On Twitter I came across this image. According to the poster, these are the lyrics to a background song featured in the original Banana Fish Drama CD. The lyrics are painful, heartrending and make one want to cry. It’s about Ash and Eiji’s relationship.
(I’ve attempted a loose translation of the lyrics. I probably haven’t been able to convey meaning well so only take this with a pinch of salt!)
EDIT: I found the song!!! Here.
言葉にできない (The words I cannot speak)
When we first saw each other, it was in the wrong scenery
(I think the nuance of this is sort-of, “I wish we met in better circumstances/in a better place”)
You always walked on ahead, the fragments of my memories too
They’re now so far, like a phantom
If I am to be frank, I’ll become able to forget just about everything
The torment, the scenes attached to those bygone days
Surely, everything comes to an end.
By the window, even now, the shadow of two
I’ve always watched you, from now, and always
I wasn’t able to say it, but thank you for those last days
All by yourself, where are you thinking of going?
It all becomes dyed in sepia colours, even so much as those days of us smiling
Just with you by my side,
I was able to become much stronger
No matter whenever, or whenever, I’ll be right by your side
Someday, somehow, we will surely meet. Even if only in a dream.
I’ve always watched you, from now, and from always
I wasn’t able to say it, but thank you, even for those last days too
