Everyday Melody

April 21st, 2015

"We saw off the vanishing contrails
It was too bright and I ran away- I was weak at all times
And regretting that I couldn't stay unchanged since that day
That I couldn't stay unchanged forever
I let go of your fingers

That bird still can't fly well
But it'll learn of slicing through the wind someday
An unreachable place still exists afar
Keeping my wish only to myself, I gaze at it

Children walk on the railroad tracks in summer
Exposing their bare feet to the blowing wind
I put my childhood days into the distance
I put the hope that takes off into my hands

We chased and chased the vanishing contrails
And overcame this hill, and since that day, they've stayed unchanged forever
So that it'll be there for us readily
We can uphold the sea-godlike strength, certainly

The windmill's blades spinning in that sky
Dream the same dream forever
I'm always gazing at the unreachable place
I kept my wish, the bird's dream, to myself

When I look back, even if the cumulonimbus clouds
Concealing the sunburnt railroad tracks change shape
May we remember
The yesterday the seasons left behind

We saw off the vanishing contrails
It was too bright and I ran away- I was weak at all times
And regretting that I couldn't stay unchanged since that day
That I couldn't stay unchanged forever
I let go of your fingers."

- Tori no Uta
(Song of the Bird)

Author's Note:
When I am too lazy to think of deep things myself, I will either just post thoughts that actually are random, or I'll post song lyric translations (not translated by me). This one is Tori no Uta, from the anime Air.