片想いよりも思い出を… (Kataomoi yori mo omoide wo…) – Memories rather than unrequited love…

from Must be now single.

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The Sun turned against me
And took you away
The slanted shadow of the school building
Pierces my heart

“Maybe it would have been better
Had I not confessed”
I thought dejectedly, but you looked over your shoulder
And said, “But, thank you”

Your grey uniform was too dazzling
Everything else was dark
But this first love shone bright

Rather than unrequited love
I chose to have memories
Your wonderful smile
Is the best reward
Facing you, looking at you
And telling you of my feelings
Even if my wish didn’t come true
I somehow feel so refreshed
That I want to scream

Even as I watch you from afar
There are things I don’t understand
So I pluck up my courage and get closer
Now I see the beautiful reality

Your concern and kindness made me glad
I was right to have
Fallen in love with you

Memories will last forever
Much longer than requited love
I’m not being a sore loser
Because that is the truth
There was pain, but
I learned the meaning of love
Meeting you and falling for you
Someday, when I become an adult
I still want that heartthrob

Rather than unrequited love
I chose to have memories
Your wonderful smile
Is the best reward
Facing you, looking at you
And telling you of my feelings
Even if my wish didn’t come true
I somehow feel so refreshed
That I want to scream

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from Must be now single.

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In the closed off
Darkness
What I’m searching for
Isn’t light
It’s screaming
My heart’s voice
Where are those emotions
Headed to?

What I touched
When I reached out
Was a rejected
Wall of compromise
As I close my eyes
I see it
That dream
Is an exit, right?

In order not to be hurt
I escaped into loneliness
With nothing left to protect
I start from 0

(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Right now…
(Must be now) To that place, Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Smash through!
(Must be now) Destroy the wall
(Need to go) I need to go!
(Need to go) Along this path
(Need to go) I believe in, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to go!
(Just do it) Alone
(Just do it) Out of here, Must be now

If you crave for
Someone’s love
Waiting will just be
In vain
Once I know
The meaning of life
I can escape
From this despair

I can always choose
To give up
Not here, but somewhere, yes
I’ll change

(Must be now) I need to do!
(Must be now) Something…
(Must be now) Let’s begin! Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to do!
(Must be now) A tiny
(Must be now) Hole opens
(Need to go) I need to do!
(Need to go) Hope is
(Need to go) Right there, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to do!
(Just do it) In order to
(Just do it) Grasp freedom, Must be now

(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Right now…
(Must be now) To that place, Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Smash through!
(Must be now) Destroy the wall
(Need to go) I need to go!
(Need to go) Along this path
(Need to go) I believe in, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to go!
(Just do it) Alone
(Just do it) Out of here, Must be now

Must be now
Must be now
Must be now

I’ve seen the light, Must be now

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サヨナラ、踵を踏む人 (Sayonara, kakato wo fumu hito) – Goodbye to the person I stalked

from Durian shounen single.

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Goodbye
To the person I stalked

You always
Looked so bored
As you stared out the classroom window
Not interacting with anyone
You rested your chin in your hand
Rejecting us
Through a barrier of sunlight

AH- Your loneliness
AH- Somehow drew me in
AH- I confessed to you
But you went away
Without giving any reply

Shining bright
Like a knife
That’s your quick wit hidden
Behind your bowed back
Hey, what
Are you thinking of now?
I want to know
Your melancholic reason

Indoor shoes
To the person I stalked

On the stairway to the roof
You stood in the wind alone
Staring up at the sky
As if you were angry at something
It was somewhere in your eyes
Just a miserable
Shadow on joy

AH- Our classmates
AH- Avoided you, but
AH- You were a mystery
And I chased
Behind you

Different from
Anyone else in school
With a subdued attitude
And mature expressions
Hey, what
Are you resisting against?
I want to understand
That sweet despair
Teach me

AH- You
AH- Yes, too quickly
AH- Transferred out
And this romance was left
On the shoe rack

Shining bright
Like a knife
That’s your quick wit hidden
Behind your bowed back
Hey, what
Are you thinking of now?
I want to know
Your melancholic reason

Goodbye
To the person I stalked
The person who stalked my heart

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心の文字を書け! (Kokoro no moji wo kake!) – Write out your heart’s alphabet!

from Durian shounen single.

