Kokoro no placard – AKB48

心のプラカード (Kokoro no purakaado) – Heart’s placard

from Kokoro no placard single.

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Look here
Just for a moment
Please notice
My existence
Look here
Just for 5 seconds
Please see me
Standing so nearby

But really
Even when our eyes meet
I can only look away in a hurry
Unable to speak

Heart’s placard
If you can see it
You’ll understand
My feelings, but…
“I like you”
If I can write that down
Even with a racing heart
And nervous sweating
I’ll be able to confess

Give me a chance
Just one will do
I pray alone
As I wait
Give me a chance
Even an unexpected one will do
Please turn
Towards me

“Pluck up your courage
And call out to her”
Everyone tells me to just do it
But I can’t

Heart’s placard
From my mouth to my hands
I feel the load
Taken off my chest
“I like you”
If I can let you know
Even without a reply
Even if you look undecided
I’ll be happy

Everyone
Somewhere in their hearts
Have hidden away
Precious words

Heart’s placard
If you can see it
You’ll understand
My feelings, but…
“I like you”
If I can write that down
Even with a racing heart
And nervous sweating
I’ll be able to confess

Heart’s placard
Hey, I’ll put it out
My thoughts
In all honesty…
If I can’t say it
I’ll just write it down
What I want to tell you
What I want to say
Please notice my placard

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Lemonade sekai – Haruna Luna

ラムネセカイ (Ramune sekai) – Lemonade world

from Startear single.

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It’s the season for festivals
The wooden clogs I’m so unaccustomed to wearing clack on the ground
You’re closer than usual
Brushing against my pinky finger, can’t hide my throbbing heart

Can’t stop this love, sweet like cotton candy
This dream-like date just makes me want to grin

The city is dyed, like a lemonade-coloured world
Unable to meet you yet, I dream about you
Surely we’ll meet at some unknown place?
Lemonade-coloured miracle
Until the day I meet you
I’ll be missing you

Making merry like a child
Staring at the swimming goldfish
Adjusting the grip on my apple candy
Watching me, you smiled

After the final firework
Signals the end of summer
Can’t stop this sorrowful emotions

Reaching to the lemonade-coloured world
My eyes suddenly fill with tears
Surely, you’re looking up at the same sky at some unknown place too?
Lemonade-coloured miracle
Until the day I meet you
I’ll be reaching out

A faint blue floating in the nightsky
Twinklings raining down on me, crossing through time

The city is dyed, like a lemonade-coloured world
Unable to meet you yet, I dream about you
Surely we’ll meet at some unknown place?
Lemonade-coloured miracle
Until the day I meet you
I’ll be missing you

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Natsu no koi yohou – Haruna Luna

夏の恋予報 (Natsu no koi yohou) – Summer love forecast

from Startear single.

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Watching our shadows align
We laughed, on that day which seemed like forever

As I think about you
I write a letter, fail, and throw it away
Before I knew it, morning has come
And my today begins in a panic

The weather forecast at odds with my anticipation
As I left the house in a melancholy mood
I met unexpectedly with your smile

This summer day of romance with you
This moment when I felt my life was changing
Now, my heart still beats hard
I want this heart throb to continue in these days with you

When I think about tomorrow
I get nervous, but still
The excitement is there too
The bell will ring soon
I check myself in the mirror again, for the nth time

Have I done up my hair nicely?
Keeping my anxious feelings hidden
I go to greet you as usual

Lying side by side, meeting your gaze
Please look only at me forever
Don’t let go of our joined hands too
Fall in love again and again in these days with me

If you were to disappear
I’ll lose everything, from my body to my heart
This romance makes my heart race everytime our eyes meet
I want to treasure it, let it continue forever

This summer day of romance with you
This moment when I felt my life was changing
Watching our shadows align
We laughed, on that day which seemed like forever

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Startear – Haruna Luna

Ending theme for Sword Art Online II.

from Startear single.

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Even stronger
Yes, I prayed to be strong
To overcome sorrow

I turned my back countless times
On the past I could not change
Always hiding away my wounds
Not letting anyone see them

This overflowing pain
I embrace it all alone
If warmth is just going to disappear someday
Then I don’t want any

Even stronger
Yes, I prayed to be strong
Dashing into the darkness like a lonely star
Burying my weak, fragile self deep in my heart
Without words, without a voice
As if knowing that nobody would ever find it
Just waiting for the light

From the day we touched
In this spreading landscape
I gently stretched out my arms
To embrace you, as if confirming your existence

Your eyes, full of warmth
Sway my heart a little
Emotions I’d lost that day
Return with a tinge of heat

Distant, far away
Yes, I want my wish to travel far away
Like a promise sworn on the flames filling my heart
Someday, the feelings buried deep in my heart
Will turn into light capable of changing tomorrow
Always, at this place
I’ll wait for the shining future

Smiling into the strong winds, that memory
Beats in my heart, giving me courage
Even the pain of progress, the hidden wounds
Will change into strength
Because I’m no longer afraid of anything

Even stronger
Yes, I prayed to be strong
Shining into the darkness like a dazzling star
Awakened in the midst of tears, a promise to protect you
Overcoming sorrow, until the day I reach you
This heart, beating so strongly from the start
I’ll always believe in it

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