Bouquet

If time could turn back

If I could meet the me of that day, I would gently hold her

Unable to love myself, unable to live up to expectations

In a world blurred by tears, I was able to love you

Even if I can’t force a smile, it will be fine

Let’s learn to smile from the heart

It’s fine as it is, it’s fine to be myself

So I won’t force myself

Until the day I can love even my hopeless self

If the days are full of tears, a gentle heart will grow

And it should be able to save someone

Standing softly on trembling legs, toward what I believe in — it’s all right

Because I’m smiling in the future

Let’s line up the stones we tripped on and polish them — they’ll shine

They’ll become sparkling stones

I noticed it from the very start — that someone was protecting me

In a corner of the picture of my memories, I can see your shadow

On days when love withered and dried, somehow the rain would fall

When I was soaked and cold from the rain, an umbrella had been left for me

The cheeks I woke from dreams with always bore traces of being wiped

A warmth remains

Thank you — surely I was never alone, all along

Because you were by my side

I feel I can come to love even my past self

If the days were only fun, I’d never notice a wounded heart

And I couldn’t have saved anyone

Gently holding your trembling fingers, I promise you — it’s all right

Because I’ll carry this to the future

Let’s bundle mismatched flowers and make the world’s one and only

It’s fine, it’s fine to be myself, so I won’t force myself

Until the day I can love even my hopeless self

If the days are full of tears, a gentle heart will grow

And it should be able to save someone

Standing softly on trembling legs, toward what I believe in

It’s all right, because I’m smiling in the future

Let’s line up the stones we tripped on and polish them — they’ll shine and become sparkling stones