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First heard this song as opening theme for Junjou Romantica...

The music is very catchy, and I like the bass and drums best. It's rock-sounding without being too much noisy. If you know what I mean...

The lyrics all make sense too, I think it's a really romantic and sweet song. Although the story in the PV is sad, very sigh-inducing...

Personally, I think pigstar is one of those underrated Japanese bands. And it's a real shame... They're talented and should be given a lot more exposure in the music scene because honestly, they deserve it. For more info, you can go to http://www.jpopasia.com/group/pigstar/ and http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigstar (in Japanese). Their official blog is http://www.pigstar.jp/ but cannot be accessed right now, bummer...

君=花 [KIMI=HANA] by pigstar

Sono te hanasanaide hanasanaide

Boku ga soba ni iru kara

Donna toki demo waratte waratte

Hana wo sakasete yo

Kimi no daisuki na hana ga saita yo

Chiisa na toge no aru hana ga kesa saita yo

Sono toge de jibun wo mamoreru tsumori ka na

Tsuyogatte bakari no hana kimi mitai da ne

Yasashisa wo shiru hodo setsunaku narunda

Kimi ga nagashite kita namida no nukumori to shiite kara

Kimi ni aitakute aitakute

Futari de ireba iru hodo samishiku naru nara

Samishiku naku naru made te wo tsunagou

Sono te hanasanaide hanasanaide

Boku ga soba ni iru kara

Donna toki demo waratte waratte

Hana wo sakasete yo

Kimi ga dokka no hoshi ni hohoemi kakeru nara

Sora wo miageru dake de shiawase ni narunda

Nanigenai koto mo itoshiku omou no wa

Kimi to iu na no hana ga kono mune ni saita kara

Kimi ni aitakute aitakute

Futari de ireba iru hodo samishiku naru nara

Samishiku naku naru made te wo tsunagou

Sono te hanasanaide hanasanaide

Boku ga soba ni iru yo

Donna toki demo waratte naite ageru kara

Soba ni ite

Mizu wo agenakya karete shimau kara

Sonna toge ja nani mo mamorenai yo

Tsuyogatte bakari no hana nanda

Sono toge de kizutsukanai ne sonna ni mou nakanaide

Sono te hanasanaiyo hanasanaiyo

Futari de ireba iru hodo samishiku naru nara

Samishiku naku naru made te wo tsunagou

Chiisa na sono toge de boku no te wo tatoe kizutsukete mo

Don’t let go of this hand, don’t let go

Because I’ll be by your side

No matter when, smile! Smile!

The flower will bloom

The flower you like the most has bloomed

The flower with a small thorn bloomed this morning

I wonder if I should protect that thorn

The lone strong flower resembles you

The gentleness becomes as painful as I know

Because you and the warmth of your falling tears know

I want to see you, I want to see you

If it gets lonely even when the two of us are together

Let’s hold hands until the loneliness disappears

Don’t let go of this hand, don’t let go

Because I will be by your side

No matter when, smile! Smile!

The flower will bloom

If you send a smile to a star somewhere

Just looking up at the sky makes me happy

Even trivial things become precious to me

Because the flower that is you bloomed in my heart

I want to see you, I want to see you

If it gets lonely even when the two of us are together

Let’s hold hands until the loneliness disappears

Don’t let go of this hand, don’t let go

I will be by your side

No matter when, smile! You can cry, because

I’m with you

If there’s no water, it will wither, so

That thorn can’t protect anything at all

It’s the lone strong flower

The thorn doesn’t hurt, so don’t cry anymore

I won’t let go of this hand, I won’t let go

If it gets lonely even when the two of us are together

Let’s hold hands until the loneliness disappears

Even if that small thorn hurts my hand