22
lyrics: akiko hamada / music: ben wada / translation: hana

I longed for you when you were 24
I was frantically screaming that I'd surely bury this too-big lonliness
While you struggled on sleepless nights just as I do now

I longed for you when you were 27
I held you frantically while forgiving you for this surely absurd parting
While you were agonized by our distance just as I am now

So many nights pass, mornings drawn near
I listened to your song, I listened to your song

I longed for you when you were 38
Surely I can no longer count all the things I've lost
Changing color little by little and sometimes while trembling
Nothing has changed since that day because of your soul that screams and wants to live

And I'm 22
I'm always frantically searching, putting incomplete words together
While I struggle with my troublesome youthfulness just as you did that day

While you struggled on sleepless nights just as I do now