Fujimoto Miki: Boy-friend

04.01.07
Artist: Fujimoto Miki
Title: Boy-friend
Words: Tsunku
Music: Tsunku

say, when all is said and done, boy-friend
can't we be lovers?
It's too bad, cause I'm confident
I could love you better than anyone in the world.

I can make this work.
If I can see you
I slip out of my room in the night
I want to be sure.

and yet, for whatever reason
there just hasn't been a day we can meet
I'm left gripping the phone until morning.

in the city the neon glows
unbeknownst to the lovers,
the distance is lessening.

say, is it wrong of me to wait
with pure feelings.
you know, I think of you more dearly
than anyone in the world.

I can make it.
if I can see you.
I turn down all my friend's invites.

the magic of your voice.
when the days I can't hear it come one after another
I feel like I'm just gonna melt, all of me, whole.

in the city, our exhaled breath turning white
all of a sudden we're acting like lovers.

say, when all is said and done, boyfriend
can't we be lovers?
It's too bad, cause I'm confident
I could love you better than anyone in the world.

you know, when all is said done, boy-friend
I understood it all.
I just wanna feel your kindness a little longer.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: The term bo-ifurendo when written in katakana and said in katakana-ized Japanese, refers not to boyfriend/girlfriend but for a girl it refers to a boy who is a friend. Do not mix it up with koibito.

Romaji

nee kekkyoku ha bo-ifurendo
koibito ni naremasen ka?
nee sekai no dare yori
aisuru jishin ga aru no ni

jyouzu ni dekiru
anata ni aeru no nara
yonaka oheya nukedashite
tashikameaitai

na no ni nazeka
aenai hi bakari da wa
denwa nigirishimete
sono mama asa ni naru

machi no naka ha neon ga kagayaite
shirazushirazu koibitotachi mo
kyouri ga chikazuku

nee jyunsui na kimochi de
matteicha ikemasen ka?
nee sekai no dare yori
anata wo kawaiku kanjiru

nee hitori de ita tte
ima ha heiki desu kara
anata ha imagoro
doushiteimasu ka? Ah

gaman dekiru
anata ni aeru no nara
tomodachi no sasoi
kotowatte bakari

koe no mahou
kikenai hi ga tsuzuku to
marugoto watashi zenbu
toketeshimaisou ne

machi no naka de tsuku iki ga shiroku nari
itsunomanika koibitotachi wo
enshutsu shiteru

nee kekkyoku ha bo-ifurendo
koibito ni naremasen ka?
nee sekai no dare yori
aisuru jishin ga atta no ni

nee kekkyoku ha bo-ifurendo
subete ga wakatteta koto
nee anata no yasashisa
mou sukoshi kanjitai AH

nee kekkyoku ha bo-ifurendo
koibito ni naremasen ka?
nee sekai no dare yori
aisuru jishin ga atta no ni

nee kekkyoku ha bo-ifurendo
subete ga wakatteta koto
nee anata no yasashisa
mou sukoshi kanjitai AH

Romaji By: Brian Stewart