夢と呼ぶんでしょう?って言うなら 他に名前つけよう

君と書いて「恋」と読んで 僕と書いて「愛」と読もう
そうすりゃ離れそうもないでしょう? いつかそんな歌作るよ
君と僕が出会えたことを 人は 奇跡と呼んでみたいだけ
奇跡が生んだこのホシで起こるすべて 奇跡以外 ありえないだろう

六星占術だろうと 大殺界だろうと 俺が木星人で 君が火星人だろうと
君が言い張っても
俺は地球人だよ いや、でも 仮に木星人でも たかが隣の星だろ?
一生で一度のワープをここで使うよ

君と僕とが出会えた 奇跡を信じてみたいんだ
君と僕が出会えたことが 奇跡だろうとなんだろうと ただありがとう

君は言う (僕は言う) 奇跡だから 美しいんだね 素敵なんだね

ROMANJI
ima kara omae ni nani hanasou ka na
douyatte kono kanji tsutaeyou ka na
sukoshi nagaku kakaru kamo na demo ne ganbatte miru yo
kamisama mo kitto bikkuri hito tte omae mitai ni dekitenai
konseiki saidai no totsuzen hen’i tte kurai ni omae wa utsukushii

sonna omae no touchan to kaachan no
kokoro to kokoro kuttsukisou na hodo
chikaku ni ita futatsu no omoi to
omoi ga chippoke na jikan nante mono no sei ni shite wa
itsushika me to me mo awasazu
mou nidoto kikoenai “tadaima”
sonna futari omae mitsumeru uruttoshita hitomi de kou tsubuyaku

“watashi no inochi wa futari no ai no akashi soko ni wa hitotsu datte
uso wa nai sou deshou? sou da to itte yo”
“futari ni ai wa mou nai to iu nara watashi no inochi wa subete uso ni kawari…
‘toki’ ni uso wo tsukasenaide”

ano hi futari kawashita yakusoku wo ima ni tsunagi tomeru hikari ga ima no kimi na no
“chichi yo, haha yo” to furuu koe mo futari wo mite nagaruru sono namida mo
hanbunko zutsu moratta no ni

kimi ga kono yo ni umareta kiseki wo shinjirenai to iu
kimi to boku to ga deaeta kiseki wo shinjirenai to iu

onaji toko ni aketa piasu omae no dake yake ni hikatte mieru
ore mo itsuka kagayaku ka na omae mitai ni sekai wo aiseru ka na
ore no kokoro horobiyou to mo minikuku uchi hate iki hikitorou to mo
sono saigo no isshun dake demo omae ga miteta sekai mite mitai no

mou kimeta mon ore to omae gojuu ni natte mo onaji beddo de neru no
te to te awasete tara chi mo tsunagatte isshou hanarenakunattari shite
konna yume wo itsumademo miyou samenakereba ii tte koto ni shitokou
sameru kara yume to yobun deshou? tte iu nara hoka ni namae tsukeyou

kimi to kaite “koi” to yonde boku to kaite “ai” to yomou
sou suryaa hanaresou mo nai deshou? itsuka sonna uta tsukuru yo
kimi to boku ga deaeta koto wo hito wa kiseki to yonde mitai dake
kiseki ga unda kono hoshi de okoru subete kiseki igai arienai darou

rokusei senjutsu darou to daisakkai darou to ore ga mokuseijin de kimi ga kaseijin darou to
kimi ga ii hattemo
ore wa chikyuujin da yo iya, demo kari ni mokuseijin demo takaga tonari no hoshi darou?
isshou de ichido no waapu wo koko　de tsukau yo

kimi to boku ga deaeta kiseki wo shinjite mitain da
kimi to boku ga deaeta koto ga kiseki darou to nandarou to tada arigatou

kimi wa iu (boku wa iu) kiseki dakara utsukushiin da ne suteki nan da ne

TRANSLATION
How can I begin to tell you?
How can I express these feelings so that you understand?
It might take a little while, but please bear with me.
I’ll bet even God was surprised by how good of a person you turned out.
You’re so beautiful, you’re like the greatest mutation in evolution of the century.

