Wings to Fly by Hayley Westenra (翼をください)

Video compiled for students to learn.
Photos and illustrations from various sources.
I do not own the song or the photos. :)

[@Sora-ce1zx]

This song is often sung at the graduation ceremony of schools all over Japan.

[@darthnhullificius6242]

Nanda? Really? Props to Hideaki Anno, Megumi Hayashibara, and Shiro Sagisu for making this quite despairing.

[@pizzaroneee]

Imagine all the people while singing this and they remember yan sim promo concept

[@NaschAzure]

This is a really well known folk song in Japan

[@aortaplatinum]

Bruh imagine Pomp and Circumstance playing over the end of the world

[@liucyrus22]

AortaPlatinum can’t go without mentioning Kingsmen

[@CM-wt3vn]

The lyrics make alot of sense, when thinking about the scene from Eva, Shinji holding rei, him fighting the angel to get her back. I'm lowkey crying, This song is strong, goddamn

[@Alaskanman]

The lyrics here are different from the japanese one.

[@CM-wt3vn]

@@Alaskanman The tone still carries

[@Alaskanman]

@@CM-wt3vn True true

[@CarthagoMike]

A friend of mine from Japan once told me this was sung at their graduation ceremony. I first heard of the song when watching the Evangelion reboot movies. Save to say, both of us had a very different interpretation of the song, yet the two of us enjoyed listening to it all the same.

[@dontpunchninjas2777]

This is what happens when shinj gets in the god damn Eva and makes connections with people

[@kentguiller]

@@dontpunchninjas2777 Shinji: **Accidentally activates another impact**

[@cleverman383]

Instrumentality is a form of graduation ceremony for the entire human race

[@seth8034]

This song is very nice, didn't notice until now because last time I heard it people were getting murdered and I couldn't exactly focus on the song.

[@CdrChaos]

Were there giant robots involved?

[@MysticalReverbs]

Seth F if you didn't get it, watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jminlIt9qLGKpck *(i know this is late, but i dont care)*

[@marthaz7302]

Seth F Yandere sim? Lol

[@luvrboycupid]

i thought you were talking about danganronpa despair arc--

[@alexaplaydespacito0699]

Is it sad that i know exactly what your talkin about

[@TheAnimeViber]

This feels weird once you memorized the Japanese version

[@mitchyshimazaki9474]

Fangirling109 especially when I know the interpretation from the Japanese lyrics and they don’t match some of these. Still beautiful version anyway.

[@parkerc.4357]

Yeah

[@Moquxa]

Fangirling109 IKR

[@njgamer7464]

I thought it sounded like a choir at a church

[@beautifulsoul8918]

Lol ikr

[@shittercheese]

*Redbull..it gives you wings*

[@animesweetiepie1707]

I love this song so much.

[@Xenolar]

I heard for the first time this song as the main theme of ‘70’s movie which depicted the short life of a young girl who were diagnosed with osteosarcoma. She lost the arm and eventually died. The song implied that she would ascend to the heaven.

[@Paul_Polish_Boy]

AYANAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CdrChaos]

fanwalusia All that just for a Walkman.

[@milquetoast7618]

So crazy this song has been used in so many animes. I was really confused so here's what I found. This song was originally in Japanese and was made as a folk song by a band called Akaitori for the Nemu Popular Festival '70. So it got really popular and the Japanese soccer team used it as their official theme in 1998 for the FIFA world cup. Anyway, these are all the animes I know it's been used in. (It's not all of them, but it's the ones I know of) - Nichijou - K-On! - Evangelion - Danganronpa - Yandere Sim A lot of artists did cover on this song, including non-Japanese, like Haley Westenra! Hope this helped, and satisfied the curiosty, if you had it.

[@juutarou]

all Japanese first school sutudens learn this song in music class.

