コトダマ (Kotodama)

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
はじめに嘘があった　それだけ 	hajime ni uso ga atta　sore dake 	There was a lie at the beginning. That’s all.
気付けば歌になっていただけ 	kizuke ba uta ni natte ita dake 	It’s just that it had become a song when I realized it.
 	 	
はじめて嘘をついた 	hajimete uso o tsuita 	Never have I ever told a lie before.
忘れないよう書き留めておいた 	wasurenai you kakitomete oita 	I wrote it down so that I wouldn’t forget about it.
ノートの向こうから 	nooto no mukou kara 	I wanted to see
聴こえた声を確かめてみたくて 	kikoeta koe o tashikamete mitakute 	The voice I had heard from beyond the notebook.
 	 	
何も無い僕を 	nani mo nai boku o 	Within this “emptiness”
満たす「何も無さ」の中で 	mitasu "nani mo na-sa" no naka de 	That fills up my empty self,
それでも何かを歌えそうな気がして 	sore de mo nani ka o utae sou na ki ga shite	I still feel like I can sing something,
書き込む溜息のような音 	kakikomu tameiki no you na oto 	So I write a sigh-like sound.
 	 	
[あ　　　] 	[a　　　] 	[A　　　]
言うべき言葉を探して 	iubeki kotoba o sagashite 	Searching for words to utter,
を繋いだへ 	iroha o tsunaida waon e 	I connected ABC to the .Some impressive wordplay is going on here; わをん is (usually) what comes last on the table, which has the same pronunciation as 和音 (chord).
すべては口から出まかせ 	subete wa kuchi kara demakase 	I’m totally talking through my hat.
それでも届くなら 	sore de mo todokunara 	But if it reaches you anyway,
はじまりの光を集めて 	hajimari no hikari o atsumete 	I’ll collect the light of the beginning
何れ辿り着くおわりへ 	izure tadoritsuku owari e 	And arrive at the end sooner or later.
いつかは君の元へ 	itsuka wa kimi no moto e 	Someday, I’ll fly over to you.
 	 	
音の波と言の葉重ね 	oto no nami to kotonoha kasane 	Overlapping the sound waves and words,
解き明かせないイメージの先へ 	tokiakase nai imeeji no saki e 	I’ll go beyond this unsolvable image.
この空っぽの何処かに 	kono karappo no dokka ni 	I was just depicting
有ると信じたから 	aru to shinjita kara 	A world I wanted to listen to
聴きたいセカイ描いていただけ 	kikitai sekai egaite ita dake 	Because I believed that it was somewhere in this vacant world.
やがて物語りだした　それだけ 	yagate monogataridashita　sore dake 	And after that, I started to talk about it. That’s all.
この小さな絵空事が 	kono chiisana e soragoto ga 	I wanted to see a world
塗り替えた現世が見たくて 	nurikaeta gense ga mitakute 	Repainted by this small fabrication.
ああ 	aa 	Aah!
 	 	
僕等の虚しさが暗闇を照らして 	bokura no munashi-sa ga kurayami o terashite	May our futility light up the darkness
誰かの道になりますように 	dare ka no michi ni narimasu you ni 	And become a road for somebody!
 	 	
音の波と言の葉重ね 	oto no nami to kotonoha kasane 	Overlapping the sound waves and the words,
解き明かせないイメージの先へ 	tokiakase nai imeeji no saki e 	I’ll go beyond this unsolvable image.
この惑星の隅っこで 	kono wakusei no sumikko de 	At this corner of the planet
まだ無いメロディを 	mada nai merodi o 	Is a melody yet to exist.
はじめに嘘があった　それだけ 	hajime ni uso ga atta　sore dake 	There was a lie at the beginning. That’s all.
気付けば歌になっていただけ 	kizuke ba uta ni natte ita dake 	It’s just that it had become a song when I realized it.
この小さなWAVデータが 	kono chiisana WAV deeta ga 	Towards this future
少しだけ変えたこの未来へ 	sukoshi dake kaeta kono mirai e 	That was changed by the tiny WAV data…
ああ 	aa 	Aah!
==Translation Notes==
==External Links==
*Google Drive - Instrumental
===Unofficial===
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*Tackmyn’s House - Translation source
Category:Japanese songs
Category:Sano Kamome songs list