And your mother and father
Felt for each other so nearly and dearly
That it was almost as if their hearts clung to each other.
But now, putting the blame on something as insignificant as time,
They refuse to look at each other anymore.
You never hear them say “I’m home” anymore.
Watching them with tears in your eyes, you whisper this:

“My life is proof of your love. There was
Not a single lie in that, was there? Please say so.”
“If no love exists between you anymore, then my entire life becomes a lie…
Please, don’t make that ‘time’ have to lie.”

Well, the light that now fastens the vows that they exchanged on that day, is you.
Even though I’ve taken half of the tremble in your voice as you say, “Mother, Father”,
And half of the tears in your eyes as you watch them,

You say you can’t believe in the miracle that you were born into this world.
You say you can’t believe in the miracle that you and I have met.

We pierced our ears in the same place, but only yours seems to shine brighter.
I wonder if I’ll shine, too, one day, and learn to love the world the way you do.
Even if my heart perishes, and I rot into ugliness as breath is taken away from me,
At least in that last moment, I want to see the world the way you did.

I’ve already decided that even when you and I become 50, we’ll still be sleeping in the same bed.
Maybe if we hold hands and become one, we’ll never part from each other for the rest of our lives.
Let’s keep on dreaming this dream, one that we pretend never to wake up from.
But if you say that it’s called a dream because you wake up from it, then let’s name it something else.

Let’s call you “lo” and call me “ve”.
Then it won’t seem like we could ever be apart. I’ll write a song about that one day.
People just want to say that our meeting was a miracle,
When in reality, nothing short of miracles could ever happen in this planet born of a miracle.

Whether it’s astrology, or bad luck, or that I am from Jupiter and you are from Mars,
No matter what you insist on saying,
I’m from Earth. Oh, but even if I was from Jupiter, you’re just a planet away.
I’ll use my once in a lifetime warp right here to reach you.

I want to try believing in the miracle that you and I have met.
Whether it’s a miracle or not, thank you.

You say (I say) that it is beautiful, that it is lovely, because it is a miracle.

Where to buy this song: Amazon.JP, CDJapan.

RADWIMPS – A Song Dedicated to the Future “You” Who I Have Not Seen in Years
Lyrics + Composition: Youjiro Noda (作詩・作曲：野田洋次郎)

KANJI
恋と呼んだあの季節　今は何と呼んでいるの?
愛を誓ったあの言葉　今もそこで泣いているの?

ラララー

「君が好きです」その言葉は今でも　アナタを信じて待っている
「もう過去のことです」その言葉と　今でも強く闘っている

いつしか嘘にされたあの言葉に　アナタは何と言ってやるの?
「今」のアナタのために生きてきた「今まで」のアナタはどうするの?

思い出してよ　時がアナタを醜くしてしまったのなら
連れ戻してよ　時はアナタをまた美しくもするのです
終わらないでよ　時がアナタを見捨て去ろうとしても
絶対生きてやろうって思えるようになるのに必要なものがある

※それは心で、それは涙で、それは愛で、それは夢で、
それは僕から「君」への思いです
そうだと信じるしか僕にはもう生きる意味はないのです※

(※くり返し)

生きる意味はないのです
生きる意味はないのです

僕の心は言葉になって　アナタの言葉は心に無くて
だけどアナタは気付かなくて
僕は段々子供になって　アナタは段々大人になって
そして二人は遠くなって

僕は分かるよ　アナタの心　僕があの人に出会うまでの
きっと、きっと　命とはその出会いのことで

思い出してよ　時がアナタを醜くしてしまったのなら
連れ戻してよ　時はアナタをまた美しくもするのです
終わらないでよ　時がアナタを見捨て去ろうとしても
絶対生きてやろうって思えるようになるのに必要なものがある

(※くり返し x2)

この声は　この歌は　アナタに届くのですか?
僕のね　この胸の喜びは聴こえますか?
アナタのね　その胸のほころびは見えますか?
どうしても　そうどうしても　伝えたいものが…

(※くり返し x2)

ラララ
それは心で　それは涙で　それは愛で　それは夢で
それは心で　それは涙で　それは愛で　それは夢で

ROMANJI
koi to yonda ano kisetsu ima wa nanto yondeiru no?
ai wo chikatta ano kotoba ima mo soko de naiteiru no?

