'This year's most' (Kotoshi Ichiban) - lyrics translation

This song's title is literally 'number one/the most (??) this year' but...I don't know, can that be made to sound poetic in English? Any suggestions would be most welcome. In the end I've left it as 'this year's most' as it could be filled in with anything: the coldest night of the year, the best thing, the worst thing. I guess it's supposed to be open to interpretation.

Maaya commented on Vitamin-M that her friends and family who heard the song felt these lyrics were very 'adult', that this kind of situation was a very grown-up one. I guess I can see why they felt this way as the lyrics could be interpreted to mean one of them (or both of them are) is already attached to someone, or the timing isn't right due to some other circumstance.

So maybe you're walking home from the office with someone you've liked since joining the company, but that person is already married but still you can joke around and pretend to yourself on your way back to the station that this is what it would be like if you were together... OK, definitely reading too much into this!

Listen to the song, read the lyrics and interpret them how you like. Let me know what you think of this song (^^)VV it's one of my favourites from the album.



This year's most (Kotoshi Ichiban)
From Driving in the Silence
Original lyrics by Maaya Sakamoto

Let's walk a short dream in the long night
We can buy a hot can of coffee
If you don't mind, that is

The main roads are much too bright
Two people being together
Is more lonely than being alone, isn't it?

Too late, too early
Why did you have to appear before me now?
Under cover of darkness, staying clear of the light cast by the street lamps
Until we wake from this dream

The blue illuminations look like winter fireflies
On this, the coldest night yet this year
You're here, here by my side

I'm at a loss, because in truth
It seems I can't go back to who I was before I met you

Too late, too early
Why did you have to appear before me now?
As if they were dancing, those two shadows playing around
Have no names

I'll walk you back to the station
Let's walk along in this short dream