Just watched monday's SMAPXSMAP... woah... I didn't know SMAP's songs are actually very meaningful if you bother to listen to the lyrics...

don't mind me. (^-^)

君は君だよ
kimi wa kimi dayo
you are you
(I'll just do the translations, tell me if you want the romanji lyrics, use unicode to decode the jap words)

夕暮れを足早に歩いてく
I walked briskly in the evening sun
君の後ろ距離を とって 歩く
keeping a distance behind you as I walked
なぐさめるなって背中が 黙って言うから
all the consolation, I said to you from your back (ie:tell you softly facing your back)
僕も声には出さないで 話しかけてる
I also begin saying things that I I could not bring myself to voice out.
君は君だよ だから誰かの
you are you, therefore, for someone else's
望むように 生きなくていいよ
expectations, you don't have to live by (it okie for you to live without meeting other people's expectations)
君は君だよ いつも自分が
you are you, always for your own
やりたいこと まっすぐ見つめてなよ
things that you want, look straight for them (go work for the things that you want)


こなごなになるくらい 傷ついて
(till you) become hurt like being broken into pieces
ダメになる手前で 持ちこたえる
before you become totally unable to go on, you will achieve it
ホントにまだ たいして長く
really, not yet that long as compared
生きてないのにね
you didn't live (ie: you didn't live that long after all)
これでけっこういろいろと
with this, there's still quite a little of various
あるもんだよね
things yo~!
君は君だよ だから誰かの
you are you, so someone else's
真似なんかを しなくてもいいよ
mimic or look-alike you don't have to be
君は君だよ 心が決めた
you are you, your heart's decision
明日ならば それが本当だから
of tomorrow (the future you decided) is the true and real one

一人一人が 泣いて笑って
each individual person, cries and laugh
同じ時を 歩いているよ
as they walk ahead/walk forward
つきはなしたり 意地をはっても
be it without luck (unluckly), even if you are stubborn
わかりあえる そう信じてる
to be yourself and know yourself, believing in yourself
君は君だよ だから僕には
you are you, so for me,
かけがえない 一人なんだよ
you are one irreplacable person
君は君だよ 他の誰にもかわりなんか できやしないんだから
you are you, do not change yourself to be someone else
LaLaLaLaLaLaLa…LaLaLaLaLaLaLa…

copyright: Japanese lyrics from Uta-net
english translations by Puriko