Tokyo [English translation]

I let myself go with the flow and ran how I felt

I felt the air that the town spit out on my cheek and understood

The voice that filled up this small body to the point of bursting

As though to stop it from overflowing, I laughed in a too-loud voice

We spread out our words and heading towards the unknown future

To fly, (we are) using the wings on our unsure backs to the best of our ability

Reaching out and pushing ourselves to the limit, till we become tired to the point of falling asleep

In a corner of this town, in our hearts, today too, we will sing

Tokyo

You, whose form and shape and colours keep continuously changing

Tokyo

One day, will you become someone that I do not recognise anymore

Tokyo

Even if that may happen, for now, like childhood friends

Tokyo

Let’s play and joke and be happy, without looking back at yesterday

You, who becomes stained in red

(You) take my hand without meeting (my) eyes

And give (me) your overflowing love

Tokyo

Connecting all of us

And setting all of us free towards our separate days

Tokyo

Getting through

All the memories that we couldn’t talk through at night

Tokyo

When you go by suddenly

You still have the same voice as that day

Tokyo

Let’s record what is there now

So that no one will ever forget you

Even if you hold on and even if you hang on without letting go, what will not be conveyed is

The fleeting hope that was entrusted for the sake of the future

All this time we have spent in conflict

Will not come back, cannot come back no matter how much we wish for it

Tokyo

Our loneliness and sadness and love

Tokyo

Our misery and our carelessness and this aimlessness

Tokyo

You take in everything and still hold us

Tokyo

Is there somewhere for me to lean on when I want to cry?