PLAYERS

• By: YOASOBI

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on the legacy!

Set on the legacy!

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on the legacy! Yeah!

Set on the legacy! Yeah!

起動した今日に俯いた

Heads hung low on this day of activation,

いつからか分かりきった毎日を

Living a predictable life, since who knows when,

こなしている

Just going through the motions.

はじめからなんて出来ない

I can't just do it from the start,

記憶の奥染み付いた

Deep in my memory, etched in my mind,

世界を救い出したヒーローに

I'm still captivated by the hero who saved the world,

今も魅せられたままでいる

Even now, I'm still so drawn to them.

一瞬の判断が分つ運命に

A fleeting decision divides our fate,

握る手が汗ばむ

My gripping hands start to sweat.

広げた地図を 真剣に見つめ続けていた

Eyes glued, we intensely kept staring at the spread-out map

あの日々よ

Oh, those days...

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

はじめから始められたら

If we could just start all over again,

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

あの時セーブしたままの僕らは

We're just as we were when we saved back then,

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

握る手を離し 大人になった

Letting go of our grip, we've grown up.

もう一回 もう一回だけでいいから

Just one more time, one more time is all I ask,

新しい名前を入れて

Enter a new name.

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on the legacy!

Set on the legacy!

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on the legacy!

Set on the legacy!

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on the legacy!

Set on the legacy!

Play on! You and me!

Play on! You and me!

Set on my legacy! Yeah!

Set on my legacy! Yeah!

...

...

夢も愛も希望も

Dreams, love, and hope,

いつも君が

It was always you,

そこにいた君が

You, who were always there,

教えてくれた

You taught me everything.

理不尽も絶望も

Injustice and despair,

嗚呼 僕らは何度も君と

Ah, we overcame them countless times with you,

乗り越えてきた

We made it through.

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

はじめからやり直せたら

If we could just redo it from the start,

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

今よりずっと凄いこと出来るって

We could do something so much greater than now,

でもね 絶対に

But you know, absolutely,

君ならきっとそんなこと言わない

You definitely wouldn't say something like that.

もう一回 もう一回 ほら

One more time, one more time, look,

選ぶコンテニュー

Choose to continue,

真のエンドロールまで

Until the true end credits roll.

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

誰でもない僕を選んで

Choose me, not just anyone,

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

さあ 今をセーブして明日へと繋げ

Come on, save the present and connect it to tomorrow,

もう一回 もう一回

One more time, one more time,

勇ましく進む僕らがヒーロー

We, bravely moving forward, are the heroes.

もう一回 もう一回だけでいいから

Just one more time, one more time is all I ask,

この名前を信じて

Believe in this name.

夢も愛も希望も

Dreams, love, and hope,

喜びもいつも

And joy, always,

この手で選んできた

We've chosen them with these hands.

旅路の先にあった

That lay ahead on our journey.

理不尽も絶望も

The injustice and despair,

この憂いもきっと

Even this sorrow, surely,

君を想えば

If I think of you,

乗り越えられる

We can overcome it.

僕らが愛してきた

The days of adventure,

冒険の日々は

That we've come to love,

ずっと共にある

Will always be with us.

さあ つづきを行こう

So, let's continue on!

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
play /pleɪ/ A1	verb - to engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation verb - to perform a role or part in a game or performance
legacy /ˈleɡəsi/ B2	noun - something transmitted or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past
今日 (kyou) /kʲoː/ A1	noun - today
毎日 (mainichi) /ˈmaɪnɪtʃɪ/ A1	noun - every day
記憶 (kioku) /ˈkʲioku/ B1	noun - memory
世界 (sekai) /ˈseːkai/ A1	noun - world
救う (sukuu) /sɯ̥ˈkɯː/ B1	verb - to save, to rescue
ヒーロー (hiiroo) /ˈhiːɾoː/ A2	noun - hero
運命 (unmei) /ɯmmeː/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
手 (te) /te/ A1	noun - hand
地図 (chizu) /t͡ɕiꜜzɯ̀/ A2	noun - map
大人 (otona) /o̞to̞na̠/ A2	noun - adult
名前 (namae) /namae/ A1	noun - name
夢 (yume) /jɯ̟me/ A1	noun - dream
愛 (ai) /ai/ A1	noun - love
希望 (kibou) /kiboː/ A2	noun - hope
理不尽 (rifujin) /ɾiɸɯd͡ʑĩ/ C1	noun - unreasonableness, absurdity
絶望 (zetsubou) /ze̞t͡sɯbo̞ː/ B2	noun - despair
冒険 (bouken) /bo̞ːkẽ̞ɴ/ B1	noun - adventure

Grammar:

• 起動した今日に俯いた

  ➔ Past Tense (した) with に indicating time

  ➔ The verb 起動した (kidou shita - started up/booted) is in the past tense, indicating an action that already happened. に marks the time 'today (今日)' when the action of 俯いた (utsumuita - looked down) occurred. Literally 'On the today that started up, I looked down.'

• はじめからなんて出来ない

  ➔ なんて (nante) - expressing something is not possible/unexpected

  ➔ なんて emphasizes the impossibility or disbelief of being able to do something 'from the beginning (はじめから)'. It adds a nuance of 'how could anyone possibly...' or 'it's impossible to...'.

• 記憶の奥染み付いた

  ➔ Adjective + 付いた (tsuita): verb 'tsuku' in past form, expressing something stuck to something (literally or figuratively)

  ➔ 染み付いた (shimi tsuita) means 'stained' or 'ingrained'. Here, it describes something that has deeply ingrained itself in the depths of memory (記憶の奥 - kioku no oku).

• 一瞬の判断が分つ運命に

  ➔ が (ga) used to indicate the subject of a clause

  ➔ 一瞬の判断が (isshun no handan ga) - 'An instant's judgement' is the subject performing the action of 分つ (wakatsu - divides/separates) the destiny (運命 - unmei). The が particle marks 判断 (handan - judgement) as the subject of this part of the sentence.

• 握る手を離し 大人になった

  ➔ Verb (連用形 - ren'youkei) + ～し (shi) – Listing reasons or performing actions in sequence

  ➔ 離し (hanashi - released) is the ren'youkei (continuative form) of the verb 離す (hanasu - to release). The ～し connects this action ('released the hand that was holding') with the next action ('became an adult'), showing they happened sequentially or are related reasons.

• 誰でもない僕を選んで

  ➔ ない (nai) - negation of verb/adj

  ➔ 誰でもない (daredemo nai) - literally 'not anyone', implying 'no one else' or 'someone unique', 'not just anybody'. The て(te) form connects this idea to the verb 選んで (erande - choose/select).