Mermaid Story

Mukashi yonda hitori no onna no ko

Yume wa nani yori maboroshi datta

Umaku sen kaku koto fuyasu koto mo

Omoi wa minna katachi ni dekiru noni

Karaa ni suru no yaresou de dekinakute...

Shiroku shiroku nuritsubushite ita yo

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori

Tsukuritai karaa na sekai

Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki

Garasu no kutsu yori jibun no ashi ga

Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo

Hitotsu zutsu najimasu you ni

Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato

Hajimete aruku hitori no onnanoko

Uta asonde arukou to shitemo

Kotoba ukabeteru kedo karamawari

Yasashii majo warainagara miru?

Mahou wo kakete morattemo sore kara ga

Happii endo e no wakaremichi

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori

Tsukuritai karaa na sekai

Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki

Kabocha no basha yori jibun no ashi ga

Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo

Sunahama ni najimasu you ni

Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato

Chiisana koro ni yonda monogatari

"Arigatou" tobidashite

Senaka taiyou to kasanatte mizushibuki ga hikaru

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori

Tsukuritai karaa na sekai

Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki

Garasu no kutsu yori jibun no ashi ga

Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo

Sunahama ni najimasu you ni

Atashi ni mo egakeru you ni

Garasu no kutsu yori mo...

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori

Hitotsu zutsu najimasu you ni

Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato

English

One girl I read about long ago

Her dreams were nothing more than illusions

We can all draw the lines and fill them in well

And give our feelings a shape

But giving them colour - it seemed possible, but she couldn't do it…

So she blotted it all out in white

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story

I want to make a world full of colour

Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic

I'd rather have my own legs than glass slippers

Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up

I took strong steps

To adjust, little by little

That one girl walks for the first time

She tries to sing playfully as she walks

She knows the words, but she can't get them out

Is the good witch laughing as she watches?

You can get someone to cast a spell

But after that, you're walking away from happiness

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story

I want to make a world full of colour

Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic

I'd rather have my own legs than a pumpkin carriage

Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up

I took strong steps

To adjust to the sand dunes

As I set off, I say "thank you"

To the story I read as a child

I turn my back to the sun and the spray of water glitters

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story

I want to make a world full of colour

Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic

I'd rather have my own legs than glass slippers

Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up

I hope I adjust to the sand dunes

I hope I, too, can picture it

I'd rather have that than glass slippers…

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story

I took strong steps

To adjust, little by little