Well, to soften the blow a bit, here are English lyrics I composed for the full version of Kokoro no Chizu, aka Map of the Heart.
(Note: For "IgNITE the sun" the inflection is the same as "TAIyou wo")
Set a course for where our adventures start!
Ignite the sun waiting in your heart!
This power will prepare us for what lies in store
So let’s head out and find what we’re searching for!
Take the helm in the surging waves
We can make it through as one
Our voyage full of intense excitement
And still, we’ve only just begun!
There’s so many things left for us to see
Raise the sails and anchor’s aweigh!
The winds of life will be guiding us now
For the seas of glory today!
Though the dangers we’ll be facing are many
We can count on bonds as sure as the rising tide
If you feel forsaken, you’re mistaken
I am always there by your side!
Set a course for where our adventures start!
Ignite the sun waiting in your heart!
If howling storms should send us flying off our path
Hold each other tight and let the light lead us back!
Will we see tomorrow, even I don’t know
Yet our dreams create the map to where we’ll go!
So let’s head out and find what we are searching for
With our flag as our symbol forevermore!
All together, we’ll stay in One Piece!
There’s no test we can’t overcome
If my heart is beating with yours!
Our courage holds from the depths of the sea
To the wild uncharted shores!
Though we don’t have wings to fly where we long to
We’re as free as any bird in the open sky
If the world’s against you, it makes sense to
Build the perfect team, you and I!
Yes, we’re off to where our adventures start!
Though the rain falls like tears and the clouds won’t part
Despite how calm blue waters seem so very far
We’ll be lead by passion shining bright as a star!
Blazing ever onward with a breakneck speed
Hopes and dreams will give us all the fuel we need!
So if we want the chance to have our spirits soar
Let’s unite by the star we are searching for!
With a miracle destined for all!
Set a course for where our adventures start!
Ignite the sun waiting in your heart!
If howling storms should send us flying off our path
Hold each other tight and let the light lead us back!
Will we see tomorrow, even I don’t know
Yet our dreams create the map to where we’ll go!
So let’s head out and find what we are searching for
With our flag as our symbol forevermore!
All together, we’ll stay in One Piece!