1. 歌に憧れて

初めて音楽に出会ったときのことなんて
覚えていないけど
初めて音楽に恋をしたときのことは
なぜか覚えているんだ

あの時から
無数のメロディーに心奪われ
歌声に心動かされ
体全てが音楽で満たされたときの
あの胸の高鳴り追いかけて
いつの間にか

歌に憧れて
音楽に憧れて
少し背伸びして手にとった楽譜に
僕の音楽は流れ出した

あの曲に憧れた
音楽に憧れた僕の心は
歌い出してしまった
いつの間にか

初めの舞台の記憶なんて
かすかに残る思い出だけど
僕を照らした光の眩しさだけは
なぜか覚えているんだ

あれから何回
音楽に心洗われ
歌声に心揺さぶられ
体全てが情熱に溢れた人の
あの輝き追いかけて
いつの間にか

舞台に憧れて
声の力に憧れて
自分の想いを伝えられる空間で
僕の心は育ち始めた

そして歌に憧れた
音楽に憧れた僕の心は
歌い出してしまったんだ
いつの間にか

2. 音楽になって

誰もいない音楽室
僕だけの音楽室
そっと静かに
ピアノの蓋をあけて
人差し指でなぞった優しいドレミの音

始まりは
いつものドレミの音にのせて
歌の練習から

声にのせて　音たちが
つながりあい　かさなりあい
僕の中に 流れる音楽に
心の中の音符たちは
音を　色を　動きを
命を吹き込まれて
音楽になって消えた

楽譜を開けば　そこには
誰かが書いた
白黒の音楽の設計図

そっと静かに
声に想いをこめたら　音たちが
つながりあい　かさなりあい
僕の心から流れる音楽に
楽譜の上のただの記号たちは
音を　色を　動きを
命を吹き込まれて
音楽になって　嬉しそう消えた

3. 決意

無数の夢見る人たちの中で
憧れを決意に変えた人がいた
無数の夢に満ちた暗闇の中で
静かに心を燃やす人がいた

迷いを抱きしめる覚悟を
焦りを飲み込む覚悟を
自分を見つめる覚悟をした人がいた

分かれ道で立ち止まる人たちの中で
一人　静かに歩き始めた人がいた

4. 僕が歌う理由<わけ>

鳥がさえずるわけを知りたいなら
風に口笛の音をのせてみればわかるさ
大きな自然に抱かれ明日を夢見る幸せ
そして　共にさえずる誰かが集う喜び

僕が歌うわけもわかるだろう？
この歌が消えていく先にある何かを
ここに集う仲間と
そして　あなたと感じるためさ

5. 僕の歌が続く理由<わけ>

僕は今まで
いくつの夢を見たのだろう？
いくつの憧れを　いくつの願いを
言葉に　歌に
音楽に託したのだろう？

いつか僕が受け取った多くの憧れは
音楽となって誰かの心へとそっと旅立った
そして憧れがつないだ　この絆は
新たな出会いへと
挑戦へと　僕を動かした

初めて音楽に出会った時のことなんて
覚えていないけど
あの時　音楽に見た憧れだけは
なぜか僕の中で輝いてるんだ

歌に憧れて
音楽に憧れて
あの時　背伸びして手に取った楽譜が
また僕を音楽へ誘いだした
そして歌に憧れた
音楽に憧れた僕の心は
歌い続けていくんだ　これからも
憧れと共に

1. Falling in Love with Singing

I may not recall
when I first encountered music.
But I somehow recall
when I fell in love with it.

Since then,
I have been transported by countless melodies,
and my heart often has been moved by voices singing.
I have tried to recapture the moment
when I was filled with music, and excited by it.
Before I realized it,
I had fallen in love with singing,
and I had fallen in love with music.
When first I stretched to grasp a score,
that was when the music in me emerged.

My heart, which fell in love with songs—
My heart, which fell in love with music,
had started singing,
before I realized it.

I barely recall
when I first performed on stage.
But I somehow recall
the brightness of the stage lights on me.

I wonder
how many times music has bathed my heart,
and how many times singing voices have moved me.
I have pursued the brilliance that
only performers with passion can radiate.
Before I realized it,
I had fallen in love with performance,
and I had fallen in love with the power of the voice.
On stage where I could reveal myself,
my heart had started to grow.

My heart, which fell in love with singing—
My heart, which fell in love with music,
had started singing somehow,
before I realized it.

2. Music Coming to Be

An empty music room...
A music room for me alone...
Gently and quietly,
I open the lid of the piano,
and gently I play do, re, mi.

I have always started my practicing
by singing a scale to warm up.

Whenever I sing,
the sounds are connected and layered,
and they become the music of my heart.
The musical notes in my heart
emerge as sounds, colors,
movements, and souls.
They become music and melt into the air.

Whenever I open a score,
I see a black-and-white blueprint
that someone has written.

Gently and quietly,
when I pour my feeling into my voice,
the sounds are connected and layered,
and they become the music of my heart.
The musical notes and symbols of the score
become sounds, colors,
movements, and souls.
They become music,
and happily melt into the air.

3. Determination

Among millions of dreamers,
there is one who has transformed adoration into determination.
In the darkness full of dreams,
there is a person who has ignited his heart.

He has determined to embrace his doubts.
He has determined to control his impatience.
He has determined to see his true self.

Ahead of me, at a standstill at a crossroads,
there is a person who has started quietly to walk forward.
There is such a person...

4. Why I Sing

If you wish to know why birds sing,
you should whistle to the wind.
Within the embrace of nature,
you will find happiness by dreaming about tomorrow,
and joy by singing together with your friends.

Now you know why I sing, don’t you?
It is to feel something, as this song fades, that lies beyond—
to feel it with my friends—
and with you.

5. Why My Music Continues

I wonder
how many dreams I have had.
I wonder how much adoration and how many wishes
I have poured into words, songs,
and music.

Many of my earlier dreams went forth in song
to touch someone else's heart gently.
Yet the connections that they revealed to me then
keep urging me always to pursue
new encounters and challenges.

I do not recall
when I first encountered music.
But the adoration that I have felt for music
has stayed in me brightly and surely.

I have fallen in love with singing,
and I have fallen in love with music.
And the old score that I managed to grasp
has called me to music again.
And so, my heart, which fell in love with songs—
My heart, which fell in love with music,
has continued to sing forever and ever,
with adoration for music.