ソラヲミロ！ Look at the sky!
This is a song that I've been enjoying lately. It's very inspiring, if a bit sappy.
The lyrics are below, in the original Japanese, Romaji (English transliteration) and English.
空を見ろ 破れた靴も夢もそのまま
やせ犬のプライドがあるなら立ち上がれ
前を見ろ 闘え 何度崩れ落ちても
気休めのオアシスに乾きは癒せない
あふれるノイズ 埋もれた本能の声 たぐり寄せながら
イバラの道をいつしか選んでいても
もう止められない 大きなうねりに呑まれて
全部手に入れていいのさ 曇ひとつない心に聞け
全部跳ねのけていいのさ 顔を上げて歩いていけ
空を見ろ 幻 消えていく陽炎
ふりだしに戻っても もう一度立ち上がれ
前を見ろ いきがれ 高くかざす右手で
野次馬の喧騒を浴びても奪い去れ
強くなりたい 傷付き倒れた影をきつく抱きしめて
涙も汗も こぼれる欲望さえも押さえきれやしない
巻き起こる風にあおられ
もう振り向く道もない 煙のように漂うだけ
何も失うものはない 信じるまま歩いていけ
打ちのめされるたび 砕け散った勇気拾い集めるのさ
つぎはぎだらけでも それが僕のすべて
全部手に入れていいのさ 曇ひとつない心に聞け
全部跳ねのけていいのさ 顔を上げて歩いていけ
もう振り向く道はない 煙のように漂うだけ
何も失うものはない 信じるまま歩いていけ
空を見ろ 光に飢えたその瞳で
どこまでも清らかな命よ立ち上がれ
Romaji (English Transliteration)
Sora wo miro, Yabureta kutsu mo yume mo sono mama
Yaseinu no puraido ga arunara tachiagare
Mae wo miro tatakae, Nando kuzure ochitemo
Kiyasume no Oashisu ni Kawaki ha iyasenai
Afureru noizu umoreta honnou no koe taguriyosenagara
Ibara no michi wo itsushika erandeitemo
mou yamerarenai ookina uneri ni nomarete
Zenbu te ni ireteiinosa Kumo hitotsunai kokoro ni kike
Zenbu Hanenoketeiinosa Kao wo agete aruiteyuke
Sora wo miro maboroshi kieteyuku kagerou
Furidashi ni Modottemo mou ichido tachiagare
Mae wo miro ikigare takaku kazasu migite de
Yajiuma no kensou wo abitemo ubaisare
Tsuyoku naritai Kizutsukitaoreta kage wo kitsuku dakishimete
Namida mo ase mo koboreru yokubou sae mo osaekireyashinai
makiokoru kaze ni aorare
Mou furimuku michi mo nai, kemuri no you ni tadayou dake
Nani mo ushinau mono ha nai, shinjiru mama aruiteyuke
Zenbu te ni ireteiinosa Kumo hitotsunai kokoro ni kike
Zenbu Hanenoketeiinosa Kao wo agete aruiteyuke
Mou furimuku michi mo nai, kemuri no you ni tadayou dake
Nani mo ushinau mono ha nai, shinjiru mama aruiteyuke
Sora wo miro Hikari ni, ueta sono hitomi de
Doko mademo kiyoraka na inochi yo tachiagare
English
Look at the sky! With your dreams as tattered as your shoes
If you have even the pride of an emaciated hound, get up!
Look before you and fight! No matter how many times you should crumble and fall
The oasis of consolation will not quench your thirst.
While reeling in the overflowing noise that is the buried voice of your instinct
Even if you choose the path of thorns
No one can stop you from flowing into the large waves
You can get anything, if you listen to your cloudless soul
You can get through anything, if you stand tall and walk forward
Look at the sky! The illusion that is the shimmering of hot air
Even if you must go back to the beginning, stand tall!
Look before you! Look smart! With your right hand held high,
Even if you must withstand the tumult of the crowd, take your pride and go forth!
If you want to become strong, hold close the shadow that was hurt and fell
Your sweat and tears, and even your spilled hope cannot and will not be contained
Stir and fan those winds!
You won't turn back now, to drift like smoke
You have nothing to lose, Walk forward as you must!
Even as your are beaten down, gather the fallen fragments of courage
Even cobbled together they are your all.
You can get anything, if you listen to your cloudless soul
You can get through anything, if you stand tall and walk forward
You won't turn back now, to drift like smoke
You have nothing to lose, Walk forward as you must!
Look at the sky! With those light-starved eyes
Stand tall with your pure heart, forever!
tl;dr I am inspired by the song behind the lj cut.
