恋想花火 (Koiomoi hanabi) – Fireworks of love
from STARTING NOW! single.
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Just like the memories of that day
You will disappear one day as well
As the festival orchestra echoed
There was a smell of summer ending
At the train station where we met at twilight
You passed through the ticket gate
Today, I’ll say goodbye to you
If only I had a reason to stop you
Peeking at my lowered head
You smiled teasingly
A night only for us, the first and the last
Leaving our usual back lane
I watched your back as you dashed out
Unable to say “I love you”.
As if filling up the hole that’s always been in my heart
The profusion of fireworks in the nightsky sparkle bright
“Isn’t it beautiful?” You whispered quietly
As I gripped your hand tight
When we first met
I fell in love with your cheerful smile
I thought you were so kind
But at the back of that smile
You were shedding tears alone
I treasure you more than anyone else, yet
I couldn’t do anything for you
Goodbye
Can’t be quantified
I’ll never forget
Just like the fireworks we saw that day
You continue to bloom within me even now
As if filling up the hole that’s always been in my heart
The fragments of your tears flutter down
Our disconnected futures are surely
Just a summer illusion
As the fireworks bloomed across the night sky
I cried in a world without you
Even if I marry someone else
I’ll still remember
The damselflies of that one summer
Where dreams swayed
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