This song is the most beautiful and melancholic Japanese song i’ve ever come across. Performed by Japanese rock star Gackt, this song speaks of a man who continue to love a woman even though the love will never be returned….The song is perfect in its melancholy, and the powerful voice of the singer brings the song to full force.
Lyrics (romaji)
todokanai ai to shitteita no ni
osae kirezu ni aishitsuzuketa
mou ichido kono ude de dakishimetai
kimi wo zutto hanasanai kara
amai yume no you na kimi to sugoshita hibi wo
ushinau koto nante nai to omotteita keredo…
“kimi no hitomi ni utsutteiru no ha boku ja nai n da ne”
utsumuku kimi ni nani mo ienakute
todokanai ai to shitteiru no ni
osaekirezu ni aishitsuzuketa
mou ichido kono ude de dakishimetai
kimi wo zutto hanasanai kara
sukoshi terenagara yasashiku boku ni fureta
komorebi ni yureru kimi ha hitonatsu no kagerou
kimi ga nokoshita nukumori ga ima mo mune wo shimetsukeru
mou modorenai to sou iikikasete…
todokanai ai to shitteiru no ni
osaekirezu ni aishitsuzuketa
mou ichido kono basho de deaeru nara
nido to kimi wo hanasanai kara
sono hohoemi wo kesshite wasurenai
koe ga kareru made kimi no na wo sakebitsuzuketa…
todokanai ai to shitteiru no ni
osaekirezu ni aishitsuzuketa
mou ichido kono ude de dakishimetai
kimi wo zutto hanasanai kara
kimi wo zutto hanasanai kara
Translations:
Even though I know that my love will never reach you
I continue to love you uncontrollably
I want to hold you in my arms one more
And never let you go again
The days I spent with you were like a sweet dream
I thought that I would never lose them, but…
“I’m not the one reflected in your eyes”
Hanging my head low, I couldn’t say anything else to you
Even though I know that my love will never reach you
I continue to love you uncontrollably
I want to hold you in my arms one more
And never let you go again
You touched me gently, just a little shy
In the wavering light between the trees, you are no more than the ephemeral summer heat
Even now I hold onto the warmth that you left behind in my heart
Even though they warn me that the warmth will never return…
Even though I know that my love will never reach you
I continue to love you uncontrollably
If I could only meet you here once more
I wouldn’t let you go again
I’ll never forget your smile
I kept calling out your name until my voice ran dry…
Even though I know that my love will never reach you
I continue to love you uncontrollably
I want to hold you in my arms once more
And never let you go
And never let you go
[Notes:As you can see from the lyrics, this song is in a class of its own. It takes a genius to write such lyrics, and the power of the lyrics is spectacular along with its harmony with the music.
Just how the song is titled is impressive enough. The title of <Even though my love will never reach you, uncontrollably I continue to love you> is a clear indication of the mood of the song. This is a song filled with very, very deep regret of letting go of someone. It’s a painful song, and i’ll never wish for anyone’ s life to resemble such a sorrowful song.
“The days I spent with you were like a sweet dream”-”He misses her a lot, and its obvious the love is deep.
“I’ll not the one reflected in your eyes”-painful remark as the man feels that she does not love him.
“Even now I hold onto the warmth that you left behind in my heart
Even though they warn me that the warmth will never return…”-good memories naturally brings a warm feeling, but it is also cruel because those memories will never be relived again. Therefore, a warm pain sleeps in the heart, to be awaken each time the memories are triggered.
“I want to hold you in my arms once more
And never let you go
And never let you go”- the deep longing to be with her again. We can also see deep regret from this as he stresses that he would never let her go again, if she were to appear once more.
The chorus also tells of a very great love, meaning that the man is a very sentimental person that will not love another easily due to his wounds from this past.
