僕はくよくよと後ろ向きに過ぎさりし日々を振り返り

うまくいかなかった恋や実を結ばなかった愛を

ああすればよかったこうすればよかったと

うじうじ思い返していたけどある日

気がつけばそんな過去への未練たらたらはすべて消えていて

自分でも驚いた つきものが取れたようだった

僕の中で過ぎた日々への思いが 一旦リセットされた

前向きになったわけではなくて かつてとは違う視点で

過去を振り返るようになったということかな

たとえて言えば

それまでの歴史においてあまり顧みられなかった

史実や人物が時代が変わり

再発見されて脚光を浴びるようなものなのかもしれないな

再発見された女の子

昔好きだったわけでもなく 告白されたわけでもなく

密かにかわいいと思っていたことはあったかもしれないけど

相性が良かったと簡単に言ってしまったらつまらないんだけど

当たり前な存在で それ以上のことは考えなかった

ひかれなかったのはたぶん僕に欠けていたものを

彼女が持っていたわけではなくて自分が持っている同じものを

互いに持ち合わせていたから ないものねだりな年頃の

僕には見えていなかった 一番大切なものが

恋人にパートナーであることを 求めるような恋は

大人になってしまってからするもので

若かった頃の僕らはそれを 恋とは言わなかったんだろう

あえて「つきあって」と言う必要もなかったし

彼女を懐かしく思い出す ある日夢にまで見てしまった

あの頃あの子のことをこんなふうに求めることができていたなら

僕はこんなにつまづかないで

もっと早くどこかへたどり着いていただろうか

歴史は変えられない

過去の教訓を未来に活かすしかしかたがない

だから君をさがし出したんだ

そして君もまだひとりだって聞いたから

思い切って連絡させてもらった

「あ 会ってくれてありがとう」

こんなこと言（歌）ったら気持ち悪いよね

再発見された女の子

Rediscovered Girl

I look backward and brood over the days that have gone by

I look back on my unsuccessful love, my fruitless love

And the love that didn't come to fruition

I used to dwell on the days that passed in the past

I realized that all those lingering thoughts of the past had vanished.

It was as if something had been lifted from me.

It was as if something had been lifted from me.

My thoughts of days gone by had been reset.

I don't mean that I became more positive, but that I began to look back on the past

It's more like I'm looking back at the past with a different perspective.

To use an analogy.

Historical facts and figures that had not been given much thought in history up to that point have changed with the times.

Historical facts and figures that were neglected in history before have been rediscovered

rediscovered and brought into the limelight.

The girl who was rediscovered

It's not that I used to like her or that she confessed to me

I may have secretly thought she was cute, but

It would be boring if I simply said we had good chemistry

I took her for granted and didn't think about her any more than that.

I wasn't attracted to her because she had something that I lacked.

It's not that she had something I lacked, but that we both had the same thing that I lacked.

I was at an age when I was begging for something I didn't have.

I didn't see what was most important to me.

The kind of love that requires a lover to be your partner.

The kind of love that requires a lover to be your partner is something you have to grow up with.

I guess we didn't call it love when we were young.

We didn't have to say "go out with her."

I remember her fondly. I even dreamt about her one day.

If only I had been able to desire her like this back then

I wouldn't have been so stumped

I would have gotten somewhere sooner

You can't change history.

We can only apply the lessons of the past to the future

That's why I've been looking for you

And when I heard you were still alone

So I took the plunge and called you.

Thank you for meeting me.

It's weird to say (sing) something like that, isn't it?

Rediscovered Girl