HIGHER GROUND – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: EXILE TRIBE, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
• Album: HiGH & LOW ORIGINAL BEST ALBUM

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through "HIGHER GROUND" offers an exciting entry into the language, powered by the song's energetic and motivational lyrics. The track's repetitive and powerful chorus makes it easy to pick up key phrases related to strength, determination, and hope. What makes this song special is its fusion of Japanese and English, a common feature in J-Pop, which can help learners bridge the gap between the two languages while enjoying a massive hit from the dynamic "HiGH&LOW" franchise.

[English]

Vivid memories connect, summoned through my soul

Conflicts that repeat countless times

The tense, sharp air cuts through the storm

Deciding to go all in, charging into the battle

This PRIDE (feeling) creating history

I won’t give this up to anyone

Believing in fate, stepping forward

Higher, aiming for even greater heights

Higher, let my beat ring out louder

Higher, we're gonna take you

Higher, we're gonna take you higher...

Break down the walls and rise up

Fly high like a phoenix rising

Everything changes depending on yourself

Awaken the spirit, gonna make it louder

Hold onto that one wish, connect that one love

Every day, every night

Rewrite the limits

Without lies

With unwavering will

Until it reaches you, gonna take you higher

All I see are residual images flowing in this real world

Even my soul glimmers pure and bright

Finding the meaning of living in such a place, all for one

To the end of the journey, go all the way

Everyone who gets hurt realizes it

Even the grandest wishes

Shine brighter when we hold them together

Break down the walls and rise up

Fly high like a phoenix rising

Everything changes depending on yourself

Awaken the spirit, gonna make it louder

Hold onto that one wish, connect that one love

Every day, every night

Rewrite the limits

Without lies

With unwavering will

Until it reaches you, gonna take you higher

Because I know pain

I can become gentle

Travel still unseen, higher

When you see, it’s obvious at a glance

Shining like amber

Turn my music high high

Keep flying high just like this

Kings clash with kings

Love wins over pain

Living as a king in a new world

The winner carries this endless fire

A crooked face from conflict

We dem boyz in a battlefield full of chaos

An unbelievable story, just like we makin’ noise

Even in someone’s eyes who sees us

Turning fake into real, breaking bad again

But knowing pain, carving out principles in our hearts

Higher...

[Japanese]

鮮烈に連なる記憶 呼び起こす through my soul

幾度と無く繰り返す葛藤

ピンと張り詰めてる空気 切り裂き through the storm

覚悟決め 飛び込んでいく battle

このPRIDE(おもい)かたち作るヒストリー

誰にも譲れない

運命を信じて 踏み出してゆく

higher　更にもっと高みへ

higher　鼓動もっと響かして

higher　we’re gonna take you

higher　we’re gonna take you higher…

壁 破って 起(た)ち上がれ

翔(か)け上がる like a phoenix rising

自分次第で すべて変わる

呼び覚ませ gonna make it louder

抱え込んだ one wish 繋いでゆけ one love

every day, every night

書き換えてくlimit

偽りのない

揺るがぬ意志で

届くまで gonna take you higher

見渡せば残像だけ 流れてく現実(リアル)

魂(いのち)さえ 純然と瞬(またた)く

こんな場所に生きる意味 見出（みいだ）す all for one

行きつく果てまで go all the way

傷を負う誰もが気付く

桁外(けたはず)れの願いも

共に抱けば強く輝く

壁 破って 起(た)ち上がれ

翔(か)け上がる like a phoenix rising

自分次第で すべて変わる

呼び覚ませ gonna make it louder

抱え込んだ one wish 繋いでゆけ one love

every day, every night

書き換えてくlimit

偽りのない

揺るがぬ意志で

届くまで gonna take you higher

痛みを知るからこそ

優しくなれる

まだ見ぬ地へ行けるhigher

目 見れば一目瞭然

輝く 琥珀のようだ

turn my music high high

このまま fly high

kingとking ぶつかり合う

痛みよりも 愛が勝る

新世界 生き抜く王者

勝者は持つ この∞無限のFire

抗争に歪むスカーフェイス

修羅場だらけのWe dem boyz

想像を超えたストーリー さながらWe makin' noise

映る誰かの眼にも

Fakeをリアルに Changing back (Breaking bad)

けど 痛みを知り胸に刻む理念を

Higher...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory
葛藤 /kattou/ B2	noun - conflict
空気 /kuuki/ A2	noun - air
運命 /unmei/ B1	noun - destiny
高み /takami/ B2	noun - height
壁 /kabe/ A2	noun - wall
痛み /itami/ B1	noun - pain
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish
意志 /ishi/ B2	noun - will
現実 /genjitsu/ B1	noun - reality
意味 /imi/ A2	noun - meaning
光 /hikari/ A1	noun - light
生きる /ikiru/ A2	verb - to live
変わる /kawaru/ B1	verb - to change
強く /tsuyoku/ B2	adverb - strongly
輝く /kagayaku/ B2	verb - to shine

Key Grammar Structures

• 呼び覚ませ gonna make it louder

  ➔ Imperative form used with '呼び覚ませ' (yobisamesu) to give a command or encouragement.

  ➔ '呼び覚ませ' is an imperative verb meaning 'awaken' or 'rouse', here used as an encouragement.

• 壁 破って 起(た)ち上がれ

  ➔ Imperative form with '破って' (yatotte) and '起ち上がれ' (tachiagare) to command breaking down walls and rising up.

  ➔ '破って' is the te-form of '破る' (yaburu), meaning 'to break', used here as part of a command to break through walls.

• 自分次第で すべて変わる

  ➔ Using '次第で' (shidai de) to indicate that everything depends on oneself.

  ➔ '次第で' is a phrase meaning 'depending on' or 'based on', indicating that the outcome varies according to one's own actions or decisions.

• 傷を負う誰もが気付く

  ➔ Using '傷を負う' (kizu wo ou) in nominal form to describe 'those who get wounds' and how 'everyone notices'.

  ➔ '傷を負う' means 'to get wounded' or 'to sustain injuries', here referring to people who suffer wounds and are noticed by others.

• 痛みを知り胸に刻む理念を

  ➔ Using '痛みを知り' (itami wo shiri) with '胸に刻む' (mune ni kizamu) to mean 'knowing pain' and 'carving' principles into the heart.

  ➔ '痛みを知り' means 'knowing pain', implying experience of hardship, and '胸に刻む' means 'to carve into the heart', symbolizing deeply ingraining principles.