Toshinobu "Toshi" Kubota (久保田利伸 Kubota Toshinobu, born 24 July 1962) is a J… Read Full Bio ↴Toshinobu "Toshi" Kubota (久保田利伸 Kubota Toshinobu, born 24 July 1962) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and radio personality. Toshinobu Kubota has produced six million-seller records and thirty-three Top 40 singles during his career. He is currently part of Sony Music Japan. In addition, Kubota has composed and written songs for many singers including Iwasaki Hiromi, Misia, Toshinori Yonekura, Koizumi Kyoko, and many other recording artists.

Kubota's musical genre has varied throughout his career including R&B, Go-go, soul, funk, blues, reggae, old skool, psychedelia, jazz, and pop. His artistic influences include Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Sly Stone. Kubota has pioneered in the sound "Japanese hip hop" and "Japanese soul", an amalgam of funk, pop, R&B and go go that has influenced many other musicians.

Kubota has a tenor and falsetto vocal range and is known for his signature songs "Dance If You Want It", "Missing", "Love Rain (Koi no Ame)", "You Were Mine", "Give You My Love", and "La La La Love Song", which was the theme song of the television drama Long Vacation. Kubota has a total of nineteen studio albums and ten compilation albums. He has sold over sixteen million records worldwide to date.

君はなにを見てる
久保田利伸 Lyrics

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染まる空が染まる情熱の色に
描く Ah 雲が描く夕映えゆっくりと
映る君が映る流れの向こうに
満ちる Ah 君が満ちる
肌にも呼吸にも
どうか許してよ
ひとり置き去りにした朝を
なにも言えないまま

とび出したこの僕を
こんなこんな愛のかたちを許した
君はなにを見てる
風よ旅路の風ぬくもりはこんで
風よ Ah あの娘の涙がかわくまで
でも僕は帰れない
どんなに凍えそうでも
今はもどれないこれだけ好きなのに
こんなこんな愛にガラスの瞳で
君はなにを見てる

I miss you forever
I miss you forever

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "君はなにを見てる" by 久保田利伸. The song is written in Japanese, so I will provide an interpretation in English.

In the first verse, the lyrics describe the colors and passion of the sky and how it reflects the emotions and feelings of the singer. The clouds slowly paint a picture of the sunset, and the singer sees themselves reflected in the flow beyond. There is a sense of fulfillment as they overflow with emotions. The singer asks for forgiveness, acknowledging that they left someone behind and couldn't express their feelings.

The second verse talks about the warmth of the wind on a journey and how it doesn't allow the singer to return, even though they feel deeply for someone. They feel trapped, unable to go back even if they are freezing. The singer wonders what the person they love sees with their glass-like eyes. The line "I miss you forever" expresses the deep longing and yearning they feel towards this person.

Overall, the song seems to be about a narrator who has left someone behind and is filled with regret. They are captivated by the emotions and passion around them, but also feel trapped and unable to go back. They miss the person they left behind and are curious about what they see or think while they are gone. It is a heartfelt expression of longing and remorse.

Line by Line Meaning

染まる空が染まる情熱の色に
The passionate colors that the sky is stained with

描く Ah 雲が描く夕映えゆっくりと
Slowly painted by the evening glow that the clouds create

映る君が映る流れの向こうに
Reflecting you, appearing beyond the flow of time

満ちる Ah 君が満ちる
Being filled, you are filled with

肌にも呼吸にも
In your skin and in your breath

どうか許してよ
Please forgive me

ひとり置き去りにした朝を
The morning I left you alone

なにも言えないまま
Without being able to say anything

とび出したこの僕を
The 'me' who hurriedly ran away

こんなこんな愛のかたちを許した
Allowing this, allowing this form of love

君はなにを見てる
What are you seeing?