A Song for XX ''030213 Session #2''

Doushite naite iru no
Doushite mayotte ru no
Doushite tachidomaru no
Nee oshiete...
Itsu kara otona ni naru
Itsu made kodomo de ii no
Doko kara hashitte kite
Nee doko made hashiru no.

Ibasho ga nakatta mitsukara nakatta
Mirai ni wa kitai dekiru no ka wakarazu ni.

Itsu mo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iware tsuzuketeta
Nakanaide erai ne tte homeraretari shite ita yo
Sonna kotoba hitotsu mo nozonde nakatta
Dakara wakaranai furi wo shite ita.

Doushite waratte ru no
Doushite soba ni iru no
Doushite hanareteku no
Nee oshiete...
Itsu kara tsuyoku natta
Itsu kara yowasa kanjita
Itsu made matte ireba
Wakariaeru hi ga kuru.

Mou hi ga noboru ne sorosoro ikanakya
Itsu made mo onaji tokoro ni wa irarenai.

Hito o shinjiru koto tte itsu ka ura kirare
Hanetsukerareru koto to onaji to omotte ita yo
Ano koro sonna chikara doko ni mo nakatta
Kitto ironna koto shirisugiteta.

Itsu mo tsuyoi ko da ne tte iware tsuzuketeta
Nakanaide erai ne tte homeraretari shite ita yo
Sonna fuu ni mawari ga ieba iu hodo ni
Warau koto sae kutsuu ni natteta.

Hitori kiri de umarete hitori kiri de ikite iku
Kitto sonna mainichi ga atarimae to omotteta.

[Translation]

Why are you crying?
Why are you wavering?
Why have you stopped?
Please, tell me...
When do I be an adult?
How long can I stay to be a child?
Where did you come from?
and where are you going to?

I had no place, I couldn't find any place
I wasn't sure if I could hope for the future.

"Always a strong kid" people said
"it's an honour that you never cry" people praised me and such
I didn't want a single one of those words
That's why I pretended not to understand.

Why are you smiling?
Why are you next to me?
Why do you go away from me?
Please, tell me...
Since when was I strong?
Since when did I feel so weak?
How long will I have to wait
until the day we understand each other?

The sun is rising already, I've got to go
I cannot stay at the same place forever.

I thought that "Believing in people" and "betrayed
and turned down" meant the same thing
Back then, you didn't have any strength like that
Maybe, I knew too much.

"Always a strong kid" people said
"it's an honour that you never cry" people praised me and such
As my surrouding people have said those lines
Smiling was becoming painful.

Born alone and living alone
I thought the days like that were common.