I hate it, I really hate it. I have tried shutting everything away,
But your tracks still linger in my heart

Taking out the marble from the lemon soda bottle
You smiled at me as you held it with your right hand
Nostalgic memories of early summer came flowing in
As you disappear within the heat haze

I wonder, since when I started to fear trying out new things
I wonder, since when I started calling you childish

Saying goodbye as you cried and trembled Nothing will change even if I pretended not to hear you
Even though I wished it would not change During this time when we are unable to walk side-by-side
I was dazzled by your figure as you stood still

Don’t run away, at least not in my memories
I wished you would stay forever
Infinitely vivid and clear
Even though I know that nothing lasts forever
I wanted to believe forever in the innocent promise we’d made

The scribbles you wrote on the sand with the twig, had been immediately washed away by the waves

But like an archive, the memories are constantly coming to mind
Which leads me to what I am today

I wonder, since when did your voice start to disappear?
I wonder, since when did we start to misunderstand one another and run away from each other?

Saying goodbyes, as you smiled with a crestfallen look on your face
Nothing will change even if I pretended not to hear you
Nothing will change, right…?
I’d already known, once we turn the corner on our next path
We’ll never be able to meet again

Oh, please let the color of those memories remain
Of the precious days we shared together
Let them stay vivid and clear
The feelings that we had, caring for each other will never change
That is what I thought, but the “us” in the beginning is no longer here anymore

What should I do to turn back time?
That’s all I have been thinking about
While being constantly lost
During this time when we are unable to walk side-by-side
I was at a standstill, dazzled by the brightness

Don’t run away, at least not in my memories
I wished you would stay forever
Infinitely vivid and clear
Even though I know that nothing lasts forever
I wanted to believe forever in the innocent promise we’d made

“I hate it, I really hate it” doesn’t even begin to say it
I use my hands to wipe away my tears, putting on a brave face as I walk ever onward

嫌いだ　大嫌いだ　全部閉まってみても
僕の心模様　君の跡で一杯だった

ラムネ瓶から取り出したビー玉を
右手に掲げて僕に笑って見せた
初夏の匂いに懐かしさ溢れ出して
君が陽炎に浮かんで消える

いつからだろうな新しいことがやけに怖くなった
いつからだろうな君を子供じみてるなんて言うようになってしまって

泣きながら震えた君のさよなら
聞こえないフリしても変わんない
変わってほしいのに
一緒に歩けない時の中
ただひとり佇んで眩しさに目がくらむ

逃げないでせめて僕の記憶に
ずっと留まっていてほしいんだ
限りなく鮮明に
ずっとなんてないとわかっても
無邪気な約束をこの先いつまででも信じたかった

小枝で書いた砂浜の落書きは
白波がすぐにさらってしまったけど

想い出は何度も浮かぶアーカイブ
そこから今の僕に続いている

いつからだろうな君が僕を呼ぶ声が遠くなった
いつからだろうな掛け違えた話が増えて逃げるようになってしまって

俯いた涙笑顔のさよなら
聞こえないフリしても変わんない
変わるはずないよね…
もうわかっていた次の道その先を
曲がったら会えなくなることも

お願いだせめて大切な日々の
記憶の色だけは残って
欲しいんだ鮮明に
大事に思い合える気持ちは変わらない
はずなのにはじまりの僕らはもうここにはいないんだ

どうしたら時間を巻き戻せる
そんなことばかりが巡って
迷って繰り返し
一緒に歩けない時の中
ただひとり佇んで眩しさに目がくらむ

逃げないでせめて僕の記憶に
ずっと留まっていてほしいんだ
限りなく鮮明に
ずっとなんてないとわかっても
無邪気な約束をこの先いつまででも信じたかった

嫌いだ大嫌いだなんて割り切れないよ
手で目を拭って足を止めない僕の強がり