Bump of Chicken: Fire Sign

05.09.08
Artist: Bump of Chicken
Title: Fire Sign
Words: Fujiwara Motoh
Music: Fujiwara Motoh

I hold a flag
that's instilled with the feeling
that I should live for someone else
among the smiles I've gathered,
the only one I can't pick out,
is my own.

I've been searching so long for the crying voice
I had heard somewhere before
it took a little while for me to realize it was my own.

the stars revolve
the world moves on
within my heart left behind.

even though its faint, and invisible to the eye
the flame of life flickers on
faced with the wind, met with the rain
believing in me it burns on

on the earth wet by tears that say "I have nowhere I belong"
there's a person constantly propping up their falling flag.

a dirtied cat walks on, is it the road 'to' or the road 'back'
there's some who decide to just pull out the flag they've propped up.

oh traveler,
the light that shows your destination
is within you

even though its faint, and invisible to the eye
the flame of life flickers on
as if singing, as if whispering
it believes you and burns on

oh traveler
I hear your voice
'oh my love, inside of you'

make the stars revolve, take hold of the world
our place, is inside of ourselves, whenever we need it

even though its faint, and invisible to the eye
the flame of life flickers on
faced with the wind, met with the rain
believing in me it burns on

as if singing, as if whispering
it believes in you, and waits
even though its faint, and invisible to the eye
you'll find the flame of life.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

dareka no tame ni ikiru to iu
omoi wo kometa hata wo daki
hirottekita egao no naka ni
jibun no egao dake miataranai

itsuka kikoeta nakigoe wo
zutto sagashitekitan da ne
suskoshi jikan ga kakatta dake
jibun no koe da to kizuku made ni

hoshi ha mawaru sekai ha susumu
oitekebori no kokoro no naka ni

kasuka demo mienakute mo inochi no hi ga yureteru
kaze wo shitte ame to deatte boku wo shinjite moeteru

koko ni ibasho ha nai to iu
namida de nureta tsuchi no ue de
taoresou na hata wo itsumademo
sasaetsuzuketeru hito ga iru

yogoreta neko ga aruiteiku
'iku' no michi ka 'kaeri' no michi ka
sasaetekita hata wo ima masa ni
hikinukou to kimeta hito ga iru

tabidatsu hito yo sono yukusaki wo
terasu hikari ha kimi no naka ni

kasuka demo mienakute mo inochi no hi ga yureteru
utau you ni sasayaku you ni kimi wo shinjite moeteru

tabidatsu hito yo koe ga kikoeru
'itoshii hito yo anata no naka ni'

hoshi wo mawase sekai wo tsukame
bokura no basho ha bokura no naka ni donna toki mo

kasuka demo mienakute mo inochi no hi ga yureteru
kaze wo shitte ame to deatte boku wo shinjite moeteru

utau you ni sasayaku you ni kimi wo shinjite matteru
kasuka demo mienakute mo inochi no hi mitsukeru.

Romaji By: Brian Stewart