Cube – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 星野源

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intriguing world of Gen Hoshino's "Cube," a song that blends genres and emotions while exploring themes of confinement and hope. By learning the lyrics and understanding the context, you'll gain insight into Hoshino's artistry and the song's connection to the psychological thriller *Cube*.

[English]

The future is closed off

It's all over, can't see any hope

Trapped inside a rolled dice

Even if we scream and shout

Just waiting won't bring help

Think about it, we’re here

No one can escape

It was in a Canadian movie I saw long ago

Just get killed in a crazy box

Flow with destiny, resist now

Living unaware, lost in wonder

Turning all the past into fragile straw

Until I find the exit

Laughing at those who call us insignificant worms

Make it end

Until I can sit in sadness and relax

Just living on without even a spoon to throw

It feels like a magic box I saw long ago

Waiting only for the blade in this square darkness

Flow with destiny, still resist

Pretending not to notice

Staring at the past, tugging at my chin

Until I can kiss it

Taking back my words, let’s make sound

Let me punch it

Because hate still lives here

Can't run away, just keep surviving

Look, it seems the door is opening

Bathed in light, how about stepping out?

The box just turned into a sphere

Swallowed by destiny, cursed everything

I’m so tired of it all

Fools forcing unreasonable things, release that

The exit starts shining

Flow with destiny, resist now

Living unaware, lost in wonder

Weaving all the past into a tangled string

Until it connects to the exit

Laughing through the fleeting pain of a lifetime

Let me dance

Until I can sit in sadness and relax

We keep living in this endless foolishness

[Japanese]

未来 閉ざした

もう終わりさ すべてに希望が見えない

振られた賽の中 閉じ込められた

わーきゃーと叫べど

待つだけじゃ 助けは来ないさ

考えろ ここでは

誰も彼も出られない

昔観た カナダの映画であった

いかれた箱で殺されてゆくだけ

運命の河流れ いま抗え

気付かず生き惚(ほう)けた

過去をみな 脆い藁に変えて

出口に繋ぐまで

一寸の虫けらと 笑うやつを

終わらせろ

悲しみに座り くつろげるまで

投げる匙も持てず ただ生きていくだけだ

昔見た 手品の箱のようだ

四角い闇の中で刃を待つだけ

運命の河流れ まだ抗え

気付かぬふり通した

過去のこと 顎を摘み見つめ

口づけできるまで

前言を撤回し 音でやつを

殴らせろ

憎しみは やはりここにあるから

逃げることもできず まだ生きていくだけだ

ほら見ろ 扉が開くようだ

光に包まれて 出るとどうだ

箱がただ 球になっただけだ

運命 飲み込まれ すべて呪う

ことにも飽き飽きだな

バカが強いる 理不尽を解(ほど)け

出口が光りだす

運命の河流れ いま抗え

気付かず生き惚(ほう)けた

過去をみな 紡ぎ縄に変えて

出口に繋ぐまで

一生の切なさを 笑いながら

踊らせろ

悲しみに座り くつろげるまで

僕らいつも果てなきこの愚かさの中

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
未来 /みらい/ A2	noun - future
希望 /きぼう/ B1	noun - hope
運命 /うんめい/ B2	noun - destiny
悲しみ /かなしみ/ B1	noun - sadness
出口 /でぐち/ A2	noun - exit
過去 /かこ/ A2	noun - past
光 /ひかり/ A1	noun - light
刃 /やいば/ B2	noun - blade
笑う /わらう/ A1	verb - to laugh
踊る /おどる/ A1	verb - to dance
助け /たすけ/ B1	noun - help
切なさ /せつなさ/ B2	noun - bittersweet feeling
箱 /はこ/ A1	noun - box
河 /かわ/ A2	noun - river
道 /みち/ A1	noun - way, path
抗う /あらがう/ B2	verb - to resist

Key Grammar Structures

• 未来 閉ざした

  ➔ Past tense verb used with the auxiliary "しまった" to express a completed action or regret

  ➔ The phrase "閉ざした" (closed) uses the **past tense** meaning the action of closing is complete.

• 振られた賽の中

  ➔ Passive form of a verb, indicating the subject is acted upon

  ➔ The phrase "振られた" is the *passive form* of the verb "振る" (to shake, to refuse), showing the subject is on the receiving end of the action.

• 待つだけじゃ 助けは来ないさ

  ➔ The use of "だけじゃ" (only) with negative "来ない" (will not come) expresses a limitation or impossibility

  ➔ The phrase "だけじゃ" combines "だけ" (only) with the negative "じゃ" (is not), indicating that simply waiting is not enough.

• 運命の河流れ いま抗え

  ➔ Imperative form "抗え" (fight/back) used to issue a command or exhortation

  ➔ The word "抗え" is the **imperative form**, directly commanding to "fight" or "resist".

• 過去をみな 脆い藁に変えて

  ➔ Verb "変えて" is the ~te form of "変える" (to change), used here to connect two actions

  ➔ The verb "変えて" is the *~te form* of "変える", which is used here to connect the action of "turning" past into something new.

• 出口に繋ぐまで

  ➔ The phrase "繋ぐまで" uses "まで" to denote "until" or "up to" a certain point

  ➔ The particle "まで" indicates "until" or "up to" the point of "connecting to the exit".

• 一生の切なさを 笑いながら

  ➔ The phrase "笑いながら" combines "笑う" (to laugh) with "ながら" to indicate doing something "while" doing another activity

  ➔ The construction "~ながら" indicates performing two actions simultaneously, here "笑いながら" means "laughing while" doing something.