Katayoku no Icarus - Yui Sakakibara

These are the lyrics to the opening theme of H2O ~ Footprints in the Sand. It gives me a bittersweet feel, especially after I watched the anime. The anime has a touch on romance, but mainly focuses on a blind boy's struggle to do what he can to help others when he was temporarily given sight by a spirit, while struggling with his own problems.

Lyrics:

Nakushita kako tobenai sora kienai kizu mo
Kimi ga ita kara waraiaeta n da...

Ao no oka ni wa gyuttoshita omoide ga
Furitsumori boku ni yume o ataeru
Hoshi no yoru ni wa tooku orion sashite
Hane ga nai koto o wasureta

Boku wa hikari ga nakute sore de yokatta
Tada kimi dake wa "doushite?" to boku o mite wa
Naita…

"Tori ni nareba kaze ni nareba kanau no kana?"
Boku wa sonna ijiwaru itte
"Futari de nara te o awasete tsubasa da ne"
Tsuyoi kimi no koe ni aa nazeka namida ga afureteta

Kimi wa itsu demo boku no hidamari da kara
Mabushisugite tama ni tsuraku naru yo
Hashaida kioku koi o yubikirishitara
"Arigatou" ga kokoro kogashita

Soshite sekai wa kyuu ni ugokidasu n da
Monokuro no hana wa niji no you ni saku hazu sa
Kitto...

"Iroasenai omoide-tachi mune ni imasu ka?"
Midori hirogaru kougen kakete
Futo ryoute o hirogeta nara kanjiru hazu
Sou sa mugen no ima saa uta to tomo ni habatakou yo

Tsunaida te wa kumo o kitte
Oozora to iu ibasho kureta
Mamoru tsuyosa wa ikiru tsuyosa
Motto takaku motto takaku
Tonde mitai kara... Ah

"Tori ni nareba kaze ni nareba kanau no kana?"
Boku wa sonna ijiwaru itte
"Futari de nara te o awasete tsubasa da ne"
Tsuyoi kimi no koe ni aa nazeka namida ga afureteta
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Translation:

Even with a lost past, an unflyable sky, and indelible wounds
Because you were here, we could laugh together...

On the blue hill, the recollections that I held tightly
Accumulate and give me a dream
On a starry night, I pointed at the distant Orion
And forgot that I don't have wings

It's okay that I don't have light
It's just that only you said, "Why?", looked at me
And cried...

"If I become a bird, if I become the wind, will my wish be fulfilled?"
I'm saying it so nastily
"If we're together, then join our hands, they're wings"
From the voice of you, who are strong, ah, somehow tears overflowed

Because you're my sunny spot at all times
You're too bright and it gets painful occasionally
When my memories that frolicked made a pinky promise on love
"Thank you," distressed my heart

And the world abruptly begins to move
The monochrome flowers should bloom like the rainbow
Surely...

"Are there unfading recollections in your chest?"
Soaring through the plateau where greenery unfolds
If we suddenly spread our hands, then we must've felt it
That's right, at the infinite now, c'mon, let's fly along with our song

Our join hands cut through the clouds
And gave me a place to be, known as the heavens
The strength to protect is the strength to live
Because I want to try flying
Higher and higher... Ah

"If I become a bird, if I become the wind, will my wish be fulfilled?"
I'm saying it so nastily
"If we're together, then join our hands, they're wings"
From the voice of you, who are strong, ah, somehow tears overflowed
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