Birdcage
光の中で見た幼い記憶は
汚れたこの僕には今も遠すぎて
闇の中、君の名を何度も叫んだ
終わらない時代の中で君しかいなくて
贖うことさえできずに僕を閉じ込める
祈ることしかできなくて…悲しみは癒えない
紫陽花の濡れた葉を一枚ちぎった
水溜まりに浮かべて君を思い出す
雨上がりの夕暮れに微かに聞こえた遠くの船の汽笛
何故か哀しくて
許されないものなら すべてが消えればいい
苦しみも痛みも何もいらない世界へ
贖うことさえできずに僕を閉じ込める
祈ることしかできなくて…悲しみは癒えない
優しく泣いた空から聞こえた君の声も
涙を浮かべたまま微笑った僕には見えない…
光の中で見た幼い記憶は
音のない笑顔さえ今は嬉しくて
二度と戻れないあの頃にも
僕たちは微笑っていた
hikari no naka de mita osanai kioku wa
kegareta kono boku ni wa ima mo toosugite
yami no naka kimi no na wo nando mo sakenda
owaranai toki no naka de kimi shika inakute
aganau koto sae dekizu ni boku wo tojikomeru
inoru koto shika dekinakute... kanashimi wa ienai
ajisai no nureta ha wo ichimai chigitta
mizutamari ni ukabete kimi wo omoidasu
ameagari no yuugure ni kasukani kikoeta tooku no fune no kiteki
naze ka kanashikute
yurusarenai no nara subete ga kiereba ii
kurushimi mo itami wo nani mo iranai sekai e
aganau koto sae dekizu ni boku wo tojikomeru
inoru koto shika dekinakute... kanashimi wa ienai
yasashiku naita sora kara kikoeta kimi no koe mo
namida wo ukabeta mama waratta boku ni wa mienai...
hikari no naka de mita osanai kioku wa
oto no nai egao sae ima wa ureshikute
nido to modorenai ano koro ni mo
bokutachi wa waratte ita
The memory of youth I saw in the light
is too distant for me even now, corrupted as I am
In the darkness I screamed your name over and over
inside endless time, there is no one but you
Unable even to atone, I shut myself away
I can't do anything but pray… my sorrow will not heal
I tear up a single wet hydrangea leaf
scatter the pieces across a puddle and think of you
Faintly heard in the evening after the rain,
a distant ship's steam whistle
is somehow sorrowful
If I cannot be forgiven I want everything to vanish
this suffering and this pain, into a world where nothing matters
Unable even to atone, I shut myself away
I can't do anything but pray… my sorrow will not heal
Even though I could hear your voice from the gently weeping sky
smiling as the tears well up, I can't see…
The memory of youth I saw in the light
even a soundless smile would make me happy now
And back in that time we can never return to
we were smiling