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Something’s a little strange
My mind is a blank
My body feels so foggy
And I don’t want to do anything

Mama is worried about me
And we went to the hospital, but
Medical science can’t explain
Why I have this fever

Maybe (somewhere)
It’s an unknown (virus)
I might have been infected by someone nearby…
My heartbeat is racing
With feelings of sadness

Write out your heart’s alphabet!
Just close your eyes and they’ll appear
This feeling of gloom
A lovesickness you won’t realize yourself
So don’t hide it
You need to accept it straight on
And all of those thoughts
Write them on paper and you’ll feel better

When one’s mind’s balance
Is off, it feels painful, right?
I’m not my usual self
And feel like I’ve been closed off

But why is it happening?
Just search for the reason
It’s because I’m concerned
About that special someone

Everywhere (in this world)
It’s not sold (the vaccine)
My dreaming mood is full of sighs
Such that I think of him no matter what I do
A sweet pain

Write out your heart’s alphabet!
Everything that comes to mind…
It’s ok even if it’s a mess
Just spit out all those accumulated words
Don’t keep it all inside
Empty out the bottom of your chest
This beloved feelings which you can’t help
Just line them up and you’ll cheer up

Write out your heart’s alphabet!
Just close your eyes and they’ll appear
This feeling of gloom
A lovesickness you won’t realize yourself
So don’t hide it
You need to accept it straight on
And all of those thoughts
Write them on paper and you’ll feel better

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僕だけのSecret time (Boku dake no Secret time) – My own Secret time

from Durian shounen single.

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Look over here, Baby
You’re a lovely Lady
From a distant place, Happy days
You’re my angel, Baby
I want to talk to you, Lady
But my voice just won’t come

Falling in love with someone
Makes every day fun WOW WOW WOW
Even unfulfilled wishes
Are an intro to happiness

Love you! Love you! Love you!
Somewhere in my chest, Hey!
I hear a song, Hey!
There, a gentle melody
Love you! Love you! Love you!
Before I knew it, Hey!
I’m humming along, Hey!
The chorus of my heart
Tururutu-tututu…
This cheery rhythm
Love you! Love you! Love you!
Softly, my lips, Hey!
Move along, Hey!
My own Secret time

Just by meeting your gaze, Baby
I’m taken aback, Lady
And my breath almost stops, Happy days
What a beautiful Baby
I’m fascinated, Lady
And I can’t move

You are with your friends
Laughing and talking WOW WOW WOW
It’ll disappear once I reach out
This romance is like bubbles

I know! I know! I know!
Just for a moment, Hey!
Like in a dream, Hey!
Yes, a fleeting story
I know! I know! I know!
Nobody knows, Hey!
This feeling of sadness, Hey!
My own romance
Tururutu-tututu…
This scream won’t reach you
I know! I know! I know!
In the same time, Hey!
I’ll wait here, Hey!
Our Secret time

But it’s alright
With this
I’m satisfied
I mean, right now
I’m breathing the same
Air as you are
We’re so close…

Love you! Love you! Love you!
I know! I know! I know!
1! 2! 3! 4!

Love you! Love you! Love you!
Somewhere in my chest, Hey!
I hear a song, Hey!
There, a gentle melody
Love you! Love you! Love you!
Before I knew it, Hey!
I’m humming along, Hey!
The chorus of my heart
Tururutu-tututu…
This cheery rhythm
Love you! Love you! Love you!
Softly, my lips, Hey!
Move along, Hey!
My own Secret time

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命のへそ (Inochi no heso) – Life’s bellybutton

from Durian shounen single.

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To all the subdued people
Living without finding your dreams
The needle of time
Moves on regardless
As if scorning us
Are you going to die without achieving anything?

Just walking along the same path
That you walked along yesterday
You have no idea
Where to head to, right?

Life’s bellybutton
Come, tighten your belly!
And pour in your spirit
Don’t sink!
Come, step on the ground and move out!
What’s important
Is facing forward
Standing up to any wind that blows
Don’t run away
Discipline yourself despite the pain
With the abdominal strength to stay alive

To all the downcast people
Who are unable to find even one thing they wish to do
Your palms
Remain empty
Slicing through air
Don’t you want to grasp your desires?

All successes are determined
By how you live your life
Don’t pass it off
With any excuses

Life’s bellybutton
Close your eyes gently
Hoard your hope
Don’t give up!
Just focus your heart right now!
Even if you’re wrong
Even if you fail
You’ll get to see a different scenery
Just try
You’ll get used to pain
Life is just like training

Life’s bellybutton
Come, tighten your belly!
And pour in your spirit
Don’t sink!
Come, step on the ground and move out!
What’s important
Is facing forward
Standing up to any wind that blows
Don’t run away
Discipline yourself despite the pain
With the abdominal strength to stay alive

Life’s bellybutton
Is you
Live without wavering!

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どうでもいい人仮面 (Doudemo ii hito kamen) – An inconsequential person’s mask

from Durian shounen single.

