Taeko Onuki is a japanese pop singer and composer. She formed the pop-based… Read Full Bio ↴Taeko Onuki is a japanese pop singer and composer. She formed the pop-based band Sugar Babe with 山下達郎 (Tatsuro Yamashita) and 村松邦男 (Kunio Muramatsu) in 1973. Her first album, "Gray Skies", was released in 1976.
She also produced the soundtrack for the Japanese movie "Tokyo Biyori" and won the 21st Japanese Academy Award "Best Song Award" in 1998.

恋におちて
大貫妙子 Lyrics

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ひとりで眠る長い夜が
いくど明けたかしら
その日のことを話す人も
うちあけることもなく
求める気持ちさえ
失いかけていたの
めぐり会うことなど
遥か遠い道だと思っていたの

まえぶれもなく訪れる日
それか恋の不思議
光や風の囁き.にも
あなたを感じている
あなたの指先が
私の髪に触れて
恋におちて行くの
確かな気持ちの今、
時を止めて

このまま抱きしめて
私を離さないで
瞳にくちづけて

愛が通りすぎないように
その胸の中で

Overall Meaning

These lyrics are from the song "Koi ni Ochite" (Falling in Love) by Taeko Ohnuki. The song reflects on a long night of loneliness and the longing for connection and love. The singer wonders how many nights have passed while sleeping alone, without anyone to share their thoughts or open up to. They confess that even their desire to seek companionship was slowly fading away, believing that the possibility of meeting someone was a distant dream.

However, one day, without any warning, love unexpectedly arrives. The singer describes this experience as a mysterious aspect of love, where they can feel the presence of their beloved even through the whispers of light and wind. The touch of their beloved's finger on their hair makes them fall deeply in love. At that moment, the singer is overwhelmed by a certain and undeniable feeling, wanting to freeze time and hold onto the present.

This song beautifully captures the emotions of longing, vulnerability, and the transformative power of love.

Line by Line Meaning

ひとりで眠る長い夜が
The long nights of sleeping alone

いくど明けたかしら
I wonder how many times they have passed

その日のことを話す人も
Without anyone to talk about my day with

うちあけることもなく
Without opening up

求める気持ちさえ
Even the desire to seek

失いかけていたの
I was on the verge of losing

めぐり会うことなど
I had thought that encountering

遥か遠い道だと思っていたの
Would be a distant and faraway path

まえぶれもなく訪れる日
A day that arrives unexpectedly

それか恋の不思議
Is this the wonder of love?