This song is the most beautiful and melancholic Japanese song I have ever come across. Performed by Japanese rock star Gackt, this song tells of a man who continues to love a woman even though the love will never be reciprocated… The song is perfect in its melancholy, and the singer’s powerful voice brings the song by 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 utsuteiru 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 a shitteiru no ni osaekirezu ni aishitsuzuketa mou ichido kono basho de deaeru nara nest a kimi wo hanasanai kara
sono hohoemi wo kesshite wasurenai koe ga kareru did 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:
Although I know that my love will never reach you, I still love you uncontrollably, I want to hold you in my arms one more time and never let you go again.
The days I spent with you were like a sweet dream, I thought I would never lose them, but…
“I’m not the one reflected in your eyes” Lowering my head, I couldn’t tell you anything else
Although I know that my love will never reach you, I still love you uncontrollably, I want to hold you in my arms one more time and never let you go again.
You touched me gently, just a little shy In the flickering light through the trees, you’re nothing but the ephemeral heat of summer
Even now I hold on to the warmth you left behind in my heart Though they warn me the warmth will never return…
Even though I know my love will never reach you I still love you uncontrollably If only I could find you here one more time I wouldn’t let you go again
I will never forget your smile I kept screaming your name until my voice dried up…
Although I know that my love will never reach you I still love you without control I want to hold you in my arms one more time and never let you go and never let you go
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The way the song is titled is impressive enough. The title of Although my love never reaches you, I still love you uncontrollably is a clear indication of the mood of the song. This is a song filled with deep, deep regret about letting someone go. It’s a painful song, and I’ll never want anyone’s life to be like such a painful song.
“The days I spent with you were like a sweet dream” – “He misses her so much, and it’s obvious that the love runs deep.
“I won’t be the one reflected in your eyes”-painful comment while the man feels that she doesn’t love him.
“Even now I hold on to the warmth you left behind in my heart Though I am warned that the warmth will never return…” -good memories naturally bring a warm feeling, but it’s also cruel because those memories will never be revived again. For this reason, a warm pain sleeps in the heart, to be awakened every time memories are triggered.
“I want to hold you in my arms one more time and never let you go and never let you go”- the deep longing to be with her again. We can also see deep regret for this, as he emphasizes that he would never let her go again, if she showed up one more time.
The chorus also talks about a very great love, which means that the man is a very sentimental person who will not love another easily due to the wounds of this past.