Happy End - Kaze Wo Atsumete

taken from lost in translation soundtrack
**LYRICS**

machi no hazure no
senobi shita roji wo sanpo shitetara
shimi darake no moya goshi ni
okinuke no romen densha ga
umi wo wataru no ga mieta n desu

sorede boku mo
kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete
aozora wo kaketain desu
aozora wo

totemo suteki na
asaake doki wo toorinuketetara
garan to shita bouhatei goshi ni
hi'iro no ho wo kakageta toshi ga
teihaku shiteru no ga mieta n desu

sorede boku mo
kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete
aozora wo kaketain desu
aozora wo

hitoge no nai
asa no KO-HI-ya de hima wo tsubushitetara
hibi wareta GARASU goshi ni
matenrou no kinuzure ga
hodou wo hitasu no wo mita n desu

sorede boku mo
kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete kaze wo atsumete
aozora wo kaketain desu
aozora wo

**LYRICS ENGLISH TRANSLATION**


As I was walking down a towering alley
In the outskirts of the city
I saw beyond the blotched fog
A streetcar still sluggish from sleep
Crossing over the sea

(Chorus)
That's why I want to gather the wind (under my wings)
Gather the wind (under my wings)
And run across the blue sky.

As I passed through a beautiful sunrise
I saw beyond the empty-looking breakwater
A city with its day-colored sails up
Moored in the port
(Repeat)

When I was killing time one morning
At an empty coffee shop
I saw through the cracked glass
The rustling of the high-rises' silken clothes
Brushing on the sidewalk

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• translation

[mkenigs]

For good times....make it Suntory time.

[flowerdoodle]

I think its nice to listen to an intelligent, breezy pop rock song like this without the burden of English words. It still has the human voice that so many music listeners require in their music, but it's in another language: its nice to be able to ignore the meaning and just enjoy the "sound" of the singing/melody.

[EbClectic]

@flowerdoodle LMAO Now you know how the rest of the world feels outside the US/UK empire. Guess what we been doing in Germany over the last 65 years? Not understanding lyrics, that's what LOL

[woodlpve]

Hahaha these foos I met with ex, fucken trip

[schalleepimp101]

lol an asian band named happy end

[hejafish]

@flowerdoodle I usually ignore the meaning in English songs anyway! Music always says more than language... much more.

[pietropetrovich]

love this film...i watch always when i arrive to live in a new country =)

[Exphyxia]

Umibe no Onna no Ko had this in their manga <3

[tz0d]

@Jagged85

Good to know. Thanks for the info.

[Jagged85]

@tz0d

Actually, Yellow Magic Orchestra was founded by Haruomi Hosono, not Ryuichi Sakamoto. It was Hosono who invited Sakamoto to join YMO, not the other way around.

Ryuichi Sakamoto is sometimes wrongly credited as YMO's founder, mainly because he later gained a lot more worldwide fame (for his Hollywood film composing work, winning the Grammy, Oscar, Golden Globes, BAFTA, etc.) than Hosono.