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Decided to watch Howl's Moving Castle earlier, and now I keep listening to songs from Studio Ghibli movies, things i'll be posting on here include songs from Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery Service

audio

Yondeiru mune no dokoka okude
(somewhere, a voice calls, in the depths of my heart)
itsumo kokoro odoru yume wo mitai
(may i always be dreaming, the dreams that move my heart)

kanashimi wa kazoekirenai kedo
( so many tears of sadness, uncountable through and through)
sono mukou de kitto anate ni aeru
(i know on the other side of them i'll find you)

Kurekaesu ayamachi no sonotabit hito wa
(everytime we fall down to the ground we look up to the blue sky above)
tada aoi sora no aosa wo shiru
(we wake to it's blueness, as for the first time)
hateshinaku michi wa tsuzuite mieru keredo
(though the road is long and lonely and the end far away, out of sight)
kono ryoute wa hikari wo dakeru
(i can with these two arms embrace the light)

sayonara no toki no shizukana mune
(as i bid farewell my heart stops, in tenderness i feel)
zero ni naru karada ga mimi wo sumaseru
(my silent empty body begins to listen to what is real)

ikiteiru fushigi sinde iku fushigi
(the wonder of living, the wonder of dying)
hana mo kaze mo machi mo minna onaji
(the wind, town, and flowers, we all dance one unity)

yondeiru mune no dokoka oku de
(somewhere a voice calls in the depths of my heart)
itsumo nando demo yume wo egakou
(keep dreaming your dreams, don't ever let them part)

kanashimi no kazu wo iitsukusu yori
(why speak of all your sadness or of life's painful woes)
onaji kuchibiru de sotto utaou
(instead let the same lips sing a gentle song for you)

tojiteiku omoide no sono naka ni itsumo
(the whispering voice, we never want to forget)
wasure takunai sasayaki wo kiku
(in each passing memory always there to guide you)
konagona ni kudakareta kagami no ue nimo
(when a mirror has been broken, shattered pieces scattered on the ground)
atarashii keshiki ga utsusareru
(glimpses of new life, reflected all around)

hajimari no asa shizuka na mado
(window of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn)
zero ni naru karada mitasarete yuke
(let my silent, empty body be filled and reborn)

umi no kanata niwa mou sagasanai
(no need to search outside, nor sail across the sea)
kagayaku mono wa itsumo koko ni
(cause here shining inside me, it's right here inside me)
watashi no naka ni misukerareta kara
(i've found a brightness, it's always with me)