METANOIA – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 水樹奈々

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

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

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

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

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

何を信じて何を選ぶのか

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

人はいつだってそう、自由の中

People are always like that, seeking freedom,

自由を求め拘束している

Trying to be free, yet restrained

あるがままを捉えられずに

Unable to grasp the true self as it is

(彷徨う) この掌 (引き寄せ) 優しく包んだ

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

(煌めく) 愛の欠片探し

Searching for shards of shining love

(我儘に) 過行く今を (追いかけて) 後悔に変えるより

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

(Try) 未来へ (Try) 繋ごう

Try, move toward the future, try, connect

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

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

胸の歌はそこにあるのか？

Is the song of your heart there?

生を受け重ねるこの鼓動

This heartbeat, born anew again and again

誰が為に響かせる？

For whom does it resonate?

己が道を貫け

Follow your own path

唸れ 覚悟を知るものなら

Roar out, to those who know of resolve

さぁ 無二の旋律を放て

Come on, unleash a unique melody

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

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

正義の慟哭 漆黒の一刻塗り潰して

Justice's cry, tearing through midnight blackness

不完全に嘆き 悲劇の衝撃消せないまま

Lamenting imperfection, unable to erase the shock of tragedy

(静かに) 傷を弄る (あの日の) 儚き願いは

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

(気付けば) 毒のように巡って

Unknowingly, it circles like poison

(守るほど) 遠退く希望 (逃げるたび) 躙り寄る絶望

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

(Why?) 未来は (Why?) どこへ

Why? Where does the future go?

「過去という独房 こじ開けろ」

Break open the cell of the past

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

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

絶えぬ歌よ君に届け

May this endless song reach you

過ちも弱さも曝け出し

Expose your mistakes and weaknesses

生まれたままの心で

With a heart bare of all masks

そのすべて感じたいよ

I want to feel everything

(Cry) 強く (Cry) 強く

Cry, be strong, and cry again

先回り 空回り

Preemptive actions, missteps

行き詰まり 立ち止まり

Reached dead ends, stop in your tracks

対峙するは己が始まり

Facing yourself is where it all begins

例え世界が無に帰して

Even if the world returns to nothing

この身塵に成り果てても

Even if I become dust itself

君と奏でた ただ一つの歌が

The one song we played together, just that one

(聞こえる) 光りを

I can hear the light

(聞こえる) 示して (聞こえる) 轟く

Illuminating, showing, and roaring

「全力で生きろ この瞬間を」

Live your whole heart in this moment

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

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

胸の歌はそこにあるのか？

Is the song of your heart there?

生を受け重ねるこの鼓動

This heartbeat, born anew again and again

君のために響かせる

Resound for you

二人の夢を貫け

And let your dreams of two be fulfilled

唸れ 覚悟を知る者なら

Roar out, to those who know resolve

さぁ 無二の旋律を放て

Come on, unleash a unique melody

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

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

生命の音を

The sound of life

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

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

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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.