It has been quite some time since Yozora No Mukou has been played. I was rearranging some folders on my drive when this was retouched. Upon listening to the song last night, I recall how ecstatic I was when previewing it years ago and instantly fall in love with it again.
Yozora No Mukou is SMAP’s 27th single and ranked #1 in sales for 1998. It is a beautiful ballad with powerful lyrics and a peaceful melody. The angsty solo parts are sang beautifully by Kimura Takuya XO along with the harmonized chorus by the other SMAP members. Did I mention that the songwriter is fabulous Suga Shikao who had composed Aozora Pedal for Arashi?
Without further ado, here is the song that Japan raved about more than a dozen years ago:
Yozora No Mukou (Beyond The Night Sky)
by SMAP
Composed and written by Suga Shikao
Are kara boku tachi wa
Nanika wo shinjite koreta ka naa…
Yozora no mukou niwa
Ashita ga mou matte iruEver since then
I wonder if we could come to believe in something…
Beyond the night sky
Tomorrow is already waiting
Dareka no koe ni kizuki
Bokura wa mi wo hisomete
Kouen no FENSU goshi ni
Yoru no kaze ga fuitaNoticing someone’s voice
We hid ourselves
Beyond the park fence
The night wind was blowingKimi ga nanika tsutaeyou to
Nigiri kaeshita sono te wa
Boku no kokoro no yarakai basho wo
Ima demo mada shimetsukeruThe way your hand returned my grasp
As if you were trying to tell me something
Even now, in a soft place in my heart
That gesture squeezes my heartAre kara boku tachi wa
Nanika wo shinjite koreta ka naa…
Mado wo sotto akete miru
Fuyu no kaze no nioi ga shitaEver since then
I wonder if we could come to believe in something…
Softly, I’ll try to open the window
I could smell the wind of winterKanashimi-tte itsuka wa
Kiete shimau mono nano ka naa…
Tameiki wa sukoshi dake
Shiroku nokotte sugu kietaI wonder if sadness is something
That will someday completely disappear…
My sigh just slightly
Left a trace of white, then soon disappearedAruki dasu koto sae mo
Ichi ichi tamerau kuse ni
Tsumaranai joushiki nado
Tsubuseru to omottetaEven when I start to walk
With each step, I hesitate
But I had thought that I could crush
My worthless common senseKimi ni hanashita kotoba wa
Doredake nokotte iru no?
Boku no kokoro no ichiban oku de
Karamawari shi tsuzukeruThe words I spoke to you
How much of them remain?
In the very deepest part of my heart
The fruitless efforts continueAno koro no mirai ni
Bokura wa tatte iru no ka naa…
Subete ga omou hodo
Umaku wa ikanai mitai daI wonder if we’re standing
In the future of that time
It seems like nothing is going
Quite as well as we had hopedKono mama doko made mo
Hibi wa tsuzuite iku no ka naa…
Kumo no nai hoshizora ga
Mado no mukou ni tsuzuiteruI wonder how much further
These days will continue like this…
The cloudless starry sky
Continues beyond the windowAre kara boku tachi wa
Nanika wo shinjite koreta ka naa…
Yozora no mukou niwa
Ashita ga mou matte iruEver since then
I wonder if we could come to believe in something…
Beyond the night sky
Tomorrow is already waiting
Romaji and English Lyrics found at lava.net.
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