ソラゴト (Soragoto) – Lies

from Sora no ki album.

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Like a vintage, shining with dull light
Carved out of thousands of moments
The tiny seam’s purpose
Should have been unwavering

Since when did it shift off-point?
Flirting under the glittering city lights
Even the sky, obscured by heavy clouds
Could not be seen

All the words
All the promises
I’ve used them all
Let’s meet up once more
In that scenario which belongs to us
That we saw that day

These feelings
Just overflow
I try to scoop them up with both hands, but
Chasing dreams, being chased by dreams
They slip through my fingers
I want to deliver to you
Colourful lies of happiness
Again and again
I’ll draw it out
Even if the ending never comes

You’ve always been so charming
Snarling back at defeat every time it befalls you
Pruning away everything precious to you
You felt like a victor

Your beloved face
In this beautiful season
No matter how heavy my heart feels
I need to move forward
So I will smile
On this road without light

Overflowing
Regrets and more
I’ll step out with my own feet
Chasing dreams, being chased by dreams
I want to float and dance
I want to deliver to you
Even if it’s a ripped up sketch
Of the meaning of our meeting
Of these repeating days
When I have no answer

If the number of sighs escaping your lips
Is the number of sorrows in your life
Then I will become your umbrella
Sheltering you so God won’t notice, always

These feelings
Just overflow
I try to scoop them up with both hands, but
Chasing dreams, being chased by dreams
They slip through my fingers
I want to deliver to you
Colourful lies of happiness
Again and again
I’ll draw it out
Even if the ending never comes

Even if the ending never comes

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光る魚 (Hikaru sakana) – Shining fish

from Sora no ki album.

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Diving deep and swimming, as if escaping
As I searched for a place where feet won’t take me
You’ve gone
Where should I go?

Like a tamed beast
I search for a cage to hide in
Wishing for your hand

It’s not a poor relationship
About insistence on snuggly love
It’s just about being weighed down by heavy shackles
Please somehow release me

Taking off
Taking off from my back
I sink, feeling you
Drifting
In this soft ocean bottom
I dance, embracing you
Shining fish

Keeping a half distance
Mocking substantial love
I used to believe you

Jarring strings, all tangled up
I’ll tear them apart for you now
I take benovelence off
Of these unbalanced scales

Memories
Throwing up memories
Why do I do that to erase you away?
To the deep
I just want to sink in
Floating, unable to blend into the abyss
Shining fish

If I cannot
Return to your side
Then there is no more need
For me to remain as myself, right?

Being loved
Knowing love
Clinging to the surface, unable to move
To the deep
I just want to sink in
Feelings floating, unable to blend into the abyss
Taking off
Taking off from my back
I sink, feeling you
Drifting
In this soft ocean bottom
I dance, embracing you
Shining fish

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ドロップキック (Doroppu kikku) – Dropkick

from Sora no ki album.

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It’s about time we held hands
It’s about time we kissed
What am I to you?
Not your guardian, right?

Even without words
You understand my mood, right?
Don’t make the girl say it
It’s rude as a man!

Am I not doing enough? Even when I gaze at you with upturned eyes
You don’t fall for me. Was my battle plan a miss?

You are my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
A well-behaved young man
Take notice sometimes of my seething emotions
You’re now my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
Not a lover yet
I’ll always wait for your hand to reach for me
You’re so hopeless
Dropkick!!

It’s about time you quit, right?
I know you love games
But you play the same one
For hours on end

Rather than hold the controller
Rather than training your warrior
Try leveling up our relationship
First, won’t you?

Are you hopeless? Even when I lean against your shoulder
You don’t fall for me. I need a strategy guide

You are my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
A well-behaved young man
Seems like even women’s advances are useless
You’re now my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
Not a lover yet
I’ll always wait for your hand to reach for me
Always

You know, I love you

You are my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
A well-behaved young man
Take notice sometimes of my seething emotions
You’re now my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
Not a lover yet
I’ll always wait for your hand to reach for me
You’re so hopeless

You are my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
A well-behaved young man
Seems like even women’s advances are useless
You’re now my boyfriend, just a boyfriend
Not a lover yet
I’ll always wait for your hand to reach for me
You’re so hopeless
Dropkick!!

