Even Knowing

The quiet jokes that took us there.

I never knew those days would turn
Into the things for which I'd yearn.
We never thought to count the time,
Or how quickly it would pass us by.

And there were words I kept inside,
And questions I left undefined.
I thought we'd have another day,
Another chance, another way.

Even knowing where this leads,
Even knowing what it means,
I would still have chosen you,
In all the ways I once could do.

Like a moth beneath the flame,
Knowing it can never stay,
Still it turns toward the light,
Even knowing, even knowing.

I wonder what you still remember,
A passing joke, a late September.
Perhaps the things that made us smile,
Were only meant to last a while.

And now the years have pulled apart
The little world we built by heart.
There is so much we didn't say,
So many thoughts that lost their way.

まだ言えなかった言葉がある
伝えられなかった想いがある
あの日々はもう戻らない
それでも忘れたくない

There are words I never said,
Feelings I could never share.
Those days will never come again,
But I don't want to forget them.

Even knowing where this leads,
Even knowing what it means,
I would still have chosen you,
For every moment, every truth.

And if the years erase the view,
If strangers are all that we become,
I'll never wish those days undone.
I would still have chosen you.

Four years...
And so much left unsaid.

Even knowing...