Black Catcher – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ビッケブランカ
• Album: Devil

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

風が背中を張って

The wind pushes against my back

滴は糸を伝って

Drops travel along the thread

Get Up 目を覚ましてよ

Get up, wake up now

Get Down もうまもなく

Get down, it's almost time

願いを文字に起こして 血潮に乗って

Turn wishes into words, riding on the blood

その身に纏った黒

The black that cloaks my body

曇りなく全てを振り払うように

Shakes off everything without a cloud

サイレンは裏腹のSOS 早く手遅れですよ

The siren is a contradictory SOS, hurry, it's almost too late

近づかなかきゃ見えない絆なんて あってなくて

The bonds that can't be seen unless you get close don't exist

僕らいま旅の途中

We're still on our journey

どうしていま疼く鈍痛

Why does this dull pain throb now?

Somebody just help me out

Somebody just help me out

叶えよう約束通り

Let's fulfill our promise

ひび割れた世界で

In this cracked world

Let's dye this world

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

Don't lose!

目に映った全てを

Everything reflected in my eyes

ほら味方に変えて

Look, let's turn it into allies

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

風が背中を張って

The wind pushes against my back

後悔は胸を穿つ

Regret pierces my chest

Don't Give Up

Don't give up

しかたないんだよlevel down

It can't be helped, level down

いまこそlevel up level up level up

Now is the time to level up, level up, level up

負けるの嫌いだしとか

I hate losing, you know

跳ね返ったアマチュアにどうぞit's real

To the bouncing amateur, it's real

神のみぞ知る話の筋

Only God knows the plot of this story

照らし出すよ想像通り

It will shine as imagined

その影は見ないで

Don't look at that shadow

Let's dye this world

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

Don't lose!

目に映った全てを

Everything reflected in my eyes

ほら味方に変えて

Look, let's turn it into allies

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

Let's dye this world

Let's dye this world

Even I can not grap this sword

Even I cannot grasp this sword

All I need is getting strong

All I need is getting strong

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

負けないでよ

Don't lose!

目に映った全てを

Everything reflected in my eyes

ほら味方に変えて

Look, let's turn it into allies

その見方を変えて

Change that perspective

そして未来を変えて

And then change the future

We can catch the game

We can catch the game

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish
旅 /tabi/ A2	noun - journey
世界 /sekai/ A2	noun - world
強い /tsuyoi/ B1	adjective - strong
変える /kaeru/ B1	verb - to change
助ける /tasukeru/ B1	verb - to help
負ける /makeru/ B1	verb - to lose
全て /subete/ A2	noun - everything
影 /kage/ B2	noun - shadow
約束 /yakusoku/ B1	noun - promise
後悔 /koukai/ B2	noun - regret
強化 /kyouka/ C1	noun - strengthening
未来 /mirai/ A2	noun - future

Key Grammar Structures

• Let's dye this world

  ➔ Imperative form with 'Let's' + base verb to suggest a shared action

  ➔ 'Let's' is used to make a suggestion or invitation for a shared action.

• All I need is getting strong

  ➔ Use of 'is' + gerund ('getting') to express a state or condition

  ➔ 'Is' + 'getting' shows an ongoing process or increasing in strength.

• 負けないでよ

  ➔ Imperative form with negative 'don't' + verb to give encouragement

  ➔ An imperative negative phrase encouraging someone not to give up or lose.

• 血潮に乗って

  ➔ Verb phrase '乗って' (nobotte) in te-form meaning 'to ride' or 'to harness' metaphorically

  ➔ The te-form of '乗る' (noru) is used to connect actions or describe riding or harnessing something metaphorically.

• 風が背中を張って

  ➔ Subject plus 'が' + verb in te-form '張って' (hatte), meaning 'the wind' is stretching or tautening

  ➔ The particle 'が' marks 'wind' as the subject, and '張って' is the te-form of '張る' meaning to stretch or tauten.

• その身に纏った黒

  ➔ Past participle '纏った' (motta) used adjectivally to describe 'clothed' or 'dressed in' black

  ➔ '纏った' is the past participle of '纏う' meaning 'to wear' or 'clothe oneself in', modifying 'black' to describe the color or state.

• その影は見ないで

  ➔ Imperative negative form '見ないで' (minai de) meaning 'don't see' or 'don't look at'

  ➔ '見ないで' is the negative imperative form of '見る' (miru), telling someone not to look or not to see.