Umi no Manimani / 海のまにまに

**Umi no Manimani** (**At Mercy of the Sea)** is a single released by the duo, YOASOBI, on November 18, 2022. It is featured in both THE BOOK 3 and Hajimete No.

The song ranked 67 on the Japan Hot 100.

## Song Information

Being based off of the novel ***Yurei*** by Naoki Prize winning author, Mizuki Tsujimura, this song describes a girl as she runs away from home to a beach at night to end her life and meets a girl in white who stops her by showing her how important life really is.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* Unofficial English

夜の合間を縫うように

走る電車の中ゆらり

後ろ向きに流れる景色をひとり

座って　見ていた　見ていた

昼下がりの陽射しは

夕陽のオレンジ色に染まって

藍色の空に押し潰されていく

その最後の光を惜しむように

目で追いかけたのは

今日で　バイバイ　だから

明日を捨てる為に飛び出した逃避行

片道分の切符で行けるとこまで行くの

どこにも居場所なんて無い私をこのまま

夜に置いてって　置いてって

不意に窓から見えた景色が暗闇に

気付いたあれはそうだきっと夜の海

出来心に手を引かれて降りた海辺の町

波の音にただ導かれるように歩く

誰かに呼ばれるように

近付いた海のほとり

ここにはひとり

もうこのままいっそ体をここに

なんて考えていた私の前に

突然現れた君は

月明かりの下

青白い肌

白のワンピース

「こんなとこで何しているの？」

なんて急に尋ねるから

言葉に詰まりながら

「海を、見に」

君は何かを取り出した

それは少し古い花火セット

そこで気付いた

彼女はコンクリートの上

裸足だった

今日で全部終わりにすると決めたから

きっと私があの世界に近付いたから

視えてしまった出会ってしまった

そんな君と二人で

花火の封を切った

なかなか点かない花火に火を近付けながら

私がここに来た理由を君は当ててみせた

そして何度もやめなよって

真剣な眼差しで言った

だけど…

その瞬間この手の先で光が弾けた

思わず「点いた！」と二人で揃えて叫んでた

これでもかと輝く火花の

鋭い音が響いた　響いた

ゆっくり眺める暇もなく消えていく輝きを

もったいなくて最後の一瞬まで追いかけた

電車の窓から見えた

最後の太陽を惜しんだように

追いかけた

やっぱり　私

ねえ夜が明けたら君は

どこかへ消えてしまうのかな

夜の帳を抜け出して

朝の光で目が覚めた

隣を見ると当たり前のように眠る

君の姿

Yoru no aima wo nuu you ni

Hashiru densha no naka yurari

Ushiromuki ni nagareru keshiki wo hitori

Suwatte miteita miteita

Hirusagari no hizashi wa

Yuuhi no orenjishoku ni somatte

Aiiro no sora ni oshi tsubusareteiku

Sono saigo no hikari wo oshimu you ni

Me de oikaketa no wa

Kyou de baibai da kara

Ashita wo suteru tame ni tobidashita touhikou

Katamichibun no kippu de ikeru toko made iku no

Doko ni mo ibasho nante nai watashi wo kono mama

Yoru ni oitette oitette

Fui ni mado kara mieta keshiki ga kurayami ni

Kizuita are wa sou da kitto yoru no umi

Dekigokoro ni te wo hikarete orita umibe no machi

Nami no oto ni tada michibikareru you ni aruku

Dareka ni yobareru you ni

Chikazuita umi no hotori

Koko ni wa hitori

Mou kono mama isso karada wo koko ni

Nante kangaeteita watashi no mae ni

Totsuzen arawareta kimi wa

Tsukiakari no shita

Aojiroi hada

Shiro no wanpiisu

"Konna toko de nani shiteiru no?"

Nante kyuu ni tazuneru kara

Kotoba ni tsumari nagara

"Umi wo, mi ni"

Kimi wa nanika wo toridashita

Sore wa sukoshi furui hanabi setto

Soko de kizuita

Kanojo wa konkuriito no ue

Hadashi datta

Kyou de zenbu owari ni suru to kimeta kara

Kitto watashi ga ano sekai ni chikazuita kara

Miete shimatta deatte shimatta

Sonna kimi to futari de

Hanabi no fuu wo kitta

Nakanaka tsukanai hanabi ni hi wo chikazuke nagara

Watashi ga koko ni kita riyuu wo kimi wa atete miseta

Soshite nando mo yame na yotte

Shinken na manazashi de itta

Dakedo

Sono shunkan kono te no saki de hikari ga hiketa

Omowazu "tsuita!" to futari de soroete sakendeta

Kore demo ka to kagayaku hibana no

Surudoi oto ga hibiita hibiita

Yukkuri nagameru hima mo naku kieteiku kagayaki wo

Mottainakute saigo no isshun made oikaketa

Densha no mado kara mieta

Saigo no taiyou wo oshinda you ni

Oikaketa

Yappari watashi

Nee yoru ga aketara kimi wa

Dokoka e kiete shimau no ka na

Yoru no tobari wo nukedashite

Asa no hikari de me ga sameta

Tonari wo miru to atarimae no you ni nemuru

Kimi no sugata

Like sewing together the intervals of the night,

I sway in the moving train.

By myself, I sat down on the reverse side,

And watched, and watched, the flowing scenery.

The sunlight in the early afternoon

Is dyed in the orange of the sunset,

And presses against the blue skies.

The reason I followed that final light with my eyes,

In regret,

Was because with the passing of today, it’s bye bye. An escape in order to throw away tomorrow.

I’ll go somewhere I can go to with my single-way ticket.

Without any place to return to, as I am,

Just leave me in the night, I said just leave me.

All of a sudden, the scenery I could see from the window turned into darkness,

That’s right, I’m sure that’s the sea of the night.

Backing out on an impulse, at a sea-side town I got off at,

I walk as if I am simply guided by the sounds of the waves.

As if I was being called by someone,

I approached the edge of the sea.

Here, by myself, I can just leave my body here right now, I thought.

But in front of me,

You appeared suddenly

Under the moonlight,

With pale skin,

In a white dress,

‘What are you doing in a place like this?’

You asked all of a sudden.

So while I was at a loss for words, I said,

‘The sea, I came to see it.’

You took out something,

It was a slightly old fireworks set.

Then I realised,

On the concrete,

She was barefoot.

Because I decided that I would put it all to an end with the passing of today,

I’m sure I have gotten closer to that world,

And therefore I ended up seeing her, meeting her.

With you, the two of us,

We cut open the seal on the fireworks.

As you put the flame closer to the fireworks which doesn’t seem to light up,

You tried to guess the reason I came here.

And I kept telling you, with a serious gaze,

To stop guessing already,

But…

At that moment, light bounced off the tip of my hand,

And without thinking, we both yelled ‘It lit up!”

The sharp noises of the glittering sparks from even just something like this,

Rang, and rang.

The brilliance that disappeared before I even got a chance to take a long look at it

Was wasteful so I followed it with my eyes until its very last moment.

I followed it just like how I repented the final sun I saw from the train window.

On second thought, I…

Hey, when the day breaks,

I wonder if you will disappear.

Escaping the veil of the night,

I woke up by the morning light.

As I look next to me, asleep like nothing’s wrong,

Was you.