Gomenasai
What I thought wasn’t mine
In the light
Was a one of a kind
A precious pearl
When I wanted to cry
I couldn’t cause I
Wasn’t allowed
Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
What I thought wasn’t all
So innocent
Was a delicate doll
Of porcelain
When I wanted to call you
And ask you for help
I stopped myself
Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
What I thought was a dream
A mirage
Was as real as it seemed
A privilege
When I wanted to tell you
I made a mistake
I walked away
Gomenasai, for everything
Gomenasai, gomenasai
Gomenasai
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
Gomenasai, I let you down
Gomenasai, gomenasai
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
In a 2012 unreleased interview, Lena Katina shared details about the release of “Gomenasai”:
“We listened to Gomenasai and did not really like it…we did not want to record it. Interscope said, ‘Let’s record a demo and then you will decide if you want to include it in the album’. When the album was finally ready it turned out that we did not have the option to not include it. We said, ‘Okay, we listened to it, thought it over, and decided that we do not want to include the song’. They responded, ‘If you do not want to then we are shelving your album and we will wait…we are not going to release it’.
Then they wanted to make a video for the song…two of them. When they were making the first video, the animated one, completely terrible, we had not yet agreed to shoot a video. It was during the time of the conflict. They released the video without our knowledge, this poorly animated video.”