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サンドリヨンの番犬 (Sendoriyon no banken) – Cinderella’s guard dog

from Sora no ki album.

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A transparent, thick webbing
Stretches between my fingers

When I pull my fingers wide apart
It forms an air shelter over me

If you cross over
This boundary line just a little
I’ll let loose my guard dog, with fangs bared
And he’ll forcefully chew out your heart

If you can see, gently leave this place torn apart
I’ll give you the treasure deep inside me
If you can feel, gently leave these walls broken down
If you can strip me down, I’ll embrace you

Concealing my body in a beautiful dress
Pretending to be an innocent princess
But I don’t plan a single farewell dinner
To bring you down and consume you

If you claim to
Love everything about me
Then at least have the courage
To stroke my guard dog’s face

If you can see, gently leave this place torn apart
I’ll be waiting for you at the fort’s summit
If you can’t forget about the glass slipper
Then search for those slight footprints with your bloodshot eyes

If you will cross over
This boundary line just a little
Then will you drink up all of me now?
Every soot-covered smouldering bit

If you can see, gently leave this place torn apart
I’ll give you the treasure deep inside me
Pass through the surveillance of my ferocious guards
If you can strip me down, I’ll embrace you

If you can see, gently leave this place torn apart
I’ll be waiting for you at the fort’s summit
Even if you can’t forget about the glass slipper
If you can strip me down, I’ll embrace you

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くれなゐ (Kurenai) – Crimson

from Sora no ki album.

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People, wielding their different ideas of justice, form into groups
Those who are crowded out carry shears and capture me

The fragrance of warmth starting to go deviant
I was shaken, laughed at
You disappear into the crevices of the dark night
As my substitute

Scarlet, scarlet
Forever engraved
On the bundled wreckage of you and I
Still swimming in the same forever
On the torn wings waiting for me
Soaring in the sky

How awake must I be to bring you to the base of the morning sun?
How many punishments must I undergo, how much love to perform before I can return?

I wanted to give chase, wanted to catch you
Wanted to walk together with you
You escape through the closed door
Slipping through countless times

This door, dyed scarlet
As if smoldering
I want to embrace these gentle wounds
Still swimming in the same forever
Your wings connect these
Two hands of mine

I survive like a butterfly with its wings plucked
Unable to fly

Scarlet, scarlet
Forever engraved
On the bundled wreckage of you and I
This door, dyed scarlet
As if smoldering
I want to embrace these gentle wounds
Still swimming in the same forever
On the torn wings waiting for me
Soaring in the sky

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from Sora no ki album.

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Ahh
I’ve come to detest it
This tiny black powder squandered by you
I want to blow it all away

Your two eyes
Do they still continue to see the future?
Like a dream you can’t wake up from

The plot in your stomach
Wielding gentleness
I never once felt
That I had misjudged you

SWEET BABE
Unsightly CANDYMAN
Preparing my gun now to shoot you
You’re just sweet babe
I won’t let you escape
As long as I’m alive

SO
Giving praise to someone
Flattering others, in return
What are you protecting?

Despair is always HUNGRY
Opening its mouth, it lies in ambush for you
Beckoning you with its hand

I’ve said this before
“Your taste is lovely”
This trap welcomes all
The swallowing dealers

SWEET BABE
Unsightly CANDYMAN
I’ll use the gunpowder to blow you away
I’ll aim at you, babe
I’ll give you a goodbye
As long as I’m alive

Just what is the
Sweet beautiful candy
That you’ve been selling?
Don’t tell me that you didn’t know

SWEET BABE
Unsightly CANDYMAN
I’ll use the gunpowder to blow you away
I’ll aim at you, babe
I’ll give you a goodbye
With these hands

SWEET BABE
Unsightly CANDYMAN
Preparing my gun now to shoot you
You’re just sweet babe
I won’t let you escape
As long as I’m alive

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天の樹 (Sora no ki) – Skytree

from Sora no ki album.

