後悔史 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Tani Yuuki
• Album: 航海士

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Swim, swim, to where you sink deep

I want to see the future changed by this outstretched hand

A utopia without sound or light

Footsteps carving away the weight of clumsy, heavy prayers

Because there’s a storm I need to calm

Opening an umbrella only to hurt someone in its path

A cold heart, hands pulled apart

I won’t give up on your fading voice

Before it’s too late

Swim, swim, to where you sink deep

I want to see the future changed by this outstretched hand

Coincidence? Fate? If this fleeting life must end

Tomorrow, I still want to dream softly with you

Every meeting ends in parting, journeys walk together

Even friends who swore they understood

Endless conflicts lead to more goodbyes

To trust is to risk betrayal

Even pierced by the memories I carry

These footsteps keep pressing onward

An ugly heart, a voice that won’t fade

Once it begins, there’s no stopping it

So I never lose sight again

Swim, swim, to where you sink deep

I want to see the future changed by these clasped hands

Coincidence? Fate? If there’s no right answer

Tomorrow, I still want to see your smiling face

Everyone lives their first and final moments

Alone in the raging waves

Even if the bubbles I exhale mean nothing

But...

Swim, swim, through days sinking deeper into the abyss

“Fragile,” yet I saw a light that truly guides

Swim, swim, through these sinking days—together

I want to see the future changed by our joined hands

Coincidence? Fate? Because our lives crossed paths

Tomorrow, I still want to dream softly with you

[Japanese]

泳いで、泳いで、深く沈む君の元まで

伸ばしたこの手が変える未来を見たい

音も光もない理想郷

重すぎた祈りの不始末を削り取って行く足跡

晴らせたい雨があるからと

傘を広げた先の誰かを傷つけてしまう

冷たい心 離れた手を

遠のく声も諦めたくないよ

もう、手遅れにならないように

泳いで、泳いで、深く沈む君の元まで

伸ばしたこの手が変える未来を見たい

偶然？ 必然？ いつか終わってしまう命なら

明日も君と淡い夢を見たい

出会いは別れ 旅は道連れ

分かり合えたはずの友でさえ

争いは絶えずまた別れて

信じるから裏切られるのだと

背負った想い出の数に刺されても

進み続けてく足跡

醜い心 止まない声も

始まってしまうと終わりがないよ

もう二度と見失わないように

泳いで、泳いで、深く沈む君の元まで

掴んだその手が変える未来を見たい

偶然？ 必然？ 正解なんてないんだとしたら

明日も君の笑う顔が見たい

誰しも最初で最後を生きている

荒波の真ん中でその身ひとつ

吐き出す泡に意味なんてなくてもいい

だけど...

泳いでも、泳いでも、深く沈む日々の狭間で

“頼りない”けど、確かに照らす光を見た

泳いで、泳いで、深く沈む日々に僕らで

繋いだこの手が変える未来を見たい

偶然？ 必然？ 一度出会ってしまった命だから

明日も君と淡い夢を見たい

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
泳ぐ oyogu A2	verb - to swim
君 kimi A1	noun - you
手 te A1	noun - hand
未来 mirai A2	noun - future
光 hikari A2	noun - light
心 kokoro B1	noun - heart, mind
命 inochi B1	noun - life
夢 yume A2	noun - dream
変える kaeru A2	verb - to change
沈む shizumu B1	verb - to sink
離れる hanareru B1	verb - to separate from
諦める akirameru B2	verb - to give up
繋ぐ tsunagu B1	verb - to connect
深い fukai A2	adjective - deep
冷たい tsumetai A2	adjective - cold
頼りない tayorinai B2	adjective - unreliable
確か tashika B1	adjective - certain, sure
足跡 ashiato B1	noun - footprint
声 koe A2	noun - voice

Key Grammar Structures

• 削り取って行く足跡

  ➔ V-te iku (indicating a change or action continuing into the future/moving away)

  ➔ The grammar "Vていく" (削り取って"行く") indicates an action that continues over time, moving forward or away from the speaker's current state. Here, it suggests the "footprints" are gradually "eroding away" or "continuing to erode."

• 伸ばしたこの手が変える未来を見たい

  ➔ V-tai (desire) + Relative Clause

  ➔ "Vたい" (見"たい") expresses a desire to do something. The phrase "伸ばしたこの手が変える未来" is a relative clause modifying "未来" (future), meaning "the future that this extended hand will change."

• 手遅れにならないように

  ➔ V-nai you ni (in order not to / so that... not)

  ➔ "Vないように" (なら"ないように") expresses a negative purpose or goal, meaning "in order not to become too late" or "so that it doesn't become too late."

• いつか終わってしまう命なら

  ➔ V-te shimau (completion/regret) + Nara (conditional)

  ➔ "Vてしまう" (終わって"しまう") indicates an action that is completely finished, often with a nuance of regret or something unavoidable. "なら" is a conditional particle, meaning "if it's the case that."

• 分かり合えたはずの友でさえ

  ➔ V-ta hazu (supposed to have done) + Sae (even)

  ➔ "Vたはず" (分かり合えた"はず") expresses a strong expectation or belief that something was supposed to happen or be true. "さえ" adds emphasis, meaning "even" or "even to the extent of."

• 信じるから裏切られるのだと

  ➔ V-rareru (passive voice) + No da (explanation/emphasis)

  ➔ "Vられる" (裏切ら"れる") is the passive voice, meaning "to be betrayed." "のだ" (or "んだ") provides an explanation, reason, or emphasizes the speaker's conviction.

• 背負った想い出の数に刺されても

  ➔ V-te mo (even if/even though) + Passive voice with agent (ni sasareru)

  ➔ "Vても" (刺され"ても") means "even if" or "even though." The passive construction "～に刺される" indicates being pierced or stung by the agent specified by "に" (here, "想い出の数" - the number of memories).

• 正解なんてないんだとしたら

  ➔ ～Nante (such a thing as) + No da (explanation) + To shitara (if it were the case that)

  ➔ "～なんて" (正解"なんて") expresses a dismissive or emphatic attitude towards something, often implying triviality or disbelief. "んだ" (のだ) clarifies or emphasizes the preceding statement. "としたら" (だ"としたら") is a hypothetical conditional, meaning "if it were the case that."

• 意味なんてなくてもいい

  ➔ V-nakute mo ii (don't have to / it's okay not to) + Nante (such a thing as)

  ➔ "Vなくてもいい" (なく"てもいい") means "don't have to do V" or "it's okay not to do V." "なんて" (意味"なんて") here reinforces the idea of something being unimportant or negligible, emphasizing that its meaning doesn't matter.