Kouda Kumi: Come Back

04.10.03
Artist: Kouda Kumi
Title: Come Back
Words: Kouda Kumi
Music: Watanabe Miki

I prayed to the sky
in hopes to reach you
I'll spread these wings called freedom
and go to see you
and devote my undying feelings...
another tear is about to drop

even without words, yeah,
we should have known how we felt

I wanna come back for you
always laugh by my side
the courage to let go of this hand
to love
Oh baby give me one more chance
I wanna come back for you
even now, the ring I can't remove
holds my heart back,
and is forever dear to me

the infinite star dust
scattered across the night sky
even now in my heart
I'm still thinking about
gathering them one by one
shine by my side
like you did that day.

even when I gaze at the memory
it's blurred by my tears

I wanna come back for you
it was sort of a long time coming
but we met, and it started from there
to love
Oh baby give me one more chance
I wanna come back for you
you were always there for me
for this cowardly girl
forever dear to me

I wanna come back for you
always laugh by my side
the courage to let go of this hand
to love
Oh baby give me one more chance
I wanna come back for you
even now, the ring I can't remove
holds my heart back,
and is forever dear to me

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: The English still strikes me as strange in this song. "I wanna come back for you" just seems a deeper sentiment than what I think Kumi means. It sounds like someone is dead in the song, but... "Baby, gimme one more chance" isn't really something you say to a dead person... unless of course they are a zombie. Don't ruin my fantasy, I want to believe this a song about a woman in love with a zombie. And there's NOTHING you can do about it.

Romaji

anata ni todoku you ni
sora ni inotteita
jiyuu to iu tsubasa hirogereba
ima sugu ai ni iku
taenu omoi sasage ni...
mata hitotsubo
namida koboresou

kotoba nakute mo sou
kanjiaeta hazu datta

I wanna come back for you
zutto soba de warattete yo
tsunaida kono te wo
hanasu yuuki ga to love
Oh baby give me one more chance
I wanna come back for you
hazusenai yubiwa ga ima mo
watashi no kokoro wo hikitomeru no
eien ni aishitai

yozora ni chirabatta
mugen no hoshikuzu wo
hitotsu hitotsu hiroiatsumete ha
ima mo kokoro no naka
omoitsuzuketeiru yo
ano hi no mama
soba de kagayaite

kioku mitsumete mo
namida de nijindeshimau

I wanna come back for you
sukoshi toomawari datta kedo
deatte soko kara hajimatteta no to love
Oh baby give me one more chance
I wanna come back for you
okubyou na watashi wo itsumo
sasaetekureta

Romaji By: Brian Stewart