Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi

If there were something that I could give to you
I would cry with you
And I would join my hands together, and pray
But please, by no means do I want you to
Think of me as a kind man, because
There's a part of me that I keep hidden, that I secretly cry about

Oh friends, back then, we sweated
Oh friends, back then, we followed the setting sun
Oh friends, back then, we smelled the soil
Oh friends, back then, we ran in order to protect ourselves

If there wasn't anyone who would cry with you
Then you should just cry until your tears dried up
And I would want you to remember how we were way back then
And by no means, by no means, should you give up
Please, once again, hang from the rusty iron bar overhead
On the big campus, beyond where your hands could reach

Oh friends, now, you're not sweating anymore
Oh friends, now, you're heading toward the setting sun
Oh friends, now, your noses perk up at the scent of the soil
Oh friends, even now, I want to run in order to protect myself

Oh friends, back then, we sweated
Oh friends, back then, we followed the setting sun
Oh friends, back then, we smelled the soil
Oh friends, back then, we ran in order to protect ourselves

Oh friends, now, you're not sweating anymore
Oh friends, now, you're heading toward the setting sun
Oh friends, now, your noses perk up at the scent of the soil
Oh friends, even now, I want to run in order to protect myself

Oh friends, now, you're not sweating anymore
Oh friends, now, you're heading toward the setting sun
Oh friends, now, your noses perk up at the scent of the soil
Oh friends, even now, I want to run in order to protect myself