In a little while, maybe, just maybe, The day will come when we can laugh and say, “Maybe all of it was just a dream,” So carry on as always, until that day, And then, once again, through your strength, The day will come when we can decide our own fate, Everything, by those hands, by your own voice, So to laughter and to pain, I say goodbye, we’ll meet again.
I caught the slightest scent of you. It was a paper-thin difference from something imagined. But thinking back now, all of it Was the work of my misbegotten brain.
When I try to figure out reasons for things, Yes, when I remember anything, I’m pulled toward the memories of you. Like dogs that run to their masters’ side When you look away for the shortest time, They’re rummaging through my insides. You won’t find them there… I’m sorry.
In a little while, maybe, just maybe, The day will come when we can laugh and say, “Maybe all of it was just a dream,” So carry on as always, until that day, And then, once again, through your strength, The day will come when we can decide our own fate, Everything, by those hands, by your own voice, So to laughter and to pain, I say goodbye, we’ll meet again.
Even though you’re gone, there’s no helping it; This today, this sky – they have no choice but to begin. I’m trying as hard as I can, but even so, It’s as though we’re from different fathers, different mothers, and it hurts.
Those shoes that were just taken off And that song that was just memorized – Even now, they await the tomorrows to come. Awkward and clumsy, yet polite and behaved, Not moving a single millimeter, They’re waiting in this place, in perfect form, For the sake of these two words – “Welcome home.”
One by one, the memories rain down. So that they don’t break, I hold my arms out for all of them. Each time one drops into my hand, I feel a searing pain, But these are the ones we were supposed to raise and nurture from here on out, Substitutes of memories.
Now, the more sorrow I feel, The more painful it gets, In equal measure, I can truly be the person who I am. I still can’t follow the rules of the world, Not the way I am. In this place that can’t be reached By anyone’s words of any kind, I sing.
In a little while, maybe, just maybe, The day will come when we can laugh and say, “Maybe all of it was just a dream,” So carry on as always, until that day, And then, once again, through your strength, The day will come when we can decide our own fate, Everything, by those hands, by your own voice, So to laughter and to pain, I say goodbye, we’ll meet again. We’ll meet again. We’ll meet again.
Buriki RADWIMPS
Mou sukoshi shitara ne moshi ka shitara ne Subete ga maboroshi datta no kamo ne Nante waraeru hi ga kuru kara ne Sono mama de sono hi made Shitara mata ne kimi no chikara de Sadame wo kimeru hi ga kuru kara ne Subete sono te onore no sei Warau no mo itamu no mo mata ne
Kimi no nioi ga sukoshi dake shita nda Sore wa ki no sei to kami hitoe no sa datta Dakedo ima ni natte omoeba zenbu Dekisokonai no boku no nou no shiwaza
Nanika ni riyuu tsukete wa Sou nanika wo omoidashite wa Kimi no kioku ni mukatteku Sukoshi demo me wo hanashitara Shujin no moto e kakeru inu no you ni Boku no naka kakimawashiteru Soko ni wa inai nda gomen ne
Mou sukoshi shitara ne moshi ka shitara ne Subete ga maboroshi datta no kamo ne Nante waraeru hi ga kuru kara ne Sono mama de sono hi made Shitara mata ne kimi no chikara de Sadame wo kimeru hi ga kuru kara ne Subete sono te onore no sei de Warau no mo itamu no mo mata ne
Kimi ga inakutatte shikata nashi ni Hajimarazaru wo enai kyou mo sora mo Ganbatte wa iru kedo mo maru de Chigau chichi no you haha no you de itai yo
Oroshitate no ano kutsu mo Oboetate no ano kyoku mo Ima mo chanto mae no ashita wo Gikochinaku demo gyougi yoku Ichimiri mo ugoku koto naku Kono basho de shanto matteru yo Kono hitokoto no tame ni okaeri
Hitotsuhitotsu to omoide ga futteku Warenai you ni dore mo te wo nobashiteku Te ni ochiru tabi ni yakesou ni itamu kedo Kore ga bokura ga kore kara sodateru hazu datta Omoide no migawari nano
Ima wa kanashikereba kanashii hodo Kurushikereba kurushii hodo Boku ga boku de chanto irareru Mada kono sekai no ruuru ni wa Norenai yo kono boku ni wa Dare no donna kotoba de sae Todokanai basho de utau yo
Mou sukoshi shitara ne moshi ka shitara ne Subete ga maboroshi datta no kamo ne Nante waraeru hi ga kuru kara ne Sono mama de sono hi made Shitara mata ne kimi no chikara de Sadame wo kimeru hi ga kuru kara ne Subete sono te onore no sei de Warau no mo itamu no mo mata ne Mata ne Mata ne