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In the abandoned garden
The plant you planted
Starts to bud

Soaking up the silent relentless rain
It grows
An aftertaste of happiness

Why
Does it grow so beautifully
As if criticizing
As if admonishing
This hollowed out body of mine?

I wanted to live
Together with you
Playing and leaping
With a tiny bit of vertigo
I’ll stretch up to a place
Where you cannot see
And smile
As I embrace the sky

On this ground dyed red with sunset
I see the road we used to walk on

How far apart must we be
To be able to forgive it all?

I progress without looking back
If calling out to for you
Or thinking of you
Won’t reach
Then I don’t want to soil “beauty”

The warm words
You gave to me
Glittered brightly
In the dark future
I will grow tall
Taller than anyone else
And smile
As I embrace the sky

I wanted to live
Together with you
Playing and leaping
With a tiny bit of vertigo
I’ll stretch up to the place
Where you wish to be
And smile
As I embrace the sky

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東京タワー (Toukyou tawaa) – Tokyo Tower

from Sora no ki album.

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You said that I was Number 1
But as spring rushes by us
Your gaze shifted elsewhere
To that stimulating one

I should have made you ashamed
Maybe I should have designed a trap for you
From the watchtower, I witnessed
The moment love shifted

I understand
That expression on your face
You’re waiting for the opportunity
For a sign of temptation

Why
Did you choose someone whom I can see?
Is it ok to pretend to not know anything and wait for you?
Tell me
Was the forever you wished for a lie?
My plans remain blank pieces of paper
Tokyo melancholy

Exposing old wounds
As if exchanging in brand new furniture
You’re swapping me out
Even the place where I belong

I’ve always known
Even as you said “thank you” with a smile
That you were beginning to tire
Of the plan I had chosen

That’s right
I’m imperfect, I’ll never reach his standard
I cannot even speak one piece of good news
Even now
I continue counting the swelling buds
Of your laughter alone
Tokyo melancholy

Stretching out my hand and there you are
Smiling right beside him
This reality that I cannot accept
Keeps me
Rooted to the spot

Why
Why
Did you choose someone whom I can see?
Is it ok to pretend to not know anything and wait for you?
Tell me
Was the forever you wished for a lie?
My plans remain blank pieces of paper
Tokyo melancholy
That’s right
I’m imperfect, I’ll never reach his standard
I cannot even let you dream of tomorrow
Even now
I continue counting the swelling buds
Of your laughter alone
Tokyo melancholy

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from Sora no ki album.

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I’m floating
Forgetting even the nightmare
I’d had through the night

Shall we occasionally
Exchange cheap lines
Like in a movie?

Adjusting the tilt
I looked up at the blue sky
The world spins, carrying the lies with it

Throw the dice, run on clumsily
To you, to your base
Embrace the flowers, let the spray fly
Expose all the shame and run

I was stingy
And thirsty
Encased in armour

Gazing at the sun pouring into the storm
As I sucked on my thumb

Comparing myself to something
Hating that something
The world plucks hope away

Throw the dice, run on clumsily
Admire the poison, spread the poison
To the clear morning, to the muddy cloud rift
Expose all the shame and run

Someone is crying
A dog is howling
To the area outside my domain
I jeer and yell
Without listening
Spreading out the rag sail
Steering the helm to head straight to my hopes

Throw the dice, run on clumsily
To you, to your base
Embrace the flowers, let the spray fly
Expose all the shame and run
Throw the dice, run on clumsily
Admire the poison, spread the poison
To the clear morning, to the muddy cloud rift
Expose all the shame and run

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