Even if it’d be okay to give up
Even if I think I should just quit
I can’t even run away
My legs feel so unsteady
Lacking self confidence
I can’t even express myself
So I lose even more confidence, in a spiral
Spinning around and around
But now that we’ve met,
I won’t lose sight of it again!
As long as we’ve got a smile,
We don’t need a single thing
We don’t need
Expensive things
Or flashy decorations
So let’s gather around the dinner table
Accompanied by
Yesterday’s mistakes
And uncertain tomorrows
Hey, we don’t need a thing
We don’t need
Refined flavors
Or fancy presentations
Even if the taste of tears
Can sometimes be salty
In the end…
If we can still smile,
That’s spice
My feelings can’t keep up
And I end up at a standstill
Tomorrow just won’t wait up for me
I’m always feeling so anxious
I want to compete until it hurts
While keeping my shaking hands steady
I want to keep moving forward
At the speed of my beating heart
Let’s cry with all our might
And smile with all our might too!
If we’re together,
We don’t need a single thing
We don’t need any more
Fake smiles
Or false pride
Let’s tidily fold away
Our weaknesses and complaints
Storing them somewhere out of sight
Hey, we don’t need a thing
We don’t need
Added fragrance
Or unnecessary coloring
Even when our ingredients alone
Are not enough
We don’t need to decorate,
As long as we can always smile
No matter the group of people
I’ve always felt alone
But even if I’m still on my own now
I’m not lonely in the slightest!
If we have a smile,
We don’t need a single thing
We don’t need
Expensive things
Or flashy decorations
So let’s gather around the dinner table
Accompanied by
Yesterday’s mistakes
And uncertain tomorrows
Hey, we don’t need a thing
We don’t need
Refined flavors
Or fancy presentations
Even if the taste of tears
Can sometimes be salty
In the end…
If we can still smile
If we can still smile
With the people most precious to us
If we can still smile
Then above all else,
That’s spice