RAINBOW
1. everlasting dream
2. WE WISH
3. Real me
4. Free & Easy
5. Heartplace
6. Over
7. HANABI
8. taskinillusion
9. everywhere nowhere
10. July 1st
11. Dolls
12. neverending dream
13. Voyage
14. Close to you
15. independent
16. +
Thank you very much, Donny, for kindly proofreading all the translations in this page. (Feb 2004)
1. everlasting dream
I give you
A box of dream
An everlasting dream
An everlasting dream
2. WE WISH
Wish strongly, so strongly
And everything will start
To believe: that is
Nothing but to wish
When I'm tired of myself
And think of changing myself
I begin to save appearance with various clothes
And come to realize the main point
We are meaningless
Unless we continue to be ourselves
Wish strongly, so strongly
And everything will start
To believe: that is
Nothing but to wish
What are you waiting for?
To expect something
And to wish
May look similar
But are in fact quite different
How I'm seen, how I'm talked about
They have become nothing to me
Though I need my dear person first of all
With whom I can be open-hearted
We are meaningless
Unless we accept ourselves
Who on Earth decided
That there is the only one truth?
We have already passed through
Such an age
Don't be scared
And if you find a sunlit way
Spread your wings
And fly higher and higher
Wish strongly, so strongly
And everything will start
To believe: that is
Nothing but to wish
Wish strongly, so strongly
And everything will start
To believe: that is
Nothing but to wish
What are you waiting for?
To expect something
And to wish
May look similar
But are in fact quite different
3. Real me
What I get?
What you get?
It may be an illusion
And we may only want to believe
That we have it
What I say?
What you say?
If we don't express
Our thoughts and feelings in words
They may not be understood nor reach one another
The present time
Starts here
A woman never runs away
A woman never hides away
In order to survive
You should not want to be healed
Without fighting
A woman never shows her fears
A woman never shows her tears
In order to survive
You should not easily
Show your tears to someone
What I need?
What you need?
Maybe it's all right
So long as I have desires
And am not satisfied
What I lose?
What you lose?
Maybe I have heard enough of people saying
That they knew the value of something
Only after losing it
Love:
It's here
A woman could be dangerous
A woman could be generous
In order to survive
We cannot always be
Such good girls
A woman could be having fun
A woman could be like a nun
In order to survive
We cannot be kind to others
If we don't know pain
A woman never runs away
A woman never hides away
In order to survive
You should not want to be healed
Without fighting
A woman never shows her fears
A woman never shows her tears
In order to survive
You should not easily
Show your tears to someone
A woman could be dangerous
A woman could be generous
In order to survive
We cannot always be
Such good girls
A woman could be having fun
A woman could be like a nun
In order to survive
As I know
You see the real me
4. Free & Easy
I sometimes ask myself
How far I should go to reach the goal
I hear your voice
Encouraging me not to give in
I remember your words
That my happiness is your happiness
If you get tired of negating
And feel like losing yourself
Please trust me,
The one who is always here
The proof of your life
Exists within me
You are the person who just picks up
Saves beautiful things
And shows them to me
In such a dirty world as this
I hear your voice
Encouraging me not to give in
Please trust me,
The one who is always standing here
You are the person who just picks up
Saves beautiful things
And shows them to me
In such a dirty world as this
I will always protect you
So that you may never lose
What you are holding
Within you
I have sometimes asked myself
How far I should go to reach the goal
5. Heartplace
We were searching for freedom
Got hurt and did sinful things
My dear comrades
Who were so immature and awkward
I wonder if an adult with a child's mind
Should be called an adult
I can't yet live skillfully
We're free to go anywhere we want
We're free to do anything we want
Against what and until when do I keep on fighting?
In this place
Where I feel stress even when breathing
I've come to be able to smile
Even when I feel no fun
I wonder if I have changed
We're free to go anywhere we want
We're free to do anything we want
Maybe I keep on fighting against freedom
We're free to go anywhere we want
We're free to do anything we want
Maybe I keep on fighting against freedom
When I felt the warmth of someone I passed by
Tears welled in my eyes suddenly
It might be you, it might be that guy
Or that girl
6. Over
I still remember your profile
When you were about to say something on that day
I'm sorry
For not having heard you out
I honestly love you
I didn't have even a little more courage
And I hid my tears
Though I knew
We would never be as we were
I parted from you waving my hand and saying, "See you again"
I parted from you as usual
It's easier than we think
To let go of each other's hand
But it's difficult
To join hands again, isn't it?
I can't smile without you
I could not say just one word
The wind is cold
I'm in tears now
Now I know it's not me alone
Who feel the cold
But seems too late
What is getting little by little farther by the distance?
Do I forget little by little as time passes by?
It's over
It was a treasure, wasn't it?
I wished to protect it more than anything else
The wind is cold
I'm in tears now
Now I know it's not me alone
Who feel the cold
But seems too late
What is getting little by little farther by the distance?
Do I forget little by little as time passes by?
Good-bye, you'll never fade in my memory
I didn't even say good-bye to you clearly
It's over
7. HANABI
I'm looking up at the blurred sky
So that the tears will not fall
Why can't humans live
As they wish?
