Kimi wa Boku no Mono
Revised 2023-03-14; original comments follow.
This song is directly responsible for my discovery of clammbon. The single had just come out during my first trip to Japan, and a 15-second commercial for it sent me to the CD store without knowing so much as the band’s name. If they had not had a display with a little TV playing the video, I might never have heard of clammbon at all.
The video for this song seems to have been created by a director with some experience in selling big-time pop acts. The whole band looks way more glamorous than they ever do otherwise, and Miss Ikuko is even done up in pink lip-gloss and white eye-makeup! Whoa!
English
You Are Mine
You are the sun, the shining sun
Whenever you’d smile at me
SOS, tears, blur, blur, the schedule
For four seasons, we tied one day to the next
When I sleep, I can remember, down to my toes, utterly
In middle of summer, the days are mine
What would it take for me to say, “you are mine”?
Autumn comes, and spring will not come
A, B, O, AB, around, around, the cycle
Two lives, B and B, are the same, so…
When you hurt, I’ll take as much as you need me to, utterly
Those days are inside of me, continuing forever
You are mine, no one can take that away
The polaroid from the day we met
Still smiles on in a corner to this day
You are the sun, the sinking sun
If you would smile at me just once more
In middle of summer, the days are mine
What would it take for me to say, “you are mine”?
Autumn comes, and spring will not come; I make it through winter, but spring will not come
Japanese
君は僕のもの
君は太陽 照らす太陽
どんなときでも 笑いかけてくれたら
SOS涙 にじむ にじむ スケジュール
4つのきせつ 君と日々をつなぎとめて
眠るとき 思い出せる 足もとまで のこらず
日々は僕のもの 夏のまんなかで
君は僕のもの どうしたらそう言えるの
あきがきたら 春はこない
ABOAB めぐる めぐる サイクル
2つのいのち BとBでおなじだから
痛むとき わけてあげる 足りるまで のこらず
日々は僕のなか どこまでもつづく
君は僕のもの 誰もさえぎれないの
ふたりを知った日のポラロイド
隅っこで今日も笑いつづけているよ
君は太陽 沈む太陽
もういちどだけ 笑いかけてくれたら
日々は僕のもの 夏のまんなかで
君は僕のもの どうしたらそう言えるの
あきがきたら 春はこない 冬を越えても 春はこない
Karaoke
kimi wa boku no mono
kimi wa taiyou terasu taiyou
donna toki de mo warai kakete kuretara
SOS namida nijimu nijimu sukejuuru
yottsu no kisetsu kimi to hibi wo tsunagitomete
nemuru toki omoidaseru ashimoto made nokorazu
hibi wa boku no mono natsu no mannaka de
kimi wa boku no mono dou shitara sou ieru no
aki ga kitara haru wa konai
ABOAB meguru meguru saikuru
futatsu no inochi bii to bii de onaji dakara
itamu toki waketeageru tariru made nokorazu
hibi wa boku no naka doko made mo tsudzuku
kimi wa boku no mono dare mo sae girenai no
futari wo shitta hi no poraroido
sumikko de kyou mo waraitsudzuketeiru yo
kimi wa taiyou shizumu taiyou
mou ichido dake waraikakete kuretara
hibi wa boku no mono natsu no mannaka de
kimi wa boku no mono dou shitara sou ieru no
aki ga kitara haru wa konai fuyu wo koete mo haru wa konai