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1. SAKURA Goodbye (SAKURAグッバイ; Cherry Blossom Goodbye)
   
2. TOKYO

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SAKURA Goodbye (SAKURAグッバイ; Cherry Blossom Goodbye)
Lyrics: TOMOMI, MASTERWORKS ~ Music: MASTERWORKS ~ Arrangement: Kotaro Kubota

Hello Good bye...

Kinareta seifuku no eri ga
Itsumo yori sukoshi kyuukutsu nanda
Saigo no chaimu narihibite
Kono rouka mo omoide ni kawatteku

Migite ni nigitta kaban no
Omosa wa itsumo to kawaranai keredo

Sakura maichiru kisetsu kimi to no omoide
Chira chira to mau yo aozora no shita de
Kimi no saigo no egao ima mo nokoru
Mada iitakunai yo sayonara

Hello Good bye...

Shizuka na kyoushitsu no kabe ni
Ano toki futari de kaita rakugaki mo
Iroase mienikukunatta
Sotto sotto yubi de nazotte mitanda

Shalala hanabira arashi kaze nodo mannaka
Kimi no namae nante nandomo sakende
Nidoto modorenai koto shitteitemo
Mata aou ne de wakare yo

Tookuhanaretemo
Tokyo de hitori demo
Kimi kara no purezento
Osoroi no misanga
Itsuka kanau yo kitto
Musubi atta negai goto
Mada hodo kesou ni mo nai shinjiteitai yo

Sakura maichiru kisetsu kimi e no omoi ga
Itsumademo mau yo aozora no shita de
Atarashii doa ga hiraku yume no tame ni
Mata aruki dasou yo koko kara

Hello Good bye...

Kana:

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English Translation

Hello Good bye...

The collar of the uniform that I've gotten used to wearing
Is a little bit tighter than usual
The last chime will sound
And this hall will turn into a memory

Though the weight of the bag that I hold in my right hand
Is no different than usual

Memories of being with you in the season where the cherry blossoms scatter
They flutter beneath the blue sky
Your last smile remains even now
I don't want to say goodbye yet

Hello Good bye...

Even the graffiti that we wrote back then
On the wall of the quiet classroom
Has faded and gotten hard to see
I tried softly, softly tracing it with my finger

Sha la la, in the middle of the wind in a storm of flower petals
I shout out your name over and over again
Even though I know that I can't go back again
Let's meet again, and then part ways

Though we're far apart
Though I'm all alone in Tokyo
I have a present from you
A friendship bracelet that matches yours
The wish that bound us together will definitely come true one day
It doesn't look like it's coming apart yet
That's what I want to believe

My feelings for you in the season where the cherry blossoms scatter
They flutter beneath the blue sky forever
A new door opens for the sake of dreams
It looks like I can still walk on from here

Hello Good bye...

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TOKYO
Lyrics: SCANDAL, MASTERWORKS ~ Music: MASTERWORKS ~ Arrangement: Kotaro Kubota

Tokyo no ame wa totemo samui to
Oshiete kureta mishiranu ojisan
"Ore mo wakakerya, mou ichido…"
Sou yume wo katatta mishiranu ojisan

Saikin no ko wa nani kangaeteiru ka nante
Sonna no wakaranai
"Hima nara ocha shiyou" to koe kakeru
Ojisan no hou ga imi wakannai desu
Desu…

Tokyo marashon nijuuyo jikan
Raibuhausu de nemuru musume-tachi
Me ga au dake de minna tomodachi
Tobikau uwasa dore ga shinjitsu

Saikin no ko wa nani kangaeteiru ka nante
Sonna no oshienai
Okotoba desu kedo aete iu nara
Warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru happii desu

Hey papa Nihon wa kokoro ga byouki ni natta no kana?
Hey mama sugu ni wa naoranai no
Okusuri nutte ageru

Hey papa watashi wa muzukashii koto ga kirai nan desu
Hey mama sekai wa suugaku no genri de dekiteru no?
Hey papa Nihon wa kokoro ga byouki ni natta no kana?
Hey mama sugu ni wa naoranai no
Okusuri nutte ageru

Tokyo wa kyou mo furu surottoru
Agatte oriru mishiranu ojisan
"Kimi no kimochi wa yoku wakaru"
Sou totemo yasashii mishiranu ojisan

"Ore mo mukashi wa mucha wo shitanda" nante
Nanta akutibu pojitibu naiibu
"Soudan noru yo chotto soko made"
Ojisan wa yappa imi wakannai desu

Kana:

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English Translation

An older man I'd never met before
Told me that the rain in Tokyo is really cold
"If I only I could be young again..."
The stranger told me about his dreams

I don't know
What kids these days are thinking
"Why don't we go out for tea one day when you're at a loose end?"
He's the one who's making no sense

That's how it is...

