YES, Thank You!

This post is dedicated to one of the best anime music soundtrack I've ever heard:
"NO, Thank You!" from Ho-kago Tea Time of the Sakurako keionbu (K-ON!!). Enjoy.

Vocals: After-School Tea Time (Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Yoko, Sato Satomi, Kotobuki Minako, Taketatsu Ayana as Hirasawa Yui, Akiyama Mio, Tainaka Ritsu, Kotobuki Tsumugi, Nakano Azusa)
Lyrics: Omori Shoko
Composition: Maezawa Hiroyuki
Arrangement: Komori Shigeo

Japanese Lyrics

NO, Thank You!


Howaitoboodo de hishimekiau
Rakugaki jiyuu na negaigoto
Houkago no chaimu yuuhi ni hibiite mo
Yumemiru pawaa disurenai ne, ainiku

Let’s sing motto, motto, motto koe takaku
Kuchibiru ni kibou tazusaete
Waado hanatsu sono tabi, hikari ni naru
Watashi-tachi no kakera

Omoide nante iranai yo
Datte “ima” tsuyoku, fukaku aishiteru kara
Omoide hitaru otona no you na kanbi na zeitaku
Mada chotto…enryoshitai no


Kokoro no nooto maakaa hikimidarete
Osareru to nakisou na pointo bakka
Itami yorokobi, minna to iru to
Mugen no ribaavu de sasaru, fushigi

Let’s fly zutto, zutto, zutto kanata made
Kauntodaun matenai yabou oikaze ni
Biito kizamu sono tabi, purachina ni naru
Watashi-tachi no tsubasa

Yakusoku nante iranai yo
Datte “ima” igai, dare mo ikirenai kara
Yakusoku hoshigaru, kodomo no you na mujaki na zeijaku
Mou tokku ni…sotsugyoushita no


Itsu made mo doko made mo, kitto kikoetsuzukeru
Eien sae iranai no ni naze nakusesou ni nai
Our Splendid Songs

[BRIDGE]

Let’s sing motto, motto, motto, koe karete mo
Kuchibiru de kono toki tataete
Ruuto onaji chizu mochi meguriaeta
Watashi-tachi no kizuna

NO, Thank You!

Omoide nante iranai yo
Datte “ima” tsuyoku, fukaku aishiteru kara
Omoide hitaru, otona no you na kanbi na zeitaku
Mada chotto…enryoshitai no



English Translated Lyrics

NO, Thank You!


We all crowd up around the whiteboard,
Scribbling down our unfettered wishes
Even if the after-school bell echoes into the sunset,
You can’t diss the power to dream. Too bad for you!

Let’s sing with a louder, louder, louder voice
Carry hope on your lips
Every time you release words, they'll turn into light
They're our fragments

I don’t need any memories
Because I’m strongly, deeply, in love with “now”
Getting immersed in my memories is a sweet, adult-like luxury
But not yet… no thank you!

In the notebook of my heart, the marker draws in confusion,
Just making points about getting pushed and then wanting to cry.
We live with pain and joy and everything else
In endless reverb, those words pierce me. It’s mysterious…

Let’s fly on forever, forever, forever to the other side
On the tailwind of ambitions that can’t wait for the countdown
Every time I mark the beats, they turn platinum
They’re our wings

I don’t need any promises
Because no one can live beyond “now”
Desiring promises is an innocent, child-like frailty
I’ve already long since… graduated from that.

Into any length of time, into any distance, I’m sure they’ll continue to be heard.
Even though I don’t need eternity, why does it seem like they can't be lost…
Our Splendid Songs?

Let’s sing more, more, more, even if our voices wither
Praise this moment with your lips.
We met each other because we held maps with the same route.
They're our bonds

NO, Thank You! I don’t need any memories
Because I’m strongly, deeply, in love with “now”
Getting immersed in my memories is a sweet, adult-like luxury
But not yet… no thank you!

Credits for the lyrics goes to Atashi-san and Gendou anime musics, thank you for the lyrics! I can finally sing it for real this time! ^_^