ayu's lyrics for graduation/friendship

[Uemarasan]

I'm suprised no one has mentioned Replace. It's perfect for graduation when a time of your life has to end and something new has to begin. And the lyrics could very well be addressed to friends. Saying goodbye, promising to meet again, what they've been through together, the future, moving on. I think the song is very well suited for such a bittersweet occasion, it's not overtly about love, it sounds like a graduation song, and I'll even bet Ayu was thinking about graduation when she wrote it:


Once we thought and talked
About the distant future
We are now standing at that place

We dreamed fantasies
In our infancies
They are now unfolding surreally before our eyes

But I never forget your profile
When you said firmly
With tears in your eyes
That you would never be beaten

I keep on singing
So that my voice may reach you
I hope you will walk on without giving up
Till the time we can meet again
Please show me your usual smile then

One thing I've realized is
This road will continue as before

Whatever wind may blow us
Under the sky of whatever colour
You might as well smile

I leave this song here
Instead of saying good-bye
I hope you will walk on without giving up
Till the time we can meet again
Even if you may sometimes shed a secret tear

I keep on singing
So that my voice may reach you

I leave this song here
Instead of saying good-bye
I hope you will walk on without giving up
Till the time we can meet again