Also: See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8gfQ3ENgQ for the song.
The lyrics are below, in the original Japanese, Romaji (English transliteration) and English.
空を見ろ 破れた靴も夢もそのまま
やせ犬のプライドがあるなら立ち上がれ
前を見ろ 闘え 何度崩れ落ちても
気休めのオアシスに乾きは癒せない
あふれるノイズ 埋もれた本能の声 たぐり寄せながら
イバラの道をいつしか選んでいても
もう止められない 大きなうねりに呑まれて
全部手に入れていいのさ 曇ひとつない心に聞け
全部跳ねのけていいのさ 顔を上げて歩いていけ
空を見ろ 幻 消えていく陽炎
ふりだしに戻っても もう一度立ち上がれ
前を見ろ いきがれ 高くかざす右手で
野次馬の喧騒を浴びても奪い去れ
強くなりたい 傷付き倒れた影をきつく抱きしめて
涙も汗も こぼれる欲望さえも押さえきれやしない
巻き起こる風にあおられ
もう振り向く道もない 煙のように漂うだけ
何も失うものはない 信じるまま歩いていけ
打ちのめされるたび 砕け散った勇気拾い集めるのさ
つぎはぎだらけでも それが僕のすべて
全部手に入れていいのさ 曇ひとつない心に聞け
全部跳ねのけていいのさ 顔を上げて歩いていけ
もう振り向く道はない 煙のように漂うだけ
何も失うものはない 信じるまま歩いていけ
空を見ろ 光に飢えたその瞳で
どこまでも清らかな命よ立ち上がれ
Romaji (English Transliteration)
Sora wo miro, Yabureta kutsu mo yume mo sono mama
Yaseinu no puraido ga arunara tachiagare
Mae wo miro tatakae, Nando kuzure ochitemo
Kiyasume no Oashisu ni Kawaki ha iyasenai
Afureru noizu umoreta honnou no koe taguriyosenagara
Ibara no michi wo itsushika erandeitemo
mou yamerarenai ookina uneri ni nomarete
Zenbu te ni ireteiinosa Kumo hitotsunai kokoro ni kike
Zenbu Hanenoketeiinosa Kao wo agete aruiteyuke
Sora wo miro maboroshi kieteyuku kagerou
Furidashi ni Modottemo mou ichido tachiagare
Mae wo miro ikigare takaku kazasu migite de
Yajiuma no kensou wo abitemo ubaisare
Tsuyoku naritai Kizutsukitaoreta kage wo kitsuku dakishimete
Namida mo ase mo koboreru yokubou sae mo osaekireyashinai
makiokoru kaze ni aorare
Mou furimuku michi mo nai, kemuri no you ni tadayou dake
Nani mo ushinau mono ha nai, shinjiru mama aruiteyuke
Zenbu te ni ireteiinosa Kumo hitotsunai kokoro ni kike
Zenbu Hanenoketeiinosa Kao wo agete aruiteyuke
Mou furimuku michi mo nai, kemuri no you ni tadayou dake
Nani mo ushinau mono ha nai, shinjiru mama aruiteyuke
Sora wo miro Hikari ni, ueta sono hitomi de
Doko mademo kiyoraka na inochi yo tachiagare
English
Look at the sky! With your dreams as tattered as your shoes
If you have even the pride of an emaciated hound, get up!
Look before you and fight! No matter how many times you should crumble and fall
The oasis of consolation will not quench your thirst.
While reeling in the overflowing noise that is the buried voice of your instinct
Even if you choose the path of thorns
No one can stop you from flowing into the large waves
You can get anything, if you listen to your cloudless soul
You can get through anything, if you stand tall and walk forward
Look at the sky! The illusion that is the shimmering of hot air
Even if you must go back to the beginning, stand tall!
Look before you! Look smart! With your right hand held high,
Even if you must withstand the tumult of the crowd, take your pride and go forth!
If you want to become strong, hold close the shadow that was hurt and fell
Your sweat and tears, and even your spilled hope cannot and will not be contained
Stir and fan those winds!
You won't turn back now, to drift like smoke
You have nothing to lose, Walk forward as you must!
Even as your are beaten down, gather the fallen fragments of courage
Even cobbled together they are your all.
You can get anything, if you listen to your cloudless soul
You can get through anything, if you stand tall and walk forward
You won't turn back now, to drift like smoke
You have nothing to lose, Walk forward as you must!
Look at the sky! With those light-starved eyes
Stand tall with your pure heart, forever!
tl;dr I am inspired by the song behind the lj cut.
Also: See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8gfQ3ENgQ for the song.