望遠鏡のない天文台 (Bouenkyou no nai tenmondai) – Observatory without a telescope

Performed by Passion For You Senbatsu.

from Chicken LINE single.

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To the old observatory
All alone
Quietly, in the middle of the night
I snuck out of home to come here

Even the telescopes
Have been removed now
The windows are open wide
Like a husk without dreams

Even though we
Looked up countless times
We couldn’t see our heart’s sky

Starlight, the star of passion
Starlight, days of youth
Shine as usual
The starry sky seems sad
Tonight, the blowing wind
Tonight, the smell of summer grass
I remember you
Sweet and slightly bitter
That summer’s romance

The comrades I’ve always
Skipped lectures with
While drinking canned coffee
We discussed our futures

If I could take a peek
Through the telescope then
At myself 10 years later
Would I have done so?

The sunlight reaching me now
Is romance’s halation
It’s the invisible things that are precious

Sunshine, sun and shadow
Sunshine, past days
Even if that form changes
I’ll watch over destiny
Look at the blue sky and clouds
Look at the shimmering heat
Can’t return to that time
Now that I’m an adult
That nostalgic summer

Unrecorded
On the map of stars
That nameless star
We discovered that night

Starlight, the star of passion
Starlight, days of youth
Shine as usual
The starry sky seems sad
Tonight, the blowing wind
Tonight, the smell of summer grass
I remember you
Sweet and slightly bitter
That summer’s romance

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旅の途中 (Tabi no tochuu) – Mid-journey

Graduation song for Miyazawa Sae.

from Chicken LINE single.

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How many oceans have I crossed to get here?
Before I knew it, my hometown
Was far far away
Since that day I flew out to search for myself
I’ve survived by relying on the wind

“Have I gotten familiar with this unfamiliar land?”
There were nights when I worried about that, but

I’ve journeyed and known love
Our hearts are connected even though we’re apart
The sky we look up at stretches on forever
As we dream the same dream

Hoping for a place with more shine
I’ve spread my wings and flew here
You have taught me
“What am I?” Yes, your courage to ask
To leave the flock, we’ve always admired that

There were times when you got hurt
But you always smiled

Continuing your journey, what have you learnt?
How does that sinking sun look like to you?
As if shaking off your helplessness
You believed in that rising Eastern sky again

Every person
Is stretching out for that invisible thing
With the stars in the night sky
We prepare for a clear day tomorrow

I’ve journeyed and known love
Our hearts are connected even though we’re apart
The sky we look up at stretches on forever
As we dream the same dream

Continuing your journey, what have you learnt?
How does that sinking sun look like to you?
As if shaking off your helplessness
You believed in that rising Eastern sky again

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Performed by Team E.

from Chicken LINE single.

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Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Secret time
(Secret Secret)
Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Your Secret
(Secret Secret)

The disappearing omen
With a sullen expression
Reapplying lipstick
For scarlet lips

Taking a cab and disappearing somewhere (somewhere)
As if possessed by something (something)
Sucked into the gap between night and morning

Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Secret time
(Secret Secret)
Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Your Secret
(Secret Secret)
Why am I so charmed
By secrets?
Secret

As if nothing has happened
I’ve just returned to this place
A slightly hurried breathing
Tells the story of “special circumstances”

Suddenly close, winking (winking)
“The night is still young” you say (you say)
Are you dragging me into an unsolvable mystery?

Is this my secret?
(Secret Secret)
Secret zone
(Secret Secret)
Is this my secret?
(Secret Secret)
That’s a Secret
(Secret Secret)
Everyone has one thing
They want to keep hidden

Not just light
Love is illusion too

Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Secret time
(Secret Secret)
Is that your secret?
(Secret Secret)
Your Secret
(Secret Secret)
Why am I so charmed
By secrets?
Secret

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キスポジション (Kisu pojishon) – Kiss position

Performed by Team KII.

from Chicken LINE single.

