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 Solo Journey of a Man Who Loves Bad Puns~

I think 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 often.

It actually used to be called Leningrad…”

“Ah, Finland, right?”
“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

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

Speaking in simple French to everyone I meet, time slowly passes
Just like that, I have to fly home tomorrow, merci beaucoup
Ah, but I feel a little 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 are 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?
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 only just one more time I could see you
There are so many things I would want to show you
So many things I would want to talk to you about

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

Or maybe you’d 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
Because I’m so busy thinking about you
I think about you so much, I can’t make progress with anything
And so today, I came here to finally tell you how I feel
But this kind of honesty doesn’t suit me; I can’t find the timing

I want to be 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 what I want to say, right?

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

I don’t mean to make you laugh
But you 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 say it 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 it, but I do love you

So, uhh…
Okay, I’m almost there
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… So my point is…
And, uhh… I’m free next week so…
So, umm… What I’m trying to say is…
And, uhh… I love… not… skiing…
So, umm…

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