oritsu_luv | Song rec: UTAKATA by SPEED

I love everything about this song. I love the song itself, the way Hiro and Eri's voices are, the grown up R&B sound, and I love the lyrics, the way they really tell a complete story. I love the live performance, the way they choreographed it and the set they used.

(I realize the video has subtitles, but I don't like the translation very much, and I feel that its hard to concentrate on the video with them.)

UTAKATA

It's not anyone's fault
You choose her...that all.
So you don't need to apologize
My only wish is for you to at least make her happy

Just like Love is a bubble
Yeah, that's the popular opinion...I'll be fine.
I'll turn the kisses, the whispers and the promises we made into memories
...because I really did love you.

The day I followed you to this city
I kept bumping into people, and apologizing to them
I found you on the other side of the street and smiled shyly
And when the light turned green I ran to you

I guess I just wasn't suited
for life in the bustling city
And now...I've got no more reason to be here
I bought my tickets, and I'm leaving on the first flight tomorrow morning

I heard they're going to build a building
In that empty lot where the violets were blooming just the other day
Nothing stays the same forever
All we can do is pretend to be strong,
Forgive and forget, and more forward

Just to know what 'love' is
You and I will live our separate lives now
But I don't want you to give up on anything
Even if someone turns their back to you
Because I know how easily you get lonely

On that beach where I met you and fell in love
We watched the sunset I was so familiar with.
I'll never forget the bittersweet far off look on your face as you said, "It's breathtaking."
I guess I'm just more suited to the peaceful way of live there
I want to see the calm ocean, and hear the sound of the waves

No one can escape farewells and sad misunderstandings
I want to believe that everything has meaning

Legend of mermaid It was just a fairy tale
The two of us lived in different worlds
We could never stay together, we had different futures
...Both you and I had to have know that

I guess I just wasn't suited
for life in the bustling city
And now...I've got no more reason to be here
I bought my tickets, and I'm leaving on the first flight tomorrow morning

I don't regret meeting you
Being drawn to you that day, yearning for you,
making love to you, loving you...with all my heart
I don't regret meeting you
Being drawn to you one day, yearning for you,
making love to you, loving you...with all my heart
I gotta say goodbye