More songs by Yorushika
Description
The song smells of warm asphalt after July rain, linden blossoms, and those evenings when the streetlights haven't come on yet, but the shadows are already twice as long as you are tall. There is no great drama here - only a gentle longing for a time when you could stand on tiptoe to look older and seriously believe that summer would last forever.
Every line is imbued with memories of childhood games and tag, of pockets where the night hid, and of photographs that could never capture the present. Growing up here means learning to let go, while preserving the smells, colors, and deafening sound of cicadas that lived in every moment. Summer is leaving, but it remains in your mind forever - a little rusty, a little aching, and all the more precious for it.
Lyrics and translation
Original
夜に浮かんでいた
海月のような月が爆ぜた
バス停の背を覗けば
あの夏の君が頭にいる
だけ
鳥居 乾いた雲 夏の匂いが頬を撫でる
大人になるまでほら、背伸びしたままで
遊び疲れたらバス停裏で空でも見よう
じきに夏が暮れても
きっときっと覚えてるから
追いつけないまま大人になって
君のポケットに夜が咲く
口に出せないなら僕は1人だ
それでいいからもう諦めてる
だけ
夏日 乾いた雲 山桜桃海 錆びた標識
記憶の中はいつも夏の匂いがする
写真なんて紙切れだ
思い出なんてただの塵だ
それがわからないから、口を噤んだまま
絶えず君のいこふ 記憶に夏野の石一つ
俯いたまま大人になって
追いつけない ただ君に晴れ
口に出せないまま坂を上った
僕らの影に夜が咲いていく
俯いたまま大人になった
君が思うまま手を叩け
陽の落ちる坂道を上って
僕らの影は
追いつけないまま大人になって
君のポケットに夜が咲く
口に出せなくても僕ら一つだ
それでいいだろう、もう
君の思い出を噛み締めてる
だけ
English translation
floating in the night
The moon like a sea moon exploded
If you look behind the bus stop
That summer you are in my head
only
Torii, dry clouds, the smell of summer caressing my cheeks
Until you grow up, stay tall.
If you get tired of playing, just look at the sky behind the bus stop.
Even if summer ends soon
I'm sure you'll remember it
I grew up without being able to catch up
The night blooms in your pocket
If I can't say it out loud, I'm alone.
That's fine, I'm already giving up
only
Summer day, dry clouds, wild cherry blossoms, rusty sign
It always smells like summer in my memory
A photo is just a piece of paper
Memories are just dust
I don't understand that, so I keep my mouth shut
Your constant love, one Natsuno stone in my memory
Become an adult while looking down
I can't catch up, it's just sunny for you
I climbed the hill without being able to say anything
The night blooms in our shadows
I became an adult with my head down.
Clap your hands as you please
Climbing up the slope where the sun falls
our shadow is
I grew up without being able to catch up
The night blooms in your pocket
Even if we can't say it out loud, we are one
That's fine, now
I'm holding on to your memories
only