la la la

“kimi ga suki desu” sono kotoba wa ima demo anata wo shinjite matteiru
“mou kako no koto desu” sono kotoba to ima demo tsuyoku tatakatteiru

itsushika uso ni sareta ano kotoba ni anata wa nanto itte yaru no?
“ima” no anata no tame ni ikite kita “ima made” no anata wa dousuru no?

omoidashite yo toki ga anata wo minikuku shite shimatta no nara
tsure modoshite yo toki wa anata wo mata utsukushiku mo suru no desu
owaranaide yo toki ga anata wo misute sarou to shitemo
zettai ikite yarou tte omoeru you ni naru no ni hitsuyou na mono ga aru

※sore wa kokoro de, sore wa namida de, sore wa ai de, sore wa yume de,
sore wa boku kara “kimi” e no omoi desu
sou da to shinjiru shika boku ni wa mou ikiru imi wa nai no desu※

(※Repeat)

ikiru imi wa nai no desu
ikiru imi wa nai no desu

boku no kokoro wa kotoba ni natte anata no kotoba wa kokoro ni nakute
dakedo anata wa kizukanakute
boku wa dandan kodomo ni natte anata wa dandan otona ni natte
soshite futari wa tooku natte

boku wa wakaru yo anata no kokoro boku ga ano hito ni deau made no
kitto, kitto inochi to wa sono deai no koto de

omoidashite yo toki ga anata wo minikuku shite shimatta no nara
tsure modoshite yo toki wa anata wo mata utsukushiku mo suru no desu
owaranaide yo toki ga anata wo misute sarou to shitemo
zettai ikite yarou tte omoeru you ni naru no ni hitsuyou na mono ga aru

(※Repeat x2)

kono koe wa kono uta wa anata ni todoku no desu ka?
boku no ne kono mune no yorokobi wa kikoemasu ka?
anata no ne sono mune no hokorobi wa miemasu ka?
doushitemo sou doushitemo tsutaetai mono ga…

(※Repeat x2)

la la la
sore wa kokoro de, sore wa namida de, sore wa ai de, sore wa yume de
sore wa kokoro de, sore wa namida de, sore wa ai de, sore wa yume de

TRANSLATION
What do you call that season now that you had once called love?
Are the words you used to vow your affection still over there, crying?

La la la

Even now, the words “I love you” are believing in you and waiting.
Even now, they are fighting fiercely with the words “That’s all in the past”.

What will you have to say to the words that gradually change into lies?
What will you do with the person you “were,” who had lived to become the person you “are” now?

Remember, if time has made you ugly
Take it back, for time can also make you beautiful again.
Don’t let it end, for even if time tries to leave you behind,
There are certain things you need in order to feel that you can go on living.

※That would be heart, that would be tears, that would be love, that would be dreams,
That would be my feelings for you.
I believe that nothing else gives me more reason to live.※

(※Repeat)

Nothing else gives me more reason to live.
Nothing else gives me more reason to live.

My heart became words, while your words had no heart in them,
And even so, you did not realize it.
I became more of a child, while you became more of an adult,
And then the two of us drifted away from each other.

I understand your heart, the one you had until I meet that person.
I’m sure, sure, that the meaning of life is in that fateful meeting.

Remember, if time has made you ugly
Take it back, for time can also make you beautiful again.
Don’t let it end, for even if time tries to leave you behind,
There are certain things you need in order to feel that you can go on living.

(※Repeat x2)

Is this voice, this song, reaching you where you are?
Can you hear this joy that is in my chest, in me?
Can you see the seams coming apart in your chest, in you?
There’s something that I really — yes, really — want you to know…

(※Repeat x2)

La la la
That would be heart, that would be tears, that would be love, that would be dreams.
That would be heart, that would be tears, that would be love, that would be dreams.

Where to buy this song: Amazon.JP, CDJapan

RADWIMPS – Shout
Lyrics + Composition: Youjiro Noda (作詩・作曲：野田洋次郎)

