The Sun Rises Once Again

街のはずれの 背のびした路次を　散歩してたら 汚点だらけの　靄ごしに 起きぬけの路面電車が 海を渡るのが　見えたんですそれで　ぼくも 風をあつめて　風をあつめて 蒼空を　翔けたいんです 蒼空を とても素敵な 味爽どきを　通り抜けてたら 伽藍とした　防波堤ごしに 緋色の帆を掲げた都市が 碇泊してるのが　見えたんです それで　ぼくも 風をあつめて 風をあつめて 蒼空を 翔けたいんです 蒼空を 人気のない 朝の珈琲屋で　暇をつぶしてたら ひび割れた　玻璃ごしに 摩天楼の衣擦れが 舗道をひたすのを見たんです それで　ぼくも 風をあつめて　風をあつめて 蒼空を　翔けたいんで

As I was walking down a towering alley In the outskirts of the city I saw beyond the blotched fog A streetcar still sluggish from sleep Crossing over the sea So that’s why I want to gather the wind (under my wings), Gather the wind (under my wings) And run across the blue sky As I passed through a beautiful sunrise I saw beyond the empty-looking breakwater A city with its day-colored sails up Moored in the port So that’s why I want to gather the wind (under my wings), Gather the wind (under my wings) And run across the blue sky When I was killing time one morning At an empty coffee shop I saw through the cracked glass The rustling of the high-rises’ silken clothes Brushing on the sidewalk So that’s why I want to gather the wind (under my wings), Gather the wind (under my wings) And run across the blue sky

Goodbye, dear my dear Sanda City, and all of my friends in Japan. Some of you I will see again, some of you probably have paths that won’t ever run across mine outside of these two years. I watched the giant orange sun sink down in the west last night, and woke up slowly to chilled daylight about an hour ago. My train goes in an hour, my plane goes in six and a half. And I step off this continent for a good long while. And I cry looking backwards, and looking forwards.

Oh yes, it’s all been very good.