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波namiはwa乾いたkawaita珊瑚sangoをwo攫ってsaratte

The waves snatch up the dried coral

そっとsotto海umiにni還してkaeshiteまたmata打ち寄せuchiyose続けてるtsuzuketeru

Gently return it to the sea, then keep washing in again

ざらざらzarazaraとto落ちるochiru

Falling, rough and grainy —

砂粒sunatsubuのnoおとotoでde目meをwo覚ますsamasuよyo

I wake to the sound of sand

明日asuをwo忘れwasure

Forgetting tomorrow

差し出されるsashidasareru好意kouiもmo全部zenbu振り払ってfuriharatte

Shaking off every kindness offered

走るhashiru夜yoruはwa逆さsakasaのno道michi

The night I run is a road run backward

記憶kiokuなんてnante頼りないtayorinaiフィルムfirumuだけどdakedo

Memory is nothing but an unreliable film

呼び覚ましてyobisamashite

But I call it back

砂sunaのno城shiroをwo作っているtsukutteiru

And build a castle out of sand

水mizuでde固めたkatametaジオラマjioramaみたいなmitai na世界sekai

A world like a diorama held together by water

時間jikanがga経てばtateba風kazeにni崩されてしまうkuzusareteshimau

Given enough time, the wind will bring it all down

何度nando組み立ててkumitatete

How many times building it up

何度nando壊したらkowashitara気づくkizukuだろうdarou

How many times tearing it down before I notice

涙namidaをwo忘れwasure

Forgetting the tears

噎せ返るmusekaeruほどhodoのno痛みitamiもmo仕舞い込んでshimaikon de

Tucking away even the pain that nearly chokes me

走るhashiru夜yoruはwa荊ibaraのno道michi

The night I run is a road of thorns

目meをwo凝らしてkorashiteいつかitsukaのno姿sugata探してるsagashiteru

I strain my eyes searching for the shape of who I used to be

戻れないmodorenaiとto最初saishoからkara知っていたshitteitaのにno ni

Even though I knew all along there was no going back

宙chuuをwo泳ぐoyoguメモリmemoriのno群れmure

A swarm of memories swimming through the air

跳ねるhaneru鮮やかなazayaka naフロアfuroaだけdakeがga

Only the vivid, bouncing floor

味方mikataにniなってnatte心臓shinzouをwo揺らすyurasu

Takes my side and shakes my heart

巡り巡ったmeguri megutta果てhateにni岸辺kishibiにni帰るkaeru

After all that wandering, returning to the shore

やがてyagate体karadaはwa削られてkezurarete柔らかいyawarakai砂sunaにniなるnaruだろうdarou

My body will be worn away and become soft sand someday

全てsubeteをwo忘れwasure

Forgetting everything

名前namaeさえsae呼べなくyobenakuなってnatteもmo

Even if I can no longer call out a name

明日asuはwaくるkuru

Tomorrow will come

残酷なzankoku naほどhodo等しいhitoshii朝asa

A morning so equal it's cruel (if I wake to it)

それでもsoredemo今imaはwa

Still, right now

愛しいitoshii全てsubete折り重ねてorikasanete走るhashiruだけdake

I just run, with all I hold dear layered together

海umiにni混じるmajiru日hiがgaくるkuruまでmade

Until the day I blend into the sea

記憶kiokuなんてnante頼りないtayorinaiフィルムfirumuだけどdakedo

Memory is nothing but an unreliable film

呼び覚ましてyobisamashite

But I call it back

砂sunaのno城shiroをwo作っているtsukutteiru

And build a castle out of sand