Mine Or Yours Lyrics With English Meaning | Hikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada writes lyrics for ‘Mine or Yours’, while Henry Bowers-Broadbent composes music and Steve Fitzmaurice adds arrangement touches. The artist features a voice that mixes confidence with hesitation, traits that fit the song’s domestic setting. She sings about coffee, green tea, and daily gestures that build quiet trust.

Released: May 2, 2025

Mine or Yours

Hikaru Utada

Lyricist

Hikaru Utada

Composer

Hikaru Utada, Henry Bowers-Broadbent, Steve Fitzmaurice

Mine or Yours Lyrics English Translation by Hikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada translates ‘Tell me what you want to eat’ as care. The songwriter uses coffee cups and green tea glasses to show daily dependability. She describes buttons being unfastened, a slow release of tension.

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Kinou no boku waYesterday’s version of me,

Boku ga omou boku to wa kakehanarete itawas so far from the person I thought I was.

Sunao ni narezu kimi wo nakaseru yatsu ni waI’m feeling absolute despair toward the kind of guy who

Zetsubou shite irucan’t be honest and ends up making you cry.

Jibun wo daiji ni dekiru you ni naru madeUntil I can learn how to truly value myself,

Nannimo mamorenaiI won’t be able to protect a single thing.

Nani ga tabetai mise sagasu yoTell me what you want to eat, I’ll find a place.

Genki deru made daradara shiyouLet’s just lounge around until you feel better.

Nanika nomu kai oyu wakasu yoDo you want something to drink? I’ll boil some water.

Kimi wa koohii boku wa ryokucha itsumonoYou’ve got your coffee and I’ve got my green tea, just like always.

Dono michi wo erabou toWhichever path we decide to choose,

Erabanakatta michi wo ushinau sabishisa to settocomes as a set with the loneliness of losing the road not taken.

Reiwa nannen ni nattara kono kuni deI wonder what year of ‘Reiwa’ it’ll have to be in this country

Fuufu bessei ok sareru n daroubefore ‘separate surnames for married couples’ is finally allowed.

Sametara atatame naoseba iiIf it gets cold, we can just heat it up again.

Fuan zairyou mo ajitsuke shidaiEven the ingredients of our anxiety depend on how we season them.

Zutto issho ni itai keredoI want to be with you forever, but

Mainichi issho wa shindoi kamomaybe being together every single day is a bit too much.

Nanika iru kai katte iku yoDo you need anything? I’ll pick it up on my way home.

Kimi wa koohii boku wa ryokucha itsumonoYou’ll have your coffee and I’ll have my green tea, our usual routine.

I love making love to youI love making love to you.

Kakechigaeta botanThese buttons we’ve misaligned,

Hitotsu hitotsu hazusuI’m unfastening them one by one,

Kowagowaever so timidly.

Jiyuu ni narereba nareru hodoThe more free we manage to become,

Fujiyuu da tte doushite dare mothe more constrained it feels, and why didn’t anyone

Bokura ni oshiete kurenakatta noever bother to tell us that’s how it would be?

Kimi wa koohii boku wa ryokucha itsumonoYou with your coffee and me with my green tea, same as it ever was.