[@franciscoramos8689]

Wait, hold on for sec... So this song "Tsubasa wo Kudasai / wings to fly" is originally from japan? And the other language just a cover version? WOW, this wonderfull, i hope more people know this fact. Because im afraid if many people didnt know this fact at all and thinking opposite from the fact

[@milquetoast3233]

@@franciscoramos8689 most western people are likely to know this song from anime, as I, and most of the comment section did. From that I believe most people know it is a Japanese song. :)

[@elgritton]

recently found thid out on Goodnight Punpun manga. They gave credit to 1970’s original creator

[@LordrockmanReturns]

the japanese team used it as their official team for the world cup? wtf i did not know that, that's awesome!

[@starvail7339]

the song of despair

[@frankerz3516]

i was freaking crying laughing cause of this playing in the background of that scene, i just couldn't take it seriously.

[@cicerdoo5610]

I cried so much when my friend showed me that scene, this song always makes me cry 😂

[@turuboy1]

Miss Fangirler 3

[@LakeofCrystalclan]

Bell Frost 2nd time thru + chorus = mental breakdown

[@arachni2836]

Mukuro did sing this pretty good. RIP Student Council of Hopes Peak High

[@touhoufan7071]

Sang this at my Primary graduation Crying of nostalgia now

[@TAMATOMERY]

ヘイリーが歌うとすべてオリジナルになる。これがまたすばらしいのだ!

[@Tommy57736]

ほんとそう。

[@maronemi7654]

I love this song😍 Both Japanese and English are great. The English version has different advantages from the Japanese version.

[@DarkPanda558]

The English one has an advantage to me because I can understand the lyrics lol.

[@lanacain]

Go find you a Japanese woman and love her. I can't help you . I don't care stop rubbing my nose in it.

[@SyoShinozaki]

素晴らしく美しい歌声だ。

[@machack1649]

That scene from danganronpa was sad but this is sadder 😭😭😭😭😭😭 RIP PIKACHU GIRL

[@soccerjunky3]

美しい・・・、そして涙が・・・、感謝！

[@cicerdoo5610]

R.I.P. Everyone's hearts when they watched the scene in Dangan Ronpa

[@potatogirl2738]

Miss Fangirler and yandere simulater promo concept, even tsubasa wo kudasai is a nice song

[@cicerdoo5610]

Sasha Braus YES

[@BriGuyIL1980]

That poor little Pikachu girl :(

[@temmiehoi688]

I just watched that episode *crying on the inside*

[@trevorsasso]

Miss Fangirler that anime was just brutal I liked it because of all the debates in the first season

[@nurmalarasati1874]

Goodness... It's that Evangelion eerie song...

[@CdrChaos]

Nurma Larasati It's like End of Evangelion all over again; tragic song with an idyllic song contrasting the images on screen.

[@user-fu1pv7ul5h]

We usually sing this on the day of graduation.

[@HaloFTW55]

Orange Juice!

[@soleilpeacock8812]

I love both versions, thx for getting the English lyrics

[@sendhelplea]

Coming back because I remember listening to this song 24/7 the moment I got headphones year back.

[@yo0mie]

YES!I've been looking for English lyrics for about two minutes.XD

[@cowboylikegiselle]

Kawii Chicken me too

[@nctconquerstheworld902]

Kawii Chicken i

[@tsukiwakare5194]

This is actually a *really* rough translation. The actual title is "Please give me wings."

[@_felicia_angel]

+Megan Tran yup, i googled the actual translation then translated it to my native language 😂. the actual meaning is actually more sad than this rough translation.

[@anonymousgirl5457]

Lol

[@meetabose6340]

Amazing Song, Hopeful & Uplifting both at the same time👌❤️Haley’s Beautiful Voice adds Wonders to this Song, just as Well❤️

[@vinems7434]

This song makes me emotional every time

[@mononophoenix2752]

Let us have a moment for all those who have died to this song, we will miss you. Especially Pikachu girl. And Murkuro's beautiful voice. Thank you for your time, please pay respects for any people you have.

