This is one of the best songs from rising star Yui. <Life> was featured first as a single and then as one of the 13 songs on her first album. The song is upbeat, the lyrics are well written and hardly repeated, and the whole song is actually quite uplifting. Perhaps listening to <Life> every morning is a good way to start your day.
Lyrics:
Doro darake yo najime nai tokai de
Onaji you ni warae nai utsumuite aruita no
Isogi ashi de surechigau hito-tachi
“Yume wa kanai mashita ka?”
atashi mada mogaite iru
Kodomo no goro ni modoru yori mo
Ima wo umaku ikite mitai yo
Kowagari wa umare tsuki
Hi no atari basho ni dete
Ryoute wo hirogete mita nara
Ano sora koete yukeru ka na?
Nante omottanda
Tobitatsu tame no tsubasa
Sore wa mada mienai
kantan ni ikanai kara ikite yukeru
Nureta koinu hiroi ageta dakede
Chotto warae chau hodo
Namida ga koborete kita
Aisaretai aisaretai bakari
atashi itte ita yo ne
Motomeru dake ja dame ne
Kodomo no goro wa MAMA no koto
Hidoku kizutsuketa
Hi mo atta yo ne kawaritai
Ima zenbu
Hi no ataru basho ni dete
Kono te wo tsuyoku nigitte mitai
Ano basho ano toki wo kowashite
I can change my life
Demo kokoro no naka subete wo
Totemo tsutae kirenai
kantan ni ika nai kara
ikite yukeru
Hi no ataru basho ni dete
Chizu wo hirogete miru kedo
I know… You know…
Mayoimichi mo shikatanai
I can change my life
Sugite kita hibi zenbu de
Ima no atashi nanda yo
kantan ni ikanai kara
ikite yukeru 
translations:
In the familiar, dirty city
We walked with our heads down,
Unable to laugh in the same way
People hurry past
“Has your dream come true?”
I’m still struggling
I’d rather try living well now than go back to when
I was a kid
Cowardice was born
I went out to a place where the sun shone
And held out my arms
And thought
Could I cross the sky?
I still can’t see any wings to fly with
It’s because it’s not simple
That I can go on living
Just picking up a wet puppy
I laughed so hard that tears flowed
In a way that was funny
I want to be loved, I just want to be loved
I said,
But you can’t just long for something
When I was a kid there were days
When I hurt my mother terribly
I want to
Change everything now
I went out to a place where the sun shone and
Gripped tightly with my hands
I can destroy that place, that time,
I can change my life
But there’s no way I can tell you
Everything that’s in my heart
It’s because it’s not simple
That I can go on living
I go out to a place where the sun shines
And open up a map, but
I know… you know…
You can’t help getting lost
I can change my life
All the days that have passed
Have made me who I am now
It’s because it’s not simple that
I can go on living
