AS ONE – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: UVERworld

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying sound of UVERworld with "AS ONE," a powerful track that blends rock, hip-hop, and digital elements, offering a fantastic opportunity to engage with modern Japanese music. Through its dynamic composition and introspective lyrics, listeners can explore contemporary Japanese cultural expressions and the nuances of the language, particularly in themes of unity, change, and overcoming adversity.

[English]

Even with a dead heart, there's no place to return to...

...

Holding the reins of ideals and fighting spirit, pulling them closer

Because there is righteousness, things that go wrong—these lights, these darks, these loves

AS ONE

Before you know it, from city to city, as if creating an escape route

Good people easily turn bad, so numb that they can't tell sadness from happiness

Unable to even say goodbye, fading away—thoughts, lifespan, and time

On days when unbelievable tragedies happen so easily

Yin and yang, emptiness and reality, good and evil—they're born the same

Do we get used to what’s fading and breaking, or do we change it?

AS ONE

Before you know it, hearts so distant that catching up seems impossible

Good people easily turn bad, so blurry that they can't distinguish sadness from happiness

Unreachable hopes, lifespan, and time

On days when even stimulating madness happens so easily

Holding the reins of ideals and fighting spirit, pulling them closer

Everything is surely born from nothing into something—捕らえて生きる

Yin and yang, emptiness and reality, good and evil—they're born the same

Because there is righteousness, things that go wrong—these lights, these darks, these loves

AS ONE

...

3, 2, 1

Imagine and create

Reflect and send it out

Things unseen—its front and back

All as one

Imagine and create

Reflect and send it out

Things unseen—its front and back

All as one

Sudden blackout can happen so easily these days

Holding the reins of ideals and fighting spirit, pulling them closer

Because we are here, things that go wrong—these lights, these darks, these loves

Yin and yang, emptiness and reality, good and evil—they're born the same

From here on, will you adapt or will you change it?

Already with a dead heart, there's nowhere to go back to...

Imagine and create

Reflect and send it out

Things unseen—its front and back

All as one

Imagine and create

Reflect and send it out

Things unseen—its front and back

All as one

...

[Japanese]

心死んだままでもう 帰ること出来ぬ場所...

理想と闘争心の手綱を締め引き寄せてく

正しさがあるから ダメになるものも この光も闇も愛も

AS ONE

気づけばもう 街から街 まるで逃げ道作るかのように

善人も容易く悪人に 悲しみと喜びの区別もつかぬほど麻痺してく

さよならも言えず 消えてく想いと寿命とTime

信じがたい悲劇もさ 容易く起こる日々に

陰と陽も そう虚と実 善悪も産まれは同じ

陰りが生じてダメになるものに 馴染んでくか？ 変えてゆくか？

AS ONE

気づけばもう 追いつくことも無いほどに離れた心に

善人も容易く悪人に 悲しみと喜びの区別も出来ぬほど霞んでく

望んだラインに 届かぬ想いと寿命とTime

刺激的な狂気もさ 容易く起こる日々に

理想と闘争心の手綱を締め引寄せてく

全ては きっと無から有 それを生け捕り

陰と陽も そう虚と実 善悪も産まれは同じ

正しさがあるから ダメになるものも この光も闇も愛も

AS ONE

3,2,1

想像し創造

考察して投下

目に見えぬもの その表裏

全てAS ONE

想像し創造

考察して投下

目に見えぬもの その表裏

全てAS ONE

突然ブラックアウトもさ 容易く起こる日々に

理想と闘争心の手綱を締め引寄せてく

俺達が居るからダメになるものも この光も闇も愛も

陰と陽も そう虚と実 善悪も産まれは同じ

此処から先は そこに馴染むか？ それを変えていくか？

心死んだままでもう 帰ること出来ぬ場所

想像し創造

考察して投下

目に見えぬもの その表裏

全てAS ONE

想像し創造

考察して投下

目に見えぬもの その表裏

全てAS ONE

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
心 /こころ/ B1	noun - heart; mind; spirit
闘争心 /とうそうしん/ B2	noun - fighting spirit; will to fight
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
闇 /やみ/ B1	noun - darkness
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
悲しみ /かなしみ/ B1	noun - sadness
喜び /よろこび/ B1	noun - joy; happiness
想い /おもい/ B2	noun - thought; feeling
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
日々 /ひび/ B1	noun - days; daily life
虚 /きょ/ C1	noun - emptiness; void
実 /じつ/ C1	noun - reality; truth
変える /かえる/ A2	verb - to change
生け捕り /いけどり/ C2	noun - live capture

Key Grammar Structures

• 心死んだままでもう

  ➔ Even if the heart is dead (心死んだまま),

  ➔ Use of the conditional "even if" to express concession, with the て-form indicating a state.

• 理想と闘争心の手綱を締め引き寄せてく

  ➔ Tighten the reins of ideals and fighting spirit (の手綱を締め引き寄せて),

  ➔ Using the te-form of verbs (~て) to connect multiple actions or commands, indicating manner or sequential actions.

• 全ては きっと無から有 それを生け捕り

  ➔ Everything is surely from nothing to something (無から有),

  ➔ Use of the phrase '無から有' to describe the transition from nothing to something, emphasizing creation or emergence.

• 心死んだままで (心死んだまま)

  ➔ Using the noun + ままで to indicate remaining in a certain state.

  ➔ The pattern noun + ままで expresses remaining in the same state without change.

• 想像し創造 (そうぞうしそうぞうし)

  ➔ Repetitive use of the verb form to emphasize 'imagine and create' (想像し創造).

  ➔ Using the same verb twice in succession for emphasis, often seen in poetic or lyric contexts.

• 全ては きっと無から有 それを生け捕り

  ➔ Use of the modal 'きっと' with a future expectation (きっと無から有)

  ➔ Using 'きっと' to express strong certainty or expectation about an event happening in the future.