Lyrics for Raison D'etre from Chobits by Rie Tanaka (Ending #1)
minareta machi sarigenaku arukeba
tashika ni kono me ni wa utsuru
mugure ni natte susumu hito nami ni
umorete obieteru kokoro

Raison d'etre sonna fuu ni
Raison d'etre onaji you ni
waratte shizunde nagareru no wa naze
kagi o sagashiteru n da zutto sagashiteru n da
doko made mienai sono door no kagi o

kotoba yori mo daiji na nanika ni
kizukenai toki wa sugite yuku
aizu o machi oshierareru mama
sashi shimesu BEKUTORU ni mukau

Raison d'etre kyou mo sekai de
Raison d'etre shinjireru no wa
kasuka na hikari to kegare naki shin no ai
imi o sagashiteru n da zutto sagashiteru n da
doko made kienai sono ikiru imi o

hiroku fukai meiro ni mayoi tsuzuketeru nara
kumotta Lens o kagayaka setara ii

Raison d'etre sonna fuu ni
Raison d'etre onaji you ni
waratte shizunde nagareru no wa naze
kagi o sagashiteru n da zutto sagashiteru n da
doko made mienai sono door no kagi o

If I walk nonchalantly in the familiar town
It'll certainly be reflected in my eyes
My scared heart is buried
In the advancing waves of people as crowds

Raison d'être, in that way
Raison d'être, like the same
Why do I laugh, get depressed, and drift?
I'm searching for the key, I'm always searching
At what point will it be invisible? The key to that door

When I'm not able to realize something
More important than words, time passes by
While being taught to wait for the signal
I face toward the indicating vector

Raison d'être, today, too, in the world
Raison d'être, what I can believe in
Are a faint light and an unblemished true love
I'm searching for the meaning, I'm always searching
At what point will it not disappear? That meaning to live

If I'm still lost in the deep and vast maze
Then my fogged up lens should get brightened

Raison d'être, in that way
Raison d'être, like the same
Why do I laugh, get depressed, and drift?
I'm searching for the key, I'm always searching
At what point will it be invisible? The key to that door