Kokoro no Hitomi (心の瞳, Eyes of the Heart) is an insert song used in SSSS.GRIDMAN, used within Episodes 1 and 10.
The song was written by Toyohisa Araki and Takashi Miki for singer Kyu Sakamoto, who released it in 1985 as the B-side of single "Nostalgia Love-Song". This would be his last work before his death in the crash of Japan Airlines flight 123 that August.
Thereafter, the song was adapted for chorus, and with its themes of love for friends and love for family, it soon became a staple of graduation ceremonies across Japan. [1] . The show's end credits do not name the performers (it clearly is not Sakamoto's version of the song), giving credit to the songwriters, and Watanabe, the music publisher.
Lyrics[]
Insert if available
Kokoro no hitomi de
kimi wo mitsumereba
Aisuru koto sore ga
donna koto da ka
Wakari kakete kita
Kotoba de ienai
mune no atataka sa
Toomawari wo shiteta
jinsei dakedo
Kimi dake ga ima de wa
Ai no subete toki no ayumi
Itsumo soba de wakachiaeru
Tatoe ashita ga
sukoshi zutsu
miete kite mo
Sore wa ikite kita
ashi ato ga
aru kara sa
Itsuka wakasa wo
nakushite mo
kokoro dake wa
Kesshite kawaranai
kizunade musubareteru
Yume no mata yume wo
hito wa miteru kedo
Aisuru koto dake wa
itsu no jidai mo
Towa no mono dakara
Nagai toshitsuki wo
arukitsukaretara
hohoemi nagekakete
te wo sashinobete
Ita wari aetara
Ai no fukasa
toki no omosa
Nanimo iwazu wakariaeru
tatoe kino u wo
natsukashimi furimuite mo
Sore wa aruiteta jinsei ga
aru dake sa
Itsuka wakasa wo
nakushite mo
kokoro dake wa
Kesshite kawaranai
kizuna de musubareteru
Aisuru koto sore ga
donna koto da ka
Wakari kakete kita
Ai no subete
toki no ayumi
Itsumo soba de wakachiaeru
Kokoro no hitomi de
kimi wo mitsumereba..
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