Bon Dance – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Daiki Tsuneta
• Album: THE MILLENNIUM PARADE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese music with millennium parade's "Bon Dance." This song offers a fascinating blend of traditional Japanese cultural themes, like the Obon festival, with cutting-edge electronic and jazz elements. You can learn unique vocabulary related to Japanese folklore ("Hyakki Yagyō") and contemporary artistic expression, all while experiencing a song that vividly portrays a blend of ancient traditions and modern aspirations.

[English]

Can you start that primitive beat?

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Can you start that primitive beat? - (Let's dance around)

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Right now, I'm feeling good

Will we be together tonight?

Stop looking around and let yourself be consumed by this whirlpool

All I can see is your hand swaying like a fool

Right now, I'm very much alive

Will you come back to life?

Let's be eternally swallowed by this crazy whirlpool

Until I see the first light of morning

Sah, sah

Can you start that primitive beat?

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Can you start that primitive beat? - (Let's dance around)

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Come on, dance and burn

Spin, spin, burn

Call the dead and burn

Spin, spin, burn

Come on, dance and burn

Spin, spin, burn

Call the dead and burn

Spin, spin, burn

Right now, I'm feeling good

Will we be together tonight?

Stop looking around and let yourself be consumed by this whirlpool

All I can see is your hand swaying like a fool

Right now, I'm very much alive

Will you come back to life?

Let's be eternally swallowed by this crazy whirlpool

Until I see the first light of morning

Sah, sah

I remember seeing you last year

But back then, we didn't know about that event

Yay!

Can you start that primitive beat?

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Can you start that primitive beat? - (Let's dance around)

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Can you start that primitive beat?

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

Can you start that primitive beat? - (Let's dance around)

Call everyone who's passed away

Let's call the dead, let's call the dead

[Japanese]

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？ (踊り回れ)

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

今はいい気分さ

今夜一緒になれるかな?

周りを見渡すのをやめてこの渦に飲まれよう

目に見えるのはアホみたいに揺れる君の手だけ

今はかなり生きてる

君は生き返ってくれる？

この狂った渦に永遠に飲まれていよう

朝の最初の光を見るまで

サッ サッ

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？ (踊り回れ)

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

さあ踊って　燃やせ

回れ　回れ　燃やせ

死者を呼んで　燃やせ

回れ　回れ　燃やせ

さあ踊って　燃やせ

回れ　回れ　燃やせ

死者を呼んで　燃やせ

回れ　回れ　燃やせ

今はいい気分さ

今夜一緒になれるかな?

周りを見渡すのをやめてこの渦に飲まれよう

目に見えるのはアホみたいに揺れる君の手だけ

今はかなり生きてる

君は生き返ってくれる？

この狂った渦に永遠に飲まれていよう

朝の最初の光を見るまで

サッ　サッ

去年君をみたことを覚えているよ

でもその頃の私たちはあの出来事のことを知らない

イェーイ！

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？ (踊り回れ)

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？ (踊り回れ)

死者をみんな呼んできて

死者を呼ぼう　死者を呼ぼう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ビート /biːt/ A2	noun - a rhythmic unit in music
死者 /shisha/ B1	noun - a dead person
踊る /odoru/ A2	verb - to dance
光 /hikari/ A1	noun - light
渦 /uzu/ B2	noun - whirlpool or vortex
生き返る /ikikaeru/ B2	verb - to revive or come back to life
狂った /kurutta/ B2	adjective - crazy or insane
気分 /kibun/ A2	noun - mood or feeling
揺れる /yureru/ B1	verb - to shake or sway
飲まれる /nomareru/ B2	verb - to be swallowed or engulfed
回る /mawaru/ A1	verb - to turn or rotate
去年 /kyonen/ A2	noun - last year
覚える /oboeru/ B1	verb - to remember or learn

Key Grammar Structures

• あの原始的なビートを始めてくれない？

  ➔ Request form using てくれない

  ➔ The phrase is asking someone to start the primitive beat, using the form "てくれない" to make a request.

• 今はいい気分さ

  ➔ Present tense with さ for emphasis

  ➔ This line expresses a current feeling of good mood, with "さ" adding emphasis.

• 周りを見渡すのをやめてこの渦に飲まれよう

  ➔ Volitional form with よう

  ➔ This line expresses the intention to stop looking around and be consumed by the whirlpool.

• 君は生き返ってくれる？

  ➔ Potential form with くれる

  ➔ This line asks if the person will come back to life, using the potential form with "くれる".

• 朝の最初の光を見るまで

  ➔ Until clause with まで

  ➔ This line indicates a condition that lasts until the first light of morning is seen.

• 去年君をみたことを覚えているよ

  ➔ Past tense with ことを覚えている

  ➔ This line recalls a memory from last year, using the past tense with "ことを覚えている".

• さあ踊って　燃やせ

  ➔ Imperative form with さあ

  ➔ This line uses the imperative form to encourage dancing and burning, with "さあ" adding a sense of urgency.