Текст и перевод песни Sukimaswitch - Human Relations

Human Relations

初めて会ったのは、いつだろう？
はっきりとは覚えてないけど
スモッグ着て一緒に写った写真がうちにあるから
多分、保育園のときだ
うちも近所だったし
お互いのうちで遊んだのを、なんとなく覚えている
小学校に入ると、あまり遊ばなくなった
同じクラスになることが無かったし
何より、お前は俺とは住む世界が違う人間だった
お前は足も速くて、ドッヂボールも強くて
野球だってうまかったし
おまけに、小学生のクセして、彼女までいた
中学１年生になって、初めて同じクラスになった
本格的に仲良くなったのは、そっからだ
遊ぶのも、いたずらするのも 、先生に怒られるのも
恋愛相談も、喧嘩も、とにかく何するんでも一緒だった
中一の終わりの頃、中三の先輩の卒業式の日
二人ともそれぞれ、憧れの女の先輩がいて
最後に花を渡そうって、前の日の部活が終わってから
自転車を走らせて、花屋に行った
花なんて買ったことないから、何にも分かんないまま
とにかく背伸びして、一万円分の花束にしようってことになって
今考えたら、中一のガキが一万円の花束なんて、生意気すぎるよ
お店の人に見繕ってもらって、出てきた花が
めちゃくちゃ大きくて、二人して驚いた
帰り道、自転車にその大きな花束入れて
速く走ると、風で散ってしまいそうになるから
ゆっくりゆっくり帰った
お前には話してなかったかもしれないけど
実は家に帰ってから、お袋にひどく怒られた
卒業式当日、花を渡す瞬間は、死ぬほどドキドキしたよな
高校は別々の高校に入った
お互い部活が忙しくて、なかなか会えなくなった
お前は野球の名門校に入った
甲子園目指すって、はりきってた
でも練習が厳しすぎて、あれは確か高校２年の時だったと思う
硬式辞めて、軟式野球部に入るって言い出した
俺は、お前ならやれる、辞めるなよって、何度も止めた
でも結局軟式野球部に入ったんだ
だけど実は、嬉しかった
それからまた時間もできて、よく遊ぶようになったし
高校卒業して、お前は熊本に行く、俺は東京に行くって言って
お互い離れ離れになるのを忘れるかのように
毎日朝まで遊びまくってた
お前が熊本に発つ日、お前何も言わずに行こうとしたろ
きっとなんか、照れくさかったんだろうな
でもお前のお母さんが、出発する日を教えてくれた
朝早起きして、お前の家まで見送りに行った
そこで、お互い頑張ろうなって、強く握手した
初めてだと思う。あんな風に握手したのは
その数日後に、俺も東京に発った
それからは、正月実家に帰ったときに毎年会うくらいだったけど
何年かして、お前が仕事辞めて東京に来た
家に居候して、確か、１年位いたと思う
お互いバイトすらせず、毎日一緒にパチンコばっかり行ってた
あの頃、将来のことなんて何も考えてなかった
また学生の頃に戻ったみたいに、毎日遊べるって、はしゃいでた
それからしばらくして、お前が仕事見つけるって出て行って
俺もなんとなく焦りだして、音楽ではやっていけないかもって
頭のどっかで思いながらも、自分にできることが音楽しかなくて
やっと真面目に音楽に向き合いだした
あれから、１０年くらい経つ
今はたまに電話で話すくらいだ
こうやって思い返してみると、一緒にいる時期と
離れている時期を、交互に繰り返してる
長く付き合う友達って、そういうもんなのかもしれない
きっとどちらかが少し先に大人になって
いままで一緒にいた奴が、なんか子供に見えてしまう
そうすると価値観が合わなくなって、自然に離れていく
そして、しばらく時が経ち、気付くとまた一緒にいる
要は人間として成長するときに、俺たちは離れているんだ
次に会うときに、俺たちはどんな人間になれているんだろう

Human Relations

When was it that we first met?
I don't remember exactly,
But I have a picture of us wearing smocks together.
So, I guess it was when we were in kindergarten.
Our houses were close,
And I vaguely remember playing at each other's houses.
When we entered elementary school, we didn't play together as much.
We never had the same classes,
And, most importantly, you lived in a different world from me.
You were fast on your feet, good at dodgeball,
And you were even good at baseball.
And to top it off, you had a girlfriend even though you were in elementary school.
We became first-year middle schoolers, and we were in the same class for the first time.
That's when we really became friends.
Playing, pranking, getting scolded by teachers,
Talking about love, fighting, and doing everything together.
At the end of our first year of middle school, on the day of our third-year seniors' graduation ceremony,
We both had a crush on different female seniors.
We decided to give them flowers on the day of their graduation.
So, after finishing club activities the day before,
We rode our bicycles and went to a flower shop.
We didn't know anything about flowers, so we just decided to
Be over-the-top and get a bouquet for ten thousand yen.
Thinking about it now, it was really presumptuous of us as first-year middle schoolers to get a bouquet for ten thousand yen.
We asked the person at the shop to choose for us, and when the flowers came out,
They were huge, and we were both surprised.
On the way back, we put the big bouquet in our bicycles,
But if we biked too fast, the petals would blow away in the wind,
So we rode back slowly and carefully.
I may not have told you this before,
But when I got home, my mother scolded me terribly.
On the day of the graduation ceremony, I was so nervous when I gave her the flowers.
We went to different high schools,
And we were both busy with club activities, so we didn't see each other much.
You went to a baseball powerhouse high school,
And you were excited to aim for the Koshien tournament.
But the practice was too hard, and I think it was in your second year of high school.
You quit hardball and said you were going to join the soft-baseball team.
I told you that you could do it and tried to stop you many times,
But you joined the soft-baseball team in the end.
But, to be honest, I was happy.
After that, we had more time again, and we started hanging out a lot.
When we graduated from high school, you said you were going to Kumamoto, and I said I was going to Tokyo.
As if to forget that we were going to be apart,
We hung out together until the morning every day.
On the day you left for Kumamoto, you tried to leave without saying anything.
I guess you were embarrassed or something.
But your mother told me when you were leaving,
So I got up early and went to your house to see you off.
There, we both promised to do our best and shook hands firmly.
I think it was the first time we shook hands like that.
I left for Tokyo a few days later.
After that, we only saw each other once a year when I went home to my parents' house.
But a few years later, you quit your job and came to Tokyo.
You stayed at my house for about a year, I think.
Neither of us even got a part-time job, and we went to the pachinko parlor together every day.
Back then, we didn't think about the future at all.
We just laughed that we could hang out every day like we did when we were students.
After a while, you found a job and moved out,
And I started to get a little anxious because I thought I might not be able to make it in music.
But in the back of my mind, I knew that music was the only thing I could do,
So I finally started to take music seriously.
About ten years have passed since then.
Now, we only talk on the phone once in a while.
Looking back, we've been alternating between being together and apart,
Maybe that's how it is with friends who stick together for a long time.
One of us probably grows up a little faster
And starts to see the other person as a child.
Then our values no longer align, and we naturally drift apart.
And after some time has passed, we find ourselves together again.
Basically, we drift apart when we're growing as people.
I wonder what kind of people we'll be when we see each other again.