This song is the ending theme for the japanese drama (J-Dorama) 1 Litre of Tears…
Only Human is one of my favorite song, the lyrics (meaning), the background music, and K’s (singer) vocal performance are great,
the piano chords are very simple yet effective, plus the background vocal made this song to the best.
Below are the lyrics (romaji) and the english translation for this song,
Kanashimi no mukou kishi ni
Hohoemi ga aru toiu yoKanashimi no mukou kishi ni
Hohoemi ga aru to iu yo
Tadori tsuku sono saki ni wa
Nani ga bokura wo matteru?Nigeru tame ja naku yume ou tame ni
Tabi ni deta hazusa tooi natsu no ano hiAshita sae mieta nara tame iki mo nai kedo
Nagare ni sakarau fune no you ni
Ima wa mae he susumeKurushimi no tsukita basho ni
Shiawase ga matsu toiu yo
Boku wa mada sagashite iru
Kisetsu hazure no himawariKobushi nigirishime asahi wo mateba
Akai tsume ato ni namida kirari ochiruKodoku ni mo nareta nara
Tsuki akari tayori ni
Hane naki tsubasa de tobi tatou
Motto mae he susumeAmagumo ga kireta nara
Nureta michi kagayaku
Yami dake ga oshiete kureru
Tsuyoi tsuyoi hikari
Tsuyoku mae he susume
English translation (meaning) :
On the opposite coast of sadness
is something called a smile
On the opposite coast of sadness
is something called a smile
But before we can go there,
is there something we’re waiting for?
In order to chase our dreams, we can’t have a reason to run away
We’ve got to go, to that far away summer’s day
If we find it tomorrow, we can’t sigh
Because like a boat that opposes the stream
we have to walk straight on
In a place worn down by sadness
something called a miracle, is waiting
Yet we are still searching
for the sunflower that grows at the end of spring
The warrior who awaits the morning light
before he can clasp it with red nails, his tears glitter and fall
Even if we’ve grown used to loneliness
only relying on the light of the moon
We have to fly away with featherless wing
just go foward, just a little further
As the rainclouds break
the wet streets sparkling
Although it brings only darkness
A powerful, powerful light
helps push us to walk on
