We Were There
The We Were There books are a series of historical novels written for children. The series consists of 36 titles, first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset & Dunlap. Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical event, featuring one or more children as primary characters. The books were written by a number of different authors, each writing from one to seven of the books; the authors included Benjamin Appel, Jim Kjelgaard, Earl Schenck Miers, William O. Steele, and others. Each book's byline also lists a separate "historical consultant," who was a specialist in the historic topic covered by that particular book. The historical consultants were typically college professors or, in the case of war-related stories, retired military officers; among the more noteworthy consultants for the series were the historians Bruce Catton, Walter Prescott Webb and A. B. Guthrie, Jr.. The books are illustrated with black-and-white line art, with color drawings on the dust jacket.
We Were There (manga)
We Were There (僕等がいた, Bokura ga Ita) is a Japanese romance manga by Yuki Obata, which chronicles the relationship between Motoharu Yano and Nanami Takahashi, starting from their teenage years and continuing during their early twenties. It has been serialized in Betsucomi from 2002 to 2012. The series went on hiatus in early 2008, but resumed publication in June 2009. It is licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series which aired from July 3 to December 25, 2006. A 2-part live action film adaptation was released in Japanese cinemas in 17 March 2012(Part 1) and 21 April 2012(Part 2), starring Toma Ikuta and Yuriko Yoshitaka.
Plot
Nanami Takahashi, a teenage girl in her first year of high school, hopes to make new friends quickly. The center of attention at her school is Motoharu Yano, a very popular boy, whom Nanami dislikes at the beginning, due to his apparent superficiality. However, she soon falls in love with him, but Yano is still affected by the loss of his girlfriend, Nana Yamamoto. Nana was killed in a car crash a year before the beginning of the story. Because she was with her ex-boyfriend at the time of her death, Yano suspects she was cheating on him. Due to this, he is unable to trust people or to talk about his relationship with her; instead, he chooses to pretend he does not care very much about the situation.
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We Were
This is the name of the game.
That's the name of the game
We're placing the shame
And you are to blame
Through all of your fame and acclaim
You're nothing
Found
Hunt me down
Take me round
Out of town going down
Take a breath
On the floor
Like before
Washed ashore so early
Where did we go, where have we been.
When all along we should have been fighting.
For what he had, what we were, what we could have been last night.
But I'll never know Where we'd ever go If you'd ever shown to invite me
And I'll never ever see
What we'd ever ever be
Cus I'll never ever
Ever be free
Kneel at my feet.
Stop
With your game
Push your name
For the fortune and fame
Push yourself
Not your belt
How you felt
Is all clear to me
Where did we go, where have we been.
When all along we should have been fighting.
For what he had, what we were, what we could have been last night.
But I'll never know Where we'd ever go If you'd ever shown to invite me
And I'll never ever see
What we'd ever ever be
Cus I'll never ever
Ever be free
Take away my heart
Take away my soul
Take away the money
After everything you stole
Take away my trust
Then I trust you all the same
Then leave me in the corner
With your money and your fame
So I'll jump upon your heart
And sit upon your soul
And redirect your money
After everything you stole
Then I'll play them at your game
And they'll trust me all the same
And I'll end up here with everything
Your money and your fame.
And you'll pretend your happy
Because people know your name
But I'll be sitting in the corner with your money and your fame
But there's noone knows my face
And there's no one knows my name
But I'll be sitting in your mind
With your money and your fame
And you will keep on crying because noone knows your name
When the start of all your dismay was the money and the fame
And the night you slept with djs and said no one was to blame
And I was sat here alone thinking existence was a shame
[Slow]
Where did we go, where have we been.
When all along we should have been fighting.
For what he had, what we were, what we could have been last night.
But I'll never know Where we'd e ver go If you'd ever shown to invite me
And I'll never ever see
What we'd ever ever be
Cus I'll never ever
Ever be free
[Chorusx2]
Where did we go, where have we been.
When all along we should have been fighting.
For what he had, what we were, what we could have been last night.
But I'll never know Where we'd e ver go If you'd ever shown to invite me
And I'll never ever see
What we'd ever ever be
Cus I'll never ever