Kawada Mami - INITIATIVE -lyrics and translation-

Composition & arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa | 中沢伴行
Lyrics & vocal: Mami Kawada | 川田まみ



手を挙げても言葉にできない
伝えたい、でも怖い
震えた指先から決意と迷い

恋してる
「傷つきたくはないけど、傷つけたくない...」
甘いだけじゃ恋は前に進まないの

臆病なこの願いでも誰かに届けられたなら
また一つ叶えられる一歩になれる
求めてもずっと戸惑った夢に
信じる力をくれた
君の手をとり歩き出すよ


今知りたい、こたえを待てない
もどかしい瞬間を超えたい
すぐ立たなきゃ気持ちは巡る

恋すると
選び続けてきたけど、選ばれてみたい...
ほろ苦い恋ばかりでも進まないの

大きな願いだとしても誰かに支えられたなら
少しずつだけどまた一歩踏み出す
勇気へと変えて


時に駆け引きするように楽しむくらいで
恋はすぐに溶けちゃうから止まれないの

本当の幸せの形
君は何を望んでるの?
同じ答えは出せなくてもそれ以上の喜びを

臆病なこの願いでも誰かに届けられたなら
また一つ叶えられる一歩になれる
求めてもずっと戸惑った夢に
信じる力をくれた
君の手をとり歩き出すよ

Romaji lyrics:
te wo agete mo kotoba ni dekinai
tsutaetai, demo kowai
furueta yubisaki kara ketsui to mayoi

koishiteru
[kizutsukitaku wa nai kedo, kizutsuketakunai...]
amai dake ja koi wa mae ni susumanai no

okubyou na kono negai demo dareka ni todokerareta nara
mata hitotsu kanaerareru ippo ni nareru
motomete mo zutto tomadotta yume ni
shinjiru chikara wo kureta
kimi no te wo tori arukidasu yo


ima shiritai, kotae wo matenai
modokashii shunkan wo koetai
sugu tatanakya kimochi wa meguru

koisuru to
erabitsuzuketekita kedo, erabarete mitai...
horonigai koi bakari de mo susumanai no

ooki na negai da to shite mo dareka ni sasaerareta nara
sukoshizutsu dakedo mata ippo fumidasu
yuuki e to kaete


toki ni kakehiki suru you ni tanoshimu kurai de
koi wa sugu ni tokechau kara tomarenai no

hontou no shiawase no katachi
kimi wa nani wo nozonderu no?
onaji kotae wa dasenakute mo sore ijou no yorokobi wo

okubyou na kono negai demo dareka ni todokerareta nara
mata hitotsu kanaerareru ippo ni nareru
motomete mo zutto tomadotta yume ni
shinjiru chikara wo kureta
kimi no te wo tori arukidasu yo


English translation:
Even with my hand raised, I can't put it into words
I want to tell you, yet I'm afraid
From the shaking fingertip— determination and hesitation

Am I in love?
"I don't want to be hurt, but I don't want to hurt either..."
Sweetness alone won't bring our love anywhere

Even if it's just a timid desire, if it could reach someone
It can become another single step to make it come true
The dream I'm pursuing, even though I'm at loss the whole time
You gave me a strength to believe in that
So I'll take your hand and walk forward


I want to know right now, I won't wait for the answer
I want to pass through this frustrating moment
The sensation to stand up right away surrounds me

Being in love,
is what I had been choosing, but I want to be chosen...
Bittersweet love alone won't bring us anywhere either

Even if it's a grand desire, if someone would support me
Even if it's only little by little, I'll take another step forward
and turn it into courage


Sometimes, as if it's a bargain, just right when we are having fun
Love melts away before long, so I can't stop now!

The true form of happiness,
What do you wish it would be like?
Even if our answers aren't the same, a happiness more than that...

Even if it's just a timid desire, if it could reach someone
It can become another single step to make it come true
The dream I'm pursuing, even though I'm at loss the whole time
You gave me a strength to believe in that
So I'll take your hand and walk forward