Kiroro - Mirai E

This song caught my ears years ago and I've finally found it. Gives me multiple 'face-flushes'.

Kiroro - Mirai E ("To the Future")



* Hora ashimoto wo mite goran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mite goran
Are ga anata no mirai

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look, do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future

Haha ga kureta
Takusan no yasashisa
Ai wo idaite ayumeto kurikaeshita
Ano toki wa mada osanakute imi nado shiranai
Sonna watashi no te wo nigiri
Isshoni ayundekita

My mother showed me
So much tenderness
Telling me again and again, to walk on with love
I was too young then to understand what she meant
But she still took my hand
And walked together with me

Yume wa itsumo
Sora takaku aru kara
Todokanakute kowai ne dakedo oitsuzukeruno
Jibun no "sutoori" dakara koso akirametakunai
Fuan ni naruto te wo nigiri
Isshoni ayundekita

My dream always seems
So far away in the sky
I'm afraid I'll never reach it, but I'll keep chasing it
Since this is my story, I don't want to give up
You held my hand when I was scared
And walked together with me

** Sono yasashisa wo toki ni wa iyagari
Hanareta haha e sunao ni narezu

At times I hated that tenderness
And let go, not listening to my mom

* Hora ashimoto wo mite goran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mite goran
Are ga anata no mirai

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look, do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future

(Instrumental)

** Sono yasashisa wo toki ni wa iyagari
Hanareta haha e sunao ni narezu

At times I hated that tenderness
And let go, not listening to my mom

* Hora ashimoto wo mite goran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mite goran
Are ga anata no mirai

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look, do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future

* Hora ashimoto wo mite goran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mite goran
Are ga anata no mirai

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look, do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future

Mirai e mukatte
Yukkuri to aruite yukou

Turn to the future
And let's walk there one step at a time

[Japanese lyrics: e-chords.com]
[English translations: This YouTube video]

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Kiroro are vocalist Tamashiro Chiharu and pianist Kinjou Ayano.