The Pillows - The Pleasure Song

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Album: Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!

Lyrics*

senjou he mukau heishitachi no retsu
boku mo naranderu you na me wo shiteru tte
'KIMI ni sachiare' to dareka ga koe kakeru
arigatou kouun to ka ate ni shitenai kedo

deai to wakare ni me wo mawashite
FURAFURA michi ni mayottari
shiranakatta kurayami ni obieru kedo

kokoro ni saita kibou wa
utagawanai de sodatetekita nda
chiisaku mieru hoshi made
todoku you ni utatteru nda

oyoideru toki wa umi no hirosa made
wakaru hazu mo naku mogaiteru nda
tadoritsukeru kana doko ni tsuku no kana
dareka matteru kana kowakute fuan nanda

mubou na kake da to kidzuitatte
shoubu wo idonda koto wo
ichido tari to mo koukai shitari shinai ze

nami ni nomaresou na koe
tebanasanaide shinjitekita no sa
nakinagara mita keshiki mo
uso no you ni suki ni nareta

medatanaku natta kizuato kara
moreru MERODII ni senaka osareta nda
kanashii uta wa utawanai ze
kanashii yume wa nozokanai ze
kono mama

kokoro ni saita kibou wa
utagawanaide sodatetekita nda
chiisaku mieta hoshi sae
todokisou na yorokobi no uta

English Lyrics*

The soldier's march going towards the battlefield;
you said I looked like I wanted to go get in line too.
Someone called out "good luck to you."
Thanks, but I'm not counting on luck and such.

We shift our eyes at meeting and parting,
dizzily lose our way,
and become frightened in unknown darkness, but

don't doubt the hope that blossomed
in your heart; it's started to grow.
I'm singing like it'll reach
that star we can barely see.

When swimming, we're struggling the
width of the ocean, without any surety of understanding.
Can we make it? Where will we end up?
Is anybody waiting? I'm scared and anxious.

Even if we realize it's a reckless gamble,
we won't be satisfied with just one try for victory,
and we won't regret it.

Don't let go of the voice that seemed
like it would be drowned by the waves; I've begun to believe in it.
Unbelievably, even the landscape seen
through tears became likeable.

The melody leaking out of this now unnoticeable scar
was pushing at my back.
I won't sing a sad song
I won't see sad dreams.
Like this

don't doubt the hope that blossomed
in your heart; it's started to grow.
A pleasure song that seems like
it can reach that star we could barely see.