ケモノミチ

• By: Mr.Children
• Album: miss you

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

風上に立つなよ

Don't stand upwind

獣達にバレるだろ

They'll notice the beasts

そんな時代だったら

If that's the kind of era it was

俺らとうに死んでる

We would've already been dead

ほら ふわふわとマヌケが通る

Look, silly fools just walk by, carefree

生温い風を受けて

Beneath the lukewarm breeze

法律も物の価値も

Laws and the value of things

時と共に変わってく

Change with time

バランス取るだけで

Just trying to stay balanced

精一杯 消耗してく

Wears us out completely

また クラクラと目眩起こすよ

Once again, spin and get dizzy

脳味噌振り回され

Brains swirling around

誰にSOSを送ろう

Who should I send SOS to?

匿名で書いた 柔な叫びを

A fragile scream written anonymously

鼓膜でくらうロックンロール

Rock and roll hits my eardrums

束の間 潤う

Briefly, I feel refreshed

「いつまでも待つよ」と

Did they say, 'I'll wait forever'?

言ってたっけ あの人

What is that person doing now?

今何してるかな？

Just drifting thoughts

そんなこと ボンヤリ

Again, carefree fools pass by

また ふわふわとマヌケが通る

Dragging yesterday along

昨日を引き摺りながら

Sending you a love song

君にlove songを送ろう

A lonely melody played on the moon

月に爪弾いた 孤独のメロディ

Leaving just for your ears

その耳にだけ残るように

Singing silently

声もなく 歌う

Who should I send SOS to?

誰にSOSを送ろう

A dull ache written anonymously

匿名で書いた 鈍い痛みを

Lying awake, plotting alone

眠れず独り目論む

Only revenge gives hope

「仕返し」だけが希望

Shouting out loud, even without a voice

声もなく 叫ぶよ

Shouting out loud

叫ぶよ

Shouting out loud

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
獣 /kemono/ B1	noun - beast
時代 /jidai/ B1	noun - era
死 /shi/ A2	noun - death verb - to die
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
法律 /hōritsu/ B2	noun - law
価値 /kachi/ B2	noun - value
変わる /kawaru/ B1	verb - to change
バランス /baransu/ B2	noun - balance
消耗 /shōmō/ B2	noun - exhaustion verb - to exhaust
目眩 /memai/ B2	noun - dizziness
叫ぶ /sakebu/ B1	verb - to shout
痛み /itami/ B1	noun - pain
希望 /kibō/ B1	noun - hope
歌う /utau/ A2	verb - to sing

Grammar:

• 風上に立つなよ

  ➔ Prohibition using "ない" form with an added "よ" for emphasis.

  ➔ "立つ" is in the plain form; combined with "なよ", it forms a command or prohibition (don't stand).

• 獣達にバレるだろ

  ➔ Casual conjecture expressed with "だろう".

  ➔ The suffix "だろう" indicates an educated guess or assumption about a situation.

• 法律も物の価値も

  ➔ Use of も to imply "also" or "both" for multiple subjects.

  ➔ The particle "も" emphasizes that both "laws" and "value of things" are included or affected.

• 脳味噌振り回され

  ➔ Passive form of "振り回す" (to swing around, to be overwhelmed).

  ➔ The phrase is a metaphor for being overwhelmed or dominated mentally.

• 誰にSOSを送ろう

  ➔ Using the volitional form "送ろう" to indicate intention or suggestion.

  ➔ The volitional form "送ろう" means "let's send" or "intend to send," indicating a suggestion or plan.

• 声もなく 歌う

  ➔ Use of "もなく" to mean "without" or "lacking".

  ➔ The phrase indicates performing an action "without" something, here "声" (voice).