NEW ME – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: LiSA
• Album: LANDER

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese with LiSA's "NEW ME" is an empowering experience. The song's uplifting and straightforward lyrics about overcoming challenges and embracing a new you are perfect for learners to grasp positive and motivational vocabulary. Its rock-infused J-pop melody makes the learning process energetic and fun, offering a special glimpse into the heart of a beloved Japanese rock artist.

[English]

Want to see your eyes shining bright

Are you finding things that make you happy?

It's important to keep searching, you know

Even if it doesn't come true

There were wishes that almost disappeared, right?

Because tears bring your next dream

Hold close the warmth in your heart

A new morning will come, overcoming any worries

Cry in the night, cry in the night

Even if you're lost in darkness

It's not that you're dark or afraid

It's a chance to find your light

While scrolling through your finger and thinking 'boring'

you're missing out on happiness just one more time

Getting frustrated, feeling angry and struggling

Or lamenting uselessly

Shout out, saying 'It’s not like this!'

Look up—this universe belongs to you, too

Start line, start line

Always, it’s right there under your feet

Not above, not somewhere else

Move forward! Surpass that dream

To planets that crash land or dawn outside Earth

Carry something to be proud of and keep traveling

Soundtrack, soundtrack

Play your orchestra to exhaustion

Anytime, however many times

Go for it! My loved one

Good luck, good luck

Now, let's go

To meet the new 'ME' in the future

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

(Oribe from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture)

...

[Japanese]

目を輝かせて

楽しいことを見つけられてる？

探し続けることが大切よ ねぇ

叶わないままで

消えそうな願いごとあったでしょう

涙は次の夢を連れてくるから

胸に残る熱を 抱きしめてあげてね

どんな悩みさえ 遠ざかる朝はくる

Cry in the night, cry in the night

たとえ深い闇にいても

暗いんじゃない 怖いんじゃない

ヒカリを知るためのチャンスだよ

「つまらない」なんて 指先スクロールしてる間に

幸せ また一つ見逃すよ

悔しくなって 怒りもがいたり

虚しく嘆いても

「こんなもんじゃない」って さぁ、叫んじゃえ！

見上げた この宇宙だって あなたのものよ

Start line, start line

いつだってその足元だよ

上じゃない 他所じゃない

前へ！ あの夢も追い越して

不時着の惑星にも 地球外の夜明けにも

誇れるものひとつ持って 旅を続けよう

Soundtrack, soundtrack

飽きるほど 奏でるのオーケストラ

いつでも いくつでも

やってやれ！ 私の愛しい人

Good luck, good luck

さぁ、行こう

未来"NEW ME"に会いに行こう

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

（岐阜県関市の織部）

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tear
朝 /asa/ A2	noun - morning
光 /hikari/ B1	noun - light
チャンス /chansu/ B1	noun - chance
悩み /nayami/ B2	noun - worry
旅 /tabi/ B2	noun - journey
愛 /ai/ B2	noun - love
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
宇宙 /uchuu/ C1	noun - universe
誇れる /hokoreru/ C1	verb - to be proud of
奏でる /kanaderu/ C1	verb - to play (an instrument)

Key Grammar Structures

• 探し続けることが大切よ

  ➔ Continuous action with 〜続ける (~tsuzukeru)

  ➔ It expresses the idea of 'keep doing' or 'continue' something

• 涙は次の夢を連れてくるから

  ➔ Particle 〜は indicating the topic

  ➔ Marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing what the sentence is about

• どんな悩みさえ 遠ざかる朝はくる

  ➔ Particle さえ meaning 'even' or 'as much as'

  ➔ Used to emphasize 'even' or 'as much as' in a sentence

• 虚しく嘆いても

  ➔ Conditional ても meaning 'even if' or 'regardless of'

  ➔ Expresses 'even if' or 'regardless of' a circumstance

• さぁ、行こう

  ➔ Imperative form 〜う (e.g., 行こう) to evoke a call or suggestion

  ➔ A casual imperative to suggest 'Let's go' or 'Come on'

• 未来"NEW ME"に会いに行こう

  ➔ Verb 〜に行く to indicate purpose (to go see someone or something)

  ➔ Uses the verb 〜に行く (to go) with purpose to express going to meet or see someone or something

• 夢も追い越して

  ➔ Verb 〜越す (kosu) meaning 'to surpass' or 'to overtake'

  ➔ Expresses surpassing or overtaking a goal or limit, such as a dream