edge of life

kare wa umareochita
tada atatakana ibasho o motomete naita
mezamereba usugurai tenjyou
'nante hitori bocchi de izurai sekai da'

kare wa arukidashita
mawari to umaku yaru koto ni nareta
chikatetsu no mado ni utsuru
saenai kao ni futo toikakeru
'kimi wa ittai nani ga shitai?'

sekai wa sono mune ni aru
kimi ga ugokeba sekai mo ugoku
'nee, doko ikou?'

kitai ni sasu yuuhi miteta
migite ni wa ima notta ea-chiketto
sou sa boku wa kono ashi de
boku no ibasho sagashi ni ikou
hitsuyou to sareru basho

sekai wa nante suteki na no
shibaritsuketeta no wa jibun datta
'nee, donna boku ni narou?'

rakka suru kitai
sono shunkan, kizuku

'ima' iru koko ga tsune ni boku no ibasho !!!

koukai shinai sa
donna ketsumatsu demo boku no CHOICE, boku no LIFE
ima masa ni 'iki'dashita---

edge of life

He was born.
just looking for a warm place, he cried
when he awoke to a dim ceiling
"how alone I am, in a world so hard to live in" *1

he began to walk
and he got used to getting along with those around him.
He suddenly asked the sullen face reflecting in the subway train window
"what in the world do you want to do?"

the world is in your heart.
when you move the world does, too.
"say, where are we going?"

Watching the plane cut through the sunset sky,
the ticket of the plane I just rode on in my right hand.
that's right, I'm going to go, looking for the place I belong,
for the place where I'm needed, using my own two feet.

the world is just so wonderful,
I'm the one that held me back.
"tell me, what kind of 'me' should I be?"

the plane making its descent,
at that moment I noticed.

the place I belong, is where I am at the present time.

I have no regrets
no matter how things turn out.
my choice, my life,
now I have at last begun to live.

words/music: chisako MIKAMI