行くあてのない僕たち (Yukuate no nai bokutachi) – Us without a destination

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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Just before dawn, the highway bus
Stops at a service station
Sleeping in your reclined seat
What dreams are you having?

Your innocent sleeping face
Makes my chest clench tight
I should go outside for awhile
Let the air cool my head

Leaving our hometown behind
I guided you by the hand
As we unexpectedly boarded a night bus

Our journey
With no destination
What ending is awaiting us?
Can’t survive on just ideals
Love is powerless
Even if we
Chase after happiness
We’ll lose sight and turn up empty
In the deserted parking lot
The engine is left running
Echoing with loneliness

A truck changes gears
Hefting its heavy body
The container remains silent
What is it carrying to where?

School has already started
Dreams continue
Before I knew it, you’re at my side
Suddenly handing me a cup of coffee

We can still go back now
And just say we were late, but
If we go on, it’ll be truancy

A love that moves
Purely on impulse
Who will be hurt?
As long as you’re in my past and future
I won’t be afraid of anything
I won’t regret
What has been decided
Meeting each other’s gaze, embracing
Somehow my tears start to flow
Are we happy?
Will tomorrow be happy?

Our journey
With no destination
What ending is awaiting us?
Can’t survive on just ideals
Love is powerless
Even if we
Chase after happiness
We’ll lose sight and turn up empty
In the deserted parking lot
The engine is left running
Echoing with loneliness

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シークレットグラフィティー (Shiikuretto gurafitii) – Secret graffiti

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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On the edge of the city
Along the highway
An always empty diner
With a cute waitress
Have you heard the rumors?

Her apron is white and pink
With her trademark ponytail
Driving up in T-Birds
The bad kids are finally here
Saturday

Persisting with numerous refills of coffee
Someone, ask her
Does she have a boyfriend?
She’s stolen our hearts
All madly in love

Linda
Somehow, I know her name
Yes, since long before
Linda, she’s my darling girlfriend
WOW WOW WOW, can’t speak of that
Until it’s exposed, just like this
Sorry, secret graffiti

Idling lazily
At the counter
The talkative owner
Calls our names with familiarity
His attitude is offensive

The cherry pie’s too sweet
My friends so vulgar
Aiming lustful gazes at her
Won’t let them appraise her
Jealousy

Shall we go soon?
The table is cleared
But nobody moves
I’m the only one feeling out of place
But she winked at me
Don’t go

OK!
Rather than nod
I made eye contact
OK! You’re my wonderful girlfriend
WOW WOW WOW, waiting at that place
Enjoying the headstart
Our secret graffiti

Romance is a superiority complex
Want to flaunt it for all to see
As we left the store, so that everyone could see
I suddenly kissed you

Linda
Somehow, I know her name
Yes, since long before
Linda, she’s my darling girlfriend
WOW WOW WOW, can’t speak of that
Until it’s exposed, just like this
Sorry, secret graffiti

Youth’s secret graffiti

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白米様 (Hakumai-sama) – Mr White rice

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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The most important thing
Is to ask for a meal
More than romance or anything else
Rice comes first

Even if I don’t get kisses
I can still hold on
Without rice
There’s no meaning in life

Can I have okonomiyaki
As a side dish?
It sounds tasteless, right?
But paired with anything
Even oden is OK!
(There’s udon too)
Entrails are the best!

Please
White rice, give it to me
White rice, donburi piled high
White rice, want it quick
Can’t wait for it to finish
White rice, I love you
White rice, more than anyone else
(Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Rice!)
Now, now
Mr White rice

No matter if a hunk
Confesses his love for me
My heart is
Rice’s slave

A carb diet
Is too wasteful
Unable to eat rice
Where’s the fun in that?

Bread and pasta too
I don’t dislike them, but
As a Japanese
Let’s eat rice
Sushi is good too, right?
(I like katsudon too)
Onigiri, bring it on!

More than that
White rice, just give me that
White rice, another bowl please
White rice, don’t need side dishes
Simple is best
White rice, I’m madly in love
White rice, in love with you
(Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Yeah!)
Delicious, delicious
Mr White rice

Yay! Yay!

Oh! Hey! Oh oh oh!
Hey! Oh oh oh!
Hey! Oh oh oh!
Cooked white rice days

Don’t leave the rice uneaten
You’ll get retribution
(Rice is life)
Freshly cooked
Cold rice
I love them all

Please,
White rice, give it to me
White rice, donburi piled high
White rice, want it quick
Can’t wait for it to finish
White rice, I love you
White rice, more than anyone else
(Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Rice!)
Now, now
Mr White rice

Yay! Yay!

Oh! Hey! Oh oh oh!
Hey! Oh oh oh!
Hey! Oh oh oh!
Cooked white rice days

Mr White rice

White rice, you’re my lover

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命の真実 (Inochi no shinjitsu) – The truth of life

Musical (by the apple seller and the stink bug).

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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“You’re the one from that time…”
“So you can see me…?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“I mean, I am…”

The me reflected in your eyes
What creature am I?
A human, or
A worthless
Little bug?

