The Meaning of Peace

## Song by Koda Kumi & BoA from The Meaning of Peace - Single  Listen To My Heart

* Single
* Japanese album

**The Meaning of Peace** (stylized as *the meaning of peace*) is a single by Japanese R&B singer-songwriter Koda Kumi and South Korean pop singer-songwriter BoA. The single debuted on Oricon at No. 12 and remained on the charts for twelve weeks.

## Information

*the meaning of peace* is a collaborative effort between Japanese artist Kumi Koda and Korean artist BoA.

The single was done for the Song Nation project, which was created to help raise funds for the September 11 attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001, and to honor the victims. All earnings from the singles and the corresponding album, *Various Artists Featuring song+nation,* were donated to the September 11 Relief Fund.

Both Kumi and BoA would release their own solo versions of the song on separate singles and/or album. BoA released her solo version on her Listen To My Heart album in 2002. Kumi released her solo version on her single *love across the ocean* (2002) and as a bonus track on her first greatest hits album *Best ~first things~* (2005).

## Lyrics

* JAPANESE
* RŌMAJI
* ENGLISH

Woo, ah ah ah ah ah ah

どうしてここまで 自分ばっかり守ってたんだろ
人の痛みもわからずきちゃったね
何かできることあっただろうに
ほんとの私はもう少しやさしい
素直になれない自分がもどかしい
何ができるの? 私には?

I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness
I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness

少しでも ちょっとでも
救ってあげることを
ちっぽけな 私でも考えてみたいから
話してね 聞かせてね
あなたの遠い遠い目の
奥にある やさしさを
幸せを さみしさを 悲しさを

そばにいればよかった自分が
そばにいるだけ woo それだけでも
ほんの少し ちょっとでも何かの
役にたてるなら ソファで朝をむかえてもいい
外でうずくまっていてもいい
毛布1枚だけでもいい

I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness
I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness

今までは このほしが私を包んでくれてた
まわってた 動いてた 自由になってる気がした
息なんて できることあたりまえに思ってた
少しでも 話したい 時々は大事なこと

少しでも ちょっとでも救ってあげることを
ちっぽけな 私でも考えてみたいから
話してね 聞かせてね
あなたの遠い遠い目の
奥にある やさしさを
幸せを さみしさを 悲しさを oh oh wow wow wow wow wow

I want to know, I want to know, I want to know the meaning of peace and love
The meaning of peace and love
The meaning of peace and love
The meaning of your loneliness
The meaning of peace and love

Woo, ah ah ah ah ah ah

doushite koko made jibun bakkari mamotte tandarou
hito no itami mo wakarazu kichattane
nanika dekiru koto atta darou ni
honto no watashi wa mou sukoshi yasashii
sunao ni narenai jibun ga modokashii
nani ka dekiru no? watashi ni wa?

I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness
I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness

sukoshi demo chotto demo
sukutte ageru koto o
chippoke na watashi demo kangaete mitai kara
hanashite ne kikasete ne
anata no tooi tooi me no
oku ni aru yasashisa o
shiawase o samishisa o kanashisa o

soba ni ireba yokatta jibun ga
soba ni iru dake woo sore dake demo
honno sukoshi chotto demo
nanika no yaku ni tateru nara sofade asa o mukaetemo ii
sokode uzuku matte itemo ii
moufu ichimai dake demo ii

I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness
I want to know the meaning of peace and love
I want to know the meaning of your loneliness

imade wa kono hoshi ga watashi o tsutsunde kureteta
mawatteta ugoiteta jiyuu ni nattaru ki ga shita
iki nante dekiru koto atari mae ni omotteta
sukoshi demo hanashitai tokitoki wa daiji na koto

sukoshi demo chotto demo
sukutte ageru koto o
chippoke na watashi demo kangaete mitai kara
hanashite ne kikasete ne
anata no tooi tooi me no
oku ni aru yasashisa o
shiawase o samishisa o kanashisa o

I want to know, I want to know, I want to know the meaning of peace and love
The meaning of peace and love
The meaning of peace and love
The meaning of your loneliness
The meaning of peace and love

TBA