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Description
Everything here revolves around flying - not easy, festive flying, but stubborn flying, when the wings creak but still spread out. The song smells of the road: a guitar on your shoulders, nights of doubt, and morning cities that somehow shine brighter just when you leave them.
This is a story about how to sing even when no one is listening, and fly even when no one is watching. In every word, you can feel that strange mixture of fatigue and hope, when you want not just to survive, but to convey something further - laughter, music, a piece of warmth. The music seems to promise: yes, we will break apart more than once, but we will still return, like migratory birds, because there is no other way.
Lyrics and translation
Original
I wanna fly so high
Yeah, I know my wings are dried
「翼仰げば」って人は云う
その向こうにあるは無情
飛べる者 落ちる者
誰も見てない
気にも留めない
それでも飛び続けた
傷ついた言葉乗せ
運びたいから
追いかけて 届くよう
僕等 一心に 羽ばたいて
問いかけて 嘆いた夜
故郷は 一層 輝いて
ワタリドリの様に今 旅に発つよ
ありもしないストーリーを
描いてみせるよ
I wanna fly so far
Away with my guitar
「一人じゃない」って人々は歌う
間違いじゃない
理想論でもない
ただ頼って生きたくはない
誰も聴いていない
気にも留めない
それでも歌い続けた
傷ついた あなたを
笑わせたいから
追い風 届けるよ
僕等 一心に 羽ばたいて
遠い過去を 背負ってた
あなたを未来へ運ぶよ
ワタリドリの様に今 群れをなして
大それた四重奏を 奏で終える日まで
All this time we come and we grow
Now it's time that we should go
But we both know that this is for sure
It's not the end of the world
Well, see you one day
追いかけて 届くよう
僕等 一心に 羽ばたいて
問いかけて 嘆いた夜
朝焼け色に 染まっていく
ワタリドリの様に いつか舞い戻るよ
ありもしないストーリーを
いつかまた会う日まで
English translation
I wanna fly so high
Yeah, I know my wings are dried
People say, "If you raise your wings,"
What's on the other side is heartless
those who can fly, those who fall
no one is watching
I don't care
Still kept flying
Carrying hurtful words
Because I want to carry it
Let's chase and reach
We fly with all our hearts
The night I asked and lamented
My hometown shines even brighter
Like a wading bird, I'm off on a journey now
An unlikely story
I'll draw it for you
I wanna fly so far
Away with my guitar
"You're not alone" people sing
It's not a mistake
It's not idealistic either.
I don't want to live just relying on it
no one is listening
I don't care
Still, I kept singing
I hurt you
Because I want to make you laugh
I'll give you a tailwind
We fly with all our hearts
I was carrying the burden of a distant past
I'll carry you to the future
Now, like wading birds, we're flocking together
Until the day we finish playing this erratic quartet
All this time we come and we grow
Now it's time that we should go
But we both know that this is for sure
It's not the end of the world
Well, see you one day
Let's chase and reach
We fly with all our hearts
The night I asked and lamented
dyed in the color of morning glow
Like a wading bird, I'll return someday
An unlikely story
Until someday we meet again