FAKE NEWS REVOLUTION – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 安斉かれん

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the world of modern J-pop and tackle relevant global issues with Kalen Anzai's 'FAKE NEWS REVOLUTION'. This song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn Japanese vocabulary related to technology, society, and media, all wrapped in a catchy, nostalgic melody. What makes this song special is its direct and personal message about navigating a world of digital information, a theme that resonates with listeners everywhere.

[English]

8 AM, crowded train

Passing through the usual scenery and intersections

People are watching, It depends on the screen

Looking down, dedicating myself

Someone somewhere is watching and judging us

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

Ah, from afar, with words like spears

Laughing as they damage, secretly pointing fingers

Bad reactions: using a shield of the heart

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

Someone somewhere is bleeding

The city grows dark and exhausted

Indifferent to the flowing news

People’s info on the upper side

They fully believe it

Without doubting what’s true

Being led by false media, come on

Ah, the dissatisfaction born inside, never spoken out

Pretending to be fine on the surface, deceiving everyone

Faking happiness, smiling outwardly

While secretly hiding real feelings, nothing is genuine

Losing sight of who they really are

Ah, from afar, with words like spears

Laughing as they damage, secretly pointing fingers

Bad reactions: using a shield of the heart

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

Someone somewhere is bleeding

[Japanese]

午前８時　満員の電車

いつもの景色と交差点

人々は It depends on the screen

うつむき　捧げる

何処かの誰かと　監視され合っている

世界中どこにも逃げ場は無い、さぁ

嗚呼、離れたトコから　言葉の矛で

嗤(わら)って傷を付ける　隠れて指差す

悪い Re：アクションは　心の盾で

見て見えないフリをする　都合がいいだろう

何処かで誰か　血を流してる

暗くなって　疲れ切った街は

流れるニュースに無関心

人々の Information on the upper side

信じ切っている

何が真実か　疑いもせずに

嘘のメディアに踊らされてる、さぁ

嗚呼、生まれた不満は 口には出さず

表でいい顔をし　欺いているんだろう

幸せ装って　笑顔でいても

裏では本音綴って　秘密なんか無い

自分自身を　見失っている

嗚呼、離れたトコから　言葉の矛で

嗤(わら)って傷を付ける　隠れて指差す

悪い Re：アクションは　心の盾で

見て見えないフリをする　都合がいいだろう

何処かで誰か　血を流してる

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.