WISH i WISH
ALTIMA Lyrics

Say goodbye. say goodbye.
The singer is asking the listener to say goodbye and end whatever they had between them.

冬の夜に
This event happened on a winter night.

貴方の影重ねて
The singer still thinks about the listener and imagines their presence together.

Still I'm missing you
The artist still misses the listener despite the break-up.

The story for two
Whatever they had together was a story for just the two of them.

どこかの街のだれかの愛の
The story for them may be just another story of love for someone else in some other part of the city.

いつかの冬に流れたストーリー
The love story between them happened in a past winter.

行き交う雑踏の片隅
The setting for their love story was the busyness of people and traffic in the corner of the crowded streets.

切り取った静止画のように
Their memories appear as still images cut out of a film.

白く染まる公園
The public park where they had planned to meet is now covered in white snow.

待ち合わせのベンチで
They decided to meet at a bench, however, only one of them made it there.

You said "goodbye" to me.響いた
The phrase, "goodbye", stays with the artist and echoes in their ears.

ノンフィクション...巻き戻せない
This breakup is reality, and it can't be undone.

街灯が薄く照らしてる
The streetlamp is dimly lighting the street.

不在着信履歴
The singer has missed a few calls, and has a log of them.

なぜ堰きとめたんだろう
The artist is questioning why they held back and didn't communicate more.

見慣れた同じナンバー
There are calls from the same number that the artist has become familiar with.

この熱い想いを
The singer's deep emotions towards the listener

一度の擦れ違いで
Were lost in the one chance encounter

取り戻せず そう
And can't be regained.

Season has stopped,
The season when their love bloomed has ended.

セピアのワンシーン
The memory of their love has become like a sepia-toned photograph.

The time has stopped
It feels like time has stopped and their love is stuck in the past.

震える指で 貴女に触れた時
The artist remembers when they touched the listener with trembling fingers.

冬のせいだと 俯いて手を引いた
The singer dumped the listener and blamed it on the season.

遠回りして 誤魔化した核心
The singer hid their true feelings and led the listener on a wild goose chase.

季節は変わる
The new season has come and gone.

"WISH i WISH" to be
The artist desperately desires to be with the listener again.

with you more...ah
The artist longs to be with the listener.

帰るべき場所があることなんて
[Where is] there a home to return to now

Someone loves, someone cries...
Other people may be experiencing joy and sadness in their own relationships

理由にならなかった筈なんだ
Breaking up was not a reason for [them].

Season might be the reason...
Perhaps the season had something to do with why they broke up.

深まってくほど傷つくことも
The deeper they fell for each other, the more painful it became.

最初から分かってた分かってた
From the beginning, the singer knew it would all end in heartbreak.

眠れない夜はいつも
On nights when the artist can’t sleep,

長電話でGave me a kiss.
The listener gave them a kiss during a long phone call.

Baby I love you
The singer loves the listener.

深夜0時 過ぎても
Even if it's way past midnight

「大丈夫」が好きだった
The listener liked the phrase "I'm Okay"

二人のダイアログ
The artist is reminiscing on the listener's communication with them.

あの日と同じ リダイヤルの画面
The screen of their phone now now shows the same redial button as the night they broke up.

押せないままの
The singer wants to press that button but cannot.

小さな小さなボタン
Although it is a small button, it holds a lot of weight in the artist's mind.

黙ったままで 頷いた帰り道
The artist remained silent and nodded on the way home.

違う...本当は...
But that wasn't how they truly felt.

with you more
They wanted more time to spend with the listener.

ベル鳴らして「行かないで」と、
The artist wanted to stop the listener from leaving.

もっと素直に言えていたら
If only the singer had been more straightforward with the listener,

今日とは違う
Today is different than yesterday.

未来が其処にはあったの?
The singer is questioning if the future of their relationship was possible.

...なんて愚問だね / 俯いたまま
The question is pointless and the artist ponders it while looking down.

冬が枯れて / どこからか
Winter has died down and spring has come from somewhere.

春がきたら / きっと
When Spring comes surely,

街も人も / またいつか
The city and the people in it will probably change someday.

変わる様に / この切なさ
But the heartache the artist feels remains the same, as if nothing has changed.

And also my love / my love
Also, this is how the artist still loves the listener.

雪解けと共に
When the snow melts away, the artist wants to

溶けてしまいたい...
Disappear with it completely.

痛みと罪 消せるなら
If only the pain and guilt could disappear.

It's my fate it's my fate
It's the singer's destiny.

巻き戻して
But they realize they can't turn back time.

幸せだった頃の I love you.
Back when they were happy, the singer expressed love.

解ってるの
Do the same feelings remain?

そう貴方はもう 何処にもいない
Unfortunately, the listener is nowhere.

そうこんな愛の結末
This is the fate of their love.

押せないままで もうすぐ春がくる
The singer wants to press the redial button but they cannot, and spring is rapidly approaching.

そうだねずっと...
The artist realizes they will think of the listener endlessly.

立ち止まれはしないの
The listener will not stop, even to the artist.

自然の道理
It's natural.

「さよなら...さようなら」
As the listener says goodbye one last time, the singer also says

震える指で 貴方に触れた日の
The artist remembers the day they touched the listener with trembling fingers.

並木道へと 独り歩き出すよ
The singer walks alone in the tree-lined street.

粉雪だけが 私を慰める
The only thing comforting the singer is the fine snow.

季節の終わり
The season is over.

with you more... ah
But the artist still wants to be with the listener.

君の声が聴きたくて逢いたくて
The artist longs to hear the listener's voice and see them again.

もう二度と逢うことは許されなくて
Unfortunately, they are unable to meet again.