RADWIMPS – Kakurenbo Lyrics + English Translation

“Kakurenbo” is the 9th track from the “2+0+2+1+3+1+1= 10 years 10 songs” album released by RADWIMPS. It was released on March 11, 2021.

Details

• Title: Kakurenbo (かくれんぼ)
• Also Known As: Hide and seek
• Genre: Rock
• Language: Japanese
• Released: March 11, 2021
• Performer: RADWIMPS
• Composer: Yojiro Noda
• Arranger: Yojiro Noda
• Lyricist: Yojiro Noda

Lyrics

itazurazuki ni mo hodo ga aru yo
kakureru no ni akite nanimo iwazu ni

ieji e to tsuita kimagurekko no you ni
anata wa kieta no?

anata dake hitori ano toki no mama
hibi toshi wo kasaneru watashi wo warau desho
kaette ki you ni mo machi mo hito mo
kawatte tadori tsukenai?

"mou ii yo" sorosoro sa kao wo dashite mo
"mou ii kai" kono mama wasurechatte mo?
semete henji dake demo kuretari wa shinai kai
doudai? mou ii kai?

iitakatta kotoba tachi ga watashi no naka de ima
afuredashite kono karada tsukiyaburi sou

nanka itte hitokoto itte watashi no inochi no jikan
wakeru kara dousureba ii no ka

juunen gakari no kakurenbo wo mada watashi wa anata to suru no kana

sono sugata kiete mo kori mo sezu ni
anata wo soko kashiko sagashi tsuzukeru

sukoshi zutsu oboroge ni naru anata no
nioi ya futo shita shigusa

"mou ii yo" sou iu no wa wakatte iru
"kimi no mirai wo douka ikite yo"
sore demo anata no koe de kikanakya
dame na no dame da yo dame da yo

kikitakatta "tadaima" ga watashi no naka de ima
nanbyaku, nanzen to kodama shite iru yo

ushiromuki de mae aruku bukiyou na watashi wo
anata wa waratte kureru?

jinsei kakete no kakurenbo wo ii yo anata to suru koto watashi wa kimeta

koibito wo koe kazoku to natta ne kazoku wo koete tsunagatta ne
zutto mitete watashi ga erabu mirai wo hitotsu hitotsu soko de mitete
anata wa watashi no naka iki tsuzukeru

iitakatta kotoba tachi ga watashi no naka de ima
afuredashite kono karada tsukiyaburi sou

yamenai yo demo yamenai yo kono kakurenbo wa
karadajuu ni anata wo yadosu

jinsei kakete no kakurenbo wo ii yo anata to suru koto watashi wa kimeta
dakedo kore ja fukouhei dakara raise no oni wa anata de ima kara kimari dakara

hisshi de watashi wo mitsukete dakishime ni kite

English Translation

Don't play game with me, this isn't funny
Did you get tired of hiding? Is that why you left

Without a word like a child's whim
And disappeared?

It's funny how you've stayed the same since that day
While I'm getting older everyday
Did the place and people change too much to recognize?
Is that why you can't find your way back home?

"I'm ready" Let me see your face
"Ready or not I'm coming" What if I forget you?
Can't you at least answer me?
What do you say? Are you ready?

Every unspoken word is on the verge of
Spilling over bursting out my body

You can have my time in this world
So just tell me what I should do

For ten years now, we've played this hide-and-seek Are we still playing? Am I in?

Though you're gone without a trace I can't but help
Looking for you everywhere

Bit by bit my memory is fading
Forgetting your smell or your subtle ways

"That's okay" you'll probably say
"Go on, live your future"
But I must hear you say, 
otherwise I won't, I can't...

The unsaid words kept hostage inside my head
"I'm home" Echoing hundreds and thousands of times

I walk forward with my face turned back
Awkward me Will you at least laugh?

Are we playing this hide-and-seek for life? I am, I made my mind

Lovers then a family, now we're beyond, we are one
You can watch me make decisions at every step of the way
Cause you will always live in me

Every unspoken word is on the verge of
Spilling over bursting out my body

But I won't quit this hide-and-seek we play
You live within my body and soul

Are we playing this hide-and-seek for life? I am, I made my mind
But in our next lives you be "it" cause this is too unfair

Promise you'll seek me out like crazy and hold me

(from https://radwimps.jp/kakurenbo/lyrics/en/)