KANJI
「叫べ」というこの確かな心を　「またね」というその不確かな言葉も
無くさぬように　忘れぬように　いられるように

今日が　これからの人生の　始まりの一日目なんだよ
昨日が今までの人生の　一番最後の日だったんだよ

朝目覚め　これからの人生の　歴史的一回目のトイレへと
またもこれから先の人生の　歴史的一歩目踏み出したんだ

ところが昨日と同じ僕だった　繰り返すことに嫌気さしたんだ
ふと誰かの言葉を思い出した　「歴史は繰り返す」とはこのことか

「叫べ」というこの確かな心を　「またね」というその不確かな言葉も
逃がさぬように　忘れぬように　いられるように

眠気眼でたたんだ布団も　久しぶりに片付けた部屋も
全てささやかながら僕からの　未来の僕に送るプレゼント

誓いの言葉壁に書いたのも　目覚ましかけ　眠りについたのも
全ては今日を終える僕からの　明日の僕へ向けた挑戦状

一瞬たりとも同じ僕はいない　それだけは忘れずに生きていたい
その一人一人が繋いで来た　たすきを今僕は肩にかけた

昨日とは違う今日望んでも　向こうから　同じ色の明日が来ても
否が応でも　僕は違う　僕になれる

あの日叫んだ僕の声だって　忘れてなんかいやしないよ
あの日誓った再会もいつか　果たせるまで繋いでくよ

何万年と受け継がれてきて　僕が生まれてきたように
必ず僕も未来の自分に今までの僕　繋いでくよ

全てが　そこからの人生の　記念すべき一回目になんだよ
全てが　そこまでの人生の　最後の一回になるんだよ

今日が　誰かの人生の　始まりの一日目なんだよ
今日が　誰かの人生の　一番最期の日だったんだよ

「叫べ」というこの確かな心を　「またね」というその不確かな言葉も
叫べ　tu-lu tu-lu
tu-lu tu-lu tu-lu

ROMANJI
“sakebe” to iu kono tashika na kokoro wo “mata ne” to iu sono futashika na kotoba mo
nakusanu you ni wasurenu you ni irareru you ni

kyou ga kore kara no jinsei no hajimari no ichinichime nan da yo
kinou ga ima made no jinsei no ichiban saigo no hi dattan da yo

asa mezame kore kara no jinsei no rekishiteki ikkaime no toire e to
mata mo kore kara saki no jinsei no rekishiteki ippome fumi dashitan da

tokoro ga kinou to onaji boku datta kuri kaesu koto ni iyake sashitan da
fu to dareka no kotoba wo omoidashita “rekishi wa kuri kaesu” to wa kono koto ka

“sakebe” to iu kono tashika na kokoro wo “mata ne” to iu sono futashika na kotoba mo
nigasanu you ni wasurenu you ni irareru you ni

nemuke manako de tatanda futon mo hisashiburi ni katazuketa heya mo
subete sasayaka nagara boku kara no mirai no boku ni okuru purezento

chikai no kotoba kabe ni kaita no mo mezameshikake nemuri ni tsuita no mo
subete wa kyou wo oeru boku kara no ashita no boku e muketa chousenjou

isshuntaritomo onaji boku wa inai sore dake wa wasurezu ni ikiteitai
sono hitori hitori ga tsunaide kita tasuki wo ima boku wa kata ni kaketa

kinou to wa chigau kyou nozondemo mukou kara onaji iro no ashita ga kitemo
iyagao demo boku wa chigau boku ni nareru

ano hi sakenda boku no koe datte wasurete nanka iyashinai yo
ano hi chikatta saikai mo itsuka hataseru made tsunaideku yo

nanman nen to uke tsugarete kite boku ga umarete kita you ni
kanarazu boku mo mirai no jibun ni ima made no boku tsunaideku yo

subete ga soko kara no jinsei no kinen subeki ikkaime ni nanda yo
subete ga soko made no jinsei no saigo no ikkai ni narun da yo

kyou ga dareka no jinsei no hajimari no ichinichime nanda yo
kyou ga dareka no jinsei no ichiban saigo no hi dattan da yo

“sakebe” to iu kono tashika na kokoro wo “mata ne” to iu sono futashika na kotoba mo
sakebe tu-lu tu-lu
tu-lu tu-lu tu-lu

TRANSLATION
So that both this dependable heart that tells me to “shout” and those uncertain words of “See you later”
Are not lost, are not forgotten, cannot be lived without

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
Yesterday was the last day of the life I had up till now.

The moment I wake up in the morning, I head towards my first historical trip to the bathroom
Taking the first historical step forward of the rest of my life.

Even so, I was only repeating the same me from yesterday, and I got disgusted at the thought.
Suddenly, I remembered someone else’s words — So this is what it means when “history repeats itself”.

