Humming 7/4 – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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“What’s the kind of scenery that you see?”
Nameless people ask me, full of curiosity
“Probably like what you imagine”
I answer

Because it is pointless to explain otherwise

everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Even my hummings
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Are treated like songs
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
To cry or to smile
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
If it’s the same, I’ll smile

I’ve actually prepared an expected response
But

What will happen if I say it?

(everybody GO! everybody JUMP!)

everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
I’ll fly even higher
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Because I have wings
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
There’s nothing I’m afraid of
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
Because I’m the same as you

What I crave the most
Is the ordinary scenery that everyone sees
Nobody will be able to understand that
But at least don’t deny me
My right to dream

everybody GO! everybody JUMP!
everybody GO! everybody JUMP!

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winding road – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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Like a bird which had forgotten how to fly
I had forgotten how to walk
As I continued to run earnestly

Sometimes it feels long, sometimes short
I turn to look back now
At the distance of this road

Yes, this is the road I chose

Hey, the footprints I’ve left along the way
Are all crooked and muddy
Hey, but I don’t feel even the tiniest regret
Instead, I feel pride from my heart

Yes, this is the road I chose

Hey, the footprints I’ve left along the way
Are all crooked and muddy
Hey, but I don’t feel even the tiniest regret
Instead, I feel pride from my heart

Hey, even now, I can’t live well
I’m not such a skillful person
Hey, but if I can declare one thing
I’ll continue to walk down this road with pride

Someday, a bird which had forgotten how to fly
Will take off and soar once again
Just like how I have stepped out

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Replace – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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In order to reach you
I continue to sing like this

From me to you
From you to someone else
Please pass it on
That we are not alone

Sometime long ago, we talked about
A future, spurred by our emotions
A future we’re standing in now

The dreamy stories I saw when I was young
Should have remained as dreams, but those days
Are now spreading before me, it’s so surreal

But I won’t forget
Your side profile as you spoke strongly
With just a bit of tears
About not losing out

In order to reach you
I continue to sing like this
Until we can meet again
Don’t give up and walk on
And when we meet, show me your usual smile

One thing I know
Is that I will continue to walk down this path

No matter what colour the sky above is
No matter what wind embraces us
I’ll be fine as long as you smile

Instead of saying goodbye
I’ll replace it with this song and go
Until we can meet again
Don’t give up and walk on
Even through days when you cry alone

In order to reach you
I continue to sing like this

Instead of saying goodbye
I’ll replace it with this song and go
Until we can meet again
Don’t give up and walk on

In order to reach you
I continue to sing like this
Until we can meet again
Don’t give up and walk on
And when we meet, show me your usual smile

From me to you
From you to someone else
Please pass it on
That we are not alone

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INSPIRE – ayumi hamasaki

from INSPIRE single + MY STORY album.

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Choosing an appropriate smile
Matched with fitting words, but my mind’s a blank

It’s time to stop pretending that we’ve lost all feeling

Yes, humans can’t live alone
That’s to be expected
Yes, we can’t live without love
This has finally sunk into me

“But this is the age we’re in now”
What kind of excuse is that?
Hey, things like love and dreams
To talk about that is not something uncool

Just who are these words for?
What’s the aim of this process?
What is life?

If there is a definite answer, then it’ll be boring, right?

There’s no need to be lost anymore
I know what I want to protect
I can’t turn back now
I’ve taken that into deliberation

Yes, I’ll stand up again and again
If there’s a wall, I’ll just destroy it
Hey, there’s so much more to come
As long as the road continues, so just open the door

Yes, humans can’t live alone
That’s to be expected
Yes, we can’t live without love
This has finally sunk into me

“But this is the age we’re in now”
What kind of excuse is that?
Hey, things like love and dreams
To talk about that is not something uncool

There’s no need to be lost anymore
I know what I want to protect
I can’t turn back now
I’ve taken that into deliberation

Yes, I’ll stand up again and again
If there’s a wall, I’ll just destroy it
Hey, there’s so much more to come
As long as the road continues, so just open the door

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CAROLS – ayumi hamasaki

from CAROLS single + MY STORY album.

