何度目の青空か? (Nandome no aozora ka?) – How many blue skies has it been?
from Nandome no aozora ka? single.
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Reflected from the end of the school yard, a faucet that someone had forgotten to shut off
It felt like something precious kept flowing right away
As the sound of the wind blocked my ears
Something is also leaking from the corners of my heart
I knew that I couldn’t just leave it be, but
I still pretended not to notice
With an extensive amount of time, the possibilities of anything are endless
And there freedom exists
How many blue skies has it been? Nobody’s been keeping count
The sun will fall and rise again, everyday comes, a natural thing
But something’s being forgotten
How many blue skies has it been? Don’t let youth slip away
Even when living the dream, look up at the sky sometimes (the clear sky)
Don’t let yourself live in futility
As I reached out to touch the faucet’s water
The coldness woke me up
The gushing sheets of spray, like the life I’d been assigned
Weighed heavy in my palms
Even when we think in our minds “I’ll do that someday”
Forever is actually so short
How many blue skies has it been? Nobody’s been keeping count
The sun will fall and rise again, everyday comes, a natural thing
But something’s being forgotten
How many blue skies has it been? Don’t let youth slip away
Even when living the dream, look up at the sky sometimes (the clear sky)
Don’t let yourself live in futility
Just close your eyes, and you’ll hear it
The sounds that are coming from yourself
Us, the sky, nothing’s so clear and simple
We don’t know when the next blue sky will come
So look up at the sky now and start out on something
That we can do today…
When the next blue sky comes, let’s notice it ourselves
Even if we’re crying, the sun won’t set (if we keep looking)
You can become even stronger
I’m living right now (even as time passes)
I won’t let it flow away
——
ROOMAJI
Koutei no haji de hansha shiteta dareka ga shime wasureta jaguchi
Daiji na mono ga zutto nagare ochiteru you de
Kaze ni mimi wo fusaideta
Boku no kokoro no katasumi ni mo dashippanashi no nanika ga aru yo
Kono mama ja ikenai to sou kizuiteita no ni
Minai furi wo shiteitan da
Boudai na jikan to nandatte dekiru kanousei
Jiyuu wa soko ni aru
Nandome no aozora ka? Kazoete wa inai darou
Hi wa shizumi mata noboru atarimae no mainichi
Nanika wasureteru
Nandome no aozora ka? Seishun wo mi nogasuna
Muchuu ni ikiteitemo toki ni wa mi agete miyou (hareta sora wo)
Ima no jibun wo muda ni suru na
Jaguchi no mizu ni furete mitara
Sono tsumetasa ni me to samashita yo
Hotobashiru mizu shibuki ataerareta inochi wa
Tenohira ni omotakatta
Itsuka yaru tsumori to atama no naka de omottetemo
Eien wa mijikai
Nandome no aozora ka? Kazoete wa inai darou
Hi wa shizumi mata noboru atarimae no mainichi
Nanika wasureteru
Nandome no aozora ka? Seishun wo mi nogasuna
Muchuu ni ikiteitemo toki ni wa mi agete miyou (hareta sora wo)
Ima no jibun wo muda ni suru na
Me wo tojite mireba kikoete kuru darou
Kimi ga dashippanashi ni shiteru oto
Bokura mo sora mo hare dake ja nai
Kono tsugi no aozora wa itsu na no ka wakaranai
Dakara ima sora mi age nanika wo hajimerun da
Kyou dekiru koto wo…
Kono tsugi no aozora wa jibun kara kizuku darou
Namida afuretetemo taiyou wa nijimanai sa (chanto mireba)
Kimi wa motto tsuyoku nareru yo
Ima wo ikirun da (toki wa nagaretemo)
Boku wa nagasarenai
——
KANJI
校庭の端で反射してた 誰かが閉め忘れた蛇口
大事なものがずっと流れ落ちてるようで
風に耳を塞いでた
僕の心の片隅にも 出しっ放しの何かがあるよ
このままじゃいけないと そう気づいていたのに
見ないふりをしていたんだ
膨大な時間と何だってできる可能性
自由はそこにある
何度目の青空か？ 数えてはいないだろう
陽は沈みまた昇る 当たり前の毎日
何か忘れてる
何度目の青空か？ 青春を見逃すな
夢中に生きていても 時には見上げてみよう（晴れた空を）
今の自分を無駄にするな
蛇口の水に触れてみたら
その冷たさに目を覚ましたよ
ほとばしる水しぶき 与えられた命は
掌に重たかった
いつかやるつもりと 頭の中で思ってても
永遠は短い
何度目の青空か？ 数えてはいないだろう
陽は沈みまた昇る 当たり前の毎日
何か忘れてる
何度目の青空か？ 青春を見逃すな
夢中に生きていても 時には見上げてみよう（晴れた空を）
今の自分を無駄にするな
目を閉じてみれば 聴こえて来るだろう
君が出しっ放しにしてる音
僕らも空も晴れだけじゃない
この次の青空は いつなのかわからない
だから今 空見上げ 何かを始めるんだ
今日できることを…
この次の青空は 自分から気づくだろう
涙が溢れてても 太陽は滲まないさ（ちゃんと見れば）
君はもっと強くなれるよ
今を生きるんだ（時は流れても）
僕は流されない
