More songs by Kenshi Yonezu
Description
There are songs that sound like a confession that came too late - not a cry or a whisper, but a quiet lump in the throat that finally turned into words. In it, farewell and gratitude are intertwined as tightly as fingers in a final, slightly trembling handshake.
It smells like a strange mixture of relief and pain: as if all the miracles are already here, but their abundance makes everything blur and melt before your eyes. This is music about tenderness that does not cancel out sadness, but makes it honest; about the fragile desire to say a name out loud, even if there is no certainty that it will be answered. The song reminds us that sometimes the strongest feelings live not in loud confessions, but in a soft, stubborn “stay just a moment longer.”
Lyrics and translation
Original
あたしあなたに会えて本当に嬉しいのに。
当たり前の ようにそれら全てが悲しいんだ。
今痛いくらい幸 せな思い出が。
いつか来る別れを育て て歩く。
誰かの居場所を奪い生きるくらいならばもうあたしは石 ころにでもなれたならいいな。
だとしたら勘違い も戸惑いもない。
そうやってあなたまでも知らないま まで。
あなたにあたしの想いが全部伝わって欲しいのに。
誰にも言えな い秘密があって嘘ついてしまうような。
あなたが思えば思うよりい くつもあたしはいくじない。
どうしてどうしてどうし て。
消えない悲しみも心にもあなたといればそれでよかっ たねと笑えるのがどんなに嬉しいか。
目の前の全てがぼやけ ては溶けてゆくような。
奇跡で溢れて足りない や。
あたしの名前を呼んでくれた。
あなたがい場所なくし彷徨うくらいならばもう誰かが身代 わりになればなんて思うんだ。
今鮮やかで確か な未来より。
きっと繰り返しながら笑いあうん だ。
何度誓っても何度祈っても散々だり夢を見る。
小さな泉が いつかあなたを飲んでなくしてしまうような。
あなたが思えば思うより大 げさにあたしは不甲斐ない。
どうしてどうしてどうして。
お願いいつまでもいつまでも越えられない夜も。
声と手を つなぐ想いが続きますように。
閉じたまぶたさえ 鮮やかに彩るために。
そのために何ができ るかな。
あなたの名前を呼んでいいかな。
生まれてきたその瞬間にあたし。
消えてしまい たいって泣きわめいたんだ。
それからずっと探 していたんだ。 いつか出会えるあなたのことを。
消えない悲しみも心にもあなたといればそれでよかっ たねと笑えるのがどんなに嬉しいか。
目の前の全てがぼや けては溶けてゆくような。
奇跡で溢れて足りない や。
あたしの名前を呼んでくれた。
あなたの名前を呼んでいいかな。
English translation
I'm really happy to have met you.
Of course all of that is sad.
I have so many happy memories that it hurts now.
Walk while nurturing the farewell that will come someday.
I wish I could turn into a stone instead of stealing someone's place to live.
If so, there is no misunderstanding or confusion.
That way, even you don't know.
I want you to convey all my feelings to you.
It's like you have a secret you can't tell anyone and end up lying.
If you think about it, I'm worth more than you think.
Why, why, why?
How happy I am to be able to smile and realize that even though my unending sadness was with you, it was all right.
It felt like everything in front of my eyes was blurring and melting away.
It's overflowing with miracles and not enough.
You called my name.
I wish someone could take your place instead of leaving you wandering without a place.
From a bright and certain future.
I'm sure we'll laugh over and over again.
No matter how many times I swear or how many times I pray, I end up dreaming in vain.
It's like a small spring will someday drink you away.
If you think about it, I'm more incompetent than you think.
Why, why, why?
Please, forever and ever, there will be nights that I will never be able to overcome.
May the feeling of holding hands and voices continue.
To brighten even your closed eyelids.
What can I do to achieve this?
May I call your name?
Me at the moment I was born.
I cried so hard that I wanted it to disappear.
I've been looking for it ever since. About you that I will meet someday.
How happy I am to be able to smile and realize that even though my unending sadness was with you, it was all right.
It felt like everything in front of my eyes was blurring and then melting away.
It's overflowing with miracles and not enough.
You called my name.
May I call your name?