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Unable to wait for the season
We came to the ocean
May’s beach
Without a single human shadow

I tried touching with my fingertip
The edge of the breaking waves
It still felt so cold
That I let out a cry

You are nearby
Smiling
With both hands
In your jeans pockets…
“You’re too impatient”
You say, and I’m astonished
But maybe you’re right

Let me have a date
With midsummer’s romance
If we don’t hurry
Then the place will be packed
So with you, just the two of us
I want to have this preview
The most wonderful
Kiss position

The horizon
Where the sky and sea join
The surfers take the waves
All to themselves

I want to take off my sneakers
Here, and start to run
If I go barefoot
I may catch a cold

“I want to watch a movie”
You say
As you glance at your watch
As I ignore you
“Let’s come again when the rainy season is over”
You whispered quietly
By my side

Let me get ready
For midsummer’s romance
I’d need to buy
A fashionable swimsuit too…
I want to see where
The sun goes when it sets
Beautiful by sunset
Kiss position

Let me have a date
With midsummer’s romance
If we don’t hurry
Then the place will be packed
So with you, just the two of us
I wanted to have this preview
The most wonderful
Kiss position

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彼女がいる (Kanajo ga iru) – He has a girlfriend

Performed by Team S.

from Chicken LINE single.

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On the classroom floor
Sunshine plays geometry
Forming numerous triangles
As if drawing out spring
Even as I joked around with everyone
As we cleaned up the room
I avoided stepping on the sunny spots
Jumping over them with a bounce

As if they were somebody’s emotions taking shape
Don’t want to destroy it
To have a shadow cast
Because of my fault
Made the bottom of my chest ache

He has a girlfriend
I learned that
Even though
I really love him
I just can’t be an obstacle
To his happiness
My heart draws romance
A beautiful shape

The sun sank
As I closed the curtains
The complicated, connected shapes
All vanished
Even when I pushed the chairs and desks
Back to their original spots
It seemed different from the usual
And it puzzled me

Unchanging things, changing things
Are before my eyes
The school bell echoes through the building
Even in this empty classroom
I’m unable to speak to myself

He has a girlfriend
It was a shock, but
If he is really
Together with her
I won’t think of
Changing that destiny
Love is stronger than anything
The proof of reality

He has a girlfriend
I learned that
Even though
I really love him
I just can’t be an obstacle
To his happiness
My heart draws romance
A beautiful shape

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チキンLINE (Chikin LINE) – Chicken LINE

from Chicken LINE single.

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Even though I waited for you
On the congested train platform
Why didn’t you come in the end?
On the windswept bench
“There’s something I want to tell you”
A message that makes me think too much

The usual scheduled train
It’s already passed on
You said we’d head back together
The misdirected anticipation
But I was the overeager one
With a cancelled reaction…

Suddenly, a delivered stamp saying I LOVE YOU! (I LOVE YOU!)
You must be near, but won’t come forward
You’re a coward

Not via LINE
Say it while looking me in the eye!
If you truly love me
Then meet me and confess it straight!
I don’t want to read it
I want to hear your voice
You want to test my sincerity…
But if you just send words, I’ll ignore the message

“Together” or “not together”?
On the ambiguous boundary
Reality is lost
The one who insists will win, right?
Do you want me to say
“I love you too”? You must be joking

Even so, I waited for you
As if you’d suddenly, finally come
Unable to head back home
I continued to believe in love
Betrayed by delusions
Your tension has dropped

Suddenly, my phone rings with Your NAME (Your NAME)
Instead of calling, come over here
You just won’t take a risk, huh?

Show me your face
And tell me clearly
To be rejected by a girl
Shouldn’t be that embarrassing for a man
If you want guarantees
Then it won’t become love
Our hearts are throbbing, but even if
Romance comes knocking, love will ignore us

Look me in the eye
Fair and square
And as your stomach knots up
I’ll immediately answer YES or NO

Not via LINE
Not via LINE
Say it while looking me in the eye!
If you truly love me
Then meet me and confess it straight!
I don’t want to read it
I want to hear your voice
You want to test my sincerity…
But if you just send words, I’ll ignore the message

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Misa’s note: LINE is a popular messaging app in Japan. Stamps are similar to emoticons.

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