セレナーデ (Serenade) Lyrics (English Translation) – なとり (Natori)

[Verse 1]
I burned away those convenient dreams
Let go of wishes that only made me weak
Betrayal and secrets hang in the air
I’m frozen here, I can’t go anywhere

Born into this, or maybe already broken
That day, that place — the future left unspoken
Time stopped there, it never moved again
Still somewhere deep, I felt you then
I can’t forgive it — tell me, who am I now?

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, I was always, always by your side
“Just a mistake,” you said — but that’s a lie
Even if it wasn’t what I prayed to find
The pain of meeting you alone
Is something I can still call love

[Chorus]
Don’t touch me now — I pray, a serenade
Be happy somehow, even without me there
More than anyone, no matter what I lose
I believed this was love — so punish me for you

[Post-Chorus]
No one else, it’s you — only you
Even if the world won’t forget us yet
Still, it’s you — only you
I’ll sing this serenade, exhausted from wishing
I’ll sing this serenade, exhausted from wishing

[Verse 2]
A scripted comedy, bragging about pain — how many scenes?
Reflected in those ego-lit, shining eyes is “me”
“Who are you?” — on a stage lit by the dark
If only I could’ve danced on, never knowing any part

[Pre-Chorus]
Hope and despair are both so selfish here
We were all accomplices, that much is clear
From that night when fate locked every door
I forgot how to love anymore

[Chorus]
I wished this much, I prayed this deep
I’m sorry for such a tragic ending
Even if I lose it all, even if all fades out
I just want the pain that proves you lived on

[Bridge]
How many times must I count it down?
How many times must I bleed somehow?
How much must I lose, how much must break?
How many more until my heart feels full again?

How many times must I count it down?
How many times must I bleed somehow?
How much must I lose, how much must break?
Tell me — when will this feeling finally end?

[Chorus]
I wished this much, I prayed this deep
I’m sorry for such a tragic ending
Even if I lose it all, even if nothing’s the same
I loved you — I always did

Don’t disappear — I pray, a serenade
Be happy somehow, even without me there
More than anyone, no matter what I lose
I believed this was love — so punish me for you

[Post-Chorus]
No one else, it’s you — only you
Even if the world won’t forget us yet
Still, it’s you — only you
I’ll sing this serenade, exhausted from wishing

Even if the rain washes it all away
Even if it’s not me standing by your side
I’ll sing this serenade, exhausted from wishing