FAKE NEWS REVOLUTION – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 安斉かれん

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

午前８時　満員の電車

8 AM, crowded train

いつもの景色と交差点

Passing through the usual scenery and intersections

人々は It depends on the screen

People are watching, It depends on the screen

うつむき　捧げる

Looking down, dedicating myself

何処かの誰かと　監視され合っている

Someone somewhere is watching and judging us

世界中どこにも逃げ場は無い、さぁ

There’s no escape anywhere in the world, come on

嗚呼、離れたトコから　言葉の矛で

Ah, from afar, with words like spears

嗤(わら)って傷を付ける　隠れて指差す

Laughing as they damage, secretly pointing fingers

悪い Re：アクションは　心の盾で

Bad reactions: using a shield of the heart

見て見えないフリをする　都合がいいだろう

Pretending not to see, it’s convenient, isn’t it?

何処かで誰か　血を流してる

Someone somewhere is bleeding

暗くなって　疲れ切った街は

The city grows dark and exhausted

流れるニュースに無関心

Indifferent to the flowing news

人々の Information on the upper side

People’s info on the upper side

信じ切っている

They fully believe it

何が真実か　疑いもせずに

Without doubting what’s true

嘘のメディアに踊らされてる、さぁ

Being led by false media, come on

嗚呼、生まれた不満は 口には出さず

Ah, the dissatisfaction born inside, never spoken out

表でいい顔をし　欺いているんだろう

Pretending to be fine on the surface, deceiving everyone

幸せ装って　笑顔でいても

Faking happiness, smiling outwardly

裏では本音綴って　秘密なんか無い

While secretly hiding real feelings, nothing is genuine

自分自身を　見失っている

Losing sight of who they really are

嗚呼、離れたトコから　言葉の矛で

Ah, from afar, with words like spears

嗤(わら)って傷を付ける　隠れて指差す

Laughing as they damage, secretly pointing fingers

悪い Re：アクションは　心の盾で

Bad reactions: using a shield of the heart

見て見えないフリをする　都合がいいだろう

Pretending not to see, it’s convenient, isn’t it?

何処かで誰か　血を流してる

Someone somewhere is bleeding

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
電車 /den-sha/ A1	noun - train
人々 /hitobito/ A1	noun - people
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
言葉 /kotoba/ A2	noun - word
傷 /kizu/ A2	noun - wound
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart
ニュース /nyu-su/ A2	noun - news
真実 /shinjitsu/ B1	noun - truth
嘘 /uso/ B1	noun - lie
不満 /fuman/ B2	noun - dissatisfaction
秘密 /himitsu/ B2	noun - secret
装う /yosoou/ B2	verb - to pretend
見失う /miushinau/ B2	verb - to lose sight of
流れる /nagareru/ B2	verb - to flow
監視 /kanshi/ C1	noun - surveillance
反応 /hanno/ C1	noun - reaction

Key Grammar Structures

• いつもの景色と交差点

  ➔ The use of 'と' to connect nouns indicating 'and' or 'with'.

  ➔ 'と' is a particle that connects two nouns, indicating a relationship like 'and' or 'with'.

• It depends on the screen

  ➔ Use of 'depends on' to indicate dependence or reliance on something.

  ➔ 'depends on' expresses that something is conditional or reliant on another factor.

• 信じ切っている

  ➔ Use of '信じ切っている' with '切る' to indicate completely believing or fully trusting.

  ➔ '切る' when attached to verbs like '信じる' (to believe), emphasizes that the action is done completely or thoroughly.

• 裏では本音綴って

  ➔ Use of '綴って' as the te-form of '綴る' to indicate continuous or habitual action (writing/telling).

  ➔ '綴って' is the te-form of '綴る', used to connect to auxiliary verbs or to describe ongoing or habitual actions.

• 血を流してる

  ➔ Use of '流してる' as the contraction of '流している', present continuous form indicating ongoing action (bleeding).

  ➔ '流してる' is the contracted form of '流している', used to talk about ongoing actions in casual speech.