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It was first recorded on Kubota Toshinobu's first album "SHAKE IT PARADISE" released on September 10, 1986. Although it was not a single, it is one of his representative songs and has been covered by many artists. Another of Kubota's masterpieces, "Ryusei no Saddle," is also recorded as the first song on the same album and was not released as a single. Lyrics and composition: Kubota Toshinobu Arrangement: Sugiyama Takuo The defining feature of "Missing" is, above all, the sound. The intro starts with an electronic piano solo, and the point is that this melody line resonates sorrowfully. By combining this with Kubota Toshinobu's solid singing ability, it is sublimated into a ballad song with a melancholy texture. The first thing that is of concern is who is this song directed at. Since the first person pronoun is "boku," it is easy to tell that it is from a male perspective, but what kind of person is "kimi"? A hint is that the trembling eyes were speaking. If they had met earlier, we can assume that one of them already has a lover or spouse. So which one has a lover? It is probably "you". Since the last chorus sings "If you're mine", it is likely that "you" is not just the protagonist's, i.e. there is someone else. In other words, we can assume that this song is for women who have a lover or spouse. If the song was about the protagonist falling in love with a lover or spouse on his own, it would end with a sad unrequited love, but the point of this song is that the other person also likes him. This is symbolized by the opening phrase "If I could put it into words, it would be a little better, we could hold each other's hearts in our hands" and the latter phrase "If it's something I can't reach, I won't look back, but my eyes are stolen, I can't move, I can hold it in my hands" If the other person's heart, which is so clear that it can be touched, did not have feelings for him, this masterpiece would probably not have been created. The fact that it is a love that cannot be fulfilled no matter what makes the song more sad. Unfortunately, the song does not sing about the outcome of their love. On the contrary, it only sings about the protagonist's feelings, and does not sing about the facts of what actually happened. It is up to each person to decide whether to take it as a simple "affair" or a sad "pure love." There are many different forms of love, which makes men and women irresistibly troubled. If you are the only one for me, I want to run down this road and go and see you, right now #Missing #Ueto Aya