[@miac1379]

MonochromePhoenix Don’t forget Taro Yamada Kokona Haurka And Ayano Aishi

[@carlosmunozhdz]

Wow after seeing this song I know want this to be one of the songs played at my funeral

[@milkandkookies9063]

Who came because of Yandere Dev's Promo Concept? I love this song and the Japanese version but like...MOM!!! STOP CUTTING ONIONS!!!

[@lovelieliv]

Me

[@LakeofCrystalclan]

MilkandKookies wear safety glasses

[@xxlostsoulxx1713]

I like your photo

[@michaela_angel]

Me...

[@ashby1672]

AYANAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MEOWNIST]

finally the original one

[@lilianlilian6099]

Lol that's not the original. The original is by Akai-Tori from the 70s...

[@jaydenplays4230]

Its ayano

[@BlackLionRampant]

Evangelion 2.22 also used this song in its climax. It's a popular Japanese graduation song, and in the anime it's appeared in, it had its own appropriate context. It's appeared in Evangelion, Dangan Ronpa and Nichijou.

[@xyphoon5013]

+BlackLionRampant Also K-On and technically Yandere Simulator. The way it's used in Evangelion 2.22 and Danganronpa are the best imho though

[@ReflectionOfMajesty]

i could not be more in love with a song than this one

[@chumplestiltskin7927]

This is a beautiful rendition of this song.

[@camorandom3760]

NO WAY YOU HAVE THE SAME PROFILE PHOTO AS ME (not on this account)

[@theerika0126]

ヘイリー、今夜も、天使の歌声をありがとう！

[@Ashurathehedgehog196]

Wings... It's just like that day...

[@CdrChaos]

Ashurathehedgehog196 The day Tokyo-03 died.

[@malks2500]

The day of the most awful terrible event human history?

[@Bandit_Media]

she has a butifull voice

[@dcritterz8810]

iam gonna get my sister to sing this for my wedding during my first dance. :)

[@ChaoticMushy]

Joyful Petz You do realise what this song is about?

[@unclebuns5286]

Zoey Fen it’s about people dying, and getting their angel wings. So much despair

[@aristonafk]

Good choice. This song can remove tiredness and tensions from our exhausted souls.

[@sarcasticommentator]

i hope youre joking

[@madhatter8508]

@@ChaoticMushy Who the fuck cares?

[@dorothywoodman936]

I love your voice❤ heard you sing in NZ years before you found fame❤a lovely young woman

[@kinshiraishi9909]

Thank you & thank you very much for translation in English, Japanese orijinal song was sung in the 1970s' in nationwide I could remember. After half a century I could refresh myself with listening to the version. 翼をください means "Please give me the wings" it's a direct translation.

I, I have a dream A dream of you and me We’re flying high above We’re soaring over sea Bless me with some wings For I, so want to fly These precious white wings Will take me soaring high To the sun that lights the day (Tsubasa wo kudasai, tsubasa wo kudasai…) To the clouds that drift away Only then will I be free Past the city lights and haze Through the autumn trees ablaze In the sky, I am truly free Just you and me I, I have a dream We’re high above the trees The wind is in my hair The ocean breeze takes me Tell me, what can I do? To earn, earn me some wings? Some precious white wings To help me live my dreams To the sun that lights the day (Tsubasa wo kudasai, tsubasa wo kudasai…) To the clouds that drift away Only then will I be free Past the city lights and haze Through the autumn trees ablaze In the sky, I am truly free Just you and me

[@tokupon9443]

日本人ですが、 嬉しいですね～ 羽ばたきたくても、もがいて羽が伸ばせない～ でも、諦めたくはないよ！ 有難うございます。

[@marionozaki8673]

綺麗な声でとても上手です。

[@TheBatIsRad6436]

This song gets me every time 😭

[@NoOne-es7uj]

Knew this is sad song when hearing promo yansim but then I heart English version and it is sadder than I thought. I'm crying... T_T This is so beautiful and soft song. I can't name my feelings...