I need neither a weak heart preventing me from crying
Nor a strength without tears
I try to look for a shooting star
Upon which to cast my wish
But I cannot find one
As day is dawning so fast
There is not a day
On which I recall you
Because I have never
Forgotten you
Every time I have sadness
I habitually say, "I'm all right"
Something had ceased to be
That day, and I
Can't find even a star
However long I pray
I want to see you
I want to see you
I don't know what to do
As you are smiling so tenderly only just in my memory
There is not a day
On which I recall you
Because I have never
Forgotten you
I want to see you
I want to see you
I don't know what to do
As you are smiling so tenderly only just in my memory
9. everywhere nowhere
The freedom we have
The choices we make
The sacrifice we pay
Make life so complicated
Our eyes to judge
Our hands to hang on
Our feet to step forward
To whom do we entrust them?
The flooding products
The confused information
Which on earth is the truth
And which is false?
Yes, we are free
But are too free
We can go everywhere
And can go nowhere
Today, passing by
Tomorrow we don't yet see
The past we are holding
With whom do we share them?
The more convenient the products become
The more inconvenient our hearts become
I wonder if some day
Man may be symbolized, too
Yes, we are free
But are too free
We can go everywhere
And can go nowhere
Love is not an illusion
Dreams will surely come true
There will be a ray of hope
Yes, if we believe so
Though the sky is a little far off
Let's go to see the end of the rainbow
And to find the sceneries
No one has ever seen
Yes, we are free
But are too free
We could go everywhere
And could go nowhere
10. July 1st
The sky is turning, little by little,
From blue to orange
The colours becoming mixed
And dying the city deeply
Were you crying?
I didn't turn my face
If it's clear tomorrow, I will go to that sea
Changing the pain with the tears shed yesterday
Into tenderness
Above my head is just the wind blowing
With the sunlight between the clouds
And the sound of the waves rolling on the shore
Is washing everything away
I feel I have found
What I have been looking for so long
If it's clear tomorrow, I will go to see you
Yes I will be long with you
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
Even if it rains tomorrow
I will go to see you
And give this song to you
If it's clear tomorrow, I will go to that sea
The pain with the tears shed yesterday are changing
Into tenderness
If it's clear tomorrow, I will go to see you
Yes I will be long with you
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow
11. Dolls
Supposing life is a momentary dream
It would be like a flower
Even if destined to fall
It is all the more precious for its transience
What I lost somewhere once
What I left somewhere on that day
Now I go on a journey
With what is left in my hands
What are you thinking about now?
What can I do for you?
Maybe it's valuable as it has no forms
Maybe it's cruel and beautiful
Whether it rains or it blows
On the glowing day or on the silent night
Even if the end of the world is here
I wish to show you the continuation of the dream
I will grow a beautiful flower
And offer it to you
I will grow a beautiful flower
And offer it to you
What are you thinking about now?
What can I do for you?
I will grow a beautiful flower
And offer it to you
I will grow a beautiful flower
And offer it to you
I will sing a song
And sing by your side
I will sing a song
And sing by your side
13. Voyage
We go on this journey to be happy
You see? A smile suits you very well
The transient and beautiful days
Reviving without fading
The season of passion with the bright sea
The season of snow falling
Every time I turned around, you were there
We go on this journey to be happy
Maybe everyone is a traveller with a wound that hasn't healed
You see? A smile suits you very well
How many times did I lose my way?
Every time I did so,
You gave me a warm hand
What shall we think at the end of this long journey?
Maybe everyone is a traveller wandering about, seeking love
Let's go together until we are tired of it
What shall we think at the end of this long journey?
Maybe everyone is a traveller wandering about, seeking love
Let's go together until we are tired of it
14. Close to you
You see? Things are
Certainly changing
You see? But here remains
The unchanged thing
I've come to believe so
Because you taught it to me
Everyone walks on
To meet just one person, someday
I must have walked on
To meet you
Let's go along together
Looking at the same scenery
Whatever incidents may be to come
Don't forget
I will always be by your side
Though I can do nothing else
On the days of tears and on the days of smiles
I will be by your side
Everyone walks on
To meet just one person some day
Even if I'm reborn some day
I will surely find you
And I will walk on again
To meet you
15. independent
I am frightened again
At a small, trivial happening
And I habitually pretend to be strong
Not to show my fear
You are by my side
Telling a meaningless story
You are trying to encourage me
Clumsily but somehow or other
Maybe we will get along like this
Raising up my head, smiling a little
Looking up at the sky just for a while
Walking after being tired of running
In that way, "Am I ready?"
Step by step, little by little
We are certainly leaving our footprints
And so, all the pasts have formed
One road, the present
Though there are not always good things
If I feel I need you
And you need me, too
It seems we need no special reason
Don't you feel that daily life like this is not bad?
Raising up my head, smiling a little
Looking up at the sky just for a while
Walking after being tired of running
In that way, "Am I ready?"
If I feel I need you
And you need me, too
It seems we need no special reason
Don't you feel that daily life like this is not bad?
16. +
I can't find such fine words
But there is one thing I have realized
The more we put on a show
The more our hearts become empty
No need to do such
That's the point, isn't it?
Come on
La la la la la la la la la
Everyone shout!
La la la la la la la la la
Let's stand up now!
I can't find such fine words
But there are things I want to protect
The more we put on a smile
The more our faces look blank
It's only too sad
That's the point, isn't it?
Come on
La la la la la la la la la
Everyone shout!
La la la la la la la la la
Let's stand up now!
La la la la la la la la la
Everyone shout!
La la la la la la la la la
Let's stand up now!
La la la la la la la la la
Everyone shout!
La la la la la la la la la
Let's stand up now!
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