The life I lead as though seasick
With not a single productive moment
The face of Kannon’s statue comes to my mind
That memory from way back when Can’t hold up to my shame
Though my jumbled-up body
Is all rickety, it won’t rust over
Just tear down the hopes littered in the sea fog
But then, far away, calling warmly…
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
Let me say it / O bird
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
I won’t make myself a bother, so….
Hearing out the seagull
Like the warmth of a freezing wave
The southerly sun scorches my wings
As like to kill me
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
Let me say it
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
Your call is heartrending
Ahh
Don’t say it so casually
Don’t say, we could stay like this forever
The westering sun, washed-over orange, dazzles again today
Let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap
Now, let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap
Let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap!
The flock amassed and faded from sight
Let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap
Now, let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap
Let’s fly away with a flap-flap-flap-flap!!
With these hands, moving without a care
(Waiting for the wind Waiting for the wind Waiting for the wind
Waiting for the night Waiting for the winter With you…)
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
Just let me chase after you
O bird (O bird)
O bird (O bird)
I won’t be a bother, I promise
O bird
O bird
If only I, too, could become a bird
O bird
Let me be by your side
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