Released: July 25, 2001

Songwriter: 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

Producer: 宇多田照實 (Teruzane Utada) 三宅彰 (Akira Miyake) 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

Ki ni naru noni kikenai
Oyogitsukarete kimi made mukuchi ni naru
Aitai noni mienai nami ni osarete
Mata sukoshi tooku naru
Togirenai you ni Keep it going baby
Onaji kimochi ja nai nara tell me
Muri wa shinai shugi demo
Sukoshi nara shite mitemo ii yo

I wanna be with you now
Futari de distance chijimete
Ima nara maniau kara
We can start over
Hitotsu ni wa narenai
I wanna be with you now

Itsu no hi ka distance mo
Dakishimerareru you ni nareru yo
We can start sooner
Yappari I wanna be with you
Hitokoto de konna ni mo kizutsuku kimi wa
Kodoku wo oshiete kureru
Mamorenai toki keep on trying, baby
Yakusoku toori ja nai kedo trust me
Muri wa shinai shugi demo
Kimi to narashite mitemo ii yo

I wanna be with you now
Futari de distance mitsumete
Ima nara maniau kara
We can start over
Kotoba de tsutaetai

I wanna be with you now
Sono uchi ni distance mo
Dakishimerareru you ni nareru yo
We should stay together
Yappari I need to be with you

宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada)

Utada Hikaru (宇多田ヒカル, going by “Hikaru Utada” outside of Japan) is a Japanese-American J-Pop singer-songwriter born in Manhattan, New York to Japanese parents. Active since 1996 with a 5-year hiatus starting in 2011, she rose to prominence in 1999 with her Japanese debut album First Love. Since then, she has become one of the top-selling artists in Japan, selling more than 52 million copies worldwide.

In the west, she is best known for the songs she produced for the Kingdom Hearts video game Simple and Clean for Kingdom Hearts I, Sanctuary for Kingdom Hearts II, Face My Fears and Don’t Think Twice for Kingdom Hearts III (English versions of Hikari, Passion, Face My Fears and Chikai respectively).