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🎶 The Rising of the Shield Hero – I Can’t Say It 🎶

This track is a heartfelt alternative rock ballad with a cinematic sweep. It starts gently with acoustic guitar and soft strings, building layer by layer until the full band opens up with soaring intensity. The music feels wide and emotional.

At its core, the song reflects the bond between Naofumi and Raphtalia. The lyrics circle around unspoken words — the things too heavy, too fragile to say aloud. Naofumi, scarred by betrayal, questions love and trust, while Raphtalia answers through action rather than promises. Together they carry the weight of doubt, hardship, and loyalty, walking forward as sword and shield. The chorus wrestles with questions of love and faith, while the bridge holds a quiet prayer that one day, doubt will no longer stand between them.

🛡️Tagline:
 “Some words are never said aloud — they’re carried in silence, lived in every battle, in every breath.” 

[Japanese/English Lyric]: 

[Intro]
あの日のことを ずっと思い出している
(I keep remembering that day)
君が僕の前に立っていた瞬間
(the moment you were standing before me)
か弱く見えたのに
(you looked fragile, and yet)
その勇気は僕の心を作り変えた
(that courage remade my heart.)

[Verse 1]
君は僕の手を取った
(You took my hand,)
力からじゃなく　わかっていたから
(not out of strength, but because you knew)
二人ならどんな重さも背負えると
(that if it’s the two of us, we can bear any weight.)

あの瞬間から　僕らの歩みは重なり
(From that moment on, our steps overlapped,)
疑いも　裏切りも
(doubt and betrayal as well)
僕らを形づくる試練になった
(became trials that shaped us.)

[Pre-Chorus]
あぁ…　どうしてこんなに言えないんだろう
(Ah… why is it that I cannot say it like this,)
心のすべてが君を呼んでいるのに
(even though all of my heart is calling for you?)
言葉は声にならず　胸の中で止まる
(The words do not become voice, they stop inside my chest.)

[Chorus]
Woah… 伝えるのが難しい　何度も何度も
(Woah… it’s hard to convey, again and again,)
本当に僕を愛してる？
do you really love me?
はっきり見えない　でも心は君を求め続ける
(I cannot see it clearly, but my heart keeps yearning for you.)

Woah… 難しくても　問いは消えずに残る
(Woah… even if it’s hard, the question does not vanish but remains,)
心のすべてが信じたがっている
(all of my heart wants to believe)
僕らが同じ道を歩いていると
(that we are walking the same path.)

[Verse 2]
僕がここまで来られたのは
(That I was able to come this far)
君が闇から救ってくれたその瞬間から
(is because from the moment you saved me from the darkness.)

本当に僕を愛してる？　確信はできない
(Do you really love me? I cannot be certain,)
でも君の視線の中に
(but in your gaze)
心がすでに知っている答えを探している
(I search for the answer that my heart already knows.)

[Chorus]
Woah… 伝えるのが難しい　何度も何度も
(Woah… it’s hard to convey, again and again,)
本当に僕を愛してる？
(do you really love me?)
はっきり見えない　でも心は君を求め続ける
(I cannot see it clearly, but my heart keeps yearning for you.)

[Bridge]
いつかきっと　君も同じように感じるはず
(Someday, surely, you will feel the same,)
その瞬間が来たら
(and when that moment comes,)
疑いはもう　僕らの間に存在しない
(doubt will no longer exist between us.)

[Final Chorus]
Woah… 伝えるのが難しい　何度も何度も
(Woah… it’s hard to convey, again and again,)
でも僕の鼓動は　君のそばでしか響かない
(but my heartbeat resounds only by your side.)
Woah… 難しくても　真実を抱きしめている
(Woah… even if it’s hard, I am embracing the truth,)
僕らの道は　ずっと同じままで
(our path will remain the same forever.)

[Outro]
その時まで　僕は君のそばにいる
(Until that time, I will be by your side,)
僕は剣として
(I as the sword,)
君は僕の盾として
(you as my shield;)
息をしている限り
(as long as we breathe,)
この誓いを　一歩ごとに運んでいく
(we will carry this promise with every step.)

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