ゴーゴー幽霊船 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: diorama

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

ちょっと病弱なセブンティーン

A slightly frail seventeen.

枯れたインクとペンで絵を描いて

Drawing with dried ink and a pen.

継いで接いでまたマザーグース

Handing down, sewing, again Mother Goose.

夜は何度も泣いてまた明日

Night cries many times, then tomorrow.

回る発条のアンドロイド

An android with a spring that turns.

僕の声と頭はがらんどう

My voice and my mind are hollow.

いつも最低な気分さ

I'm always feeling the worst.

君に愛されたいと願っていたい

I wish to be loved by you.

ずっと病欠のセブンティーン

A forever sickly seventeen.

曇らないまま今日を空き缶に

Today, in an empty can, without clouding up.

空の雷管とペーパーバッグ

With empty thunder and paper bags.

馬鹿みたいに呼吸を詰め入れた

Breathing in stupidly, packed full.

あいも変わらずにアンドロイド

Still an android, just the same.

君を本当の嘘で騙すんだ

I'll deceive you with real lies.

僕は幽霊だ 本当さ

I'm a ghost, really.

君の目には見えないだろうけど

You probably can't see me.

そんなこんなで歌っては

Just singing about all this stuff.

行進する幽霊船だ

It's a ghost ship marching on.

善いも悪いもいよいよ無い

Good or bad, it doesn't really matter.

閑静な街を行く

Walking through a quiet town.

電光板の言葉になれ

Get used to the words on the electronic board.

それゆけ幽かな言葉捜せ

Let's go, find those subtle words.

沿線上の扉壊せ

Break down the doors along the line.

見えない僕を信じてくれ

Believe in the invisible me.

少年兵は声を紡げ

The boy soldiers weave their voices.

そこのけ粒子の出口隠せ

Block the exit of particles over there.

遠い昔のおまじないが

Ancient magic from long ago.

あんまり急に笑うので(あんまり急に笑うので)

Because you laugh so suddenly.

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ちょっと病弱なセブンティーン

A slightly frail seventeen.

今日も映画みたいな夢うつつ

Dreams like movies today, just like a haze.

愛も絶え絶えの景色だ

Scenes of love, barely holding on.

そこでどんな夢見てもしょうがない

No point in dreaming any dreams there.

回る発条のアンドロイド

An android with a spring that turns.

汚物ヤンキー 公害 メランコリー

Filthy delinquents, pollution, melancholy.

知ってほしいんだ全部

I want you to know everything.

そう君の手を引き連れて戻すのさ

Because I will take your hand and bring you back.

そんなこんなで歌っては

Just singing about all this stuff.

目を剥く幽霊船だ

It's a ghost ship that gapes wide.

前も後ろもいよいよ無い

Neither front nor back anymore.

なら全部忘れて

Then forget everything.

ワアワアワアワア

Waa Waaa Waaa Waa.

太陽系の奥へ進め

Advance into the depths of the solar system.

飛び込め一二の三で跨がれ

Jump in, one, two, three, hold on tight.

沿線上の扉壊せ

Break down the doors along the line.

まんまの言葉信じてくれ

Believe in words straight as they are.

扁桃体の奥を使え

Use the back of your tonsil.

ほれ見ろそんなにせぐりあげて

Look how much you're pulling yourself up.

遠い昔のおまじないが

Ancient magic from long ago.

たちまちのうちにはびこれば(たちまちのうちにはびこれば)

If it spreads in no time at all.

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三千年の恨み放て

Unleash centuries of resentment.

飛べ飛べ皆で拡声器持て

Fly, everyone, raise your megaphones.

沿線上の扉壊せ

Break down the doors along the line.

本当のことさ信じてくれ

It's the truth, believe it.

幽霊船は怒り散らせ

The ghost ship unleashes its fury.

みてろよ今度は修羅に堕ちて

Watch out, this time I’ll fall into chaos.

遠い昔のおまじないが

Ancient magic from long ago.

あんまりな嘘と知るのさ(あんまりな嘘と知るのさ)

Knowing it’s just a huge lie.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
病弱 /びょうじゃく/ B2	adjective - sickly, weak
アンドロイド /あんどろいど/ B1	noun - android, a robot with human appearance
声 /こえ/ A1	noun - voice, sound
夢 /ゆめ/ A1	noun - dream
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
景色 /けしき/ B1	noun - scenery, landscape
扉 /とびら/ B2	noun - door, gate
怒り /いかり/ B2	noun - anger
言葉 /ことば/ A2	noun - word, language
街 /まち/ A1	noun - town, street
夢見 /ゆめみ/ B1	verb - to dream
信じる /しんじる/ B1	verb - to believe
笑う /わらう/ A2	verb - to laugh
怒る /おこる/ B1	verb - to get angry
未来 /みらい/ B2	noun - future

Key Grammar Structures

• ちょっと病弱なセブンティーン

  ➔ Adjective + な (na) to modify nouns

  ➔ The adjective **病弱** (poorly) is used with **な** to directly modify the noun **セブンティーン** (teenager).

• 回る発条のアンドロイド

  ➔ Possessive の (no) to indicate possession or relation

  ➔ The phrase **回る発条のアンドロイド** shows **アンドロイド** (android) related to **回る発条** (rotating spring), with **の** indicating possessive or descriptive relation.

• 僕の声と頭はがらんどう

  ➔ と (to) as a conjunction meaning 'and', and は (wa) as a topic marker

  ➔ The words **声** (voice) and **頭** (head) are connected by **と**, meaning 'and'; **は** marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing the subject

• 遠い昔のおまじないが

  ➔ が (ga) as a subject marker indicating the subject of the sentence

  ➔ The word **おまじない** (magic spell) is the subject of the sentence, marked by **が**, emphasizing it as the topic undergoing an action or state.

• あんまり急に笑うので

  ➔ ので (node) meaning 'because' or 'since' to indicate reason

  ➔ The conjunction **ので** indicates reason or cause, so the phrase **あんまり急に笑うので** means 'because (someone) laughs so suddenly'.