kasei no ue no neko mitai ni
watashi no kokoro wa kawarimasen
shinjinai de ne uso dakara

MUSUME juugo de iede shita
watashi juugo de KASA nashi yo
tooku mesaki ni ana ga aru

kasei no ue no neko mitai ni
watashi no kokoro wa kawarimasen
shinjinai de ne uso dakara

ichi ko wo mamotta senshi-tachi
tsuno ni wa tsuno no jinsei ga
okawari suru ka wa heso ni kike

senzo daitai kamome suki
shouko wa nai kedo sabishii no
kasei no ue no neko dakara

[note: the song itself isn't in Japanese, but rather a language Yoko Kanno uses for a lot of her songs. The lyrics above are the "translation" of the song.]