煙の内側と外側のあいだ (Between the Inside and Outside of Smoke)

[Intro] 煙に 裏側はあるの きみが聞いた 答える前に かたちが 変わった ⸻ [Verse 1] 湯気の向こうで 朝がぼやける テーブルには 半分の林檎 窓を開ければ 白い息が 部屋だったものを 外へ連れていく どこまでが ここで どこからが 向こうなのか カーテンだけが 知っているように 少し 膨らんだ ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] 触れようとすると 指のまわりを 境界だけが 避けていく 見えているのに そこには 何もない ⸻ [Chorus] 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ 名前のない場所に 立っている こちらから見れば 消えていくもの 向こうから見れば 生まれてくるもの 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ どちらでもない 薄い時間 掴めなかったから まだ ここにある ⸻ [Verse 2] 夕方の道に 焚き火の匂い 火はもう 見えない 誰かがいた 気配だけ 電線の下を ゆっくり歩いている 原因が消えても 残るもの 残っているのに 戻れないもの そんなものばかり ポケットに入れて ずいぶん 遠くまで来た ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] 本当だった？ 夢だった？ どちらかにすれば 簡単なのに 思い出すたび 少しずつ 両方になる ⸻ [Chorus] 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ きみの横顔が ほどけていく 忘れているのか 覚えているのか もう うまく分けられない 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ 表を探せば 裏がなくなる 裏へ回れば そこもまた 表だった ⸻ [Verse 3] 古い写真には 写っていない風 シャツの袖だけ 少し膨らんでいる 見えないものにも 証拠はある そう思ったら 見えるものまで 少し怪しくなった あの日の言葉は もう思い出せない でも 言われたあとの 沈黙なら 今でも よく覚えている ⸻ [Bridge] 煙を 半分に切ったら 断面は どこにある？ 内側を 裏返したら 外側に なれる？ 問いかけるたび 煙は 質問の形を 真似して また 別の煙になる ⸻ [Refrain] こちら側 向こう側 こちら側 向こう側 そのあいだ そのあいだ …… 「あいだ」は どちら側？ ⸻ [Final Chorus] 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ 今日も 世界は決まりきらない 好きだったのか 寂しかったのか 失ったのか 通り過ぎただけなのか ひとつにしなくていい 煙の内側と 外側のあいだ 分からないまま 残るものだけ ときどき 風より長く 生きている ⸻ [Outro] 煙が晴れて 向こう側が 見えた そこには こちら側と よく似た景色 振り返る さっきまで 立っていた場所にも もう 薄い煙 ⸻ どちらから 来たんだっけ [End] ------------------------------------- [Intro] Does smoke have another side? you asked Before I could answer it changed its shape ⸻ [Verse 1] Beyond the steam morning blurs Half an apple on the table I open the window and white breath carries what used to be the room outside How far does here go? Where does the other side begin? As if only the curtain knew it swelled just a little ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Whenever I try to touch it only the boundary slips around my fingers I can see it and yet there's nothing there ⸻ [Chorus] Between the inside and outside of smoke I'm standing in a place with no name Seen from this side something is disappearing Seen from the other something is being born Between the inside and outside of smoke a thin moment belonging to neither side Because I couldn't hold it it's still here ⸻ [Verse 2] The smell of a bonfire on an evening road The fire is already out of sight Only the trace that someone was here walks slowly beneath the power lines Things that remain after their cause is gone Things that are still here but can never return I've filled my pockets with things like that and somehow come a very long way ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Was it real? Was it a dream? It would be easier to make it one or the other But every time I remember it becomes a little more of both ⸻ [Chorus] Between the inside and outside of smoke your profile comes undone Am I forgetting you? Am I remembering you? I can't separate them anymore Between the inside and outside of smoke Look for the front and the back disappears Go around to the back and there again is the front ⸻ [Verse 3] In an old photograph the wind isn't there Only the sleeve of a shirt swells just a little Even invisible things leave evidence Once I thought that even the things I could see began to look a little uncertain I can't remember the words from that day anymore But the silence that came after them I still remember clearly ⸻ [Bridge] If I cut the smoke in half where is the cross-section? If I turn the inside inside out can it become the outside? Every time I ask the smoke imitates the shape of the question and becomes another kind of smoke again ⸻ [Refrain] This side The other side This side The other side In between In between ... Which side does "in between" belong to? ⸻ [Final Chorus] Between the inside and outside of smoke today again the world refuses to settle Did I love you? Was I lonely? Did I lose something? Or did I only pass through? I don't have to make it one thing Between the inside and outside of smoke only the things that remain without being understood sometimes live longer than the wind ⸻ [Outro] The smoke clears and I can see the other side There is a landscape much like this one I turn around The place where I stood just moments ago is already covered in thin smoke ⸻ Which side did I come from again? [End]