Yojiro Noda – Gesture of the Waves Lyrics + English Translation

“Gesture of the Waves” is the 1st track from the “Gesture of the Waves” digital single released by Yojiro Noda. It was released on February 29, 2024.

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Lyrics

nageyari ni harete yuku sora ni
“yasashikunai ne” to koboshita

hito wa “toki ga sugiteku” to iu kedo
watashi no toki wa shizumu dake

kimi ni aeru nara kono umi no mizu sae mo nomihosu yo
kimi ga warau koe ga watashi no oku de kikoeta ki ga shita

“zettai” nante kantan ni kuchi ni shite wa ikenai koto wo
shitte wa iru kedo kimi igai no dare ni tsukae to iu no?

“zettai” no imi wo itsuka kimi ni kikareta to shitara
mayowazu ni iu yo koko ni aru kono kimochi no koto da to

tsugi wa donna futari de umareyou
koibito na no ka, hatamata muni no tomo ka

kimi to naraba donna futari mo
ikite mitai dakishimete mitai

watashi dake ga shitteiru kimi wo watashi ga shiru koto nai kimi ga
itsuka oikoshite shimau toki chanto waraemasu you ni

kimi ga kono saki de deau koi ya zetsubou ya kiseki wo
mimamoru koto sae kanai wa shinai no sore dake ga kuyashii

kuyashii

“zettai” nante kantan ni kuchi ni shite wa ikenai koto wo
shitte wa iru kedo kimi igai no dare ni tsukae to iu no?

“zettai” wo moshimo tatta hitotsu dake tsukaeru nara
tsugi mo, sono tsugi mo nando demo mitsukedashite miseru yo

“zettai” no imi wo itsuka kimi ga shiru toki ga kitara
kotoba hitotsu naku tsubureru kurai dakishimeau no

eien nanka no me ni wa mienai
mabataki hodo mijikai owakare

kimi to naraba donna futari mo
ikite mitai dakishimete mitai

English Translation

Watching the sky clearing effortlessly
I couldn’t help but say, ‘How unkind.’

They tell me, ‘Time will pass.’
But don’t you see?  My time just sinks

I’ll drink up the ocean if it brings me back to you
I swear I heard your laughter deep down inside me

Don’t use ‘never’ or ‘forever’ so casually, as nothing truly is
Yet, with whom else but you do I find myself in certainty?

If one day, you ask me, ‘What is for sure?’
Straightaway, I’d say it’s this feeling that’s here now 

What would we be in our next lives?
Would we be lovers or friends for life?

With you, either would do
I want to live as two, I will embrace

One day, the version of you I know will yield to the version unknown
When that hour arrives, let me be able to own a smile

Though moments of love, despair, and miracles will soon find you
I won’t be there to guard, despite the wish, that’s my only regret

Oh, how I wish...　　

Don’t use ‘never’ or ‘ever’ so casually, as nothing truly is
Yet, with whom else but you do I find myself in certainty?

If there’s one sure thing that I can rely on
Then, again and again, I will seek that out

If one day, you find out the answer to what’s for sure
We will share a silent embrace as if our grasp could crush

Blind to the eyes of eternity
A brief farewell as ephemeral as a blink

With you, any would do
I want to live as two, I will embrace

(from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0P0EcjUl7g)

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