感電

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: STRAY SHEEP

Lyrics:

Grammar:

• 僕ら手を叩いて笑い合う

  ➔ Vて form + いる to indicate ongoing action

  ➔ It shows the action of 'clapping hands and laughing' is ongoing at the moment

• 逃げ出したい夜の往来

  ➔ たい form of verb + したい to express desire

  ➔ The speaker desires to 'escape' from the busy night street

• お前はどうしたい？　返事はいらない

  ➔ どう + Verb form + したい to ask about someone’s desire

  ➔ It’s asking 'What do you want to do?', emphasizing the other person's preference without requiring an answer

• 銀河系の外れへと　さようなら

  ➔ Noun + へと to indicate direction or destination

  ➔ It indicates 'Goodbye to outside the galaxy', marking a departure towards an abstract or distant destination

• 真実も　道徳も　動作しないイカれた夜でも

  ➔ も to add emphasis or 'even' to nouns

  ➔ It emphasizes that even in a crazy night where truth and morality don't function

• 追いかけた途端に　見失っちゃうの

  ➔ たとえたら + て form + も (or ちゃう for casual) to express that something happens immediately after another action

  ➔ It means that the moment the person starts chasing, they immediately lose sight of the object

• きっと永遠が　どっかにあるんだと

  ➔ と at the end of a sentence indicates quote or thought

  ➔ It expresses the speaker's belief or hope that 'eternity' exists somewhere