growL – English Lyrics

• By: Misaki Umase
• Album: To Be Hero X

Lyrics & Translation

If you're looking to dive into the emotional power of Japanese-influenced anime music and language, 'growL' is an excellent choice. This track teaches you vocabulary associated with defiance and deep connection, featuring the expressive vocal style often found in climactic J-Rock scenes. Its simple, repetitive yet powerful lyrical structure makes complex themes of hope and friendship accessible for language learners.

[English]

Whatever the truth or lies

Tell me some reason why

Logic for adults can't sway me

Once lacking souls respond to each other

Facing the roles

No way to escape

When you flip out

I'll calm you down by your side

As always we feel it the same

We all are loners, loners for sure

Keep it deeper, deeper inside

Be the triggers, triggers of hope

Then we fill up, fill up the holes

Wherever we go ahead

Light breaks through on the way

If we could be there

Get that shine

Once lacking souls respond to each other

We'd make it out of the blue

Our eyes will see so clear

When you flip out

I'll calm you down by your side

As always we feel it the same

We're all alive

When you flip out

I'll calm you down by your side

As always we, we're alright

Whatever the truth or lies

Tell me some reason why

Logic for adults can't sway me

Can't sway me

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
truth /truːθ/ B1	noun - a statement or idea that is true
lies /laɪz/ A2	noun - untrue statements or falsehoods
reason /ˈriːzn/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification
sway /sweɪ/ B2	verb - to influence or control
souls /soʊls/ C1	noun - immaterial spiritual essence of a person
face /feɪs/ A2	noun - the front part of the head with the eyes, nose, and mouth
escape /ɪsˈkeɪp/ B2	verb - to break free from confinement or control
flip /flɪp/ B2	verb - to turn over quickly
calm /kɑːm/ B1	verb - to make peaceful or quiet
side /saɪd/ A2	noun - a location or surface at the edge of something
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to perceive an emotional or physical sensation
loners /ˈloʊnərz/ C1	noun - people who prefer to be alone
hope /hoʊp/ B2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen
holes /hoʊls/ B2	noun - openings or gaps in something
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye
clear /klɪər/ B2	adjective - easy to see or understand
eyes /aɪz/ A1	noun - organs of sight
alive /əˈlaɪv/ B2	adjective - living, not dead
blue /bluː/ A2	adjective - of the color blue
trigger /ˈtrɪɡər/ B2	noun - a device that releases a mechanism or initiates an action verb - to cause a reaction or action

Key Grammar Structures

• Whatever the truth or lies

  ➔ Subjunctive mood/Emphatic 'Whatever'

  ➔ Uses 'Whatever' to emphasize that it doesn't matter what the truth is, or what lies there are, the question remains.

• Logic for adults can't sway me

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' + base verb

  ➔ Uses the modal verb 'can't' (cannot) to express inability.

• Once lacking souls respond to each other

  ➔ 'Once' as a conjunction introducing a time clause

  ➔ 'Once' introduces a condition or time frame. The souls respond after a certain point.

• Facing the roles

  ➔ Present participle as an adjective ('Facing')

  ➔ The word 'Facing' acts like an adjective describing the subject/souls, and indicates that they are currently in the act of 'facing' something.

• When you flip out

  ➔ Dependent clause introduced by 'When'

  ➔ 'When' sets up a condition under which another action happens.

• I'll calm you down by your side

  ➔ Future tense with 'll' (will) + base verb; prepositional phrase 'by your side'

  ➔ Uses the future tense ('I'll calm') to express what will happen. Also uses a prepositional phrase to describe location.

• As always we feel it the same

  ➔ Adverbial phrase 'As always' modifying the verb 'feel'

  ➔ 'As always' functions as an adverbial phrase, indicating the frequency or manner in which the action (feeling it the same) occurs.

• We all are loners, loners for sure

  ➔ Apposition and emphasis

  ➔ The second 'loners' is in apposition to the first 'loners', and the phrase 'for sure' is used for emphasis.

• Keep it deeper, deeper inside

  ➔ Comparative Adjectives & Adverbs, Inversion (implied)

  ➔ Uses 'deeper' twice, to emphasize how strongly the action needs to be done. There's an implied inversion, to add more force.