君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな (Kimi wa boku to awanai hou ga yokatta no kana) – Maybe it’s better if you’d never met me

from Inochi wa utsukushii single.

——

Maybe it’s better if you’d never met me
That’s what I thought
As I slipped into the crowd in the sunset city
Walking with my back hunched
The disappointment of my inability to attain happiness
Overwhelms me again today

The both of us used to
Want each other so much
But I pretended not to notice
And let it slide
Assuming that it was
Just plain kindness on my part
We slowly drifted apart, bit by bit

Unable to be honest
And embrace you
Yes, I made you sad
I’m sorry

Your meeting with me might have caused you
To take the long road
But you are in love with someone more mature
Than me, right now…
The lovers in that cafe seem to be having fun
While I sit miserable, alone

There had surely been chances
To mend it all, but
I let the same things
Repeat
Making you wait
Then hurting you
As memories turn into tears

I didn’t want to say goodbye
Over the phone
But I can’t say it
Face to face

Maybe it’s better if you’d never met me
That’s what I thought
As I slipped into the crowd in the sunset city
Walking with my back hunched
The disappointment of my inability to attain happiness
Overwhelms me again today

Getting into a time machine
I’ll go to the time before we met
I won’t talk to you
And just pass you by
WOW…

Destiny is always
So cruel
Yes, things never go
As planned

Your meeting with me might have caused you
To take the long road
But you are in love with someone more mature
Than me, right now…
The lovers in that cafe seem to be having fun
While I sit miserable, alone
I mean, I still love you

——

ROOMAJI

Kimi wa boku to awanai hou ga yokatta no kana
Nante omou
Yuugure no machi hitogomi ni magire
Senaka marumete aruita
Shiawase ni dekinakatta fugainasa ni
Kyou no boku wa hekonderu

Bokutachi wa dokoka de
Motome atta no ni
Kizukanu furi shite
Yari sugoshita
Sore ga yasashisa da to
Katte ni omoi konde
Sukoshi zutsu kyori ga dekiteta

Dakishimeyou to shite
Sunao ni narezu ni
Sou kanashimasete
Gomen ne

Kimi wa boku to atte shimatte mawari michi shita
Kamoshirenai
Boku yori motto otona no dareka to
Koi wo shitetara imagoro…
Ano kafe no koibito-tachi tanoshisou de
Hitori kiri ga yarusenai

Yari naosu chansu wa
Kitto atta no ni
Mata onaji koto wo
Kuri kaesu
Kimi wo kitai sasete
Kizutsukete shimattara
Omoide wa namida ni kawaru

Denwa de sayonara wo
Iitakunakatta
Demo chokusetsu wa
Ienai

Kimi wa boku to awanai hou ga yokatta no kana
Nante omou
Yuugure no machi hitogomi ni magire
Senaka marumete aruita
Shiawase ni dekinakatta fugainasa ni
Kyou no boku wa hekonderu

Taimu mashin notte
Futari ga deau mae ni yukou
Kimi ni hanashi kakezu ni
Toori sugite shimaou
WOW…

Unmei wa itsudemo
Zankoku na mono da
Sou omou you ni
Naranai

Kimi wa boku to atte shimatte mawari michi shita
Kamoshirenai
Boku yori motto otona no dareka to
Koi wo shitetara imagoro…
Ano kafe no koibito-tachi tanoshisou de
Hitori kiri ga yarusenai
Datte ima mo suki nanda

——

KANJI

君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな
なんて思う
夕暮れの街 人混みに紛れ
背中丸めて歩いた
しあわせにできなかったふがいなさに
今日の僕は凹んでる

僕たちはどこかで
求め合ったのに
気づかぬふりして
やり過ごした
それがやさしさだと
勝手に思い込んで
少しずつ距離ができてた

抱きしめようとして
素直になれずに
そう 悲しませて
ごめんね

君は僕と会ってしまってまわり道した
かもしれない
僕よりもっと 大人の誰かと
恋をしてたら 今頃…
あのカフェの恋人たち 楽しそうで
一人きりがやるせない

やり直すチャンスは
きっとあったのに
また同じことを
繰り返す
君を期待させて
傷つけてしまったら
思い出は涙に変わる

電話でサヨナラを
言いたくなかった
でも直接は
言えない

君は僕と会わない方がよかったのかな
なんて思う
夕暮れの街 人混みに紛れ
背中丸めて歩いた
しあわせにできなかったふがいなさに
今日の僕は凹んでる

タイムマシン乗って
二人が出会う前に行こう
君に話しかけずに
通り過ぎてしまおう
WOW…

運命はいつでも
残酷なものだ
そう 思うように
ならない

君は僕と会ってしまってまわり道した
かもしれない
僕よりもっと 大人の誰かと
恋をしてたら 今頃…
あのカフェの恋人たち 楽しそうで
一人きりがやるせない
だって 今も好きなんだ