[@ennuidaze]

Punpun brought me here, such a good song for the series

[@ciarahbrookes9521]

Everyone came here from either Yandere Sim, Evangelion, or Danganronpa

[@randykale6925]

Ciarah Brookes Yan sim

[@Bass46416]

And Nichijou, K-On or Tonari no Seki-kun

[@beepbeepmareep5759]

I got interested in the song because of danganronpa and yandere sim but I got to this video cause I really like listening to different versions of it

[@StormsandSaugeye]

I'm just walking down the rabbit hole to more or less catalog how many anime and western productions use this song. So far I'm on about 12 to 14

[@Cereal009]

Ciarah Brookes I come for Nichijou, oe.

[@Honeysmile13]

You know it's game over once this song plays

[@deborahbertone9460]

This is such a beautiful song 💘. It makes me cry

[@UmbreonNakano]

This song forever in my soul...

[@TheMakoyou]

Good voice. But I want to put the sentence "To the free sky without the sorrow" that is in the Japanese lyrics. 素敵な歌声です。でも個人的には日本語の歌詞にある「悲しみのない自由な空へ」をFREEだけで表現しているのは少々不満かな……

[@ws4859]

‘’悲しみの無い‘’世界に行きたいから 翼が欲しい　　　のよね。 ここが切なくて「翼をください」の世界観が胸に迫る。 Wings to fly は、空を自由に翔んでる感じですが 翼をくださいは、翔べなくて空を見上げている。

[@wormonastring1044]

Doesn’t sound good tho my dude song translations aren’t about being direct translations, they also need to sound nice.

[@GoldenLombaxGirl]

.....Thanks, KZbin! I was feeling Joy from the Hearthstone advert before I felt Despair from this song...

[@melkuie]

I actually try to look the english version in google translate and it look like this: My wish now I want a wing if it can come Like a bird on this back Please put on white wings Spread the wings in this expanse I want to fly away To the free sky without sorrow I want to go winged with flaps What I dreamed about when I was a kid I am still in the same dream Expand wings in this expanse I want to fly away To the free sky without sorrow Wings Flutter Spread the wings in this expanse I want to fly away To the free sky without sorrow Wing flap want to go

[@TAMATOMERY]

優しく伸びやかに,自由に羽ばたく。あらゆる束縛から解き離れて...... 。 ヘイリーの限りない抱擁l力を感じる!

[@fire.smok3]

So beautiful

[@shuyuzhang1190]

it's my favorite song and I've been singing it for innumerable times!! I'll post my cover on KZbin someday

[@strawb3rry_shake]

I’d still love to see your cover for it

[@Efuliks]

The english version is good too, BUT, changes drastically the meaning... The english version is Just "another love music" while the japaneses version is a music that shows someone dreaming about a escape to a place where there are no more pain or sadness...

[@user-hu1gl8mx7t]

I love this song❤

[@magduraa5048]

I want this song to be played on my funeral...

[@captainkiddgioroblox8837]

Me too

[@Backoffboogaloo]

Great if you want the room knee deep in tears

[@danaarisna3534]

Became here from opening olympic tokyo 2020

[@adrianjosue6728]

Oh man, this si beautyful i love it

[@neo-hero_7886]

My Dungeon Master asked me to find songs that sounded like they could be used for death or funeral scenes. This and Komm susser tod were instant sends.

[@Alice-vl6sv]

Such a beautiful song

[@Honeysmile13]

so much despair

[@acarentz]

just drink a red bull it gives you wiings. oh you wanted wings... they used to give you wings but they switched to wiings.