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If I find out that you dislike me
Then I won’t know what I’d do tomorrow

Unable to show my true self
I’ve put on a safety mask that everyone likes

To be a good person to you, the rest doesn’t matter
I’m an inconsequential person, never to be loved
But I don’t care about that
As long as I can be by your side…
Love is always satisfactory by itself
Even if you never notice me…

If I were to force a confession upon you
Yes, our relationship will surely become awkward

I love you too much, it’s made me a coward
So I look the other way on purpose, feigning disinterest

I’m a friend to you, just one out of many…
Just a harmless friend, not anyone special
But such an existence is easy
I mean, I’ll never get hurt…
Love will reach a sad sufficiency by itself
Nothing will end if I don’t dream

For a person who never means anything, nothing will happen
For a person who isn’t your type, I’ve always wanted to be your boyfriend…

To be a good person to you, the rest doesn’t matter
I’m an inconsequential person, never to be loved
But I don’t care about that
As long as I can be by your side…
Love by itself is always satisfactory
Even if you never notice me…

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ドリアン少年 (Dorian shounen) – Durian boy

from Durian shounen single.

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Hey! Hey! Hey!
Fu! Fu!…

When I first showed my friends
A photo of the guy I really like
“That’s impossible!”, “You have bad taste”
I was shot down like this

“A person as cool as him
Surely does not exist anywhere else”
I was so proud of that, but
It was a brutal attack!

I’ve changed a little
Since I was a child
Rather than candy (or chocolate)
Rather than cake (I prefer)
A slightly salty taste

Being plain or handsome, it’s a thin line
Every girl has her own ideal guy
If everyone takes no notice of him
Then he is mine, my prince
Being plain or handsome is the same
Yes, because love is blind
No matter what anyone says, I’m in love
I mean, he is the only one
The durian boy of my obsession

Once they meet him in person
They’ll understand his charm
Everyone will freeze, mouths open
Their eyes wide

But that won’t happen
His style is really doubtful
Yet for me, he is without flaws
The lover of my dreams

What I hope to get
For my birthday present
Rather than a doll (or a soft toy)
Rather than a dress (what I wanted)
Were gardening shears

Ignoring and passing through the little forked branches
To a delicacy that girls won’t touch
Even the unpalatable fish, reduced to bones
Is still a treasure inside
Can’t ignore the little forked branches
It’s natural to be worried
But I believe that my intuition is right…
The one that everyone dislikes
He is my durian boy

Being plain or handsome, it’s a thin line
Every girl has her own ideal guy
If everyone takes no notice of him
Then he is mine, my prince
Being plain or handsome is the same
Yes, because love is blind
No matter what anyone says, I’m in love
I mean, he is the only one
The durian boy of my obsession

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ロマンティックスノー (Romantikku sunoo) – Romantic snow

from Don’t look back! single.

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My classmates have invited me along
But I’ve never snowboarded before
I hate the cold, and can’t do sports
And group activites just feel oppressive

Even so, I’m here, on my first ski slope
It’s harder to walk than I imagined
If you, my crush, hadn’t been here
I would have stayed home to watch YouTube

White romantic snow
Dancing in the wind
Flowers of romance fluttering
If only these feelings in my heart
Can be delivered to you

Standing alone by the lodge window
And watching the silver slopes, I suddenly felt lonely
Even if I practice all night, I’ll still slip up
If that’s the case, I shouldn’t have come

Then, you appeared, nose red with cold
Taking my hand in yours forcibly
And smiling at me with gentle eyes
“I’ll teach you from the beginning”

Night’s romantic snow
Shining and sparkling
Even romance slips out slowly
Together with you to a world of illusions
I want to go everywhere with you

White romantic snow
Dancing in the wind
Flowers of romance fluttering
If only these feelings in my heart
Can be delivered to you

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みんな、大好き (Minna, daisuki) – Everyone, I love you

from Don’t look back! single.

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It’s something I decided on my own
But I can’t stop my tears from overflowing
Such selfishness on my part
You listened with such gentle eyes

Now, the last stage has ended
Memories alone descend

Everyone, I love you
Always, always
Now and in the past and into the future
Everyone, I love you
Yes, I’ll not forget
When I close my eyes
I’ll see sparkling days
I need to work hard, and I’ll whine
But for giving me courage
Thank you

I’m pulled back countless times
Even so, I cried as I walked forward
Because beside me, there are
Comrades who worried and supported me

Yes, so that I’ll never change
I can hear the curtain call

Everyone, I love you
Don’t want to leave
Being alone really makes me anxious
Everyone, I love you
Hey, someday
I’ll make my dreams come true
And we’ll surely meet
Yes, in order to make myself stronger
For giving me love
Thank you

Everyone, I love you
Always, always
Now and in the past and into the future
Everyone, I love you
Yes, those who are here
Each and every one
So glad I met you
Suddenly, I’ll be gone from this place
My heart burns
Goodbye

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