"Sakura" ("Cherry Blossoms") [!!]
Performed by: Naotaro Moriyama (Original Version),
                       Tomiko Van

Lyrics: Naotaro Moriyama
Composition: Naotaro Moriyama & Kaito Okachimachi

Arrangement: Taichi Nakamura (Original Version),
                       Yasuo Asai (Tomiko Van/"VOICE 2" Version)

Song from at least:
[1 CD single] - Sakura
[3 albums] - Hoita Uta wa Sakana no Esa ni Choudo ii, Kessaku-sen (Best Selection): 2001~2005,
                     VOICE 2 ~cover lovers rock~

»Layout Designed by: Oasis Heart3 (WAFTF)

»Translation by: quartet4 (WAFTF & his translation site)
»Romaji by: Cori (Corichan.com)

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Bokura wa kitto matteru
Kimi to mata aeru hibi o
Sakura namiki no michi no ue de
Te o furisakebu yo

Donna ni kurushii toki mo
Kimi wa waratte iru kara
Kujikesou ni narikaketemo
Ganbareru ki ga shita yo

Kasumi yuku keshiki no naka ni
Ano hi no uta ga kikoeru

Sakura sakura
Ima, sakihokoru
Setsuna ni chiriyuku sadame to shitte
Saraba tomo yo
Tabidachi no toki
Kawaranai sono omoi o
Ima

Ima nara ieru darou ka
Itsuwari no nai kotoba
Kagayakeru kimi no mirai o
Negau hontou no kotoba

Utsuriyuku machi wa marude
Bokura o sekasu youni

Sakura sakura
Tada maiochiru
Itsuka umarekawaru toki o shinji
Naku na tomo yo ima
Sekibetsu no toki
Kazaranai ano egao de
Saa

Sakura sakura
Iza maiagare
Towa ni sanzameku hikari o abite
Saraba tomo yo mata
Kono basho de aou
Sakura maichiru michi no
Sakura maichiru michi no
Ue de


I'm sure that we're waiting
For the days when we can see you again...
We'll wave and shout
On a road lined with cherry blossom trees.

No matter how hard it got,
You always smiled.
So even when doubt crept in,
I felt like I could do my best.

Within the fading scene,
I can hear that day's song...

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms --
They bloom now,
Knowing their destiny is to fall.
Farewell, my friend --
It's time to leave
Those feelings that never change
Now...

Maybe I could say
Words without lies now...
You shine as I pray for your future
With words of truth.

The city moves,
As if to hurry us on...

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms --
They just drift in the air...
I believe in a moment of rebirth someday.
Don't cry, my friend --
It's time for our painful goodbye.
Put on that real smile,
Come on...

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms --
Come now, ride the wind...
Bask in the light that cries out forever.
Farewell, my friend --
Let's meet here again,
On
A road lined with cherry blossom trees...
A road lined with cherry blossom trees...
Oasis Heart3's Note:
[!!] On Van's official site (and a LOT of other places online), you might see this song called "Sakura [Dokushou]" instead of just "Sakura". But both titles are basically the same thing.

     When "Sakura" was originally released on CD single, there were three versions:
  1. The original/solo version ("Sakura")
  2. The choir version ("Sakura [Gasshou]")
  3. The instrumental version ("Sakura [Bansou]")
...The original version was just called "Sakura"...but to diffrentiate it from the other versions, a lot of people call the original version "Sakura (Dokushou)". "Dokushou" means "vocal solo".