ハルシネイト – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: LiSA
• Album: Shouted Serenade

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the complex world of LiSA's "ハルシネイト," a song that masterfully blends J-pop with Vocaloid elements. Explore themes of perseverance and self-expression, and discover how the lyrics play with the concepts of reality and illusion. This song is a great opportunity to learn how Japanese artists use metaphorical language to convey deep emotional and philosophical ideas.

[English]

Driven mad by the tuning

A sense of discomfort lingers all over

The shock of the Moetric from ten years ago

Now there's not even a hint that strikes the eardrum

Both my desires and losses

Are breaking apart in the same way again

Don't look away from your eyes

Listen closely to reality

All of humanity follows a systematic path

Aesthetics tremble in the face of science

In a sealed room where righteousness blocks the door

Art that blows up the four walls

I've been waiting all this time, hugging my knees

Something's missing, what is missing?

The answer is raw instinct

Sound the call, to the rain-soaked city

Raspy throat, to the point of numbness

It's like a hallucination resembling a prayer

A dream that swims for billions of light-years

Wanting to escape the freezer

Questioning the current situation

Someday, surely

Control will slip away

Before the sound of the heartbeat loses speed

Sound the call, to the rain-soaked city

Stretch the night, to the point of dazzling

It's like a hallucination resembling a prayer

No encore, a life limited to tonight

...

I want to love the light that shines only in my eyes

I don't want to lose even one more

To the sound of the rain pouring down

As if to be drowned out

I want to sing and carve it here

I want to leave it behind so I won't forget

No matter what sadness it brings

Sound the call, to the rain-soaked city

どんな悲しみもずっと

Raspy throat, to the point of numbness

It's like a hallucination resembling a prayer

A dream that swims for billions of light-years

Until it reaches your hearing

...

...

[Japanese]

チウニング狂わされて

全身に違和が残る

十年前のモワトリックの衝撃は

今や鼓膜を撃つ気配すらない

自らの欲望と喪失も

また同じように壊れてゆくのだ

眼球を逸らさないで

現実に耳を澄ませ

全人類がシステマチックに則って

美学が科学に慄いているのだ

正しさが戸を塞ぐ密室で

四壁を爆破する芸術を

ずっと 膝を抱えて待っている

何か足りない 何が足りない

答は剥き出しの本能

鳴らせ 雨の降る街へ

喉を枯らせ 麻痺するくらいに

それはまるで 祈りに似たハルシネイト

何億光年だって泳ぐ夢

冷凍室逃れたくて

現状に疑義を抱く

何時かはきっと

コントロールが効かなくなる

鼓動の音が失速する その前に

鳴らせ 雨の降る街へ

夜を伸ばせ まぶしいくらいに

それはまるで 祈りに似たハルシネイト

アンコールはない今夜限定の人生

自分の眼だけに射した

ひかりを愛していたい

これ以上はもう

一つも失いたくはない

降り頻る雨の音に

掻き消されるように

歌をうたって此処に刻んで

忘れないよう残していたいよ

どんな悲しみもずっと

鳴らせ 雨の降る街へ

喉を枯らせ 麻痺するくらいに

それはまるで 祈りに似たハルシネイト

何億光年だって泳ぐ夢

君の聴覚に届くまで

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
狂わされて /kuruwasarete/ B2	verb - to be driven mad
欲望 /yokubou/ B2	noun - desire
喪失 /soushitsu/ B2	noun - loss
現実 /genjitsu/ B1	noun - reality
芸術 /geijutsu/ B2	noun - art
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
音 /oto/ A1	noun - sound
雨 /ame/ A1	noun - rain
祈り /inori/ B1	noun - prayer
光年 /kounen/ B2	noun - light year
聴覚 /choukaku/ B2	noun - hearing
待っている /matteiru/ A2	verb - to be waiting
失速 /shissoku/ B2	noun - stalling
人生 /jinsei/ A2	noun - life

Key Grammar Structures

• 全身に違和が残る

  ➔ The particle "に" indicates the target or location where the verb's action takes place or affects.

  ➔ The phrase "全身に違和が残る" uses "に" to show that the discomfort remains **on** or **throughout** the entire body.

• 現実に耳を澄ませ

  ➔ The noun "現実" (reality) followed by "に" indicates the target or context in which one should listen.

  ➔ The phrase "耳を澄ませ" uses the verb "澄ませ" (to listen carefully) in the imperative form, emphasizing an urgent or focused action.

• ずっと膝を抱えて待っている

  ➔ The adverb "ずっと" indicates the duration or continuity of an action, meaning "continuously" or "all along".

  ➔ The phrase "膝を抱えて待っている" uses the te-form "抱えて" combined with "待っている" to show ongoing action—waiting **while** hugging your knees.

• 答は剥き出しの本能

  ➔ The adjective "剥き出しの" (raw, exposed) describes the noun "答" (answer), using "の" to link the two as a descriptive phrase.

  ➔ "剥き出しの" is an adjectival phrase that directly describes "答" as being in its most raw or exposed state, emphasizing the instinctual nature of the answer.

• 鳴らせ 雨の降る街へ

  ➔ The verb "鳴らせ" is the imperative form of "鳴らす", meaning "to sound" or "to ring," used here as a command. "へ" indicates the direction "to".

  ➔ The imperative "鳴らせ" commands to "sound" or "ring" in the direction "雨の降る街へ" (to the rainy city). "へ" functions as a particle indicating the direction of movement.