So that both this dependable heart that tells me to “shout” and those uncertain words of “See you later”
Do not escape, are not forgotten, cannot be lived without

Both the bedding that I fold with sleepy eyes and the room I cleaned for the first time in awhile,
May seem modest, but they are my presents to my future self.

Both the vows I’ve written on the walls and the alarm clock I set up before I sleep,
Are all challenges from the me finishing up for today to the me of tomorrow.

I’m not the same person for more than an instant. I want to live my life while never forgetting that.
The cord that connects all of those individuals that I was, I now have tied around my shoulders.

Even if I want today to be different from yesterday, even if the tomorrow coming from the other side is the same color,
I will still change, whether I want to or not.

Even my voice when I had shouted that day, I will never forget.
Until I fulfill the promise I made to see you again, I will be linked to it.

Just like how I was born through previous generations comprising tens of thousands of years,
I will also, without a doubt, link my past self to my future self.

Everything is the memorable first time of the rest of my life.
Everything becomes the last time in my life when they happen.

Today is the first day of someone’s life.
Today was the last day of someone’s life.

Both this dependable heart that tells me to “shout” and those uncertain words of “See you later”
Shout out tu-lu tu-lu
tu-lu tu-lu tu-lu

Where to buy this song: Amazon.JP, CDJapan

RADWIMPS – Sealed Light
Lyrics + Composition: Youjiro Noda (作詩・作曲：野田洋次郎)

KANJI
あなたにナニカ届けたくて
声だけ持って走りました
ずっとずっと遠くまで
そしたらナニカ忘れました

あなたをずっと想いました
星がきれいに見えたんだ
そしたら僕は思い出した
60億回目の息をした

「生きてること」確かめたくて
呼吸を少し　止めてみた
酸素は僕を望んでいた
なんとなくすごく嬉しかった

遠くから声聞こえました
「頑張れ」と言っていたんだ
じゃあ誰より強くあればいい?

「誰よりも強くなればいい」
と笑った時代が今
幾つもの命を奪った
閉じた瞼だけが
僕の弱さを知ってたんだ

輝いたあの星も
枯れ切った僕も宇宙の道草
それだけでまた明日も
笑えるような気がしたんだ
降ってきたこの痛みは
笑ってた僕がよこした辻褄
それだけでまた明日の僕を
好きでいられる気がしたんだ

裸ラランランラランラ爛々
ってな具合で生きてみたいものです
すっからかんのころんのすってんころりんちょんのポン
って名前で生まれてきたかったです　(パパ)

(でも) 諦めて僕笑いました
夢だけ置いて走りました
いやでもナニカ目指さなくちゃで
苦しい時こそ笑えだとかなんだ?

笑った友が今日も
「ちょっくら死んでくるわ」と言った
そしていつものよう
僕は左手を振った「またね」

消えてった今日の友は
今日生まれてきた友の辻褄
それだけでまた明日も
笑えるような気がしちゃった
持ってきたこの声は
こんなこと言いたくなかったかな
置いてきたあの夢はどこかで
喜んでいるのかな

ごめんな

この地球(ほし)は何億の夜を越え
まだ明日を見ようとする
そしたらね　僕にもね
20年目の夜を越せる気がする
嫌いになるにはもう少しで
好きになるには程遠くて

うまいことできた世界だ

それでもね　上手にね
生きて見せる僕が好きだったりした
それだけでまたいつまでも
笑えるような気がしたんだ
降ってきた快楽は
泣いていた僕がよこした辻褄
明日光ってた星はたしかに
僕を見ていたんだ

ROMANJI
anata ni nanika todoketakute
koe dake motte hashirimashita
zutto zutto tooku made
soshitara nanika wasuremashita

anata wo zutto omoimashita
hoshi ga kirei ni mietanda
soshitara boku wa omoidashita
rokujuu oku kai me no iki wo shita

“ikiteru koto” tashikametakute
kokyuu wo sukoshi tomete mita
sanso wa boku wo nozondeita
nantonaku sugoku ureshikatta

tooku kara koe kikoemashita
“ganbare” to itte itanda
jaa dare yori tsuyoku areba ii?

