Long time no see. Yeah. You might say that. True enough. You came to see me so often. You know... About back then... I'm sorry. Okay. Stop, stop, stop. Just... Hey. You want to apologise. I... When it happened... I couldn't protect you. I don't need this from you. I never felt like you failed to protect me or anything. It is what it is. And I never thought word would spread like it did. There was no avoiding it. You were simply protecting yourself. But that's why- You know, I was prepared for that. I was prepared for that. When I confessed my feelings, I just wanted my feelings to be known... by you.
ソウルメイト SOUL MATE (2026) dir. Hashizume Shunki
Lyrics from the song Shape by Mountains of the Moon.
If... If I had burdened you with my illness... knowing you, you probably would have taken care of me. And I think... that's... a burden you shouldn't have had to go through. But... I wanted you to be... be the last thing I saw. I wanted you to be here.
ソウルメイト SOUL MATE (2026) dir. Hashizume Shunki
Lyrics from the song Baisse les armes by Feu! Chatterton freely translated by me. It's their song, I don't make the rules. Full translation below the cut.
Lower your weapons
Verse 1
Feeling downhearted at night
I was alone inside a shadow
I was drowning on the boulevard
When she suddenly emerged from my shadow
She told me the rumour runs around
That death is on our heels
She told me the rumour runs around
And you should do the same
Miles and miles on end
Swallowed, unable to recognise anything
Months and months on end
Running away, towards my end
Chorus
Lower your weapons
Let the tears come
Those dreaded tears
Grace awaits you
Right there, at point blank range
On the side of the road
Verse 2
I pretended everything was fine
I didn’t bend
I pretended it was nothing
And I punched back
Before shining my armour
So that no one could ever see me weak
Before my wound could get exposed
I will go now, under a new sky
Miles and miles on end
Trying to be, someone else but me
Miles and miles on end
Fleeing, this voice I didn’t want to recognise, that voice
Here, within, that voice, now I hear it
