Kurumi
Mr. Children

Nee kurumi
Kono machi no keshiki wa kimi no me ni dou utsuru no?
Ima no boku wa dou mieru no?

Nee kurumi
Dare ka no yasashi sa mo hiniku ni kikoete shimaun da
Sonna toki wa doushitara ii?

Yokatta koto dake omoidashite
Yake ni toshioita kimochi ni naru
To wa ie kurashi no naka de
Ima ugokidasou toshite iru
Haguruma no hitotsu ni naranakute wa naa
Kibou no kazu dake shitsubou wa fueru
Sore demo asu ni mune wa furueru
“Donna koto ga okorun darou?”
Souzoushite mirun da yo

Nee kurumi
Jikan ga nani mo ka mo arai tsuresatte kurereba
Ikiru koto wa jitsu ni tayasui

Nee kurumi
Are kara wa ichidou mo namida wa nagashite nai yo
Demo honki de warau koto mo sukunai

Doko ka de kake chigaete kite
Kigatsukeba hitotsu amatta BOTAN
Onaji you ni shite dare ka ga moteamashita BOTANHOORU ni
Deau koto de imi ga dekita nara ii
Deai no kazu dake wakare wa fueru
Sore demo kibou ni mune wa furueru
Juujiro ni dekuwasu tabi
Mayoi mo suru darou kedo

Ima ijou o itsumo hoshigaru kuse ni
Kawaranai ai o motome utau
Soushite haguruma wa mawaru
Kono hitsuyou ijou no futan ni
GISHI GHISHI nibui oto o tate nagara
Kibou no kazu dake shitsubou wa fureru
Sore demo asu ni mune wa furueru
“Donna koto ga okorun darou?”
Souzoushite miyou
Deai no kazu dake wakare wa fueru
Sore demo kibou ni mune wa furueru
Hikikaeshi chaike nai yo ne
Susumou kimi no inai michi no ue e

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Title: Kurumi (Walnut)
Words: Sakurai Kazutoshi
Music: Sakurai Kazutoshi

Tell me, Kurumi
What do you see looking at this city
How do I look to you now?

Tell me, Kurumi
When I start to hear the sarcasm in someone’s kindness
What am I to do?

Remembering only the good times
though it makes me feel like I’ve aged a sum
But you gotta be one of the gears
trying to get turning
You can have only as much despair as you have hope.
but still, my heart trembles at the thought of the future
‘what’s going to happen?’
I try to imagine.

Tell me, Kurumi
If time will eventually wash it all away
then life must be a simple affair.

Tell me, Kurumi
since then I haven’t cried once
but, neither have I had many good laughs

Somewhere I did up the buttons wrong,
by the time I notice, there’s one button leftover
and similarly one button hole, in need of a button
If you find meaning in finding someone then fine
you can have only as many partings
as you do encounters
still my heart trembles at the thought of hope.
Every time I encounter a crossroads
I’ll fret over which way to go but…

Even though I want more than I have now
I sing for an unchanging love
that’s what makes the gears turn
with the burden of more than I need,
making a dull grinding sound
you can have only as much despair as you do hope
and still my heart trembles
at the thought of the future
“What’s going to happen?”
Let’s imagine
you can have only as many partings
as you do encounters
and still my heart trembles at the thought of hope
guess there’s no turning back,
so I’ll go on, to a road without you.