This Can't Be Love
Pizzicato Five Lyrics


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Translators: andrei cunha


Kore wa koi de wa nakute
Tada no itami
Dakiau tabi hidoku
Shibireru yo na
Yoru no drive wa
Itsumo futari kiri
Radio kara nagarete iru
'itoshi no erii' ('my love, so sweet') (*)

Futari
Marude
Koibito mitai na futari
Soshite
Totemo
Tsukarete iru futari

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Ai shite iru to
Hito-koto dake
Ooh baby baby
Ai shite iru
To mo ichido dake

Kimi wa tenshi janakute
Tada no musume
Back seat de sukoshi
Nemuru to ii sa ('my love, so sweet')
Yoru no drive wa
Tabun korekkiri
Tabun niji sugi ni wa
Kimi no ie sa ('my love, so sweet')

Futari
Nanimo
Hanasu koto no nai futari
Soshite
Kimi wa nakidashite shimau

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Ai shite iru
To hito-koto dake
Ooh baby baby
Ai shite iru
To mo ichido


Ooh ah sha sha sha sha...

Futari
Marude
Koibito mitai na futari
Soshite
Totemo tsukarete iru futari

Baby baby
Ai shite iru
To hito-koto dake

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Ai shite iru
To hito-koto dake
Ooh baby baby
Ai shite iru
To mo ichido dake
Ooh baby baby
Ai shite iru to
Ienai nante

Kore wa koi dewa
Nakute itami
Kimi wa tenshi
Janakute itami
Soshite
Yoru no drive wa
Kore de o-shimai

Baby baby ooh...


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This can't be love
It's just pain
We you are in my arms
It hurts so much
We always go alone
On a car ride
From the radio you can hear
'itoshi no erii' ('my love, so sweet')

We look
Just like
We were lovers
And then
We are
Always very tired

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Please just
Tell me you love me
Ooh baby baby
Please say it again
That you love me

You are not an angel
You're just a girl
You'd better take a nap
On the backseat ('my love, so sweet')
I don't think we'll be going
Anywhere else tonight
Let's go back
To your place after two ('my love, so sweet')

We are
Silent
We don't talk
And then
You end up crying

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Please just
Tell me you love me
Ooh baby baby
Please say it again
That you love me

Ooh ah sha sha sha sha...

We look
Just like
We were lovers
And then
We are always very tired

Baby baby
Please just
Tell me you love me

Baby baby ooh
Baby baby
Please say it again
That you love me
Ooh baby baby
Please say it again
That you love me
Ooh baby baby
Don't say you
Can't say it

This can't
Be love: pain
You're not
An angel: pain
And then
I think our ride
Is over for tonight





Baby baby ooh...

Overall Meaning

The Pizzicato Five's song "This Can't Be Love" depicts a couple experiencing a tumultuous relationship while on a car ride, accompanied by a radio playing a love song. Throughout the song, the lyrics suggest that the couple's relationship is not based on love, but rather on pain and exhaustion. The couple appears to be struggling to communicate and connect, ultimately leading to tears. The song's lyrics seem to be an ode to the idea of love as an enigma and a reminder of the complexity of relationships.


The song's lyrics are interesting, as they provide a unique take on the idea of love being painful. Even while depicting a tumultuous relationship, the song is upbeat and playful, incorporating the group's signature retro sound. The inclusion of the radio playing a love song suggests that the couple is aspiring towards an idealized version of love, but cannot achieve it. The lyrics also suggest a tinge of sadness and desperation in the couple's relationship, as they struggle to connect and seem to be clinging onto each other out of a sense of obligation or familiarity.


The song's title, "This Can't Be Love," is an interesting play on words, as it suggests both disbelief at the idea of being in love and a rejection of the positivity associated with love. The song provides an alternative narrative to the idea of love as joyful and simple, instead portraying it as complex and fraught with pain.


Line by Line Meaning

This can't be love
They don't have a loving relationship


It's just pain
Their relationship is painful


We you are in my arms
They hug each other


It hurts so much
The hug is uncomfortable


We always go alone
They don't like to bring other people on car rides


On a car ride
They are traveling by car


From the radio you can hear 'itoshi no erii' ('my love, so sweet')
They hear a love song on the radio


We look Just like we were lovers
They appear as a romantic couple


And then We are Always very tired
They are often exhausted


Please just Tell me you love me
A request for affection


Please say it again That you love me
A request for reaffirmation of love


You are not an angel You're just a girl
The person addressed is not perfect


You'd better take a nap On the backseat ('my love, so sweet')
A suggestion to rest


I don't think we'll be going Anywhere else tonight
They won't be leaving the car soon


Let's go back To your place after two ('my love, so sweet')
They plan to go home together after 2 in the morning


We are Silent We don't talk
They don't speak much


And then You end up crying
The person addressed starts crying


Baby baby ooh...
Their conversation ends here


This can't Be love: pain
Their relationship is painful, not loving


And then I think our ride Is over for tonight
Their car ride is finished for tonight


Baby baby ooh...
The song ends




Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: LORENZ HART, RICHARD RODGERS

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joker

I remember listening to this back in high school while doing anatomy and physiology homework. Good times.

mmelanoma

Love Bellisima. Somehow I like their older tunes better than their newer ones.

mmelanoma

@Dr_Doctor yeah, career-wise they're all over the place. Separating by albums though, the genres they visit do seem to have some thematic cohesion that doesn't make any single song look that off key (in my opinion)

Dr_Doctor

They def changed their sound alot. Before Couples they sound more like Synthpop

mmelanoma

+Tiffany Jackson their first tracks do sound a bit like R&B (and many other genres that I think were pop-ish at that time, like My Blue Heaven and Seven O Clock News), then they scatter among many genres. In their more modern songs they sample a lot, so they literally take many influences and paste them together.

I just saw the wiki and damn, that isn't descriptive at all (jpop and shibuya kei)

Around The Way Girl

+mmelanoma Hey since you replied to me. Isn't this considered American R&B almost? Because on the wikipedia page, there this this bitch that refuses to allow anyone to edit their genre section. PIzzicato Five uses lots of westernized music and I cant believe they cant see that.

mmelanoma

+Tiffany Jackson Bellisima is very different than, say, Happy End of the World. The songs are focused on the lyrics and vocals, less sample mixing. I love them both but they are definitely different facets of the band.

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Esplodiamoinallegria

The guitar could be played by Takao Tajima, who composed the song with Yasuharu Konishi, or by the official guitarist Keitaro Takanami

Henrique Mariotto

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!

Andrés

amazing song!

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