For nights when you hold back an 'I miss you' you can't say. Mr.Children's 'I miss you'
The first track from the 2023 album 'Miss you'.
The moment I first heard it, it was a song that instantly captured my heart.
I've always looked only forward, pretending not to see the hands extended by kind people,
even though I've been fighting so desperately.
There was something I truly wanted, more than what I ended up with in the end.
Because we are adults, there are situations where we cannot easily say 'I miss you'.
And sometimes, I grow to hate myself for repeating the same things no matter how old I get.
Even so, when I feel like I'm being crushed by an overflowing loneliness,
I felt that Sakurai-san's painfully screaming singing voice
was speaking for the voice in my own heart.
Even if there was a stagnant river, I jumped over it every time
But I don't even understand the meaning of that anymore
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, the repeating phrase
Lost, testing, believing, doubting
What is so sad that I keep repeating this?
Late at night, I listened to it on loop over and over again.
It might be a little different from the original meaning the artist put into the song.
But there were definitely nights when I was saved by the existence of this song.
This song doesn't just reach out to a specific 'someone I can't meet',
but also stays close to me during times of intense loneliness and empty nights.
I felt that I would be saved by this song again on other nights, when I carry a different kind of loneliness.
Mr.Children, thank you so much.
It seems it was also performed on tour two years ago. The songs after 'I miss you' are also the best!
As an aside, I used to love Mr.Children so much, loved them so much that I kept my distance. The Mr.Children I would occasionally peek at from the shadows were singing theme songs for movies and dramas, and CM songs, shining so brightly, and being so mainstream that
'Maybe someone like me shouldn't say I like them,' I convinced myself.
And yet, what is this album? Nothing but charming songs. I feel like I'm going to be pulled back in in an instant, and I'm trembling at the bottomless charm of Mr.Children.