Lemon — English translation

米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu) · japanese → English

What "Lemon" means

Lemon is Kenshi Yonezu's 2018 ballad, written as the theme for the Japanese TV drama Unnatural. It is about grief: the ache of losing someone you loved and the way small memories keep resurfacing, sweet and sour at once, like the taste of a lemon. The narrator can't fully accept the loss and keeps returning to moments they shared. Yonezu has said it was influenced by the death of a close family member. It became one of the biggest Japanese songs of the decade.

Lemon - Kenshi Yonezu
Lemon - Kenshi Yonezu
Yume naraba dore hodo yokatta deshou
If this were only a dream, how much better would it be?
Imada ni anata no koto wo yume ni miru
Even now, I still see you in my dreams.
Wasureta mono wo tori ni kaeru you ni
Like returning to retrieve something I had forgotten,

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What does "Lemon" by 米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu) mean?

Lemon is Kenshi Yonezu's 2018 ballad, written as the theme for the Japanese TV drama Unnatural. It is about grief: the ache of losing someone you loved and the way small memories keep resurfacing, sweet and sour at once, like the taste of a lemon. The narrator can't fully accept the loss and keeps returning to moments they shared. Yonezu has said it was influenced by the death of a close family member. It became one of the biggest Japanese songs of the decade.

What language is "Lemon" sung in?

Lemon by 米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu) is sung in Japanese.

Is there an English translation of "Lemon"?

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