Cube

• By: 星野源

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

未来 閉ざした

The future is closed off

もう終わりさ すべてに希望が見えない

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

振られた賽の中 閉じ込められた

Trapped inside a rolled dice

わーきゃーと叫べど

Even if we scream and shout

待つだけじゃ 助けは来ないさ

Just waiting won't bring help

考えろ ここでは

Think about it, we’re here

誰も彼も出られない

No one can escape

昔観た カナダの映画であった

It was in a Canadian movie I saw long ago

いかれた箱で殺されてゆくだけ

Just get killed in a crazy box

運命の河流れ いま抗え

Flow with destiny, resist now

気付かず生き惚(ほう)けた

Living unaware, lost in wonder

過去をみな 脆い藁に変えて

Turning all the past into fragile straw

出口に繋ぐまで

Until I find the exit

一寸の虫けらと 笑うやつを

Laughing at those who call us insignificant worms

終わらせろ

Make it end

悲しみに座り くつろげるまで

Until I can sit in sadness and relax

投げる匙も持てず ただ生きていくだけだ

Just living on without even a spoon to throw

昔見た 手品の箱のようだ

It feels like a magic box I saw long ago

四角い闇の中で刃を待つだけ

Waiting only for the blade in this square darkness

運命の河流れ まだ抗え

Flow with destiny, still resist

気付かぬふり通した

Pretending not to notice

過去のこと 顎を摘み見つめ

Staring at the past, tugging at my chin

口づけできるまで

Until I can kiss it

前言を撤回し 音でやつを

Taking back my words, let’s make sound

殴らせろ

Let me punch it

憎しみは やはりここにあるから

Because hate still lives here

逃げることもできず まだ生きていくだけだ

Can't run away, just keep surviving

ほら見ろ 扉が開くようだ

Look, it seems the door is opening

光に包まれて 出るとどうだ

Bathed in light, how about stepping out?

箱がただ 球になっただけだ

The box just turned into a sphere

運命 飲み込まれ すべて呪う

Swallowed by destiny, cursed everything

ことにも飽き飽きだな

I’m so tired of it all

バカが強いる 理不尽を解(ほど)け

Fools forcing unreasonable things, release that

出口が光りだす

The exit starts shining

運命の河流れ いま抗え

Flow with destiny, resist now

気付かず生き惚(ほう)けた

Living unaware, lost in wonder

過去をみな 紡ぎ縄に変えて

Weaving all the past into a tangled string

出口に繋ぐまで

Until it connects to the exit

一生の切なさを 笑いながら

Laughing through the fleeting pain of a lifetime

踊らせろ

Let me dance

悲しみに座り くつろげるまで

Until I can sit in sadness and relax

僕らいつも果てなきこの愚かさの中

We keep living in this endless foolishness

Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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.