[@aprilias.8275]

+acar acarentz (acar) lol "RedBull Gives You Wings" things makes me laugh xD

[@gothbirdie]

acar acarentz AHAHAHAHAH

[@dreamcatcher1653]

Red Bull: You Can (Not) Get Wings

[@02rl35]

Nice man lol

[@zaza4440]

its stuck in my head

[@milkandkookies9063]

Me too! Although I don't know the Japanese version of the song, its still stuck in my head. Stop cutting onions, mom!!!

[@uryuuminene4175]

i love the song so much

[@bunnybunny6487]

This song gives me faith in the world

[@liocine2374]

Came looking for the English version of this song from Yandere Dev.

[@Spider_punk03]

*i’m not crying...i just have rain in my eyes*

[@user-bi2yq5qh7j]

おっおかあーさん！

[@starsand5331]

Transparent melodious voice emotion！

[@maridiamondfleur5078]

It beautiful, I crying so hard right now

[@anonymousgirl5457]

Such a nice song 🧚‍♀️

[@xxlpsinfinityxx1720]

I love this song

[@boeingnz]

We only got 1 minute of this in the olympic opening.

[@deborahbertone9460]

Absolutely beautiful 🌹, never heard it before

[@Backoffboogaloo]

Ninjas broke into my home and started cutting onions when I listened to this song.

[@enriquemolinaurbano9628]

Un ruiseñor encantador preciosa cancion

[@Moonsick.Morgan]

A moment of silence for the Student Council..

[@dokkanbattleplayer2921]

Please don't remind me

[@BCKT]

わ、わかるのか、わかっているのか、この昭和の名曲を・・・・ Hayley rules!!!

[@hunterl8369]

This at 3am in the barracks hits different

[@user-qm5mm4wg2j]

This song is made in Japan and famous song, Because adopted in school books,

[@enriquemolinaurbano9628]

Un ruiseñor qué maravilla gracias por deleitaeme

[@US395Official]

Man, it doesn't matter, this song will always make me cry because of how powerful and beautiful it is FUCK ;-;

[@Isnogood12]

This song... gives me mixed feelings. It takes one of the prettiest, most touching songs about childhood dreams and turns it into a cheap love song. The chorus is great, but all this "you and me" just ruins it for me. :(

[@PusoPimpOVER9000]

Ya know, it doesn't ruin it for me but I see what you do. I know some Japanese, but only as well as any other student who took it a few semesters so I do have to fill in gaps so I thought a part of it might be me projecting, but my interpretation was always that it was about blissful isolation. This is a very different interpretation

[@whitebase2365]

@@PusoPimpOVER9000 umm... It still changed the original meaning. She wants a pair of wings because "she want to fly away to the sky where there's no sorrow but free". I'm in tears every time I listen the original lyrics. But, the English lyrics is like "I'll be free if I have a pair of wings. I just want to fly with you". There's no room for original sadness here... I love her voice though!

[@meadowm.726]

Isnogood12 I think the “just you and me” line can also mean a best friend or relatives also.

[@polmak1507]

Disagreed, I don’t know why “you and me” is automatically assumed to be a romantic implication. It could be anyone and still aligns with the original song’s theme of freedom and searching for joy

[@annalisageiger]

R.I.P. Taro Yamada and Ayano Aishi

[@icebox6240]

Plus the Hope's peak reserve course student council

[@MOVIEHORIZON]

Here from the Susan Boyle rendition at the Tokyo Olympics 2021....

[@nun-chan9433]

