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Ii Hi Tabidachi, Nishi e single, Singles 2000-2003
| haruka na shimanami sabiiro no nagi no umi sepia no kumo wa nagarete doko e yuku kagee no kitsune o oikaketa ano koro no yume o ima mo futo koro ni nishi e yuku aa nihon no dokoka ni watashi o matteru hito ga iru ii hi tabidachi futatabi no kaze no naka ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni hotaru no hikari wa tooi hi no okuribi ka chiisaku mieru keshiki wa kagerou ka deai mo wakare mo yuugure ni azuketara jibun no kage o sagashi ni nishi e yuku aa nihon no dokoka ni watashi o matteru hito ga iru ii hi tabidachi asayake no kaze no naka ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni aa nihon no dokoka ni watashi o matteru hito ga iru ii hi tabidachi akogare wa kaze no naka ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni |
Faraway island waves Rust-colored ocean calm Sepia clouds flow past – where could they be going? I chased after a shadow-picture fox; my dreams from those days inside my breast even now – going to the west Oh, where in Japan is the person waiting for me? Departure on a fine day, inside the wind once more I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me Is the fireflies’ light the bonfire from those faraway days? And the scenery faintly seen a heat haze shimmering? When I give up both meetings and partings to the twilight I’ll go search for my own shadow – going to the west Oh, where in Japan is the person waiting for me? Departure on a fine day, inside the wind’s morning colors I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me Oh, where in Japan is the person waiting for me? Departure on a fine day My yearning is inside the wind I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me |
Song info: West Japan Railway Company's "Discover the West" advertising campaign song, written by Shinji Tanimura, an ex-member of a famous jpop band called "Alice." This song used to be sung in 1978 by Momoe Yamaguchi, a legendary female pop star who fascinated the whole country. The lyrics were changed almost entirely for this recording. Recorded early in September 2003, just before Chihiro had throat surgery.
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