A Japanese track about someone who's already gone, sung from a platform that keeps you waiting.
The lyric doesn't dramatize the goodbye.
It just holds the image of a back receding into a crowd, and the hand that reaches out on reflex.
Lyric guide
Distance
A Japanese track about someone who's already gone, sung from a platform that keeps you waiting.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
FTISLAND's Distance and the crossing that never opens
A Japanese track about someone who's already gone, sung from a platform that keeps you waiting.
"Kitto kimiwa mou inai"
The lyric doesn't dramatize the goodbye. It just holds the image of a back receding into a crowd, and the hand that reaches out on reflex. That small, useless gesture does more work than any grand declaration could.
The phrase "Ima fumikiri no mukou gawani", right now, on the other side of the crossing, puts you exactly where the singer is stuck. He's watching someone walk away, and the whole song happens in that suspended moment before the train passes and the gates lift. It's less about moving on than about the physical ache of staying put while someone leaves.
It means "you're probably not there anymore," and he says it twice. Not a revelation, just a quiet admission he's been avoiding. The crossing will open to an empty space.
The way the phrase "Tada Aitakute", just want to see you, repeats, flat and stubborn, against the gathering rhythm.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "Ima fumikiri no mukou gawani"
how "Tada Aitakute" turns into a mantra
the pull of "you're probably not there anymore,"
Lyrics
Distance
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Ima fumikiri no mukou gawani
Itsumo sobani ita hitoga iru
Nanimo shirazuni aruku senakani
Hatsu yukiga maioriru
Hashiri dashi nagara
Munega itandeta
Kimi wo okizari ni
Shita mitaide
Bokuwa mada imamo
Kimino nakani iru kana
Nigatena mama de
Dakara Aitakute
Tada Aitakute
Sono omokague o dakishimeteta
Omoideni nari
Kiyoku ni kawari
Kiete shimawanai youni
Kanashii utamo sukida yo natte
Naze kiga tsukenakatta
Hito namino kanata
Sono ushiro sugata
Omowazu kono tewo
Nobashite ita
Ima sara de mo ii
Tada gomen to iwanakya
Maeni sussumenai
Dakara Oikaketa
Tada Oikaketa
Hitogomiwo kakiwakeru youni
Namaewo younda
Nandomo younda
Todoiteta no kana
Keredo massuguni
Tada massuguni
Mae dakewo muite sussundeku
Kuri kaerazuni
Kuri Kiruyouni
Marude Bokuno tame no youni.
Kotae wa mada
Mitsukerarete nainda
Nanika tadashiku de machi kanda noka
Sono Hitomini bokuwo
Mou itido dake utsushite
Tooi kakisasete kure
Dakara Aitakute
Tada Aitakute
Sono Omokaguewo dakishimeteta
Yume dya nakatta
Guenjitsu datta
Demo tewo hanashita.
Tada yukiwa tsumori
Omoiwa tsunori
Kyuukou reshyaga toori sugui
Kono fumikiriga
Hiraku koroniwa
Kitto kimiwa mou inai
Kitto inai Hazu nanoni
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What is "Distance" by FTISLAND about?
A Japanese track about someone who's already gone, sung from a platform that keeps you waiting. The lyric doesn't dramatize the goodbye. It just holds the image of a back receding into a crowd, and the hand that reaches out on reflex.
Who performs "Distance"?
FTISLAND performs "Distance", and this lyric page sits inside the FTISLAND catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Distance"?
Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "FTISLAND's Distance and the crossing that never opens", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Distance"?
Yes. The related section below points to Take Me Now and Becoming You with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by FTISLAND?
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