I Love You Position and I Love You Yutaka Ozaki

I Love You Position turned out to be the Korean version of I Love You by Yutaka Ozaki. No wonder I found the tune familiar.

I Love You Position in Korean

I think this music video is a major production. Unlike most MV, this one is like a mini-movie. It comes with English subtitles so you know what the story is about and the lyrics of the song.

Shin Ha-kyun played Sean Shin (the guy with the brain injury). I first saw him in the movie Joint Security Area and much later in the Korean TV drama Brain.  

I Love You by Yutaka Ozaki in Japanese

As mentioned, this song was originally a Japanese song. It is written by Yutaka Ozaki (尾崎豐). Very famous and active in the late 80s to early 90s. His career was cut short when he died in April 1992 at the age of 26. How sad!

The meaning of the song is very different from the Korean version. See the English translation of the Japanese lyrics.

I Love You Lyrics

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

*Translator’s Note: In our interpretation of these lines Ozaki is saying that because he and his girl are both young their options are limited by the world at large (their parents, society), so they end up in this box like abandoned kittens. Nowhere to go. 

Singer, Lyrics and Music: Ozaki Yutaka

I LOVE YOU
Please, I don't wanna hear a sad song right now
I LOVE YOU
Run away, Run away, it's this room I found myself in

Our love had its limitations
so we're like abandoned stray cats * 1
this room is like our empty box, buried in fallen leaves
that's why you cry out like a kitten

we bring naivety to the creaky bed,
when we hold each other tightly,
then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

I LOVE YOU
there's a secret which our love, too young, can't reach.
I LOVE YOU
living the way we do now, we'll never get there

We just hurt each other,
dreaming of a love
living as one
You've heard 'I love you' so many times,
You can't live without this love

we bring naivety to the creaky bed,
when we hold each other tightly,
then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

I Love You Playlist

This song has been covered by so many singers. Why not create a playlist?

There are 6 covers in this playlist. The first 3 are in Korean. The last 3 in Japanese.

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