walking proud - not perfect translation

[Shiso]

Please notice that this "translation" may be wrong! While waiting for masa-san's translation maybe someone will find this usefull!

"?" means I don't know what the verse means
"(?)" means I am not sure if I understand it correctly
The rest may be wrong too though

When my lips lied for the first time
It wasn’t because of something important
Not for anyone’s sake
It was only to protect foolish me
In the moment I realized it
So many lies were around me
That I couldn’t move anymore
?

I lift my head up and looked at the sky - It was beautiful
I thought of you
I looked back at the strong you
If only I could walk like that…

In the middle of that path I escaped from reality
I escaped pain
I am like this now, but once (?)
I just gave excuses that it’s all for the sake (?)
Of becoming the ideal me (?)
But I woke up (?)
?

Will this voice reach you?
Will it fill Your heart?
I walk to be
A guide-post of Your life

[ohsixthirty]

Oooh, sounds like it's prett nice though!!! Thanks!

[LeButler]

So, it's one of the rare Ayu songs whoose title is directly relevent to the content. Interesting the poetic feel still comes through even after a Polish speaker translates Japanese into English

[yamogi]

thanks

there are another verison from hanabiwings

walking proud ver. 2.0
Hamasaki Ayumi

My lips told one lie
It was a trivial thing
I wonder if it wasn't for anyone's sake
But only to protect my foolish self
By the time I realized it, uncountable lies
Surrounded me and I couldn't move
I was at my wits end

The sky I lifted my eyes to see
Was beautiful
My thoughts were of you
If I could face forward strongly, like you would
And I could walk that way...

On that path, I ran away from reality
And from every pain, I ran away
I've come to this point using
The excuse that it's all been because I was
Trying to become the ideal me
And after, I woke up fully from my half-heartedness
The only thing I could do was to survive through
The present

Will this voice reach you?
Will it resound in your heart?
In order to guide your stature on the path
I will walk on today as well

The sky I lifted my eyes to see
Was beautiful
My thoughts were of you
If I could face forward strongly, like you would
And I could walk that way...

Will this voice reach you?
Will it resound in your heart?
In order to guide your stature on the path
I will walk on today as well

[Yarumi]

does anyone have the romanji?

[Corybobory]

I think there's a thread with it somewhere, run a search

[edit] and it's 'romaji' not 'romanji', that might affect your search... hope you find it

[Echiko]

These are such beautiful lyrics! THanks SO MUCH...*melts somemore*