This song is from the Card Captor Sakura soundtrack... one of my favourite songs. It pulled me through a rough time in the past (not that there were many), I used to sing it to myself and it would give me strength. It's a Japanese song, actually, but I checked up the translation back then so that I knew what I was singing.

Now I'd like to share this with you.


Tooi Kono Machi de
(In This Distant Town)
Naomi Kaiya

I loved that song, on this old tape
small scratches and a faded title.
Dawn comes and the day begins, bringing the summer breeze with it.
I can’t get used to this sudden loneliness I feel in my usual life.
Even wherever I go on my bike,
I never forget how fast the wind goes by.

La la la la - Let’s look up to the sky and sing
La la la la - It’s my life I’ll keep walking it
With my own strength, I make my way in this endless town.

Even though I always get lost at countless intersections
I’m living in the present, but the moving crowd gets ahead of me sometimes.
Things that I bump into, things that I recognize,
I never forget them even when I’ve become an adult.

La la la la - Let’s look up to the sky and sing
La la la la - It’s my life I’ll keep walking it
Because it belongs to me alone, I should be confident.

I’ve had this dream in my hometown
I think of it when I’m discouraged.
Just like what the song told me, what I can do now
is to take just a small step forward.

La la la la - Let’s look up to the sky and sing!
La la la la - It’s my life I’ll keep walking it
La la la la - Let’s look up to the sky and sing!
La la la la - It’s my life I’ll keep walking it

With my own strength...
I make my way in this endless town.