Chain – English Lyrics

• By: NCT 127
• Album: NCT 127 Japan 1st mini album 'Chain'

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a high-energy linguistic journey with NCT 127's "Chain"! This powerful track, marking the group's Japanese debut, offers a unique blend of Japanese and English lyrics that are perfect for exploring new vocabulary and expressions. Dive into the song's dynamic hip-hop and electronic soundscape, and uncover how its lyrics about interconnectedness and chain reactions can deepen your understanding of the language while enjoying NCT 127's distinctive "neo" style. Get ready to feel the rhythm and make a connection with language through "Chain"!

[English]

微かに羽ばたきする butterfly

Let go, let grow, let spread out

Like a water-drop ripple out in waves

今ここから始まる連鎖 (brrah)

Chain (brrah) reaction (hey)

(Hey, whoa, ay-ay) 拡がる連鎖

Chain (yeah) reaction (brrah, yeah)

繋がる連鎖

この世界中 轟かす 全てが so effectiveな

Rhythm, beat, melody, we make you so crazy

Now what's up? Flash

反応する affective 変化は electric, yeah, it's so electric (oh, yeah)

まだほんの生まれたての factor (it's a factor)

共鳴しだす心が medium (by the medium)

Make a wish, 現実に変えていく (we want to)

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖

Chain reaction

拡がる連鎖

Chain reaction

今ここから世界が繋がる

Ding-ding, 心が hit, hit, 繋がる drill, drill

邪魔する wall, let's break it down (chain)

Make a wish, 現実に変えていく

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖

We make it, 未来を make it

小さな蝶が 起こす奇跡

羽ばたきを嵐へ, we can change

Stop waiting, get ready, we can make the story

Baby, now you gon' be crazy

今を don't waste it and choose it, yeah, 信じて, just do it

隔離された世界に 風穴空けるその意思

何度も打ち込めよ決意 殻を破れ

ビリビリ痺れる beatが轟く世界を揺るがす どこまでも

小さな一歩も step by step, yeah, bass to the beat going brrah, brrah, brrah

Hey, are you ready to go?

Yeah, there is no fear (no fear), yeah, there is no fear (yeah)

Yeah まだほんの生まれたての factor (it's a factor)

共鳴しだす心が medium (by the medium)

Make a wish, 現実に変えていく (we want to)

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖 (chain)

Ding-ding, 心が hit, hit, 繋がる drill, drill

邪魔する wall, let's break it down (chain)

Make a wish, 現実に変えていく

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖

散らばる点を 結んだ線が (oh, yeah)

円になり(touch me right) 縁となる, oh yeah

僕らは new age (through the dark)

We will become the one, ひとつになれる

世界が 生まれ変わろうとしてる, do you feel it?

(Oh-oh-oh) Make the chain, we are the one, oh

Chain reaction

拡がる連鎖

Chain reaction (yeah)

繋がる連鎖 (chain)

Ding-ding, 心が hit, hit, 繋がる drill, drill

邪魔する wall, let's break it down (chain)

Make a wish, 現実に変えていく

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖

(Ah-ah-ah-ah) I wanna see ya

You do, so fine (sync dreams), yeah

The one makes you start (I wanna see ya)

Get me started, 今始まる連鎖

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
chain /tʃeɪn/ B1	noun - a series of linked items
reaction /riˈækʃən/ B1	noun - a response to something
world /wɜrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - to desire something
heart /hɑrt/ A1	noun - the organ that pumps blood
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make something different
start /stɑrt/ A1	verb - to begin something
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - to create or form something
beat /biːt/ B1	noun - a rhythmic unit in music
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time yet to come
effect /ɪˈfɛkt/ B2	noun - a change that is a result or consequence of an action
medium /ˈmiːdiəm/ B2	noun - a means by which something is communicated or expressed
miracle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ B2	noun - an extraordinary event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws
step /stɛp/ A1	noun - a movement made by lifting the foot and putting it down in a new position
wall /wɔl/ A2	noun - a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area

Key Grammar Structures

• Let go, let grow, let spread out

  ➔ Imperative sentences with 'let' + base form

  ➔ 'Let' + base form creates an imperative, urging someone to do something.

• Make a wish, 現実に変えていく

  ➔ Imperative sentence + verb + object

  ➔ Commands or suggestions directed at the listener, paired with a verb.

• 轟かす 全てが so effectiveな

  ➔ Use of 'な' as a sentence-ending particle to modify a noun phrase in Japanese

  ➔ 'な' at the end of a phrase in Japanese adds emphasis or modifies the noun phrase to be more descriptive.

• 邪魔する wall, let's break it down

  ➔ Imperative form with 'let's' + base verb for suggesting actions

  ➔ 'Let's' + base verb is a way to make a suggestion or command inclusive of the speaker and listener.

• 散らばる点を 結んだ線が (oh, yeah)

  ➔ Relative clause modifying the noun phrase

  ➔ A clause that provides more information about the noun phrase it modifies.

• We will become the one, ひとつになれる

  ➔ Future tense with 'will' + base verb, and potential form in Japanese

  ➔ 'Will' + base verb forms the future tense indicating an intention, while 'なれる' expresses possibility or ability in Japanese.

• 世界が 生まれ変わろうとしてる, do you feel it?

  ➔ Present continuous tense with 'to be' + verb ending in -ing; rhetorical question with auxiliary 'do'

  ➔ 'To be' + verb in -ing form expresses ongoing action; 'do you feel it?' is a rhetorical question asking for emphasis or confirmation.