Only one ...

[scottishlass]

As today is a such a special day for many of us, here is a little something. It befits th emood I'm currently in.

SEKAI NI HITOTSU DAKE NO HANA
(“The One and Only Flower in the Flower in the World”)

You don’t need to become Number 1
You’ve always been a very special only one

Before a flower shop I saw many blossoms in a row
Each person has their favorite but they’re all handsome

Not one trying to be the best or compete amongst themselves
They each stood tall and proud their chests open to the world.

Just how can we humans start to compare?
Each one of us is precious but we don’t even see
How special and unique everyone really is
Is this the way it really has to be?

Yes that’s right we all are
Just like the one and only flower in the world
Every single person holds a different seed
Wouldn’t it be beautiful if each flower blossomed
Let’s each do our best to realize that dream

It was then I saw a person wandering through all the rows
They looked a little troubled but they smiled as they strode
Since each and every flower was shining so bright
How could they choose which one was just right?

So finally that person emerged from the store
She was holding something so tightly to her chest
A bouquet of brilliant flowers no two quite the same
She walked away with a peaceful and smiling face.

I never even knew her name, but on that day
That person gave me the gift of a smile and new hope
And so I found a flower had bloomed inside me
In place that none of us can ever see

Each of us are also
Just like the one and only flower in the world
Every single person holds a different seed
Wouldn’t it be beautiful if each flower blossomed
Let’s each do our best to realize that dream

Small flowers, big flowers, there are all kinds but no two are just quite
Exactly the same one

You don’t need to become Number 1
You’ve always been a very special only one

Comments

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

Aww that's for sharing this song! I really like the lyrics. It's really sweet. :D

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I like it too,, though I have to be in a certain mood to listen to it. It's strange, perhaps it is because of the bagpipey thing in the chorus part of the song :)

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I name "Sekai ni" for myself - "that SMAP's "Riverdance style song". :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

LOL so true ... and in one of their concerts they even do a little Riverdance-like routine :)

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think I saw something of this kind. :)