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I'm translating a song which can be seen here. At the end of the song is this:
傷つけてしまう夜もあるだろう 分かち合えない想いもあるだろう
What is the subject of 傷つけてしまう夜もあるだろう? Is the singer saying, "there may be nights where we'll end up hurting each other," or is he saying, "there may be nights where I'll end up hurting you?"
After reviewing the song, I've completely flipped on my answer. The whole song is definitely from his perspective, and this part is definitely him saying he might hurt her feelings.
Original Answer:
I definitely feel it's the 'each other' one. It's just saying that there are days they will hurt each other's feelings, and days they won't think the same way. I expect the rest of the song talks about how good they usually are together, or how much they love each other and it's okay, etc.
It seems to be the former. If it were "each other", it would need to be an 〜合う verb (like the latter), like 傷つけ合う夜 (or with しまう, 傷つけ合ってしまう).
Seems rather vague to me. "There are nights that hurting will be done". By who, and to whom seems opened ended.
There is no subject to this sentence just as its English counterpart There might be nights that we will hurt each other doesn't. But if you rather wanted to know the subject of the relative clause 傷つけてしまう, then its subject is we.
傷つけてしまう夜 may be an unaccusative subject (underlying object). But there is also a possibility that it is the predicate, with ある being a copula.