TO BE

[masa]

There was useless junk everybody passed by and never noticed
You carried it up in your arms as if it were a valuable thing
People were looking at a short distance, feeling strange
But you smiled and said "This is a treasure"

Did I lose something, while I got something big?
I don't know now
Even if I get it back, it will probably be a little different

If you are here, I am always smiling
If you are here, I am always smiling, weeping, living
Without you, nothing happened

Was it myself or surroundings or merely a watch
That was about to be broken?

How much did you feel pain keeping on protecting the junk?
What have you sacrificed?
I can never be perfect, but will shine with distorted lights

You found it on the street that wasn't wide
You found it on the street that wasn't wide or narrow
You have somehow polished it up for yourself

Because you were here, I've always been smiling
Because you were here, I've always been smiling, weeping, living
Without you, nothing happened



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Edited by AHS Staff
masa's site

[nmskalmn]

Everyone is passing by, without paying any attention
It can't be helped
I had treasured such garbage

Everyone around, with a mysterious face
Watched from slightly afar
Even then, you smiled and said I was your treasure

It seems that there were also things that we lost
While holding onto something big
I don't know what's become of them now
When we take them back
I'm sure they've slightly changed

Because you're here, no matter when, I'm smiling
Because you're here, no matter when, I'm smiling
I'm crying, I'm living
If you weren't there, I had nothing

Was it myself? Was it everyone else?
Or else, was it just a clock
That fragile thing

Arms that continue to protect garbage
I wonder how much pain they were in
I wonder what they had to sacrifice
Though it can never become a pretty human
It produces a distorted shine

You found it, it's not even wide, this road
You found it, it's not even wide, it's not even narrow
On this road, somehow
You polished it alone

Because you were here, I was smiling
Because you were here, I was smiling
I was crying, I was living
If you weren't there, I had nothing

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translation by Ryuichi
Ryuichi's J-Pop Music Station

[Ryoko]

dare mo ga toori sugiteku ki ni mo tomenai dou shiyou mo nai
sonna garakuta o taisetsusou ni kakaete ita
mawari wa fushigi na kao de sukoshi hanareta basho kara miteta
soredemo waratteittekureta "takaramono da" to

ookina nanika o te ni irenagara ushinatta mono mo atta kana
ima to natte wa mou wakaranai yo ne
torimodoshita tokoro de kitto bimyou ni chigatteiru hazu de

kimi ga iru nara donna toki mo waratteru yo
kimi ga iru nara donna toki mo waratteru yo naiteiru yo ikiteiru yo
kimi ga inakya nani mo nakatta

jibun jishin datta ka mawari datta ka soretomo tada no
tokei datta kana kowaresou ni natteta mono wa

garakuta o mamoritsudzukeru ude wa donna ni itakatta koto darou
nani o gisei ni shite kita no darou
kesshite kirei na maru ni wa narenai keredo ne ibitsu ni kagayaku yo

kimi ga mitsuketa hiroku mo nai konna michi de
kimi ga mitsuketa hiroku mo nai semaku mo nai konna michi de dou ni ka shite
kimi ga hitori migakiageta

kimi ga ita kara donna toki mo waratteta yo
kimi ga ita kara donna toki mo waratteta yo naiteita yo ikiteita yo
kimi ga inakya nani mo nakatta