Reach for the Sky

Anime: Karneval カーニヴァル (Kānivaru)

Artist: Hiroshi Kamiya

Album: Karneval Character Song Vol.5 Gareki

Romaji:

Te o nobaseba todoku no ka yo? ano takai sora toka…

mure tari toka, shinrai da toka imi waka n nē shi, sonna no
tsuka, jama daro? ashi torarete shizunjimau dake jan
kitana nē basho ya kitana nē yatsura, wasure cha ikenai kinō
mirai nante tobenai kuse ni sora ni akogareru mite na mon ja ne?

(na noni hoshii no ka yo?) imi ga hoshii dake da yo
(raku ni naru ki ka yo?) sonna n ja nē kedo
uchinuka naki ikene no hatsuman ne jibun jishin shibaru kusari

zettai ni hatasa nakya nan nē koto no
mukō gawa ni nani ga aru ka
n'na no, kangaete mita koto nante nai kedo
kawatte ku keshiki, shira nakatta kono sekai no genjitsu
mukiaenai ore nante ira nē daro
dō demo ii koto bakka datta hazu na noni
itsu kara da yo? sora o miagete iru ore ga iru

dare ka no tame jibun no tame tada muka tsuku dake nanda yo
riyō de kiri soredeiiyatte koko ni kita hazu jan
mae o muite aruku yatsura, shinjikitte iru ashita
moshika shitara toberu no ka yo… 

sora no mabushisa ni me o sorashita 

(kitai shiten no ka yo?) jōdan, baka ja nē no?
(doko e iku ki da yo?) ikigurushii n da yo
nani mo yakuni tatanai mama koko ni iru dake toka gaman deki nē!

zettai ni hatasa naki nanne nonara
ugokidasa nakya hajimaranai
n'na no, wakatteta tsumori de yogorete dakedo
kaerarenai mama de, shira nē furi o shiteta dake na no ka yo
maji de uze dake da na, ima no mama ja…
'itsumo tōri' sore dake datta hazu na noni
kizukazu ni… sora ni te o nobashiteru ore ga iru

kudake chitta ano kusari wa ore o shibatteta mono… tsuka
tobira no kagi datta no ka yo

zettai ni hatasa nakya nan nē koto no
mukō gawa ni mieta sora wa nazeka
tsukinuketa ao sa de takaku kanjita
todoku kiga shi nē nante itte akirameteta kinō
atomodori shinaitte chikatta kara
dareka no te o tsukamu koto no imi ga kawatta toki kara
niji nite o nobashiteru ore ga iru 

Kanji:

手を伸ばせば届くのかよ?あの高い空とか…

群れたりとか、信頼だとか意味わかんねーし、そんなの

つか、邪魔だろ?　足取られて沈んじまうだけじゃん

汚ねぇ場所や汚ねぇ奴等、忘れちゃいけない昨日

未来なんて飛べないくせに空に憧れるみてーなもんじゃね?

(なのに欲しいのかよ?)　意味が欲しいだけだよ

(楽になる気かよ?)　そんなんじゃねぇけど

撃ち抜かなきゃいけねぇのはつまんねー自分自身縛る鎖

絶対に果たさなきゃなんねぇコトの

向こう側になにがあるか

んなの、考えてみたことなんてないけど

変わってく景色、知らなかったこの世界の現実

向き合えない俺なんていらねぇだろ

どうでもいいコトばっかだったハズなのに

いつからだよ?　空を見上げている俺がいる

誰かのため?　自分のため?ただムカつくだけなんだよ

利用できりゃそれでいいやって此処にきたはずじゃん

前を向いて歩く奴等、信じきっている明日

もしかしたら飛べるのかよ…空の眩しさに目を逸らした

(期待してんのかよ?)　冗談、馬鹿じゃねぇの?

(何処へ行く気だよ?)　息苦しいんだよ

何も役に立たないまま此処にいるだけとか我慢できねぇ!

絶対に果たさなきゃなんねぇのなら

動き出さなきゃ始まらない

んなの、解ってたつもりで汚れてだけど

変えられないままで、しらねーフリをしてただけなのかよ

マジでウゼェだけだな、今の侭じゃ…

『いつも通り』それだけだったハズなのに

気付かずに…空に手を伸ばしてる俺がいる

砕け散ったあの鎖は俺を縛ってたもの…つか

扉の鍵だったのかよ

絶対に果たさなきゃなんねぇコトの

向こう側に見えた空は何故か

突き抜けた青さで高く感じた

届く気がしねーなんて言って諦めてた昨日

後戻りしないって誓ったから

誰かの手を掴むことの意味が変わった瞬間(とき)から

虹に手を伸ばしてる俺がいる


English:

Do you think you can reach the high sky by stretching out your hand?

Crowding together, mutual trust, I don’t get any of that

Rather, aren’t those in the way? They only slow you down and sink you

I have to remember the yesterday I lived with dirty people in a dirty place

Don’t long for the sky if you can’t fly

(Even so, do you wish for it?) I only want a reason

(Do you intend to take the easy route?) That’s not it,but

What I need to shoot out are the foolish binding chains I created myself

What is on the other side

Of what I absolutely have to accomplish

I never even thought about that kinda thing

The scenery keeps changing and I learn about the reality of this world that I didn’t know

I’m not needed if I can’t face it, right?

Even though I was supposed to be indifferent to everything

I don’t know since when I find myself looking up at the sky

Doing something for someone? Doing it for you? that just irritates me

Didn’t I come here to make use of anything I can?

Those guys walk looking straight ahead believe in tomorrow

Thinking that maybe they can fly, I looked away form the sky’s radiance

(Do you perhaps have hopes?) Get serious, aren’t you stupid?

(Where do you plan on going?) I’m suffocating

I can’t stand just being here without being of any use!

If there’s something you just have to accomplish

You need to make a move or nothing will start

I thought I knew that and continued getting myself dirty

Was I just feigning ignorance while not being able to change anything

It’s annoying for real, the way I am right now

It was supposed to be “just like always” but

Before I knew it, I found myself reaching out to the sky

The chains that have been smashed up were the ones binding me

Rather, were they actually the key to a gate?

The sky I saw beyond

What I absolutely had to accomplish, somehow

Pierced through with a blueness that felt so high

I had given it up thinking I couldn’t reach it

Because I vowed to never go back in my tracks

Since the meaning of grasping someone’s hand changed

I find myself reaching out for the rainbow

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