Lyric

A madder-tinted bookmark tucked inside the fading day

Long shadows falling where the bicycle sheds lay

Killing time inside the library, waiting for the sound

Waiting for that special someone, when the time comes round

Though meeting up would make my heart so happy and so bright

You probably don't even know I'm standing out of sight

Even so, deep down inside my chest, I still confess

Hoping just a little bit today, with no distress

A precious little moment shared between just you and me

That only I am knowing, as the shadows start to flee

Entrusting all my secrets to the sunset-scented breeze

Whispering your name among the evening trees

This unrequited feeling of a pure and secret love

Will never reach across to you, like stars shining above

If getting closer means the distance that we have will break

I'd rather keep this watching distance, for our own sweet sake

Yawning so big right on top of a bicycle seat

My kitty friend Hachisuke, who's always there to meet

A slightly rounded back, so soft and full of grace

Blowing in the evening wind, in this familiar place

Talking to me purely with the way he turns his eyes

Saying, "Oh, it's just you, hurry home," with no disguise

That grumpy kind of kindness that he always likes to show

Makes me uncontrollably happy, as I know!

Waiting right here once again, beneath the evening sky

Hoping for a little miracle to wander by

Staring right at Hachisuke, sharing in a gaze

Laughing out loud in the fading golden haze

Does Hachisuke see right through this unrequited heart?

Can he read my feelings as we stand here, right apart?

Feeling like he called me with a glance so soft and true

Telling me to pet him, looking back at you

Every time I watch you as you turn and walk away

A little wave of sadness hits me, turning skies to gray

Just by being here inside this quiet, sacred place

My heart is beating softly, full of gentle grace

A secret that I cannot tell to anyone at all

The sunset is so gentle as the evening shadows fall

Right inside those shadows, where the quiet moments meet

I am still just waiting on the street

Soothing all the feelings of this unrequited pain

Pouring all my love on Hachisuke, once again

Gently stroking on his head, so tenderly and slow

Like petting down the feelings that I cannot show

Yawning so big right on top of a bicycle seat

Suddenly I notice as our wandering glances meet!

Right there in the bicycle shed, beneath the setting sky

A moment just for us two, passing by