24-hour Tokyo marathon
The girls sleeping at the concert venue
Once glance was all it took for us to become friends
Gossip flies back and forth – how much of it is true?

I won't tell him
What kids these days are thinking
I know it's a cliché, but if I had to say one thing
It's "Fortune favors those who smile"

Hey papa, is Japan sick at heart?
Hey mama, it won't get better overnight
I'll give the country some medicine

Hey papa, I hate things that are difficult
Hey mama, was the world built on mathematical principles?
Hey papa, is Japan sick at heart?
Hey mama, it won't get better overnight
I'll give the country some medicine

Tokyo's going full throttle as usual today
The stranger goes in and out of the city
"I know how you feel"
How kind he is

"I used to do crazy things too"
Active, positive, naive
"I'll give you some advice"
He's definitely not making any sense

thanks for sharing

How come the English translation for SAKURA GOODBYE is hidden under "spoilers"? LOL .lol.
The lyrics seem rather melancholic if you think about it, it's probably about the times the narrator shared with someone (probably a close friend from school or a significant other) and suddenly when that fateful time comes and they can no longer be together, he/she doesn't want the times they've shared together to end prematurely...it's a really sad mellow song with a rather upbeat tempo, I tear up everytime I hear it on my mp3 player .toj.
Since Tomomi-chan wrote the lyrics, it's possible she wrote it from her own POV based on her own experiences before her graduation; could I be right about that? .clap.

Don't really know why it's in spoilers, maybe to look cooler? Hahaha

Yeah, the lyrics is really cool and so is the song, the reason why SG is one of my favorites. .smile.

what?! there are hidden in spoiler ............who dares to put them there?!!!! there are so irratting......... .wtf.

loveharunaono wrote:what?! there are hidden in spoiler ............who dares to put them there?!!!! there are so irratting......... .wtf.

You better talk to mc~ about that, he mentioned something about it looking cooler .evilgrin. eh? EH? .common.
Maybe you should take it up with him about this whole "hidden spoilers" thing .cool.

Oh common, I'm just spoiling you the English translations. Hahaha. .common.

Such a melancholic song,with such an bouncy beat?Hmm....Seems like Tomomi had a boyfriend before? .boom.

I think Tomomi-chan's still with her boyfriend .cool. I saw some pics on the SCANDAL blog with Tomomi and this rather handsome guy (he's probably part of their road crew) posing together at the subway platform together .ehem.

Just friends maybe? .common.

Well let's not talk about that anymore. Hahaha

^ Yeah it'll break many hearts,eh? .sweat.

Exactly, we don't want any casualties here. lol. .boom.

Anyways I really like the song, one of my favorites. A more better version of it's first version which is SAKURA.

Yeah,i've heard Sakura too,didn't think it was very good.Sakura Goodbye is much better.

mc~ wrote:Exactly, we don't want any casualties here. lol. .boom.

Anyways I really like the song, one of my favorites. A more better version of it's first version which is SAKURA.

Ok, wakarimashita .cool. Let us not speak of Tomomi's alleged relationship ever again
Any idea where I can listen to the version of SAKURA from? I have absolutely no idea that they had released an earlier version of the song, I'm genuinely excited to hear it now .wow.

They didn't release it i think,they performed it at a small live show.

LINK

.ehem. wait i think i read something on the net that Sakura Goodbye is a song they made when haruna was graduating her high school years? .shy.

Uh huh...Are you implying that Haruna has a "boyfriend" too....? .common.

hmmm i don't know about that, but I'm pretty sure that there's no girl that cute and pretty will graduate without having the experience of having a bf in her high school life. . . .omg.

but i definitely read it somewhere in the net that Sakura Goodbye was dedicated to haruna's graduation since she's the oldest among them and graduated first. .nerd.

even if she had a bf or not, Haruna anata wo itsumademo aisuru tsumori desu. .cool.

SCANDAL FOREVER

Oh hoa?Good luck!

EugeneAng wrote:They didn't release it i think,they performed it at a small live show.

LINK

Thanks for the link, I really appreciate it a lot! .clap.

No problem!

Here's a link to SCANDAL's performance on a Japanese variety show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXHX40hpnco

.mad. Anyone who will mention again about HARUNA having a boyfriend again will be BANNED!...

LOL just kidding. .evilgrin.

For me HARUNA never had or never will have a boyfriend, because I'm destined for her. Hahahaha

Anyways come to think of it SAKURA Good-bye is a revision of SAKURA, so it's originally written a long time ago.

Hahahah ban shade04 then!

Yeah,it's written a long long time ago...But if i remember correctly,there was one episode of the SCANDAL anime where Tomomi mentioned that Haruna was in "Koi"(that means <3 in Japanese) and Rina/Mami got it wrong and thought of the Japanese fish,koi.Later on when Haruna is at home,she starts thinking,"Koi....?"
.hmmm.

ya i watched that anime version, that koi gave birth to the song koi moyou .clap.