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Description
Happiness is not found in the glow of the stars or in the sunny dawns that are so often shown in advertisements. It is hidden in much simpler things - in holding out an umbrella when it suddenly starts to rain, or in someone staying by your side even when the road has gone off course.
The music sounds like a conversation without pathos: about how you don't need to know all the big answers, be a hero or a dreamer, and still live right - if there are those you want to protect. Each chorus seems to repeat the same truth: true happiness is not a glittering reward, but a quiet “I'm here” when things are most frightening and uncomfortable.
Lyrics and translation
Original
幸せとは
星が降る夜と眩しい朝が
繰り返すようなものじゃなく
大切な人に降りかかった
雨に傘を差せることだ
何の為に生きていくのか
答えなんて無くていいよ
会いたい人と必要なものを
少し守れたら
背伸びもへりくだりもせずに
僕のそのままで
愛しい気持ちを歌えたなら
幸せとは
星が降る夜と眩しい朝が
繰り返すようなものじゃなく
大切な人に降りかかった
雨に傘をさせることだ
瞬きもせずに目を凝らしても
見付かる類のものじゃない
だからそばにいて欲しいんだ
夢のために生きられた人
逸れた道が正解だった人
誰かの為に費やした人
自分を生きた人
誰にもなれなかったけど
ただ今日も僕を必要だと思ってくれたら
幸せとは
星が降る夜と眩しい朝が
繰り返すようなものじゃなく
大切な人に降りかかった
雨に傘をさせることだ
また弱さ見つけて戸惑う僕に
でもそれが出来るだろうか
目を閉じて見つけた場所で
幸せとは
星が降る夜と眩しい朝が
繰り返すようなものじゃなく
大切な人に降りかかった
雨に傘をさせることだ
そしていつの間にか
僕の方が守られてしまう事だ
いつもそばに
いつも君がいて欲しいんだ
目を開けても目を閉じても
English translation
What is happiness?
A starry night and a dazzling morning
It's not like repeating
It happened to someone important to me
It's about holding an umbrella in the rain.
What do you live for?
There doesn't need to be an answer
People you want to meet and things you need
If I could protect it a little
Without stretching or bowing down
Just as I am
If I could sing about my loving feelings
What is happiness?
A starry night and a dazzling morning
It's not like repeating
It happened to someone important to me
It's about holding an umbrella in the rain.
Even if I squint without blinking
It's not the kind of thing you can find.
That's why I want you to be by my side
A person who lived for a dream
A person whose wrong path was the correct answer
someone who spends money on someone else
the person who lived himself
I couldn't become anyone
Just if you think you need me today too
What is happiness?
A starry night and a dazzling morning
It's not like repeating
It happened to someone important to me
It's about holding an umbrella in the rain.
I found my weakness again and was confused.
But can it be done?
In the place I found when I closed my eyes
What is happiness?
A starry night and a dazzling morning
It's not like repeating
It happened to someone important to me
It's about holding an umbrella in the rain.
And before you know it
I am the one who will be protected.
Always by your side
I want you always
Whether I open my eyes or close them