METANOIA – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 水樹奈々

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through "METANOIA" offers a unique opportunity to engage with intense, emotional, and empowering language. The song's fast-paced lyrics and strong vocabulary, centered around themes of self-determination and breaking free from the past, provide a dynamic way to learn new expressions. What makes this song special is its fusion of a powerful rock sound with the heartfelt and soaring vocals of Nana Mizuki, making the learning process both exciting and memorable.

[English]

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

What do you believe in, and what will you choose?

People are always like that, seeking freedom,

Trying to be free, yet restrained

Unable to grasp the true self as it is

(Wandering) In these palms (drawing near), softly wrapped

Searching for shards of shining love

In this fleeting now, rather than regret, chase the love selfishly

Try, move toward the future, try, connect

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

Is the song of your heart there?

This heartbeat, born anew again and again

For whom does it resonate?

Follow your own path

Roar out, to those who know of resolve

Come on, unleash a unique melody

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

Justice's cry, tearing through midnight blackness

Lamenting imperfection, unable to erase the shock of tragedy

(Quietly) Playing with wounds, that fleeting wish from that day

Unknowingly, it circles like poison

The hope that disappears as you protect it, the despair that lurks closer each time you run

Why? Where does the future go?

Break open the cell of the past

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

May this endless song reach you

Expose your mistakes and weaknesses

With a heart bare of all masks

I want to feel everything

Cry, be strong, and cry again

Preemptive actions, missteps

Reached dead ends, stop in your tracks

Facing yourself is where it all begins

Even if the world returns to nothing

Even if I become dust itself

The one song we played together, just that one

I can hear the light

Illuminating, showing, and roaring

Live your whole heart in this moment

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

Is the song of your heart there?

This heartbeat, born anew again and again

Resound for you

And let your dreams of two be fulfilled

Roar out, to those who know resolve

Come on, unleash a unique melody

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

The sound of life

Live! Live your life, now! You can live freely!

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[Japanese]

Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!

Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!

何を信じて何を選ぶのか

人はいつだってそう、自由の中

自由を求め拘束している

あるがままを捉えられずに

(彷徨う) この掌 (引き寄せ) 優しく包んだ

(煌めく) 愛の欠片探し

(我儘に) 過行く今を (追いかけて) 後悔に変えるより

(Try) 未来へ (Try) 繋ごう

(Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!)

胸の歌はそこにあるのか？

生を受け重ねるこの鼓動

誰が為に響かせる？

己が道を貫け

唸れ 覚悟を知るものなら

さぁ 無二の旋律を放て

(Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!)

正義の慟哭 漆黒の一刻塗り潰して

不完全に嘆き 悲劇の衝撃消せないまま

(静かに) 傷を弄る (あの日の) 儚き願いは

(気付けば) 毒のように巡って

(守るほど) 遠退く希望 (逃げるたび) 躙り寄る絶望

(Why?) 未来は (Why?) どこへ

「過去という独房 こじ開けろ」

(Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!)

絶えぬ歌よ君に届け

過ちも弱さも曝け出し

生まれたままの心で

そのすべて感じたいよ

(Cry) 強く (Cry) 強く

先回り 空回り

行き詰まり 立ち止まり

対峙するは己が始まり

例え世界が無に帰して

この身塵に成り果てても

君と奏でた ただ一つの歌が

(聞こえる) 光りを

(聞こえる) 示して (聞こえる) 轟く

「全力で生きろ この瞬間を」

(Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!)

胸の歌はそこにあるのか？

生を受け重ねるこの鼓動

君のために響かせる

二人の夢を貫け

唸れ 覚悟を知る者なら

さぁ 無二の旋律を放て

(Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!)

生命の音を

Live! Live your life, now! Can live freely!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
信じ /しんじ/ B1	verb - to believe
選ぶ /えらぶ/ A2	verb - to choose
自由 /じゆう/ B1	noun - freedom
拘束 /こうそく/ B2	noun - constraint
煌めく /きらめく/ B2	verb - to sparkle
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
欠片 /かけら/ B1	noun - fragment
過行く /すがゆく/ B2	verb - to pass by
後悔 /こうかい/ B1	noun - regret
未来 /みらい/ A2	noun - future
正義 /せいぎ/ B1	noun - justice
慟哭 /どうこく/ B2	noun - lamentation
漆黒 /しっこく/ B2	adjective - jet black
嘆き /なげき/ B1	noun - sorrow
悲劇 /ひげき/ B1	noun - tragedy
衝撃 /しょうげき/ B1	noun - shock
希望 /きぼう/ A2	noun - hope
絶望 /ぜつぼう/ B1	noun - despair

Key Grammar Structures

• 何を信じて何を選ぶのか

  ➔ The use of the question marker "のか" to turn a statement into a question.

  ➔ "のか" is a sentence-ending particle used in Japanese to turn a statement into a question, often expressing uncertainty or inquiry.

• Can live freely!

  ➔ Use of modal verb "can" to express possibility or ability in the present or future.

  ➔ "Can" is a modal verb in English indicating ability, possibility, or permission.

• 胸の歌はそこにあるのか？

  ➔ Use of the question marker "のか" to turn a statement into a question.

  ➔ "のか" at the end of a sentence turns a statement into a question, seeking confirmation or inquiry.

• 生きる力を感じる

  ➔ Use of the noun "力" (chikara) with the を particle to indicate the object of feeling or perception.

  ➔ "を" is a particle used to mark the direct object of a verb in Japanese; here, it indicates what is felt.

• 己が道を貫け

  ➔ Imperative form of "貫け" derived from the verb "貫く" (to pierce, to persist).

  ➔ "貫け" is the imperative form of the verb "貫く", meaning to pierce through or persist.

• 未来へ繋ごう

  ➔ volitional form "繋ごう" of "繋ぐ" used to express the intention or suggestion to connect or continue into the future.

  ➔ "繋ごう" is the volitional form of "繋ぐ" (to connect), used to express an intention or suggestion to connect or move forward into the future.