missing piece – U-ya Asaoka

from Uta no chikara album.

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If my dreams can be seen, will anything change?
Getting tired and sleeping, in these soliloquizing days

Let’s say if I were to disappear now
Will the world still move on as usual?

But I am alive
So full of anxiety, it’s shocking, but
I just want to shine…

Everyone has a small jewel
That won’t shine unless polished, that is long-known truth
It’s not a failure to move backwards sometimes
I’ll collect them one by one, my pieces

Everything is given, and I’ve grown used to it
I am the one who is most against my own weakness

“You’re just reliant”, with your kindness
The screams at the bottom of my heart are finally heard

Yes, you are alive too
Embracing overflowing hope
And continuing to believe…

A broken jewel scatters within me
Letting out a faint light like a guiding light
I’m lost, but I’ll search for a way now
Changing person by person, pieces of dreams

Hearts are warped, being perfect is impossible…

Everyone has a small jewel
That won’t shine unless polished, that is long-known truth

A broken jewel scatters within me
Letting out a faint light like a guiding light
I’m lost, but I’ll search for a way now
Watching person by person, pieces of dreams

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Hikari – U-ya Asaoka

ヒカリ (Hikari) – Light

from Uta utai sono ichi album + Uta no chikara-tachi+4 ~u-ya asaoka Best Album~.

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Wings broken, we stand paralyzed
In the present, embracing our wounds
But just believe in wishes, and in the future
Light exists, surely…

When did we stop dreaming, and nights are spent in sleep?
“We won’t reach the starry sky”, as if giving up in the face of cold reality

Not even checking if there’s a trap behind the door, we ran away
When we hadn’t even lost anything

Hey, do you have the habit of looking at things in a slanted way?
Loneliness and weakness may seem similar, but they are different

Wings broken, we stand paralyzed
Even in the present, we embrace our wounds
But just believe in wishes, and in the future
Light exists, surely…

As predetermined time flows, we felt a light despair
The meaning of our existence wavered a little

Not wanting to ride of others’ wind
We decided to clear our own new path
Someday, I will smile

Even if we spread our wings with lost power
We may not fly into the sky
In the darkness where we can’t see the exit
The light won’t wait

Wings broken, we stand paralyzed
Even in the present, we embrace our wounds
But just believe in wishes, and in the future
Light exists, surely…

In order to fly even on broken wings
We’ll continue to hold on to strong hope
It is surely hidden behind shadow
Light exists, surely…

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