“dare yori mo tsuyoku nareba ii”
to waratta jidai ga ima
ikutsumo no inochi wo ubatta
tojita mabuta dake ga
boku no yowasa wo shittetanda

kagayaita ano hoshi mo
karekitta boku mo uchuu no michikusa
soredake de mata ashita mo
waraeru you na ki ga shitanda
futte kita kono itami wa
waratteta boku ga yokoshita tsujitsuma
soredake de mata ashita no boku wo
suki de irareru ki ga shitanda

ra ra ranran ra ran ra ranran
tte na guai de ikite mitai mono desu
sukkarakan no koron no sutten kororin chon no pon
tte namae de umarete kitakatta desu (papa)

(demo) akiramete boku waraimashita
yume dake oite hashirimashita
iya demo nanika mezasa nakucha de
kurushii toki koso warae da to ka nanda?

waratta tomo ga kyou mo
“chokkura shinde kuru wa” to itta
soshite itsumo no you
boku wa hidari te wo futta “mata ne”

kietetta kyou no tomo wa
kyou umarete kita tomo no tsujitsuma
soredake de mata ashita mo
waraeru you na ki ga shichatta
motte kita kono koe wa
konna koto iitakunakatta ka na
oite kita ano yume wa doko ka de
yorokonde iru no ka na

gomen na

kono hoshi wa nan oku no yoru wo koe
mada asu wo miyou to suru
soshitara ne boku ni mo ne
nijuu nen me no yoru wo koseru ki ga suru
kirai ni naru ni wa mou sukoshi de
suki ni naru ni wa hodo tookute

umai koto dekita sekai da

sore demo ne jouzu ni ne
ikite miseru boku ga suki dattari shita
sore dake de mata itsumademo
waraeru you na ki ga shitanda
futte kita kairaku wa
naiteita boku ga yokoshita tsujitsuma
ashita hikatteta hoshi wa tashika ni
boku wo mite itanda

TRANSLATION
I wanted to send you something,
So I took just my voice with me and ran
Far, far into the distance,
Until I’d forgotten what that something was.

I always kept thinking of you.
It made the stars look beautiful to me.
Then I remembered
And took my six billionth breath of air.

Wanting to test that I was alive,
I held my breath for a bit.
The oxygen groped for me longingly,
And somehow, that made me very happy to know.

Far away, I heard a voice.
It told me to do my very best.
Then, in that case, who should I be stronger than?

“Be stronger than everyone else,”
Is how the laughing era had answered,
And now it has snatched away so many lives.
Only my shut eyelids
Knew of my moment of weakness.

Both me, withered and hung out to dry, and that
once glittering star, are like lost spirits wandering through the universe.
Just that alone made me feel
As if I could still laugh again tomorrow.
This pain that comes falling from the sky
Is an exchange I made for my cheerful self.
Just that alone made me feel
As if I could continue liking the person I will be tomorrow.

Like a naked la lan lan la lan la blaze
Is how I would like to live my life.
Flat-broke-clumsy-rolly-polly-hickadory-pon
Is a name I would have liked to have been born with (Daddy)

(But) Giving a laugh, I gave up on it all.
I left my dream behind and ran on.
What’s the point of aiming for something that you don’t even want
And to say that being in pain is exactly the time to laugh?

With a smile, a friend said
“I’m going off to die today” again.
And just like always,
I waved goodbye with my left hand (See you later)

With friends that have disappeared today
Come friends who are born on the same day.
Just that alone made me feel
As if I could still laugh again tomorrow.
Maybe this is what the voice I had brought with me
Had been wanting to say all along.
I wonder if that dream I had left behind
Is happy somewhere.

I’m sorry.

This planet has seen millions of nights come and go,
And yet it still looks towards tomorrow.
It makes me feel as if even I
Can overcome the twilight of my 20th year —
Just a little closer to coming to hate myself,
Still far away from coming to love myself,

The world is so well-made.

Even so, I kind of liked myself
When I tried my hardest to live the best I could.
Just that alone made me feel
As if I could go on laughing like always.
The pleasures that comes falling from the sky
Are an exchange I made for my tearful self.
I’m certain that the star that shines brightly tomorrow,
Has been gazing down at me all this time.

