Lamp – Symphony (English Lyrics)

シンフォニー
Symphony

Shadows of the night strike against the window
Filling this city covered in stardust
To return by your side
I begin to doze off

Rainbow-colored neon lights; a town parade
Two lovers waiting for a love that would never return
As if in search for a continuation of their dream
They silently close their eyes

A pleasant dizziness
The lights shivering
Writing down a near-forgotten melody
And its abstract lyrics

Shadows of the night strike against the window
Filling this city covered in stardust
In complete stillness
A single fragment of a solitary cloud separates from the rest

Sitting down on a chair that feels like a memory
Through my fingers I look up at the indigo blue sky
When a flower quietly swaying by the waterside
Suddenly blooms as if in a dream

Sounds of bossa nova leaking out
The distant roar of the sea
Ah, the night is so thick
It hides you within the seasons

A hundred miles of moonlight
Throwing off the hands of my watch
“Nostalgia”

Like mist on the surface of a broken street light
You begin to fade away
As serenity descends upon my shoulders

KAN – St. Petersburg (English Lyrics)

サンクト・ペテルブルグ ~ダジャレ男の悲しきひとり旅~
St. Petersburg
~The Sad Solitary Journey of a Man Who Loves Bad Puns~

It was — let’s see — around 9 hours after departure from Narita
As I sleepily saw from my window a faraway city, glittering with lights

“Seeing it this clearly without any clouds or mist…
I’ve actually flown this route many times,
But that’s not something you see very often.

It used to be called Leningrad…”

“Ah, Finland?”
“No, Russia.”
The stewardess smiled at me
Ah, such a pretty smile…!

This is how love stories begin
With meaningless, petty conversations like this

The sun sinks into the horizon and the sky turns dark
And if you were sitting beside me right now
I suppose you’d be giving me a proper scolding

By the way, my final destination is Paris
That’s difficult to pronounce — “Paris”
I’ll be spending a week there
Going around wine fields in a rental car

Speaking in simple French to everyone I meet, time passes slowly
And just like that, I have to fly home tomorrow, merci beaucoup
Ah, but I feel a bit lonely, beaucoup

Teary-eyed, I vigorously wave my hand
And before I notice it, I’ve lost the keys to my rental car
The children all laughing
Comment allez vous?

This is how love stories begin
Right when you’re just sitting around off-guard
You won’t know what to do

Aren’t they pitiful, the skies so high?
And if you were sitting beside me right now
I suppose you’d be giving me another proper scolding

But in the end
No matter what I see or do
It all leads back to you
I loved you so much I could cry

If I could see you even just one time more
There are so many things I’d want to show you
So many things I’d want to talk to you about

Maybe one day we’ll randomly bump into each other
And maybe I’ll actually be able to tell you a joke or three
Like nothing had ever changed

Or maybe you’ll already be married to some elite businessman

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KAN – Iezu no I LOVE YOU (English Lyrics)

言えずのI LOVE YOU
The Unspoken “I Love You”

I can’t sleep and I can’t eat
I’m so busy thinking about you
I think about you so much
I can’t make progress with anything
So today I came here to finally tell you how I feel
But honesty doesn’t suit me; I can’t find the timing

I want to start going out with you
If only I could play an introduction to my words
How easy that would make it
I must tell you today

Uhh, so, listen…
How do I put this…
So, umm…
Well, you know… right?

So, uhh…
Just how long will it take me
For me to say the words “I love you“?

I don’t mean to make you laugh
Yet you still laugh anyway
So I keep making jokes, never getting to the point
To you, I’m “someone understanding”
You see me as your friend; a confidante
But that’s not good enough

“Hey, I love you!”
I should just blurt it out like it’s nothing special
I must tell you today, no matter what

So, umm…
Just how long will it take me?
I can’t say the words, but I do love you

So, uhh…
I’m so close now
I can’t put it into words, but I do love you

So, umm… I was born in Kyushu…
And, uhh… My hobbies include walking…
So, umm… My point is…
That, uhh… Next week I’ll be free, so…
So, umm… What I’m trying to say is…
That, uhh… I love… skiing… not so much…?
So, umm…

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KAN – Kimi ga Suki Mune ga Itai (English Lyrics)

君が好き胸が痛い
Love You So Much It Hurts

Even after spotting you in a crowd of people
I still pretend like I don’t see you
I just want to see your smile first
For no reason in particular

So many things I want to talk to you about
I don’t even know where to start
I’m just glad I got to see you
When you must be so busy

Ah, I love you so much it hurts
I want to be closer to you
I might be joking around
But you do not know
The crushing loneliness I feel

Walking with you in the evening
It feels awkward somehow
I have almost everything I want
The only thing missing is you

Ah, I love you so much it hurts
I want to see you closer
I might be acting cool
But you do not know
I’m so lonely I could cry

Time in this city will undoubtedly keep passing
Everyone around us will keep getting older
But the one thing that won’t change
Is the fact that I’ll still love you
As I alone remain in place
Just marking time

Ah, I love you so much it hurts
In the end it’s you I want to be with
I might be acting cool
But you do not know
You still do not know
I’m so lonely I could cry

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KAN – Curry Rice (English Lyrics)

カレーライス
Curry Rice

Once again, I made you angry
And before long you started to cry
Escaping into the coldness of the evening

Guess there’s no helping it
Tonight I’ll heat up the leftover curry
And wait for you, in silence

I’m looking for a good way of putting it
Something trivial yet somehow meaningful…

Right, it’s like having leftover curry in the morning
It cooled down once but you just warm it up again, and it’s fine
It cooled down once but you just warm it up again, and it’s fine

Guess I’ll head out to look for you soon — it’s getting dark
And there you were, waiting for me at the usual river bed

If you were truly to go away forever
I wonder what I would do then?
Let’s just go home for now, holding hands

No matter what happens
We’ll keep living in this house together
For decades and decades to come

Heating up the curry, realizing there was less of it than we thought
Pretending like we’re sharing it equally
Yet hoarding it for ourselves — that’s fine, too

So, around next week
Please make more curry rice
For me, for me

It’s like eating leftover curry in the morning
It cooled down once but you just warm it up again, and it’s fine
It cooled down once but you just warm it up again, and it’s fine

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