Flavor of Life - Utada Hikaru

Romanized:

“arigatou” to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
”sayounara” no ato mo tokenu mahou awaku hodo nigai
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de
shuukaku no hi wo yume miteru aoi FURUUTSU
ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de
jirettai no nanno tte baby

“arigatou” to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
”sayounara” no ato mo tokenu mahou awaku hodo nigai
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

amai dake no sasoi monku ajike no nai TOOKU
sonna mono ni ha kyoumi wo sosoranai
omoidoori ni ikanai toki date
jinsei, suteta mon ja nai tte
“doushita no?” to kyuu ni kikareru to, “uun, nandemonai”
“sayounara” no ato ni kieru egao watashi rashikunai
shinjitai to negaeba negau hodo nandaka setsunai
“aishiteru yo” yori mo “daisuki” no hou ga kimi rashii'n ja nai?
The flavor of life 

wasurekakete ita hito no kaori wo totsuzen omoidasu koro
furitsumoru yuki no shirosa wo motto sunao ni yorokobitai yo
DAIYAMONDO yori mo yawarakute atataka na mirai
te ni shitai yo. kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai

“arigatou” to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
”sayounara” no ato mo tokenu mahou awaku hodo nigai
The flavor of life
The flavor of life

Kanji:

ありがとうと君に言われると
なんだか切ない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法
淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life...... The flavor of life......

友達でも恋人でもない中間地点で
収穫の時を夢見てる青いフルーツ

あと一歩が踏み出せないせいで
じれったいの何のってBaby

ありがとうと君に言われると
なんだか切ない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法
淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life...... The flavor of life......

甘いだけの誘い文句
味気のないTalk
そんなものには興味をそそられない

思い通りにいかない時だって
人生捨てたもんじゃないって

「どうしたの？」と
急に聞かれると
「ううん、何でもない」
さようならの後に消える笑顔
私らしくない

信じたいと願えば願うほど
なんだか切ない
「愛してるよ」よりも「大好き」の方が
君らしいんじゃない
The flavor of life…

忘れかけてた人の香りを
突然思い出す頃
降り積もる雪の白さをもっと
素直に喜びたいよ

ダイヤモンドよりも軟らかくて
温かな未来
手にしたいよ限りある時間を
君と過ごしたい

ありがとうと君に言われると
なんだか切ない
さようならの後も解けぬ魔法
淡くほろ苦い
The flavor of life......The flavor of life..

English:

When you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesn’t
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness.
The flavor of life

Stuck midpoint between friends and lovers,
like an un-riped fruit dreaming about the day of harvest
because of being unable to just move one more step forward
what’s causing this frustration baby

When you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesn’t
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness
The flavor of life

Sweet talk and tasteless conversations.
it sparks no interest in me
even when things do not go the way you want
it doesnt mean you’ve thrown your life away

When asked ‘ whats wrong?’
I answer ‘its nothing’
The smile that disappears after goodbye
It’s unlike me

The more i wish to believe in you,
For some reason it hurts even more
‘i like you a lot’ instead of ‘i love you’ sounds more like you
the flavor of life

the period when you suddenly remember the scent of someone you had almost forgotten
I want to be able to openly and honestly cherish the white purity of the falling snow more

A future tender and warmer than a diamond
i want to grasp it, in this limited time we have, i want to spend it with you

when you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesnt
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness
The flavor of life