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あの頃見た光

憧れていた自分になれたかな
時の流れに心が追いつかなくて
 
不安なはずの未来がさ 確かに光っていたんだ
「進むしかない」と、僕らは震えていた
 
twenty-one
もがいてきた 果てのない迷路
目指せ、目を伏せ、怖いの飛んでゆけ
予測はできない明日に手を伸ばして
僕ら今を生きてる
 
苦い言葉でもあの日を通り越してさ
時が経てばやっと意味が分かるんだ
 
嫌いなものでも ある日好きに変わる
そんな不思議が起こるから背伸びはやめた
 
引き返そうとしたってさ 風がぐっと強く吹いてきた
「進むしかない」と、僕らは向き直った
 
twenty-one
描いてきた 夢のないプロット
壊せ、転がせ、未来へ飛んでゆけ
じっとして今まで塞いで
灰になった想いを文字を繋げて
 
今見えてるあの光が
誰かが放ったものなら
ねぇ 僕らが飛び込むその時
誰かの光になれるかな
 
照らし出すよ 君を
 
twenty-one
今まで見逃していたヒント
本当はそこらに散らばっている
やっと今見つけた答えを身にまとって
僕ら明日を生きてく
 
Translation

The Light I Saw Then

I wonder if I could become the me I admired.
My heart couldn’t catch up to the flow of time.
 
The future that ought to be uncertain is definitely glowing.
Saying, “there’s no choice but to advance,” we trembled.
 
Twenty-one,
struggling through an endless maze.
Take aim, set your eyes and soar over the things that scare you.
Stretch your hand out to the tomorrow none can predict -
we’re living now.
 
In spite of bitter words, we’ll go beyond that day.
As time passes, we’ll finally understand the meaning of it all.
 
Someday, I’ll come to like even the things I hate.
It’s because such a wonder occurs that I’ve stopped overstretching myself.
 
When we tried turning back, the wind blew even stronger.
Saying, “there’s no choice but to advance,” we faced forward again.
 
Twenty-one,
a plot drawn devoid of dreams.
Break it down, bowl it over and soar towards the future.
Until now, staying fixed in place and blocked off -
let’s connect the feelings and words that have turned to ash.
 
The light now in sight -
suppose it was what someone let go of.
Hey, in that moment when we leap,
could we become someone’s light?
 
Shining upon you...
 
Twenty-one,
all the hints I’ve missed up till this point
are really scattered all over the place.
I’ll clad myself in the answer we finally found,
and we’ll live out tomorrow.
 
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