Lyrics Kurumi - Mr.Children

• Romaji

  nee kurumi
  kono machi no keshiki ha kimi no me ni
  dou utsuru no?
  ima no boku ha dou mieru no?
  
  nee kurumi
  dareka no yasashisa mo hiniku ni kikoeteshimaun da
  sonna toki ha dou shitara ii?
  
  yokatta koto dake omoidashite
  yake ni toshioita kimochi ni naru
  to ha ie kurashi no naka de
  ima ugokidasou to shiteiru
  haguruma no hitotsu ni naranakute ha naa
  kibou no kazu dake shitsubou ha fueru
  soredemo asu ni mune ha furueru
  'donna koto ga okorun darou?'
  souzou shitemirun da yo
  
  nee kurumi
  jikan ga nanimokamo araitsuresattekurereba
  ikiru koto ha jitsu ni tayasui
  
  nee kurumi
  are kara ha ichido mo namida ha nagashitenai yo
  demo honki de warau koto mo sukunai
  
  dokoka de kakechigaetekite
  ki ga tsukeba hitotsu amatta botan
  onaji you ni shite dareka ga
  moteamashita botanho-ru ni
  deau koto de imi ga dekita nara ii
  deai no kazu dake wakare ha fueru
  soredemo kibou ni mune ha furueru
  jyuujiro ni dekuwasu tabi
  mayoi mo suru darou kedo
  
  ima ijyou wo itsumo hoshigaru kuse ni
  kawaranai ai wo motome utau
  sou shite haguruma ha mawaru
  kono hitsuyou ijyou no futan ni
  gishigishi nibui oto wo tatenagara
  kibou no kazu dake shitsubou ha fueru
  soredemo asu ni mune ha furueru
  'donna koto ga okorun darou?'
  souzou shitemiyou
  deai no kazu dake wakare ha fueru
  soredemo kibou ni mune ha furueru
  hikikaeshicha ikenai yo ne
  susumou kimi no inai michi no ue he

• Kanji

  作詩：Kazutoshi Sakurai 作曲：Kazutoshi Sakurai
  
  ねぇ　くるみ
  この街の景色は君の目にどう映るの?
  今の僕はどう見えるの?
  
  ねぇ　くるみ
  誰かの優しさも皮肉に聞こえてしまうんだ
  そんな時はどうしたらいい?
  
  良かった事だけ思い出して
  やけに年老いた気持ちになる
  とはいえ暮らしの中で
  今　動き出そうとしている
  歯車のひとつにならなくてはなぁ
  希望の数だけ失望は増える
  それでも明日に胸は震える
  「どんな事が起こるんだろう?」
  想像してみるんだよ
  
  ねぇ　くるみ
  時間が何もかも洗い連れ去ってくれれば
  生きる事は実に容易い
  
  ねぇ　くるみ
  あれからは一度も涙は流してないよ
  でも　本気で笑う事も少ない
  
  どこかで掛け違えてきて
  気が付けば一つ余ったボタン
  同じようにして誰かが　持て余したボタンホールに
  出会う事で意味が出来たならいい
  出会いの数だけ別れは増える
  それでも希望に胸は震える
  十字路に出くわすたび
  迷いもするだろうけど
  
  今以上をいつも欲しがるくせに
  変わらない愛を求め歌う
  そうして歯車は回る
  この必要以上の負担に
  ギシギシ鈍い音をたてながら
  希望の数だけ失望は増える
  それでも明日に胸は震える
  「どんな事が起こるんだろう?」
  想像してみよう
  出会いの数だけ別れは増える
  それでも希望に胸は震える
  引き返しちゃいけないよね
  進もう　君のいない道の上へ

• Translation

  tell me, Kurumi
  What do you see looking at this city
  How do I look to you now?
  
  tell me, Kurumi
  When I start to hear the sarcasm in someone's kindness
  What am I to do?
  
  Remembering only the good times
  though it makes me feel like I've aged a sum
  But you gotta be one of the gears
  trying to get turning
  You can have only as much despair as you have hope.
  but still, my heart trembles at the thought of the future
  'what's going to happen?'
  I try to imagine.
  
  tell me, Kurumi
  If time will eventually wash it all away
  then life must be a simple affair.
  
  tell me, Kurumi
  since then I haven't cried once
  but, neither have I had many good laughs
  
  Somewhere I did up the buttons wrong,
  by the time I notice, there's one button leftover
  and similarly one button hole, in need of a button
  If you find meaning in finding someone then fine
  you can have only as many partings
  as you do encounters
  still my heart trembles at the thought of hope.
  everytime I encounter a crossroads
  I'll fret over which way to go but...
  
  Eventhough I want more than I have now
  I sing for an unchanging love
  that's what makes the gears turn
  with the burden of more than I need,
  making a dull grinding sound
  you can have only as much despair as you do hope
  and still my heart trembles
  at the thought of the future
  "what's going to happen?"
  let's imagine
  you can have only as many partings
  as you do encounters
  and still my heart trembles at the thought of hope
  guess there's no turning back,
  so I'll go on, to a road without you.