Harinezumi no Koi

Hontou wa motto motto
Chikaku ni yukitai ndesu
Dakedo okubyou na mono de
Yuuki ga nai ndesu.

Mamoritakutte tsuketa
Togetoge wa
Tokidoki fui ni kimi wo
Kizutsukete shimau.

Kimi ni tsutaetai koto ga aru ndesu
Kimi ni sotto furete mitai ndesu
Koisuru chikara ga
Kirakira oshiete kureta.

Kowagarisan ni datte
CHANSU wa kuru mon desu
Kimi no tonari de ima
Waraibanashi nanka shite iru.

Tsuyogareba mata
Toge wa nobite kite
Kimi to no kyori wo dondon
Tsukutte shimau.

Kimi wo shiritai boku ga iru ndesu
Kimi wo shireba setsunasa mo shiru ndesu
Chikazuku to itakute
Hanarete wa samishikute.

Demo ne
Yappari kimi ga suki desu
Hontou ni hontou ni kimi ga suki desu
Hajimete konna ni dareka wo omou yo.

Butsukatte marumatte
Togetoge mo kirakira
Dakiatte
Youyaku ai wo shitta
Harinezumi no koi.

[Translation]

I really want to get
Closer and closer
But I'm a coward
I have no courage.

The spines I put up
To protect myself
Sometimes suddenly
Hurt you.

There's something I want to tell you
I want to try gently touching you
The power of love
Taught me how to shine.

A chance will come
Even for the scaredy-cats
I'm by your side now
Telling you a funny story.

When I'm acting tough
My spines get even longer
Slowly putting distance
Between me and you.

I want to know you
And when I know you I'll know pain too
Getting closer hurts
And getting further away is lonely.

But
I love you after all
I really really love you
This the first time I've loved someone.

I run into you and roll up into a ball
And my spines start shining too
We embrace each other
And at last we know love
It's hedgehog love.