“This Close”
Crystal Kay
Nodame Cantabile 1st Ending Theme
Oh right! I am really going gaga over the new hip and romantic anime on Animax entitled Nodame Cantabile. I had just posted the first opening theme of the anime entitled Allegro Cantabile yesterday (check it out!) and here is the 1st ending theme of the same animation.
I love the song and thanks to the English translation, I love it even more! Well, the song is about someone who thinks that love is a very sad feeling, especially if that kind of feeling is unrequited. Sigh. Sometimes, we wish our expectations would be the same as that of the other, but life is really not at all romantic all the time.
This song captures that kind of feeling. A girl is totally in love with the guy, but they could go as far as friends.
If you have an mp3 copy of the song, please share it to me. I really love this song more than anything. Here’s my email address : kyrillevin@gmail.com
Happy Valentines day and cheers!
Romaji/Original lyrics
Koi ga setsunai to
Sugu soba de kizuita ano yoru
Datte hoka no dare yori
Anata no koto wa shitteru kara
Itsumo no sarigenai
Yasashisa sae kono mune wo shimetsuketeku
Konna ni, konna ni chikaku de mitsumete mo
Doushite doushite tada no tomodachi na no?
Donna ni donna ni tsuyoku omotte itemo
Tsutaerarenai you don’t understand
I’m so in love with you
“Genki nai yo ne?” to
anata kara iwareta shunkan
Namida kakusu AKUBI de
“Nebusoku ka na? tte ii wake shita
Ichiban taisetsu na
Hito ni uso wo kasaneteku… ima no watashi
Mainichi mainichi mune ga kurushii kara
Ikutsumu ikutsumu nemurenu yoru wo koe
Hajimete hajimete deatta ano hi ni mata
Modoreru no nara ii no ni…
I’m so in love with you
“Aishiteru” to tsugetara kitto
Mou nidoto egao ni wa modorenai kamo shirenai
Keredo mo tomodachi no mama tsukuriwarai wa
Kore ijyou, watashi dekinai kara
HONTO wa HONTO wa zutto suki data no
itsudemo itsudemo aishi tsuzuketa no
Anata ni anata ni dodoketai kimocho wo
Aoi sora he to sasayaita
I’m so in love with you
Konna ni, konna ni chikaku de mitsumete mo
Doushite doushite tada no tomodachi na no?
Donna ni donna ni tsuyoku omotte itemo
Tsutaerarenai you don’t understand
I’m so in love with you
Chiaki and Nodame
English Translation
Love is so sad
I realized it that night you were next to me
Cause better than anyone else,
I know you so well
Even your casual kindness
Makes my chest tighten
This, this close I’m watching you
Why, why are we only friends?
No matter how, no matter how strong my feelings are
They don’t reach you. You don’t understand
I’m so in love with you
“You’re not feeling too good?”
you said, and in that moment
I yawned to hide my tears
“Lack of sleep, maybe?” was my excuse
The lies to my most important person
Keep piling up that’s the current me
Every day every day, my heart is in pain
Countless, countless sleepless nights overcome
that first, that first day we met
I’m so in love with you
If I confess that “I Love You”
I probably won’t be able to smile again
But to continue as friends, with fake smiles
I can’t take it anymore
The truth is, the truth is I always loved you
Always, always, I kept loving you
To you, to you I want to send these feelings
I whisper them to the blue sky
I’m so in love with you
This, this close I’m watching you
Why, why are we only friends?
No matter how, no matter how strong my feelings are
They don’t reach you. You don’t understand
I’m so in love with you
