firefly

蛍hotaruみたいなmitai na欲望yokubouがga　ハートhaatoからkara抜け出してnukedashite

A desire like a firefly slipped out of my heart

逃げるnigeruようにyou ni飛び始めたtobi hajimetaものmonoがga　夢yumeにniなったnatta

What began to fly as if escaping became a dream

当然touzen捕まえようtsukamaeyouとtoしてshite　届きそうtodokisouでde届かなくてtodokanakute

Naturally I tried to catch it — so close yet just out of reach

追いかけていたらoikakete itara　物語monogatariにniなったnatta

Chasing after it, it became a story

色んなironna場面bamenをwo忘れていくwasurete iku

I keep forgetting all kinds of scenes

笑ってwaratte泣いたnaita頃koroもmoあってatte　そうsouでもないdemo nai今imaもmoあってatte

There were times I laughed and cried — and times that weren't much of either

どっちdocchiでもいいdemo iiけどkedo　どっちdocchiでもdemo追いかけていたoikakete ita

Either way, I was always chasing

分かれ道wakaremichiもmoたくさんtakusanあってatte　真っ暗makkuraにni囲まれてkakomarete

Plenty of forks in the road, surrounded by total darkness

微かなkasuka na金色kin'iroにni　必死hisshiでde付いていったtsuite itta

I desperately followed the faint gold light

いつの間にかitsu no ma ni ka見えなくなってもmienaku natte mo　行方yukue探しているsagashite iru

Even after losing sight of it, I'm still looking for where it went

命inochiのno仕掛けshikakeはwa　それsoreでdeもうmou全部zenbu

That's already the full mechanism of life

色々とiroiro to難しくてmuzukashikute　続けるtsuzukeru事koto以外igaiでde

So many things are hard — and outside of just continuing

生きているikite iru事koto　確かめられないtashikamerarenai

There's no way to confirm that I'm alive

報われないmukuwarenaiままmamaでもdemo　感じなくなってもkanjinaku natte mo

Even if it never pays off — even if I stop feeling

決してkesshite消えないkienai　光hikariをwo知っているshitte iru

I know a light that will never go out

諦めなければakiramenakerebaきっとkittoってtte　どこかdoko kaでde聞いたkiita通りtooriにni

If you don't give up, surely — just as I heard somewhere

続けていたらtsuzukete itara　やめなきゃいけないyamenakya ikenai時tokiがgaきたkita

I kept going, and the time came when I had to stop

頑張ってganbatteどうにかdou ni kaしようshiyouとtoしてshite　頑張りganbariのno関係ないkankei nai事態jitaiでde

I tried to push through somehow — then something happened that had nothing to do with effort

ふとfuto呼吸kokyuu鼓動kodouのno　意味imiをwo考えたkangaeta

And suddenly I thought about the meaning of breathing and heartbeats

解らないwakaranai事kotoばかりbakariのno中naka　唯一yuiitsu解っていたwakatte ita

In a world full of things I don't understand, the one thing I did

大切なtaisetsu naものmonoがga　あぁaa

The important thing — ah

一人hitoriだけdakeのno痛みitamiにni耐えてtaete　壊れてkowareteもmoちゃんとchanto立ってtatte

Enduring the pain no one else can share — broken but still standing

諦めたakirameta事koto　黄金ougonのno覚悟kakugo

What I gave up — a golden resolve

まだmada胸muneはwa苦しくてkurushikute　体karadaだけdakeでde精一杯seiippai

My chest still aches — my body alone is all I can handle

それほどsore hodo綺麗なkirei na　光hikariにni会えたaeta

But that's how beautiful the light I found is

物語monogatariはwaまだmada終わらないowaranai　残酷zankokuでもdemoただtada進んでいくsusunde iku

The story isn't over yet — cruel as it is, it just keeps going

おいてけぼりoitekeboriのno空っぽkarappoをwo主役shuyakuにniしたshitaままmama　次tsugiのnoページpeejiへe

With the abandoned emptiness still cast as the lead — to the next page

色んなironna場面bamenをwo忘れていくwasurete iku

I keep forgetting all kinds of scenes

命inochiのno仕掛けshikakeはwa　わずかwazukaでde全部zenbu

The mechanism of life is tiny, but it's everything

色々とiroiro to難しくてmuzukashikute　続けるtsuzukeru事koto以外igaiでde

So many things are hard — and outside of just continuing

生きているikite iru事koto　確かめられないtashikamerarenai

There's no way to confirm that I'm alive

報われないmukuwarenaiままmamaでもdemo　感じなくなってもkanjinaku natte mo

Even if it never pays off — even if I stop feeling

決してkesshite消えないkienai　光hikariをwo知っているshitte iru

I know a light that will never go out

一人hitoriだけdakeのno痛みitamiにni耐えてtaete　壊れてkowareteもmoちゃんとchanto立ってtatte

Enduring the pain no one else can share — broken but still standing

諦めたakirameta事koto　黄金ougonのno覚悟kakugo

What I gave up — a golden resolve

今imaもmoどこかdoko kaをwo飛ぶtobu　あのano憧れakogareとto

Still flying somewhere — that longing and

同じonaji色iroにni　傷kizuはwa輝くkagayaku

The same color — my wounds shine