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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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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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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プロポーズ
Proposal

Near my place there’s a big park
With green grass, a baseball field, even a water fountain
Let’s ride our bicycles there on a sunny day
I’m a little bit faster than you
But it’s not like I’d leave you behind
I like cycling beside you
Watching your hair blowing in the wind
We don’t even have to talk, it’ll be fun anyway
So come over to my part of town

Even if something sad were to happen that day
Let’s go to the park anyway, holding hands
We’ll find some bench in the shade
Here, I’ll play my alto saxophone for you
I’m no good at it, never was
So the people, even the dogs, can’t stand being around us
And then it’ll be just you and me
I’ll listen to everything you have to say
Even if it’s all out of order
You can take your time
See, don’t you feel a little better already?
Let’s sing your favorite song together
It’s fine — no one’s around, remember?
I’m the better singer, but your voice is nicer
I really do think so

You don’t have to answer me right away
But give it some real thought
And then come to me

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50年後も
After 50 Years

“If tomorrow morning I was dead, what would you do?”
“Why are you being weird again? Go to sleep!”
Is how you’d answer me, laughing

But like cherry trees blossoming on a spring day
Will the two of us be laughing like always
Even after 50 years, just like today?

Love accumulating and dreams merging
As we keep slowly flowing onward

I will never leave you alone
No matter what happens
I won’t let you escape hearing those little words
That keep our fate sealed

Eventually, after the both of us have died
I don’t know what the world is going to look like
But take my hand so we don’t stray from one another

“Our love is eternal and you are my courage”
Is what I’ll forever insist on telling you

And I will never leave you alone
No matter what happens
Like great wings enveloping us
Keeping our fate sealed

“If tomorrow morning I was dead, what would you do?”
“You’re still going on with that? Would you just sleep already!”
Is how you’d answer me, laughing

But like fallen leaves fluttering on an autumn evening
Will the two of us wither away as beautifully?
Even after 50 years, will we be gently laughing, just like today?

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