Sakanami

I've been listening to this song by Asian Kung-Fu Generation for a long time and I searched the meaning of the lyrics. A really inspiring song, lyrics written by Inio Asano, who is the author of the manga in which the movie is based and where the song was used. Here you go: Solanin Omoi chigai wa sora no kanata Sayonara dake no jinsei ka Hon no sukoshi no mirai wa mieta noNi Sayonara nanda Mukashi sundeta chiisa na heya wa Ima wa dareka ga sunden da Kimi ni iwareta hidoi kotoba mo Muda na ki ga shita maichini mo Ano toki koushite ireba, ano hi ni Modorereba Ano koro no boku ni wa mou, Modorenai yo Tatoeba yurui shiawase ga daratt

If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you've not been alone much, or if when you were, you weren't okay with it, then just wait. You'll find it's fine to be alone once you're embracing it. We can start with the acceptable places, the bathroom, the coffee shop, the library, where you can stall and read the paper, where you can get your caffeine fix and sit and stay there. Where you can browse the stacks and smell the books; you're not supposed to talk much anyway so it's safe there. There is also the gym, if you're shy, you can hang out with yourself and mirrors, you can put headphones in. Then there's public transportation, because w

When the lights are out and the room is empty, we are left alone. We are scared of being alone, scared of being awkward with our actions, scared of being an outcast. But all of this just rests in our mind and only with the dangerous thoughts that most of time are not a reflection of reality, rather, a pseudo-reality that we are creating for ourselves... Our own world that can sometimes restrict ourselves to the freedom that we have. In this solitude, we can get our strength, in this solitary wonder, we can still feel we are not alone only if we don't see ourselves alone.