Toshinobu Kubota brings ‘1, 2, Play’ to life. The musician writes and composes with Ran and Sunny. The track frames love as a game, mixing sweet pain with rainy day singing.
Released: October 2, 2025
1, 2, Play
Toshinobu Kubota
1, 2, Play Lyrics English Translation by Toshinobu Kubota
Ran pens lines about feathers dancing and rose paths. The translation ‘Love’s a game, one, two, play’ shows love’s playful risk. Lyrics describe flying with a lover, turning pain into paradise.
Love’s a game 1 2 play amai painLove’s a game, one, two, play, a sweet pain.
Love’s a game utatte in the rainLove’s a game, singing in the rain.
Futari de sagashite rakuen deSearching together in this paradise.
Dakarete 1 2 play let’s play the game of loveHeld in your arms, one, two, play, let’s play the game of love.
Kami aitemu eranda unmei katachidoru biinasuI chose a ‘God-tier item’, a Venus shaping destiny.
Mune ga gutto yureta what am ai suppose to doMy heart shook deep inside, what am I supposed to do?
Hane wa chuu mau sora koi ga mou odorebaFeathers dance in mid-air, and if love starts to dance now…
Doko e demo tonde yuke sou de…it feels like I could fly anywhere at all.
Love’s a game 1 2 play amai painLove’s a game, one, two, play, a sweet pain.
Love’s a game utatte in the rainLove’s a game, singing in the rain.
Futari de sagashite rakuen deSearching together in this paradise.
Dakarete 1 2 play let’s play the game of loveHeld in your arms, one, two, play, let’s play the game of love.
Bara no michi tadoreba moto ni nante modorenaiIf we follow this path of roses, we can’t ever turn back.
Hitomi ai o tsugeta what am ai suppose to doOur eyes confessed our love, what am I supposed to do?
Tobira sotto aita te to te mo karamasetaraThe door softly opened, and when our fingers intertwine…
Kumo no mukou ni tonde yuke sou de…it feels like I could fly beyond the clouds.
Love’s a game 1 2 play amai painLove’s a game, one, two, play, a sweet pain.
Love’s a game utatte in the rainLove’s a game, singing in the rain.
Futari de sagashite rakuen deSearching together in this paradise.
Dakarete 1 2 play let’s play the game of loveHeld in your arms, one, two, play, let’s play the game of love.
Work it we can work it outWork it, we can work it out.
Work it we can work it outWork it, we can work it out.
Love’s a game 1 2 play amai painLove’s a game, one, two, play, a sweet pain.
Love’s a game utatte in the rainLove’s a game, singing in the rain.
Futari de sagashite rakuen deSearching together in this paradise.
Dakarete 1 2 play let’s play the game of loveHeld in your arms, one, two, play, let’s play the game of love.
What am ai suppose to doWhat am I supposed to do?
1, 2, Play Music Video
The meaning of ‘1, 2, Play’ is that love is a fearless game. The lyrics by Toshinobu Kubota mix metaphor and motion to celebrate taking chances.