いのちの食べ方 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Eve
• Album: 廻廻奇譚 / 蒼のワルツ (New EP 『廻廻奇譚 / 蒼のワルツ』)

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through 'いのちの食べ方' (How to Eat Life) by Eve offers a unique journey into poetic and metaphorical language. The song's introspective lyrics about self-discovery and the meaning of existence provide a rich vocabulary for expressing complex emotions. Its catchy, energetic melody makes it a memorable and engaging way to immerse yourself in the nuances of the Japanese language and contemporary music scene.

[English]

How to Eat Life​

Searching for what's missing, a backpacker​

Lost my temper and messed up​

Even if I don't expect a sudden development​

You're definitely not coming, I'm telling you​

''Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo''​

It's like a magic spell​

Still longing for your return​

That excitement ran away again​

It's not this, it's not that​

Only impatience seems to grow​

I wanted a hand to hold next to me​

Without knowing warmth​

Becoming poor in my heart​

Wandering in a gray sea​

Beauty is overflowing​

Don't overlook it​

Sober up before the night dawns​

You don't have time​

I want to be blind, to this boring today​

I definitely want to overcome it​

Throw your feelings out until your voice reaches​

Until you become dizzy​

We won't allow it​

We won't allow you to forget it

Stop even thinking about it​

A mad hatter starts dancing at midnight​

It passed by in the blink of an eye​

I want to expect something in my imagination​

You're definitely not coming, I'm telling you​

Crying in the gap between reality​

With this feeling of being torn open​

The thorns of the words I drank down pierce me​

Only that absurdity remained​

My favorite cutlery​

Seems to carry only bliss​

I wanted to surround the table​

With everyone​

Stabbing a knife in​

Tearing your Adam's apple​

I moistened my fingertips​

I was never taught​

How to use a fork​

Don't try to see the truth​

I measured the weight of life​

In the flickering bonfire​

What did you see?​

Sober up before the night dawns​

You don't have time​

I want to be blind, to this boring today​

I definitely want to overcome it​

Throw your feelings out until your voice reaches​

Until you become dizzy​

We won't allow it​

We won't allow you to forget it

Stop even thinking about it​

Find me before I eat you​

Music / Vocal | Eve​

Arrange | Numa​ ​​​Movie | Mariyasu​

[Japanese]

いのちの食べ方​

足りないもの探して バックパッカー​

かっとなっては やっちまった​

急展開に期待しなくたって​

きっと君は来ないってないってば​

''ビビディバビデブー​''

おまじないみたいなもんさ​

帰りを今も待ち望んでは​

その感動はまた走り去った​

これじゃないと あれじゃないと​

焦りだけが募るようだ​

隣に握りしめる手が欲しかった​

温もりを知らぬまま  ​

心まで貧しくなって​

グレイの海を彷徨った​

美は満ち溢れているんだ​

見過ごすな​

夜が明ける前に酔いを醒まして​

時間がないんだ君には​

盲目でいたいの 退屈な今日を​

越えていきたいんだきっと​

声が届くまで想いをぶつけて​

ふらふらになってしまうまで​

僕らにそれを​

忘れることを許さないから​

考えることすらやめてしまいな​

真夜中踊りだすマッドハッター​

あっというまに 経っちまった​

空想上に期待したくなって​

きっと君はこないってないってば​

現実との狭間で泣いて​

腹を裂かれるこの思いで​

飲み干した言葉の棘が刺さる​

その滑稽さだけが残った​

お気に入りの カトラリーは​

至福だけを運ぶようだ​

テーブルをみんなで​

囲みたかったんだ​

ナイフを突き立てては​

君の喉仏を裂いて​

指先を湿らせたんだ​

フォークの使い方なんて​

誰にも教わらなかった​

真理を見ようとしないで​

命の重さを量った​

揺らめく篝火の中​

何をみた​

夜が明ける前に酔いを醒まして​

時間がないんだ君には​

盲目でいたいの 退屈な今日を​

越えていきたいんだきっと​

声が届くまで想いをぶつけて​

ふらふらになってしまうまで​

僕らにそれを​

忘れることを許さないから​

考えることすらやめてしまいな​

僕が食べる前に僕を見つけて​

Music / Vocal | Eve​

Arrange | Numa​ ​​​Movie | Mariyasu​

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
食べ方 /tabe-kata/ B1	noun - way of eating
感動 /kandō/ B2	noun - emotion, feeling
温もり /nukumori/ B2	noun - warmth
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart, mind
夜 /yoru/ A1	noun - night
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice, sound
思い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought, feeling
現実 /genjitsu/ B2	noun - reality
思い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - memory, recollection
時間 /jikan/ A1	noun - time
許す /yurusu/ B2	verb - to forgive, to allow
踊る /odoru/ A2	verb - to dance
重さ /omosa/ B1	noun - weight
思い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought, feeling
許す /yurusu/ B2	verb - to forgive, to allow

Key Grammar Structures

• きっと君は来ないってないってば

  ➔ Use of "って" to quote or emphasize speech or thought.

  ➔ "って" is a casual quoting particle that also adds emphasis.

• 心まで貧しくなって

  ➔ Use of まで to indicate 'up to' or 'until' a certain point, here emphasizing completeness.

  ➔ までも (made mo) in this context indicates extent or completeness, emphasizing 'even the heart'.

• 夜が明ける前に酔いを醒まして

  ➔ Use of 前に (maeni) to mean 'before', indicating a point in time.

  ➔ 前に (maeni) is a temporal particle meaning 'before', used here to specify the timing of waking up.

• 命の重さを量った

  ➔ Use of を to mark the direct object, and 量った (measure) as a transitive verb.

  ➔ を marks the direct object of the verb 量った, which means 'measured' the weight of life.

• 飲み干した言葉の棘が刺さる

  ➔ Use of の to connect noun modifiers, and the verb 刺さる (to prick/stick).

  ➔ の links nouns to modify or describe other nouns, and 刺さる means to be pierced or embedded.

• 心まで貧しくなって

  ➔ Use of まで to indicate 'up to' or 'until' a certain point, here emphasizing completeness.

  ➔ まで in this context indicates extent or completeness, emphasizing 'even the heart'.