Dawn (lyric + translation)

Dawn     

Lyrics / Music : Koike Teppei

Album : Pieces

Machi akari ni sukoshi dake

Iyage ga sasu toki mo aru sa

Mitasarenai nanika ga deguchi sagashiteru

Genjitsu wa ikutsu mono

Sentaku o semattekuru keredo

Itsumo mayotte bakari da ne

Poketto wazuka na

Negai o tsumekonde mo

Suri kirete dou suru koto mo dekinakute

Furikaette wa tohou ni kureru

Kyuu ni hitori ni naritakute

Yoru no kousoku tada hashitte mita

Suterarenakatta omoisae

Ima nara suterarerusa

Doushiyoumonai koto nante

Ari wa shinai to iikikasete mita

Kirisaku kaze no oto dake ga

Mado kara kikoete kuru

Mayonaka mishiranu basho

Takadai no koen chuushajou

Tsumetai asufaruto no ue ni nekoronde

Nantonaku nigotteru you na

Kumorizora ni mieta keredo

Yoku mirya zenbu hoshi no umi

Tokiori nagareru

Hoshi ni negai kikasete

Sonna koto majime ni shiteru jibun ga

Naze ga kyuu ni okashikunatte

Boku no sasaina genjitsu mo

Toki ni hikizurareru kanjou date

Doudemo ii youna koto no you de

Honto wa imi ga arun da

Katamuita mikkazuki ni mo

Kagayaku ikusen no hoshi ni mo

Suikomareteshimaisou na

Chisana boku no negai

Mou sugu yo ga akereba

Awai hikari ni hoshi toke yuku

Shiroku hakidasu tame iki mo

Kasunde kiete shimae

Kogoeru you na kuuki sae

Ima wa nazeka nukumori kanjite

Jibun no naka de nanika ga

Kasoku shite kawatte yuku

Tooku higashi chiheisen

Pinpon dama no you na taiyou ga

Sukoshizutsu ukande kureba

Sekai ga miete kuru

Houshajou ni hirogaru

Hikari no obi karadatsuki nuke

Kokoro kara sou omoerun da

Sekai wa mawari tsuzukeru

Translation

When the streets are slightly lit,

I sometimes feel reluctant

to search for the exit I've yet to reach.

We are able to choose

among the several realities, but

I somehow always end up lost.

Even if I cram

all my wishes into my small pocket,

they can still end up wearing down

when I look back in confusement.

I suddenly want to be alone,

as I just run through the night at the highest speed.

Even the memories I didn't throw away

have now been thrown away.

It's something unavoidable,

something I don't want to speak of.

I can only hear the sound of the slashing wind

outside my window now.

I lie down on the cold asphalt

of a parking lot on a hill

that looks so unfamiliar at midnight.

I somehow feel impure,

but I can still see an ocean of stars

in the cloudy sky above.

From time to time,

I ask those stars to listen.

I wonder why doing serious things like that

makes me suddenly laugh.

Even my insignificant reality,

even the feelings I drag with me,

although it seems like they aren't good,

they really have meaning.

Even the declined crescent moon,

even the many thousands of shining stars,

I've breathed them all in

along with my small wish.

The night will end soon,

and the stars will melt in the pale light.

Even the white sighs I release

will disappear into the mist.

I don't know why

I feel warmth in the frozen air now.

Something inside of me

it accelerating and changing.

  

On the distant eastern horizon,

the sun looks much like a ping-pong ball.

Floating little by little,

the world comes into my view.

A body of light

is spreading radially all throughout.

From the bottom of my heart,

I'll continue to see this world