Graceful Punishment – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Cascade of…
• Album: あんさんぶるスターズ！！ SELECTION 10 UNIT SONG

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the complex world of 'Graceful Punishment' by Cascade of..., where you can explore themes of love, control, and shared fate. Through its vivid lyrics, discover the nuances of Japanese language and culture, and what makes this song a unique piece from Ensemble Stars!!

[English]

What are you doing?

A sudden tension crosses your face as you stand by the window.

No, this is pure delight.

The pale moonlight glides over your white skin.

Sweet shackles dig in—gently, I drop a kiss, a-ah.

Love and crime, laugh and cry, uncontrollable.

Love that binds tightly is trouble.

A crash of hidden impulses.

Let me feel it deeper.

Even if you don’t understand what it means to be captive, I’ll show it in your eyes, my girl.

Now, take a good look—I’m your one and only

prison guard.

We’ll share the same sin and face the same punishment.

No one can invade

our "Love prison," a world just for us.

Who is knocking? I can’t hear.

Who is knocking? It doesn’t reach.

Our breaths merge.

A prison of love that will never open again.

Chained together, we’ll decay until the end.

And become eternal.

Tu-la-tu-la—that’s true love.

Even domination is submission and perversion—a perfect crime.

Judgment lies in this heart—graceful punishment.

Thinly trembling, deep within your closed eyelids.

My fingers stroke, accusing, not letting go.

On the edge of shallow slumber, I claim even your unconscious thoughts—it’s mine.

Wrapped in the same night, we sink to the bottom of the same dream.

Erasing it all.

"Love prison"—let’s fall into a vacuum, just the two of us.

Who is calling? I won’t hand you over.

Who is calling? I won’t allow it.

Vibrating my eardrums—

Every voice, every heartbeat, every faint noise.

Overwhelmingly, with sounds only for us.

Filling us endlessly.

Tu-la-tu-la—I’ll make you understand true love.

The flaws I offer are a silent, obedient crime.

I won’t let anything take you away.

For example—

a maddening smile,

blooming endlessly,

crying, drenched again.

Love and crime, laugh and cry.

I live for you.

I’ll fade for you—grace.

Captivated only by you,

I’ll never let you go.

Righteousness is always raw love.

Forever, just our world.

Burn it—guilty.

Who is knocking? I can’t hear.

Who is knocking? It doesn’t reach.

Our breaths merge.

A prison of love that will never open again, oh, yeah.

Chained together, we’ll decay until the end.

And become eternal.

Tu-la-tu-la—that’s true love.

Even domination is submission and perversion—a perfect crime.

Judgment lies in this heart.

Face my justice, and graceful punishment.

[Japanese]

「何をしている」

窓際に佇む姿に咄嗟の険が顔を出す

いいや これは愉悦だ

青ざめた月明かり 白い肌滑らせて

食い込む甘い枷 そっと落とすkissing, a-ah

Love and crime, laugh and cry, uncontrollable

キツく縛る愛は trouble

秘めた衝動の crash

もっと深く感じさせて

囚われてる意味さえ わかってない瞳に映して my girl

さあよく見てごらん たった一人だけの

君の prison guard

同じ罪を背負い 同じ罰を受けよう

誰にも侵せない

「Love prison」二人だけの世界

Who is knocking? 聞こえない

Who is knocking? 届かない

溶けあう息づかい

二度と開かない愛の牢獄

繋がれたまま 二人朽ちる果てで

永遠になれる

Tu-la-tu-la それこそが true love

支配すら服従と倒錯の perfect crime

裁きはこの胸に graceful punishment

薄く揺れる 伏せた瞼の奥

責めるように 撫でる指 逃さない

浅い微睡みのふちで 君が描く無意識ごと it's mine

同じ夜を纏い 同じ夢の底へ

全て掻き消して

「Love prison」二人真空に堕ちよう

Who is calling? 渡さない

Who is calling? 許さない

鼓膜を震わせる

声も鼓動も僅かなノイズも

むせ返るほど 二人だけの音で

満たし続けると

Tu-la-tu-la わからせる true love

差し出した綻びは従順な silent crime

何からも奪わせはしない

例えば

狂おしく笑み

とめどなく咲き

泣き濡れてまた

Love and crime, laugh and cry

君の為に生きて

君の為に果てる grace

君だけに 囚われて

君だけを 逃さない

正しさは常に 剥き出しの愛で

もうずっと 二人だけの世界

燃やして guilty

Who is knocking? 聞こえない

Who is knocking? 届かない

溶けあう息づかい

二度と開かない愛の牢獄 oh, yeah

繋がれたまま 二人朽ちる果てで

永遠になれる

Tu-la-tu-la それこそが true love

支配すら服従と倒錯の perfect crime

裁きはこの胸に

Face my justice, and graceful punishment

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ B2	noun - the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense.
crime /kraɪm/ B1	noun - an act committed in violation of the law.
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - an intense feeling of affection.
prison /ˈprɪzn/ B1	noun - a building for holding people who have committed crimes.
guard /ɡɑːrd/ A2	noun - a person who protects or watches over something or someone.
justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ C1	noun - fairness in the way people are dealt with.
decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ B2	verb - to rot or decompose.
dominate /ˈdɒmɪneɪt/ B2	verb - to have a commanding influence on.
submit /səbˈmɪt/ B2	verb - to accept or yield to a superior force or authority.
decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ B2	noun - the process of rotting or decomposition.
crime /kraɪm/ B1	adjective - relating to or involving criminal activity.
perfection /pərˈfekʃən/ C1	noun - the condition, state, or quality of being perfect.
tremble /ˈtrembl/ B1	verb - shake rapidly and uncontrollably with fear or excitement.
eternity /ɪˈtɜːrnəti/ C1	noun - infinite or unending time.
decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ B2	verb - to decline or deteriorate.
guilty /ˈɡɪlti/ B1	adjective - culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.

Key Grammar Structures

• 「何をしている」

  ➔ Quotation marks for direct speech

  ➔ The quotation marks 「 」 are used to indicate direct speech or thoughts in Japanese.

• いいや これは愉悦だ

  ➔ Particle や for emphasis

  ➔ The particle 「や」 is used here to add emphasis or contrast to the statement.

• Love and crime, laugh and cry, uncontrollable

  ➔ Comma splicing for parallelism

  ➔ Commas are used to join parallel elements without a conjunction, creating a rhythmic effect.

• もっと深く感じさせて

  ➔ て form for request

  ➔ The て form of the verb is used to make a request or suggestion.

• Who is knocking? 聞こえない

  ➔ Rhetorical question with negative response

  ➔ The rhetorical question is followed by a negative response to emphasize the speaker's indifference or rejection.

• 繋がれたまま 二人朽ちる果てで

  ➔ まま particle for continuous state

  ➔ The particle 「まま」 indicates that the state of being tied together continues.

• 裁きはこの胸に graceful punishment

  ➔ Topic marker は omitted for poetic effect

  ➔ The topic marker は is omitted to create a more poetic and fluid sentence structure.

• 君だけに 囚われて

  ➔ に particle for emphasis on the object

  ➔ The particle 「に」 is used to emphasize the object of the sentence, here 「君だけ」.