More songs by Kenshi Yonezu
Description
Sometimes songs sound like a race against your own dreams - when your trainers are worn out, your breath is ragged, but there's still a light flashing ahead that you can't help but chase. There's no leisurely stroll here: everything rushes forward, with jerks, with momentum, with the desire to break through further than your strength allows.
This music reflects the process of growing up - that peculiar feeling when you begin to understand that being strong does not mean hiding your weaknesses, but rather embracing them. And even if the road leads to something unattainable, it is still worth pursuing, because the journey itself becomes the answer. The song reminds us that a dream is not a destination, but a fire that pushes us not to stop.
Lyrics and translation
Original
気づけば靴は汚れ 錆びついた諸刃を伝う雨
憧れはそのままで 夢から目醒めた先には夢
聞こえたその泣き声 消えいる手前の咽ぶソワレ
憧れのその先へ 蹲る君を見つける為
行け 行け 追いつけない速度で 飛べ インパルス加速して
行け きっとこの時を感じる為に生まれてきたんだ
未来を掴んで 期待値を超えて 額に吹き刺す風
今に見なよ きっと君の眩しさに誰もが気づくだろう
相応しい声で 視線追い越して 虚空を超えて行け
見違えていく君の指から今 手を放す
気づけば謎は解かれ 木目ごと見慣れた板の上
あの頃焦がれたような大人になれたかな
そう君の苦悩は君が自分で選んだ痛みだ
そして掴んだあの煌めきも全て君のものだ
僕は弓になって 君の白んだ掌をとって強く引いた
今君は決して風に流れない矢になって
行け (行け) 決して振り向かないで (飛べ) もう届かない場所へ
行け 行け 行け 君はいつだって輝いていた！
未来を掴んで 期待値を超えて 額に吹き刺す風
今に見なよ きっと君の眩しさに誰もが気づくだろう
相応しい声で 視線追い越して 虚空を超えて行け
見違えていく君の指から今 手を放す
English translation
Before I knew it, my shoes were dirty, and the rain was rolling down the rusted double-edged blades.
Leave your yearning as it is, and when you wake up from the dream, it will be a dream
That cry I heard, the soiree just before it disappeared
In order to find you who is kneeling beyond the point of longing
Go, go, fly at a speed you can't keep up with, accelerate by impulse
Go, I'm sure you were born to feel this moment
Grasping the future, exceeding expectations, the wind blows on my forehead
Look now, I'm sure everyone will notice how dazzling you are.
With a suitable voice, surpass my gaze and cross the void
I'll let go of your fingers that are beginning to misunderstand me now.
Before I knew it, the mystery had been solved, and I was on a familiar board with every grain of wood.
I wonder if I could become the adult I longed for back then.
Yes, your suffering is the pain you chose for yourself.
And that sparkle you grabbed is all yours.
I turned into a bow, took your white palm and pulled it hard.
Now you're an arrow that never flies in the wind
Go (go), never look back (fly) to a place you can't reach anymore
Go, go, go, you were always shining!
Grasping the future, exceeding expectations, the wind blows on my forehead
Look now, I'm sure everyone will notice how dazzling you are.
With a suitable voice, surpass my gaze and cross the void
I'll let go of your fingers that are beginning to misunderstand me now.