おちゃらけたよ

• By: DAOKO
• Album: anima

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

渋滞した脳幹に囁やけば

Whispering to my congested brainstem

勝算なんか冗談にして

Turning victory into a joke

好感を買えるのは

What can buy goodwill

余裕かどうか必死かどうか

Is it confidence or desperation?

どちらかなんだ

It's one or the other

どんな気持ちで居たらいいんだろうね

I wonder what kind of feelings I should have

外に出たら明るくて冷たくて

When I step outside, it's bright and cold

おちゃらけたよ

It's all a joke

死ぬ程なんて

When it comes to dying

死んでから言ってくれないか

Could you tell me after I'm dead?

爽快なやつを頼むよ

I want something refreshing

カッといってクッと見渡せるやつを

Something that can take a sharp look around

今日もシャワーで実像の汚れを落とそう

Today, I'll wash away the dirt of reality in the shower

排水口から逃げ出すことはできなそう

It seems I can't escape through the drain

「何もかもなくなれば！」と滅亡を願っても

Even if I wish for destruction, saying "If everything disappears!"

数分後には笑えるよ

In a few minutes, I'll be able to laugh

熱量

The heat

漏れ出す疫病

A leaking plague

どんな気持ちで居たらいいんだろうね

I wonder what kind of feelings I should have

外に出たら明るくて冷たくて

When I step outside, it's bright and cold

おちゃらけたよ

It's all a joke

どんな言葉で言えばいいんだろうね

I wonder what words I should use

街に出たら賑わいと酸欠で

When I go out to the city, it's bustling and suffocating

おちゃらけたよ

It's all a joke

ひとりで喚く力も

The power to scream alone

いつの間にかなくなっていた

Has somehow disappeared

見透かしたような言葉で

With words that seem to see through me

わたしを閉じ込めて　何が楽しいの？

What’s so fun about locking me up?

どんな気持ちで居たらいいんだろうね

I wonder what kind of feelings I should have

外に出たら明るくて冷たくて

When I step outside, it's bright and cold

おちゃらけたよ

It's all a joke

どんな言葉で言えばいいんだろうね

I wonder what words I should use

街に出たら賑わいと酸欠で

When I go out to the city, it's bustling and suffocating

おちゃらけたよ

It's all a joke

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
脳幹 /のうかん/ B2	noun - brainstem
勝算 /しょうさん/ B2	noun - chance of winning
好感 /こうかん/ B1	noun - good feeling, favor
余裕 /よゆう/ B2	noun - leeway, margin
気持ち /きもち/ A2	noun - feeling, emotion
明るい /あかるい/ A2	adjective - bright, cheerful
冷たい /つめたい/ A2	adjective - cold
死ぬ /しぬ/ A1	verb - to die
頼む /たのむ/ B1	verb - to request, to ask
実像 /じつぞう/ B2	noun - real image
汚れ /よごれ/ B1	noun - dirt, stain
逃げ出す /にげだす/ B2	verb - to escape, to run away
滅亡 /めつぼう/ B2	noun - destruction, extinction
笑える /わらえる/ B1	verb - to be laughable, to be funny
熱量 /ねつりょう/ B2	noun - caloric value, heat quantity
喚く /わめく/ B1	verb - to shout, to scream
言葉 /ことば/ A1	noun - word, language

Grammar:

• 勝算なんか冗談にして

  ➔ Using the noun + なんか to denote something trivial or dismissive

  ➔ The particle なんか is used after a noun to imply a dismissive or trivial tone.

• 外に出たら明るくて冷たくて

  ➔ Conditional form using たら to express 'if/when' something occurs

  ➔ The たら form is used to hypothesize or set a condition for an action to take place.

• 死ぬ程なんて

  ➔ Using なんて to express something insignificant or to belittle

  ➔ The particle なんて is often used to belittle, dismiss, or express surprise at something.

• 何もかもなくなれば！

  ➔ Conditional form using ば to mean 'if/when' everything becomes gone or lost

  ➔ The ば form indicates a conditional clause, meaning 'if' or 'when' something occurs.

• 笑えるよ

  ➔ Potential form of the verb '笑う' (to laugh) + よ to emphasize or affirm

  ➔ The potential form of the verb indicates the ability to perform the action, with よ adding emphasis.

• 実像の汚れを落とそう

  ➔ Volitional form of 落とす (to drop, to remove) + う to suggest 'let's' do the action

  ➔ The volitional form of a verb is used to suggest or propose doing the action together.

• 排水口から逃げ出すことはできなそう

  ➔ Potential form of 逃げ出す (to escape), combined with ことはできなそう to express likely inability

  ➔ The potential form combined with ことはできなそう indicates a likely inability to perform the action.