“I love you wa [bad word] no
sanjuu nen wo tabete shimatta”
tou-san no koe wa tsumetaku hibiite
kurayami wo tsutatteitta
sono koe ni tsukamaritakunakute
boku wa ie no uraguchi kara
hakugin iro no niwa ni [bad word] 
inu no JON to tabi ni deta

sore wa I love you wo
mitsukete misukete tsukamaete sa
sorekara etto
doushiyou?
JON wa shippo wo [bad word] dake
sou tonikaku
motodoori motodoori ni sasete [bad word] sa
 [bad word] kitto kurisumasu
sannin de [bad word] SHICHUU

shiranai machi no kaidou de
wakai futari ga kisu wo [bad word] 
I love you ga arawarete
boku to JON wo [bad word] yo

ryukkusakku no naka ni wa
san [bad word] pocchi to [bad word] garasu no bin
futari ga haita shiroi iki
bin no naka ni tsukamaeta no ni

I love you wa inakatta inakatta [bad word] sa
nee onaka suita yo
kaerou kana
JON wa te wo [bad word] dake
sou tonikaku
tooku e tooku e itte miyou
 [bad word] kitto umi ni tsuku yo
senro no [bad word] umi e

hamabe ni chiisana koya ga atta
beranda de roujin ga umi wo miteta
“zutto hitoribocchi?” boku wa kiita
JON wo nadenagara kare wa waratta

“I love you wo [bad word] no ni
nanajuu nen mo kakacchimatta”
sou iu to boku no bin kara
shiroi kakera wo tsukamitotta
“douyatta no?” to odoroku boku no
te no hira ni sore wo [bad word] 
kimi ga tsukamaeta ndarou? yasashii bouya
hora ie ni okaeri yo”

I love you wo mitsuketa mitsuketa
shirokute sugoku chiisana kakera datta yo
JON to ie ni [bad word] 
ie ni [bad word] to futari ga [bad word] akai me de
boku wo matteta
dakara I love you futari ni ageta nda

hanagoe de kaa-san ga itta
“ara kore tte kujira no hone ja nai
natsukashii na
sunahama to senro…”

Translation

“‘I love you’ has eaten up 30 years of our life”
My dad’s voice coldly echoed in the darkness
I didn’t want to be caught by it, so I snuck out the back of the house
And, with my dog John in the silvery yard, I set out on a journey.

I’m gonna find “I love you” and I’m gonna catch it!
And then I’ll… um… what should I do?
John just wags his tail
That’s right— I’ll just let things go back to normal for now, 
and then I’m sure we’ll all eat that stew together again at Christmas!

On the main road of an unfamiliar town,
young couple shared a kiss
“I love you” appeared
John and I are being laughed at.

Inside my backpack,
I’ve got 3 dollars and a blown-glass bottle
I catch the white breath that the couple exhales
in the bottle, but…

“I love you” isn’t there! Why not?
Hey, I’m hungry. Wanna go home?
John just licks my hand
That’s right— let’s go far, far away for now,
and then I’m sure we’ll arrive at the beach
certain beach along the railroad tracks…

On the shore, there’s a small shack
An old man watches the sea from the balcony
“Are you always alone?” I ask
Petting John, he laughs.

“Though I live off of ‘I love you,’ it’s taken 70 whole years.”
Saying that, he pulls a white fragment out of my bottle
“How did you do that?!” I ask, surprised, as he drops it into the palm of my hand
“You caught it, right? Be a good boy, now, sonny, and head home.”

I found “I love you”!
It was a white and really small fragment
I ran home with John
And when I got back, my parents
Were waiting for me with cried-out red eyes
So I gave “I love you” to them.

In a nasally voice, my mom said
“Oh my! Isn’t that a whale bone?
That brings back memories…
sandy beach by the railroad tracks…”