"Please give me a set of wings" song by Kamifuusen (paper balloon) has some another meanings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJe0mq2Gn7OlatE It's been 40 years since they had become duo. They were classmates of high school. They started singing when they were university student. In 1970, they had debuted as professional group "Akaitori (Red Bird)" . "I wanna fly into this boundless sky spreading my wings." The song "Please give me a set of wings", they've released following year has made big hit. After Tokyo Olympic,in the 1970's, Japan had rushed into rapid economic growing era. "Please give me a set of wings" song by Akaitori (Red Bird) fit just to the mood of soaring economic growth. We all were singing this song getting in the mood (meaning as cheering song). He says, I was afraid of the atmosphere people were singing it as if cheering song. and he had felt out of place in the mood. In 1974, Red Bird had dissolved their group. At the same time, the couple of ex-group married and debuted as Kamifuusen duo. Their 7th single record titled "Before spring has come" had made a remarkable hit. The duo as singers and as couple have had satisfying life until then. Suddenly unexpected disaster attacked them. 17th January 1995, The disastrous Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. They had been living in Hyogo Prefecture and had been active as duo based at Kansai District. They were stunned by figure of the town had changed into ruins. He realized at a glance all human-made structures would be broken sometime. We have started conversations about what is important for our life. about way of life. Out of place feeling of the hit song they have been holding in their hearts for long time. The song "Please give me a set of wings" had inspired genuine meaning into them when they were volunteering to sing "Please give me a set of wings". "If my wish would come true right now, I want a set of wings." They have been singing for 40 years this song. In the midst of ruins of the disastrous Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, When they were singing with people in deep sorrow. The sentence "into this boundless sky without sorrow" in the song means imaginary world after one's death. The disaster had taken the lives of thousands of people away. They noticed this song is a requiem for the deceased. (meaning as requiem) "Into this boundless sky without sorrow","flapping my wings, I'll go into the sky." they sing. and noticed this song is a message that we should do my best to live as long as we live. (meaning as a message song) They think that song singing become the power to live hopefully. They'll sing sincerely through their experience. Audience will make their own image of this song. They want such songs audience could comprehend the meanings by themselves. As evangelists who preach the power of songs, they'd continue to sing from now on. as a message song. Wings to Fly by Hayley Westenra (翼をください) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4iclH2Zi8-CmJI as a message song. SUSAN BOYLE - Wings to Fly kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKOxYoxojruLi7s as an anti-war song. 翼をください [Tsubasa wo Kudasai]　/　赤い鳥 [Akaitori]　Unplugged cover by Ai Ninomiya kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYrdn3qgn9Kojbs 21 Guns / Green Day Unplugged cover by Ai Ninomiya kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqCZaohtrpaCh7c

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

💓⭐💓I love it gorgeous 💓⭐💓

[@octaviocontrerasvalle811]

Whoever sang this, you have a beautiful voice

[@katerinakemp5701]

Hayley Westenra, she also sing the songs for Endless Ocean etc.

[@kalvin1123]

I was introduced to this by Astrophysics music video. From this video I think you must sing it slower if you want to sing it in English.

[@shi8020]

I came here because of the YanSim Promo Concept

[@ChaoticMushy]

Its just as beautiful as the original Japanese song

[@ren11270]

いい曲、いい歌に国境なし

[@SyoShinozaki]

本当ですね。日本初のボカロ音楽も世界に広まりましたし。

[@kqenaidogcat6937]

MOM STOP CUTTING ONIONS

[@vauiol]

Kqenai Dog/cat no

[@minxminx]

WAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@shrumureal]

R.I.P the student council members WHY JUNKOOO ;w;

[@takethelloser4691]

I have a habit with liking songs that aren't my language that I literally can't understand the words and I stay up for hours listening to different language songs what do I do

[@d.604]

How it feels to get the Azura spirit in Smash Bros as Corrin.

[@zaza4440]

WHY AM I CRYING

[@2wml]

Play this for when I die

[@CatBubbleTeaLover]

Galaxy cat me too

[@tawfikkhetib6097]

i came from goodnight punpun, looked it up and found the japanese version and i was curios on how it sound in english

[@Paveway-chan]

I feel this song can be interpreted two different ways. One is that it's a wholesome song about friendship and honestly the second is just horribly depressing 😅 but I always assumed this song was some sort of thinly veiled metaphor for suicide

[@user-gt9fm5nm9u]

Heyley の歌で　satoko miyaharaが　滑って見せ・・・・　　大変美しかった。 女王の滑りだった。