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Do you still remember the day we first met?
You hung your head, like you were shy
And just avoided my gaze

I felt that the gesture was so sweet
Just when did I start thinking that way?
It just feels so nostalgic

Finally, the numerous seasons
Passed by quickly before us

Even when the white snow buries the city
Let me remain by your side
Even if in the future
I may prove to be nothing but a nuisance

The future we talked about through the night
Even now, it seems so dazzling to me
As I felt its preciousness

If only the day when I can forgive my past comes
Someday, thinking that, my tears overflowed

Even when the white snow melts
And the city becomes brightly coloured
I want to remain helplessly
Treasuring you, as I do now

Days when we pass by each other, unable to come to an understanding
Days of tears, then days overflowing with smiles
Yes, no matter what happens
No matter how you are
I will always accept you

Even when the white snow buries the city
Let me remain by your side
Even if in the future
I may prove to be nothing but a nuisance

Even when the white snow melts
And the city becomes brightly coloured
I want to remain helplessly
Treasuring you, as I do now

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HOPE or PAIN – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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Just what have I been waiting for?
Every time the phone I grip vibrates
My heart starts to pound
But it soon changes into sighs
As this repeats again and again

It’ll never come, but just until when
Will I believe in words like “soon”?

Hey, it’s best to just forget
To treat it as just a dream I saw
Miracles will not occur
Even though I know that
I know that, but..

“It’s like I suddenly don’t know you at all”
I’m sorry to have said this that day so suddenly

The tears I saw at the end, even now
They won’t leave my mind

Hey, why couldn’t I believe
In the you I saw before my eyes?
To be so awkward with things I love
Even though just loving them
Should be enough

Hey, did I manage to leave
Anything for you?

Hey, as time passes like this
Will there be anything left for me?
Will my heart still continue to
Wish for miracles? Or will it leave

Just a scar?

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Liar – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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Living through counter-productive days
Intoxicated on just feelings of fun

The first kiss, and various commemorative days
I smeared them with my wish to dominate

If there was one thing I accomplished in such times
It was to turn my back totally on love

I may have found this out too soon
That after happiness comes a frightening backlash

The most ordinary things become the most like illusions
I was too innocent, so frivolous

The last I saw of your back, as I sent you off, haunts me
Just how long will pass before I am released?

“The more you love me, the more my heart hurts
Hey, to me, you are already…”

If there was one thing I accomplished in such times
It was to turn my back totally on love

The last I saw of your back, as I sent you off, haunts me
Just how long will pass before I am released?

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GAME – ayumi hamasaki

from INSPIRE single + MY STORY album.

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Look, bit by bit
The warmth you’ve left behind starts to dissolve away
And when it’s all gone, what meaning will this body hold?

Impulses overlap
Stuck in this maze without an exit
Escaping from sudden attacks from reality, I search for the path
But for some reason, it’s so mysterious
I can’t leave this place

This time tomorrow, I’ll be able to smile well
Yes, as if nothing had happened
I’ve come all this way, always doing this
But I can’t control this game the way I want to

The moment I say something, everything just
Slips out through the gaps of my fingers, like sand
Amazed by time
I wait for it to pass quietly

This time tomorrow, I’ll seem to forget it all
I don’t need words to tide me over
This has dragged on longer than usual
But it’s ok, I can just search for another game

This time tomorrow, I’ll be able to smile well
Yes, as if nothing had happened
I’ve come all this way, always doing this
But I can’t control this game the way I want to

This time tomorrow, I’ll seem to forget it all
I don’t need words to tide me over
This has dragged on longer than usual
But it’s ok, I can just search for another game

Say it, that pain is surely just an illusion
Say it, that this is not like me
Say it, because if you don’t, I’ll long for warmth again

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About You – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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Surely, in everyone’s heart, there is hidden somewhere
Something that holds darkness
Sometimes, it obstructs us from living the way we wish
By creating another side of ourselves

We can never fathom the pain others feel
And it’s tough to share it with them

But if we still wish to
Face the other person straight on
And because we’ve met people, we don’t want to be afraid

The door to your heart closed with a violent sound
And if the key to open it had already been lost
To the long ago past
Then just use ordinary words
Or commonplace expressions
Let go of everything, be as you are
And let me hear it from you
Resound it to me

Definitely, to believe in things without shape
Which cannot be reflected in the eyes
Can be very frightening, but if we can do so
Won’t that be a wonderful thing?

Even in the centre of this grey city
Where it has become impossible to hold onto our true spirits

Even if that’s the case
Don’t smile at me without energy
As if you have given up

A person who only gets everything they want
Without having to sacrifice anything
Tell me, does this person exist?
Hey, no matter how much I want it
I’ll never get it again
This lost thing which I yearn for
You are the one who has it

The door to your heart closed with a violent sound
And if the key to open it had already been lost
To the long ago past
Then just use ordinary words
Or commonplace expressions
Let go of everything, be as you are
And let me hear it from you

A person who only gets everything they want
Without having to sacrifice a single thing
Tell me, does this person exist?
Hey, no matter how much I want it
I’ll never get it again
This lost thing which I yearn for
You are the one who has it
And that is so dazzling

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Catcher In The Light – ayumi hamasaki

from MY STORY album.

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If you only look
You will never grasp it

If you only look
It will never be yours

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