Sen No Yoru wo Koete (Passing Through a Thousand Nights)

Finally, I was able to come up with my first English demo of my favorite anime's theme. The song is from Bleach Movie 1: Memories of Nobody, originally sung by Aquatimez. This song is about a guy who is afraid to get hurt in love, so he decided to keep his feelings to himself, until he realized that it's better to get hurt if it means that the one he loves will know what he feels.

I just paraphrased an already available translation to fit the timing of the song, and tried to stay as close to the original message as possible. Enjoy, minna!

{Here's the original version}

{Now here's my demo, and if there's someone out there who wants to sing this song using my lyrics, please go ahead and work on a remake, all I ask is a credit [and maybe a video response too]}

{My First attempt in Lower Key}

Sen no Yoru wo Koete

English lyrics

Chorus:

I- lo-ve you so

But you refused to love me back,

And again I just go wanderin' in this cycle
Of findin' out the one and only answer: That even if I ge-t scared,

Even if I get hurt I'd still

Sa-y "I- lo-ve you" to the o-ne that I love

verse 1:

Yes, sometimes I would wonder if Cupid would just mean to

Shoot a single heart, and leave the other with no clue,

Anywa-y, for me it doesn't matter

Because no matter how I wish

There're things in this world that we can't change. Don't you agree?

And it's a bitter reality

But even so there's one thing that will stay the same:

It's if you look in my heart you'll see your name.

Pre-chorus:

And I wi-ll  pass through a thousand nights,

If that's what's gonna make you listen

To what I've always wanted to say to you:

Chorus:

(That ) I lo-ve you so

But you refused to love me back,

And again I just go wanderin' in this cycle
Of findin' out the one and only answer: That even if I ge-t scared,

Even if I get hurt I'd still

Sa-y "I- lo-ve you" to the o-ne that I love,

Even i-f it scares me to- turn my feelings into words, I'd still sa-y "I- lo-ve you" to the o-ne that I love.

Verse 2

In this crazy world, full of strangers, Fate allowed me to find you;
But, I can't even say how glad I am that this came true;

In the end, we just smile and laugh about it

And in the autumn filled with colors, happily we sing do-re-mi to each other,

The frost behind us, we waited for the light of-
Spring to shine on us, so we can be reborn with the pow'r to protect those who we love!

Chorus 2

Coz whenever I look back to what I was, and turn to wha-t lies ahead of me,
It's but the eyes of a coward I see;

I want- to face you, but I can't be honest,

Like a ba-d habit, I failed to love sincerely,

And though I hated to be left alone, the old me just couldn't bear to get hurt for the sake of love...
It's that one thing that I could not let myself go through..

Instrumental

Pre-chorus:

But now I'll pass through a thousand nights,

To go out and meet with you right now,

There's something that I've always wanted to say to you:

Chorus:

(That ) I lo-ve you so

But you refused to love me back,

And again I just go wanderin' in this cycle
Of finding out the one and only answer: That even if I ge-t scared,

Even if I get hurt I'd still

Sa-y "I- lo-ve you" to the o-ne that I love,

Even if all my feelings never get repaid
I've come to realize that saying "I love you" to the one that I love
Is all that I need to do...
That's enough...