From Cocco's third album, "Rapunzel." There was an English translation included in the liner notes of the album, but I didn't like it much, so here is my own. Another Ran song.

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Shinayaka na Ude no Inori

Tsuyoi hito to omotteita
Sono ude wa
Takumashiku
Sora e nobiteita kara
Hitori ikiru hito da to sou
Kimetsuketa
Sono ashi wa
Itsuka kizu tsuiteita

Umareochite
Ashita wo sagashi
Nanika wo sutete
Dareka wo nakushitemo
Watashi wa motometa

Yubisaki kara
Kobereru ai wo atsumete
Subete anata ni agemashou
Onemuri nasai
Kono shinayaka na ude ni
Karada wo yokotae nakinasai
Anata wo idaite yurenagara

Kaeritai to mezasu umi wa
Atatakaku
Kaerenai
Yasashii kaze no naka
Tsugi no ame ni utareru toki
Hitori dake
Furikaeru
Dakedo mata
Ohi-sama wo abitai

Nokoseru mono wa
Doko ni mo nakute
Anata mo itsuka
Watashi mo itsuka
Kiete iku kedo
Sora wa nagarete

Yubisaki kara
Koboreru ai wo atsumete
Subete anata ni agemashou
Oyasumi nasai
Kono shinayaka na ude ni
Karada wo yokotae nakinasai
Sekaijuu ni
Koboreru ai wo atsumete
Subete anata ni agemashou
Okaeri nasai
Kono shinayaka na ude ni
Karada wo yokotae nakinasai

Kotoba wo yametara kono ude ni
Anata wo idaite yurenagara

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The Prayer of Soft Arms

You must be strong, I thought
Because those arms of yours
Were reaching so powerfully
Toward the sky
You're the kind of person who lives alone, I thought
But your legs had been
Fettered and
Wounded already

I was born and
Sought the future
Even when it meant casting away something
And losing someone,
I kept seeking

Let me gather up all the love
Spilling from my fingertips
And give it to you
Go to sleep
In these soft arms
Lay yourself down and cry
Trembling, I'll hold you

The sea I aimed to return to is
Too warm
I can't go back
In a gentle breeze
The next time I'm struck by the rain
All alone
I'll turn and look back
But I want to bathe
In sunlight again

There's nothing anywhere
That I can leave behind
Someday you
And someday I
Will disappear, but
The sky will keep on flowing

Let me gather up all the love
Spilling from my fingertips
And give it to you
Good night
In these soft arms
Lay yourself down and cry
Let me gather up all the love
Spilling into the world
And give it to you
Welcome home
In these soft arms
Lay yourself down and cry

When I end these words, in these arms
Trembling, I'll hold you