Kiroro, a duo band consisting of Chiharu Tamashiro as the vocalist and Ayano Kinjoh as the pianist from Okinawa first debut their music in 1996 as an independent band and things started to turns out good for them since then, this song, Mirae, is the most memorable one around the world. I started to hear it first from the Final Fantasy PS2 game's soundtrack and i have to admit, this is one great song. It has somewhat of an evergreen effect. Personally, i believe that we're still gonna be listening to this song for at least another 10 years. No. I'm not kidding, it's that good :)
Lyric
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Hora ashimoto wo mitegoran
Look, do you see what's at your feet?
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
This is the road you walk on
Hora mae wo mitegoran
Look do you see what's up ahead?
Are ga anata no mirai
That is your future...
Haha ga kureta takusan no yasashisa
My mother showed me so much tenderness
Ai wo idaite ayume to kurikaeshita
Telling me again and again,to walk on with love
Ano toki wa mada osanakute imi nado shiranai
I was too young then to understand what she meant
Sonna watashi no te wo nigiri
But she still took my hand
Issho ni ayundekita
and walk together with me...
Yume wa itsumo sora takaku aru kara
My dreams always seems so far away in the sky
Todokanakute kowai ne dakedo oitsuzukeru no
I'm afraid i'll never reach it, but i'll keep chasing it
Jibun no SUTOORII dakara koso akirametakunai
Since this is my story, i don't want to give up
Fuan ni naru to te wo nigiri
You held my hand when i was scared
Issho ni ayundekita
and walked together with me
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sono yasashi wo toki ni wa iyagari
At times i hated that tenderness and let go,
Hanareta haha e sunao ni narezu
not listening to my mom...
* repeat x 1
** repeat x 1
* repeat x 2
Mirai e mukatte yukkuri to aruite yukou
Turn to the future and let's walk there one step at a time
