Ribbon by Bump of Chicken, from the album Aurora Arc

 

 

I like this song. 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/ribbon/1610683332?i=1610683341

 

 

 

I translated the lyrics using ChatGPT, so there may be some mistranslations.

 

 We came this far through the storm.
We came this far through the storm,
Chasing the light that was born when we met.

In our pockets, we each carry courage—
Just about the size of a glass bead.
Each of us holds one,
The same number since that day, since the beginning.

A patched-up umbrella, a dirty lantern,
A handmade map—we used them together,
Taking care of them like treasures.

I wonder where this place is. I wonder where we’re going.
No one really knows,
But we chose to stay by each other’s side.
And because we’re together now, we’re not lost.

We laughed a lot—
Though we cried and got angry far less often.
But all of those feelings
Turned into musical notes that connected us,
Tied us together.

In our pockets, we each carry fear—
As vast as the universe.
Each of us holds that, too.
But when we trembled at the same time,
We became stronger. We could even be weak together.

The UFO we pointed at,
The stray cat that passed by,
That yawn we shared in unison...
What else was there? Tell me.

Don’t let pride or embarrassment win—
With your heart, you can face things head-on.

The ribbon that ties us together
Isn’t unbreakable—
It’s just that we’ve kept tying it all along.

When I see your courage, it becomes a star.
And I want ours to always shine the same way.

Ah, I wonder where this place is.
I wonder where we’re going...
But we’re not lost.

We came this far through the storm.
We came this far through the storm.
Reading each other’s breath on the count of “one, two,”
With every tear, every shout, every laugh.

We came this far through the storm,
Chasing the light that was born when we met.
We’ll go on through the storm, wherever it leads—
Lining up red stars, we’ll go on and on.