"Honto wa ne" was the second track on Yorico' s 2002 indie album "Aizenaha"

It was sung by Aya portraying Yorico in the TV movie "Tenshi no Utagoe"

Mus/Lyr: Yorico (より子)

TV Movie version:

Kanji

みんなとも最後の夜
長くて短かったような
家に帰ったあと
いろんなことを思い出してた

また、少しじんわりきて
キミの顔まぶたに浮かんで
また 涙あふれてきた

ほんとはね
キミに伝えたいことがあったけど
言葉に出来なくて…
さよなら

巡りゆく季節(とき)の中
新しい生活にも慣れて
そんな頃道端で
偶然キミに出会った

わたしより先に笑ったキミ
変わらないその笑顔が
妙に切なくて嬉しかった

ほんとはね
ずっと好きだったよ
だけど ただ遠くから見ているだけで
さよなら

少し背が伸びたかな
ずっと会ってなかったから
少し大人びて見えた
わたしもそう見えてるのかな

それからね わたしから
「じゃあね」って歩き出す

ほんとはね
ずっと好きだったよ
けどもうキミは他の誰かを…

I wanted to tell you something
at the graduation ceremony
But I was overcome with the emotion
So I did not have a chance

Good-bye, I loved you

Romaji

minna to mo saigo no yoru
nagakute mijikakatta you na
ie ni kaetta ato
iron na koto o omoidashiteta

mata, sukoshi jinwari kite
kimi no kao mabuta ni ukande
mata namida afurete kita

honto wa ne
kimi ni tsutaetai koto ga atta kedo
kotoba ni dekinakute...
sayonara

meguri yuku toki no naka
atarashii seikatsu ni mo narete
sonna koro michibata de
guuzen kimi ni deatta

watashi yori saki ni waratta kimi
kawaranai sono egao ga
byou ni setsunakute ureshikatta

honto wa ne
zutto suki datta yo
dakedo tada tooku kara mite iru dake de
sayonara

sukoshi se ga nobita kana
zutto atte'nakatta kara
sukoshi otonabite mieta
watashi mo sou mieteru no kana

sore kara ne watashi kara
"jaa ne" tte arukidasu

honto wa ne
zutto suki datta yo
kedo mou kimi wa hoka no dareka wo...

i wanted to tell you something
at the graduation ceremony
but I was overcome with the emotion
so I did not have a chance

good-bye, I loved you

Translation

My last night together with everyone
Was long and yet so short
When I got home
A lot of things came back to me

Once more, a little at a time
I closed my eyes and pictured you
And again the tears spilled out

The truth is
I have something to tell you
But I can't find the words...
Goodbye

Seasons have come and gone
Around the time when
I'm settling into my life
I ran into you on the side of the road

You laughed before I did,
That smile, still the same as ever
Oddly pained me, but I was glad.

The truth is
I've always loved you
But I only watched from afar
Goodbye

I think you may have grown a bit
Well, it's been so long since we've seen each other
You seemed a little more mature
I wonder if I too seemed so.

And then, I said "see ya"
And began to walk away.

The truth is,
I've always loved you
But now you're with someone else...

I wanted to tell you something
At the graduation ceremony
But I was overcome with the emotion
So I did not have a chance.

Goodbye, I loved you.

* In this rip from the movie expanding over the closing credits Aya sings the first five verses until the real Yorico takes over