Abe Asami: Riyuu

04.01.18
Artist: Abe Asami
Title: Riyuu (Reason)
Words: 326
Music: Tsutsumi Kyouhei

they won't tell me a good reason
why I should live, why I mustn't die,
one that makes sense for both.

even when I'm laughing it up among my circle of friends,
somewhere within me, another me is watching with judgemental looks.

'It's because we're all alone, that we are able to share our pain'
It's probably a placebo, I know it, but still I screamed out loud.

alone after school lets out... ah, in a corner of the schoolyard
I believed only that... someone could save me...

They were both too important, love and dreams collided
I wasn't the least bit greedy, and still they got away from me.

the size of my body changes into adulthood,
but my heart that should have grown up,
shrivelled with my dream.

'I've lived my life believing I was someone special but you know,
it turns out I'm not' my passion is cooling.

I stretch my back... ah, my head hung
pretend to shoulder, ah all the world's sorrow...

I couldn't say 'goodbye', so I hid my tears and said... 'good night'

I've gotten used to making meals for one,
the sky I one day gazed up at always made me think of my hometown.

but, the reason I could see that
'a dream given up on will no longer come true'
is because I haven't run away, I'm still here in this city I dreamed of.

just by living your life, you've lived well enough as you wanted
there's never been a need to do anything to make you special.

You're freezing, I want to cheer you on
As many times as I must, I want to cheer you on...

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

ikiteku riyuu da toka shinjya ikenai riyuu docchi mo
nattoku iku riyuu ha oshietemoraenai shi

tomodachi no wa no naka de awasete warattete mo dokka de
mou hitori no jibun ga sameta me wo shite miteiru

'daremo ga hitori de aru yue kyouyuu dekiru itami mo arun da'
kiyasume ka mo ne... sonna no ha shitteru
sore demo oogoe de sakendeita

houkago hitori de... aa koutei no sumi de
dareka ha sukueru sou sore dake shinjite...

tagai ni daiji sugite, butsukatta ai to yume
chitto mo yokubatta wake jyanai, sore demo koboreochita

karada no saizu dake ha otona ni natteku keredo
kokoro ha sou okkiku naru dokoro ka
yume to issho ni shibonda...

'jibun ha tokubetsu na hito da to shinjite ikitekita kedo naa
sou demo nakatta mitai da ne' tte
tsumetaku natteku watashi no jyounetsu

senobi wo shiteita... aa utsumuita mama de
subete no fukou wo aa seotteru furi shite...

'sayonara' to ha ienakute namida kakushi itta...
'oyasumi'

hitoribun no shokuji wo tsukun no ni mou narete
itsushika miageru sora ni itsumo kokkyou wo omotteita

kedo 'akirameta yume ga kanau koto ha mou nai' tte
kizuketa no mo nigezu ni yume mita kono machi ni
mada iru kara

anata ha ikiteiru dake de mou jyuubun jibun rashiku ikiteiru
tokubetsu na koto wo nanika suru
hitsuyou nante hajime kara nai yo

kogoeru anata wo nee hagemashitain da
nandomo nandomo nee hagemashitain da...

Romaji By: Brian Stewart