本能 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 椎名林檎

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

I just want to be with you tonight

I just want to be with you tonight

I know that you want to be my babe

I know that you want to be my babe

約束は 要らないわ

I don't need any promises

果たされないことなど 大嫌いなの

I absolutely hate unfulfilled things

ずっと繋がれて 居たいわ

I want to be tied together forever

朝が来ない窓辺を 求めているの

I'm longing for a window where morning never comes

どうして 歴史の上に言葉が生まれたのか

Why did words come to exist on top of history?

太陽 酸素 海 風

Sun, oxygen, sea, wind

もう充分だった筈でしょう

It should have been enough already

淋しいのはお互い様で

We're both lonely, after all

正しく舐め合う傷は

The wounds we lick together correctly

誰も何も 咎められない

No one can blame anything

紐解いて 生命に擬う

Untangle it, likening it to life

気紛れを許して

Please forgive my whims

今更なんて思わずに急かしてよ

Don't think it's too late, just hurry up

もっと中迄入って

Come deeper inside

私の衝動を突き動かしてよ

Drive my impulses

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...

全部どうでもいいと

I want to say that everything is irrelevant

云っていたい様な月の灯

Like the moonlight that seems to say so

劣等感 カテゴライズ

Inferiority complex, categorize

そういうの 忘れてみましょう

Let's try to forget about that

終わりにはどうせ独りだし

In the end, I'll be alone anyway

此の際嘘の真実を

At this point, it's better to push through the false truth

押し通して絶えてゆくのが良い

I like that sharp gaze of yours

鋭い其の目線が好き

鋭い其の目線が好き

約束は要らないわ

I don't need any promises

果たされないことなど大嫌いなの

I absolutely hate unfulfilled things

ずっと繋がれて居たいわ

I want to be tied together forever

朝が来ない窓辺を求めているの

I'm longing for a window where morning never comes

気紛れを許して

Please forgive my whims

今更なんて思わずに急かしてよ

Don't think it's too late, just hurry up

もっと中迄入って

Come deeper inside

あたしの衝動を突き動かしてよ

Drive my impulses

I just want to be with you tonight

I just want to be with you tonight

I know that you want to be my babe

I know that you want to be my babe

I just want to be with you tonight

I just want to be with you tonight

I know that you want to be my babe

I know that you want to be my babe

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
約束 /やくそく/ B1	noun - promise
大嫌い /だいきらい/ B2	adjective - hate
傷 /きず/ B1	noun - wound
生命 /せいめい/ B2	noun - life
衝動 /しょうどう/ B2	noun - impulse
気紛れ /きまぐれ/ B2	noun - caprice
独り /ひとり/ B1	adverb - alone
月 /つき/ A2	noun - moon
太陽 /たいよう/ A2	noun - sun
風 /かぜ/ A2	noun - wind
海 /うみ/ A2	noun - sea
酸素 /さんそ/ B2	noun - oxygen
言葉 /ことば/ B1	noun - word
歴史 /れきし/ B2	noun - history
灯 /あかり/ B2	noun - light

Key Grammar Structures

• ずっと繋がれて居たいわ

  ➔ Expressing a continuous desire using the te-form and いたい

  ➔ The structure "繋がれて居たい" combines the passive form of "繋ぐ" (to connect) with "いたい" to express wanting to be connected continuously.

• 気紛れを許して

  ➔ Using the causative form with permit or allow

  ➔ “許して” is the causative form of "許す", meaning "to allow" or "to forgive", used here to imply granting permission for one's whim or changing mood.

• 終わりにはどうせ独りだし

  ➔ Using 『〜には』 to specify a point in time and 『どうせ』 for an inevitable outcome

  ➔ The phrase "終わりには" specifies a certain point in time (at the end), and "どうせ" expresses a sense of inevitability or resignation that the outcome will be loneliness.

• 果たされないことなど 大嫌いなの

  ➔ Using 『〜など』 to list trivial or negative items, and the adjective 大嫌い for intense dislike

  ➔ The particle "など" is used to list trivial or undesirable things, implying they are unimportant or disliked, while "大嫌い" means "hated" or "really dislike".

• 私の衝動を突き動かしてよ

  ➔ Using causative form "突き動かす" to indicate making or causing someone’s impulse to move

  ➔ The verb "突き動かす" in causative form means "to make move" or "to incite", here implying to actively energize or provoke one's own impulses.

• もう充分だった筈でしょう

  ➔ Using "筈だ" to express expectation or assumption that something should have been enough

  ➔ The phrase "筈だ" indicates that the speaker expects, believes, or assumes that something should have been the case based on previous context.