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RADWIMPS – Tremolo
Lyrics+Composition: Youjiro Noda (作詩・作曲：野田洋次郎)

KANJI
満天の空に君の声が
響いてもいいような綺麗な夜
悲しみが悲しみで終わらぬよう
せめて地球は周ってみせた

本当に伝えたい想いだけは
うまく伝わらないようにできてた
そのもどかしさに抱かれぬよう
せめて僕は笑ってみせた

「何もないんだってここには」って笑ってる君も望んでる
そんな声もかき消すほどに
膨れるこの万象を

「意味はないんだって僕には」って叫んでる僕も望んでる
無味を悟る
その先に浮かぶ光の粒を

最近は映画の見すぎで
奇跡も珍しくなくなったね
心にもないことでもすらすら
言えるようになったよ

ほら　僕が僕から離れてく
そんなことさえも忘れたくなる
「真実とはねそれだけで美しいんだ」と　言って

満天の空に君の声が
響いてもいいような綺麗な夜
悲しみが悲しみで終わると疑わぬように
神様は僕に　夢を見させた

今開いていたページの上に描いてみようかな
「離さないよ　繋いでたいの　僕は僕の手を」

今止まっていた景色が
動き出した気がしたんだよ
ほら　僕の鼓動も確かに
刻み始めた4拍子

不器用な僕も描き出してみるよ
終わりに向かってゆく明日を
笑って迎える意味を

ROMANJI
manten no sora ni kimi no koe ga
hibiitemo ii you na kirei na yoru
kanashimi ga kanashimi de owaranu you
semete chikyuu wa mawatte miseta

hontou ni tsutaetai omoi dake wa
umaku tsutawaranai you ni dekiteta
sono modokashisa ni idakarenu you
semete boku wa waratte miseta

“nani mo nain da tte koko ni wa” tte waratteru kimi mo nozonderu
sonna koe mo kakikesu hodo ni
fukureru kono banshou wo

“imi wa nain da tte boku ni wa” tte sakenderu boku mo nozonderu
mumi wo satoru
sono saki ni ukabu hikari no tsubu wo

saikin wa eiga no misugi de
kiseki mo mezurashiku naku natta ne
kokoro ni mo nai koto demo sura sura
ieru you ni natta yo

hora boku ga boku kara hanareteku
sonna koto sae mo wasuretaku naru
“shinjitsu to wa ne sore dake de utsukushiin da” to itte

manten no sora ni kimi no koe ga
hibiitemo ii you na kirei na yoru
kanashimi ga kanashimi de owaru to utagawanu you ni
kami sama wa boku ni yume wo misaseta

ima hiraiteita peeji no ue ni egaite miyou ka na
“hanasanai yo tsunaidetai no boku wa boku no te wo”

ima tomatteita keshiki ga
ugoki dashita ki ga shitan da yo
hora boku no kodou mo tashika ni
kizami hajimeta yon byoushi

bukiyou na boku mo egaki dashite miru yo
owari ni mukatte yuku asu wo
waratte mukaeru imi wo

TRANSLATION
Under the brilliant sky, it would seem almost right
For your voice to echo through this beautiful night.
So that sorrow wouldn’t end in sorrow
The Earth made an effort to continue revolving.

I’m made up so that I can never convey
How I really feel all that well.
So that I wouldn’t get caught up in that frustration,
I made an effort to keep laughing.

Even when you smile and say, “This place has nothing,”
You still long for this expanding universe
To erase that voice of yours without a trace.

Even when I scream, “There’s no meaning to my life,”
I still long for the beads of light floating ahead of me
To help me understand its dreariness.

Because I’ve been watching too many movies lately,
Miracles seem commonplace to me now.
It’s gotten easier for me to say things
That I don’t even mean.

Look, I’m even starting to wish
To forget that I’m growing apart from myself.
Someone, please, tell me that reality, simply in and of itself, is beautiful.

Under the brilliant sky, it would seem almost right
For your voice to echo through this beautiful night.
So that I wouldn’t despair of sorrow ending in sorrow,
God showed me a dream.

I think I’ll try sketching now on these opened pages,
“I’ll never let me go, I want to keep holding on to my own hand.”

Just now, I felt as if the frozen scenery around me
Has begun to move once more.
Listen, you can hear the first sputters of my heart beating
Steadily into common time rhythm.

Even someone as awkward as myself will do my best to express
The tomorrow heading towards the final end.
The meaning behind greeting it with a smile.