I can see it clearly
Your heart…
Not just your appearance
But the truth of life

I’m alive
I’m alive
A miracle to be born into the same world
I’m alive
I’m alive
Having overcome numerous sorrows now
We’ve finally met
It’s destiny
The future stretches on without end

If you cry so hard
Then you can’t see anything
There are so many
Stars in the sky
Just there for you to gaze upon

I can see you too
The you now…
Who has given this
Too-small me courage

This love (We will)
This love (Together)
Is like my guiding light (Reach out our hands for each other)
This love (Even if your)
This love (Appearance is different)
Having noticed my insignificant existence now (My feelings for you won’t change now)
So happy
I understood the meaning of my life

“In any case, we’re just…”
“Will you walk together with me?”
“But our paces are different”
“If I move forward, I’ll wait for you”
“Meeting you has changed me.
Humans, bugs, everyone
Is alive on this Earth”

When dawn breaks, all darkness will disappear
The sun shines equally on everyone, that is hope

I’m alive
I’m alive
A miracle to be born into the same world
I’m alive
I’m alive
Having overcome numerous sorrows now
We’ve finally met
It’s destiny
The future stretches on without end

“My Prince…
I’m walking, walking”

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オフショアガール (Ofushoa gaaru) – Offshore girl

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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Tu tu turu tu turu oh yeah
Tu tu turu tu turu oh yeah
Tu tu turu tu turu tu offshore girl

It’s finally here, the winds have changed
We’ve always been waiting
For this best wave to rise

From the wagon parked by the coast
You finally arrived, carrying a surfboard
Turu tu tu tu

Everyday, alone
You look at the ocean
I don’t even know your name
But you are the rumored
Beautiful girl

Offshore girl
Summer’s Madonna
Passing right before our eyes
Yes, we’re in love with you
Offshore girl
With your hair in a bun
Cutting across the white beach now
A mermaid returning to the sea
(Paddling yay!)
(Paddling yay!)
(Paddling paddling oh yay! Take off!)

Under the sunlight, you’re on the waves
Like a fish who has mastered the retreating waters
Turu tu tu tu

What is your
Normal job?
Do you have a lover?
Want to know you better
A free person

Surfer girl
My dream heroine
You always come to the sea alone
And I worry for you
Surfer girl
You are soaking wet
Riding over the breakwater now
Smiling, back to the station wagon
(Driving yay!)
(Driving yay!)
(Driving driving oh yay!)

The breeze blowing from land to sea
Is a nearby happiness faraway

Offshore girl
Summer’s Madonna
Passing right before our eyes
Yes, we’re in love with you
Offshore girl
With your hair in a bun
Cutting across the white beach now
Enticed by the wind’s gravity
A mermaid returning to the sea
(Paddling yay!)
(Paddling yay!)
(Paddling paddling oh yay! Take off!)

Tu tu turu tu turu oh yeah
Tu tu turu tu turu oh yeah
Tu tu turu tu turu tu offshore girl

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僕だけの光 (Boku dake no hikari) – A light that’s all mine

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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Every time I gaze at the sun
I get envious
Always so dazzling
It shines continuously

I can only make shadows
As tall as my stature
Unable to contribute
Anything to this world

Why am I existing?
Will I find the answer by being alive?

Want to grasp a light that’s all mine
Yes, a light nobody else possesses
Emitting from my heart (Hey! Hey!)
My own self shining on the future

How should I proceed now?
Teach me how to shine
What magic do you need?
I searched for a shortcut

I finally realized that
It doesn’t exist anywhere
The only way
Is to improve myself

Wiping away my sweat again and again
Before I knew it, something is shining quietly

You surely have a light that’s all yours
Remember the place you have forgotten
Power is sleeping (Hey! Hey!)
Dreams are always dazzling

Oh Oh Oh…

Want to grasp a light that’s all mine
Yes, a light nobody else possesses
Emitting from my heart
My own self shining on the future

You surely have a light that’s all yours
Remember the place you have forgotten
Power is sleeping (Hey! Hey!)
Dreams are always dazzling

I’ll shine (Hey!)
From the inside (Hey!)
So brightly to dim out the sun
Now, finally, I have the light

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裸足でSummer (Hadashi de Summer) – Barefoot Summer

from Hadashi de Summer single.

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This summer is different from the others
Yet nobody has realized it
Such as the brightness of the sunshine
And the fresh color of the flowers…
The seasons pass again and again
Something which was lost somewhere
And falling in love with someone
At the entrance of sorrow…
You know…

An orange sleeveless dress
On the sidewalk
You resemble the sun
Drinking rooibos tea
Why do you smile alone?
And under the table, nonchalantly
You’ve kicked off your sandals

Why have you gone barefoot?
Are you going somewhere like this?
Hey, what do you want to do?
Can’t predict your behavior
Uncaring of others’ gaze, on a whim…
Yes, I’m always manipulated by you
I’m sick of it, tired
Yet I’m in love with you

There’s always a
Crowd around you
Guy friends
One of them is me
It hurts, but it can’t be helped
I’ve not confessed to you
The distance now feels good
Being normal friends is easy

In that case, I’ll go barefoot too
We’ll go anywhere together
Just as a couple
Love gives me a push on the back
Hiding my feelings away
Yes, I can be honest with you
What I want is right before me
Can I tell you that someday?

This summer is different from the others
Yet you haven’t realized it
Such as the times we’ve met
And the way I draw away with our fingers touch…
Looking into the mirror again and again
I rearranged my bed hair
It’s so bitter
How everything is awkward
I know…

Why have you gone barefoot?
Are you going somewhere like this?
Hey, what do you want to do?
Can’t predict your behavior
Uncaring of others’ gaze, on a whim…
Yes, I’m always manipulated by you
I’m sick of it, tired
Yet I’m in love with you

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