Cover art for Io by Rokudenashi
Io Song by Rokudenashi

Rokudenashi - Io Lyrics (Romaji)

Romanized Lyrics

Fui ni akaneiro sashita
Kimi wo aogu kizahashi de
Wazuka suu meetoru ga
Haruka ni omoeta

Omoi karagara ni haita kotoba
"Mata aimashou" ja nai no ni na

Wan tsuu surii de ruupu
Kimi to toukankaku de ukanderu
Aimai de itai mirai e
Mata waratte nigeta

Shuuten mo kaerenai mama
Kimi no ichiban chikaku de mawaru eisei

Nanmankai nan'okkai kimi ni koi wo shitendaro
Hoshi wo nazotta yoru no hate todoite yo

Nee, nannimo nai to omotten no
Nan no ki nashi ni kizuiten no
Itsudatte sou yatte kimi no koto bakari
Itai kurai ni tashika ni tsunoru ai wo ai wo

Kimi no hoshi to boku no hoshi
Futatsu narande mita keshiki
Nanshuume no tagai no asu wa
Zuibun chigau iro darou na

Aa mou zenbu itte shimaou
Saa kono ai wo houtte shimae
Sono sentaku sura nai mama yowai hikari de

Furerarenai no wakattete
Hanareru no mo dekinai kara
Hidai shita kirakira mamire de
Kowaresou da yo

Ato sukoshi ga todokanai mama
Kyou mo onnaji kidou de mawaru eisei

Nanmankai nan'okkai kimi no koto wo omou tabi
Deguchi no nai kono shounetsu ga boku no naka ni

Aa

Nan'okkai nanchoukai kimi ni koi wo surun daro
Tonari ni iru kimi ga ima mo tooi mama

Nee, daredemo ii to omotten no
Sore tomo tou ni wakatten no
Itsudatte doushitatte kimi ga tsukamenai
Itai kurai ni kasuka de mabushii ai wo

A, iou

English Lyrics

Suddenly, you were bathed in a sunset glow
As I looked up at you from the flight of stairs
Those few short meters between us
Felt so impossibly far

The words I finally choked out, so empty...
But "Let's meet again" wasn't what I meant to say

A one, two, three, and we are in a loop
Floating, always the same distance from you
Towards a future I'd rather leave undefined
I just smiled and ran away again

With a destination I can never change
A satellite, revolving in your closest orbit

How many million, how many billion times have I fallen for you?
At the end of a night spent tracing the stars, please, let this reach you

Hey, do you think this means nothing at all?
Or have you somehow already figured it out?
It’s always, always, only about you
This love, this love that swells inside 'til it aches

Your star and my star
The view we saw as they sat side by side...
In our next revolution, I wonder what tomorrow holds
I'm sure our colors will be so very different

Ah, I should just say it all, right now
Come on, just cast this love of mine away
But without even that choice, I'm just a feeble light

I know full well that I can never touch you
But I can’t bring myself to pull away, either
Buried in all this overgrown, glittering debris
I feel like I’m about to break

That little bit further remains out of reach
And today I’ll trace the same orbit once again

How many million, how many billion times have I thought of you?
And each time, this inescapable, burning fever inside of me

Ahh...

How many billion, how many trillion times will I fall in love with you?
Even right here beside me, you still feel so far away

Hey, do you think just anyone would do?
Or have you understood it all for some time now?
No matter when, no matter how, I can never grasp you
This love, so painfully faint and yet so blinding

Ah, I'm going to say it

Japanese Lyrics

ふいに茜色さした
君を仰ぐきざはしで
僅か数メートルが
遥かに思えた

想いからがらに吐いた言葉
「また会いましょう」じゃないのにな

ワンツースリーでループ
君と等間隔で浮かんでる
曖昧でいたい未来へ
また笑って逃げた

終点も変えれないまま
君の一番近くで周る衛星

何万回 何億回 君に恋をしてんだろ
星をなぞった夜の果て 届いてよ

ねえ、なんにもないと思ってんの
なんの気なしに気づいてんの
いつだってそうやって君のことばかり
痛いくらいに確かに募る愛を 愛を

君の星と僕の星
ふたつ並んで観た景色
何周目の互いの明日は
ずいぶん違う色だろうな

ああもう全部言ってしまおう
さあこの愛をほうってしまえ
その選択すらないまま 弱い光で

触れられないの理解ってて
離れるのもできないから
肥大したキラキラまみれで
壊れそうだよ

あと少しが届かないまま
今日もおんなじ軌道で周る衛星

何万回 何億回 君のことを想うたび
出口のないこの焦熱が僕のなかに――

嗚呼

何億回 何兆回 君に恋をするんだろ
隣にいる君がいまも遠いまま

ねえ、誰でもいいと思ってんの
それともとうに理解ってんの
いつだってどうしたって君がつかめない
痛いくらいに微かで眩しい愛を

あ、言お