滑稽なFight

• By: 京本大我
• Album: PROT.30

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

何かの波形のような 揺らめきと騒めきが

Like some kind of waveform, A flicker and a clamor

この一挙手一投足　歯止めをかける

Every single move, putting on the brakes

自由になることも　大人になることも

Becoming free, becoming an adult,

確か希望だったよな？

That was definitely hope, right?

手にした途端　頭で瞬時に理解した

The moment I got it, my head instantly understood

『もう染まってしまった』

'I'm already tainted.'

恐れが甘えに　嘆きが惰性に

Fear turns into indulgence, lament into inertia

そうやって明日を奪われるなよ

Don't let them steal your tomorrow like that

願いを海に　沈めた拍子に

The moment I sank my wish into the sea,

飛び上がったあの時のトビウオ

That flying fish that jumped up back then

一体何の知らせだったんだい？

What kind of message was that, anyway?

そんな問い掛けも　虚しいまま

Even those questions remain in vain

まだ間に合うなら

If it's still not too late,

この青の感情よ　この飢えた血肉よ

Oh, this blue emotion, this hungry flesh and blood

綺麗事のファイトソング

A fight song full of pretty words

フィクション塗れのストーリー

A story covered in fiction

何を摂取しても味はしないままが良いや

It's better if nothing tastes like anything, no matter what I consume

初めて訪れた身内の不幸

The first time I experienced a misfortune in the family

失う本当の意味なんて しばらく分からないままだった

I didn't understand the true meaning of loss for quite a while

そして二度目、訪れるとき 既に寂しさが襲い出してた

And the second time it came, I was already overcome with loneliness

そんな自分の心が怖くて　怖くて

I'm so scared, so scared of my own heart

少しずつ大人になってゆく

Slowly becoming an adult

少しずつ世界を知って　散って　また染まってゆく

Slowly learning about the world, scattering, and becoming tainted again

世間に蔓延っている当然の嘘

The obvious lies that are rampant in the world

そうと知らずに抱き締める民衆

The people embrace them without knowing

時に肥大する間違いだらけの正義

A justice full of mistakes that sometimes grows out of proportion

そこに紛れるくらいなら

If I'm just going to get lost in that,

大草原　大海原　いや大宇宙までも

To the great plains, the vast ocean, no, even to the vast universe

さあ飛び立ってしまおうか

So, shall we take off?

まだ愛せるなら

If I can still love it,

この慣れた日常を　残酷な皮肉を

This familiar daily life, this cruel irony

試練だらけの　この人生（マイライフ）

This life (my life) full of trials

アクション一つで変わるなら

If it can change with just one action,

あのトラウマにもハッピーを付けちまえばいいや

I guess I'll just add some happiness to that trauma

どうしたって、また 明日へ踏み出す運命ならば

If I'm destined to step into tomorrow again, no matter what

誰かに劣ってもいい 決して讃えられなくてもいい

It's okay if I'm inferior to someone It's okay if I'm never praised

ただ自分自身に負けたくないから

Because I just don't want to lose to myself

そう、僕なりのFightで

Yes, with my own kind of fight

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
波形 /hakei/ B2	noun - waveform
揺らめき /yurameki/ B2	noun - flickering, wavering
騒めき /sawameki/ B2	noun - clamor, commotion
歯止め /hadome/ B2	noun - brake, restraint
希望 /kibō/ A2	noun - hope
途端 /totan/ B2	noun - just as, the moment
恐れ /osore/ B1	noun - fear
甘え /amae/ B2	noun - dependence, indulgence
嘆き /nageki/ B2	noun - lament, grief
惰性 /dasei/ B2	noun - inertia
明日 /ashita/ A1	noun - tomorrow
願い /negai/ A2	noun - wish, desire
拍子 /hyōshi/ B2	noun - chance, moment
虚しい /munashii/ B2	adjective - futile, vain
感情 /kanjō/ A2	noun - emotion, feeling
血肉 /chiniku/ B2	noun - flesh and blood
不幸 /fukō/ A2	noun - misfortune, unhappiness
意味 /imi/ A1	noun - meaning, significance
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
蔓延 /man'en/ B2	verb - to spread, to be rampant
当然 /tōzen/ A2	adjective - natural, as a matter of course
嘘 /uso/ A1	noun - lie, falsehood
間違い /machigai/ A2	noun - mistake, error
正義 /seigi/ B1	noun - justice, righteousness
日常 /nichijō/ A2	noun - daily routine, everyday life
皮肉 /hiniku/ B2	noun - irony, sarcasm
試練 /shiren/ B2	noun - trial, ordeal
人生 /jinsei/ A1	noun - life
運命 /unmei/ B1	noun - fate, destiny
自身 /jishin/ A2	noun - oneself

Grammar:

• この一挙手一投足　歯止めをかける

  ➔ Transitive verb + を + verb (dictionary form) + ことで

  ➔ The phrase "歯止めをかける" (hadome o kakeru) means "to put a stop to" or "to curb." The direct object is "歯止め" (hadome).

• 手にした途端　頭で瞬時に理解した

  ➔ Verb (past form) + 途端 (totan): As soon as; the moment that.

  ➔ "手にした途端" (te ni shita totan) means "the moment I obtained it" or "as soon as I got it."

• 願いを海に　沈めた拍子に

  ➔ Noun + の + 拍子に (hyoushi ni): At the moment of, due to, triggered by.

  ➔ "沈めた拍子に" (shizumeta hyoushi ni) implies that the action that followed happened as a result of the act of sinking the wish into the sea.

• 一体何の知らせだったんだい？

  ➔ Question word + だったんだ (dattan da/ndai): Emphatic question in past tense.

  ➔ The phrase "だったんだい？" (dattan dai?) is a colloquial and slightly masculine way to express a question with added emphasis or curiosity. "だったんだ" (dattan da) is the past tense of "だ" (da) + "んだ" (nda) (explanation). The ending "い" (i) softens the question.

• 少しずつ大人になってゆく

  ➔ Verb (stem form) + ていく (te iku): Expresses a change or a movement away from the speaker in time or space. Here, a gradual change.

  ➔ "なっていく" (natte iku) signifies "becoming" or "growing into" with a sense of progression over time. "大人になっていく" (otona ni natte iku) means "gradually becoming an adult."

• そうと知らずに抱き締める民衆

  ➔ Phrase + と + 知らずに (shirazu ni): Without knowing that.

  ➔ "そうと知らずに" (sou to shirazu ni) means "without knowing that is the case" or "unaware of that fact."

• アクション一つで変わるなら

  ➔ Conditional form of verb (変わる - kawaru) + なら (nara): If (something) changes/were to change.

  ➔ "変わるなら" (kawaru nara) sets up a conditional statement. If the situation changes due to a single action...

• どうしたって、また 明日へ踏み出す運命ならば

  ➔ Conditional sentence: A (運命ならば), then B

  ➔ 運命ならば： if it is my fate

• 誰かに劣ってもいい

  ➔ てもいい (te mo ii): it's okay to...

  ➔ It's okay to be inferior to someone