KOTOKO/Ashiato

Ashiato
(Footprints)

KOTOKO

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Nakamatachi no koe ga hibiku kousha dewa Toki wo wasure tatazumu kage nagaku natte yuku Takaramono datta to itsuka kizuku kedo Modorenai ne ano hi no kaze wa muki wo kaeta Chooku no moji igai ni Bokura wa nani wo mitsuketa no? Mada otona da nante ienai yo ne, ima mo... Haruka ni mieta akogare no chi ni Bokura wa chikazuite iru ka na? Senobi shite ita tsumasaki dake ga Yume e no kyori wo shittetan da Nameraka ni katatta kimi no hitomi no oku no Tsuyoi hikari mitsumerarezu kumo wo nagameteta Hoshikuzu no kazu hodo omoi meguru no ni Umaku kotoba mitsukaranakute kusa wo chigiru Kawatte yukeru koto mo Mizu no you ni uke tomeyou Sore wa kanashii koto nanka ja nai kitto... Kanawanu yume wa doko ni mo nai to Tsuyogatte kokyuu wo hayameta Hieta daichi ni fureta kakato ga Chiisana ashiato wo tsuketeta Mabuta no ura ni nokoru omokage Itsuka torimodoshi ni yuku kara Yoru ga akereba mata ugokidasu hibi ni Ima wa nomikomaretemo Haruka ni mieta akogare no chi ni Bokura wa chikazuite iru ka na? Naku koto sae mo wasurete ima wa Kono michi wo aruite yukun da Fumishimeta daichi shinjite...

Friends' voices echo in the school building Where our shadows loiter and grow long, forgetting time Someday we'll learn to treasure those days But now we can't go back - the wind has changed direction What else did we find Besides words written in chalk? We still can't say we're grown up, even now... Are we getting closer To that distant land we longed for? We reached out and only our fingertips Knew the distance to our dreams I looked up at the clouds, unable to look at the bright light Deep inside your glassy eyes So many thoughts swirl around, as countless as the stars But, unable to find the words, I pluck at the grass Let's accept change Like water flowing I know it's not something to be sad about... We breathed faster, insisting There was no dream that couldn't come true Our heels left small footprints On the frozen ground Someday we'll go back for The afterimage on our eyelids Even if for now we're swallowed up In the days that begin to move with the dawn Are we getting closer To that distant land we longed for? Now that we've forgotten how to cry We walk this road Having faith in each step...