カーニバル – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Vaundy
• Album: replica

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

すでに大論争 鎮火できぬほど

Already a huge controversy, the fire cannot be extinguished

焚き付けられた火種は

The spark that was ignited

まるで溶鉱炉 聴けば

It's like a blast furnace, when you listen

吹けど飛ばない塵の合戦か

Is it a war of dust that blows but doesn't fly away?

噴き上げる熱狂 それは

The fervor that erupts, it's

火種の血肉攫うカニバリズム

The cannibalism that devours the flesh and blood of the spark

されどそれが絶頂の渦

But that's the vortex of the climax

悲しき日だね最後のカーニバル

Ah, what a sad day, the last carnival

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

筆霞む程 鮮やかなカーニバル

A carnival so vivid it makes my brushstrokes blur

またか

Again?

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

飽きもせずまた おりたてる

Without getting tired, it rises again

ちいさなリズム

A small rhythm

積もり積もる嫉妬それは

The jealousy that accumulates

開いた穴埋める いつのカーニバル

Fills the hole that was opened, what carnival is it?

されどそれは幻想 バブル

But that's just an illusion, a bubble

弾ければまた 穴は広くなる

If you pop it, the hole will only get bigger

幸せの在り処を必死に探す故に

Because we desperately search for a place of happiness

伸び切ったその爪切らずに

We stretch out our claws to the limit, but don't cut them

人は

People

毒を飲み合い そこになにか

Drink poison together, and search for a reason to walk together

共に歩く理由を探してる

Lick each other's wounds, and the pain

傷を舐め合い その痛みが

傷を舐め合い その痛みが

酷く増してしまえども

Increases terribly, but

なあほら ほら

Ah, look, look

ほら見たらいい景色さ

Look, what a great view

ね ほらほらほら

Hey, look, look, look

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

不幸の穴に足滑らす 火種持つ天使

An angel with a spark, slipping into the hole of misfortune

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

ならば素直に 泣きつけよびしょ濡れで

If so, then let's cry out loud, and get wet with tears

人は

People

毒を飲み合い そこになにか

Drink poison together, and search for a reason to walk together

共に歩く理由を探してる

Lick each other's wounds, and the pain

傷を舐め合い その痛みが

Increases terribly, but

酷く増してしまえども (ooh, ooh-ooh)

(ooh, ooh-ooh)

ともに睨み合い 目が合えば

We glare at each other, and when our eyes meet

そんな捻くれに希望を宿して

We somehow find hope in that twisted gaze

なぜだろう

I wonder why

耐え難い痛みのはずなのに

It's supposed to be unbearable pain

見たらいい景色だ (ooh, ooh-ooh)

But what a great view (ooh, ooh-ooh)

見たらいい景色だ (ooh, ooh-ooh)

What a great view (ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
大論争 /だいろんそう/ B2	noun - great controversy
鎮火 /ちんか/ B1	noun - extinguishing a fire
火種 /ひだね/ B1	noun - spark
溶鉱炉 /ようこうろ/ C1	noun - blast furnace
熱狂 /ねっきょう/ B2	noun - frenzy
カニバリズム /かにばりずむ/ C2	noun - cannibalism
絶頂 /ぜっちょう/ B2	noun - climax
渦 /うず/ B1	noun - whirlpool
嫉妬 /しっと/ B1	noun - jealousy
幻想 /げんそう/ B2	noun - illusion
バブル /ばぶる/ B2	noun - bubble
毒 /どく/ B1	noun - poison
共に /ともに/ B1	adverb - together
歩く /あるく/ A1	verb - to walk
理由 /りゆう/ B1	noun - reason
痛み /いたみ/ B1	noun - pain
希望 /きぼう/ B1	noun - hope

Key Grammar Structures

• すでに大論争 鎮火できぬほど

  ➔ The use of できぬ (dekinu) indicates the negative potential form of できる (dekiru), meaning 'cannot' or 'unable to'.

  ➔ The phrase 'できぬほど' means 'to the extent that it cannot be done'.

• 吹けど飛ばない塵の合戦か

  ➔ The use of ど (do) in 吹けど and 飛ばない indicates concessive meaning, similar to 'although' or 'even if'.

  ➔ The phrase '吹けど飛ばない' means 'although it blows, it does not fly'.

• 悲しき日だね最後のカーニバル

  ➔ The suffix き (ki) attached to 悲し (kanashii) forms 悲しき, which is a poetic or archaic style to mean 'sad'.

  ➔ 悲しき is an archaic or poetic form meaning 'sad'.

• 傷を舐め合い その痛みが

  ➔ The verb 舐め合う (nameau) combines 舐める (to lick) with 合う (to mutual), meaning 'to lick each other's wounds' or 'to console each other'.

  ➔ The phrase indicates mutual comforting or sharing of pain.

• なぜだろう 耐え難い痛みのはずなのに

  ➔ The phrase だろう (darou) expresses conjecture or speculation, meaning 'I wonder why...'.

  ➔ 'なぜだろう' means 'I wonder why' or 'perhaps why'.

• 見たらいい景色だ

  ➔ The verb 見たら (mitarara) is the conditional form of 見る (miru) plus ら, expressing 'if you see'.

  ➔ The phrase '見たらいい景色だ' means 'If you see it, it's a beautiful view'.