Queens – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Saito Kiara, Noguchi Iori
• Album: 19th Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful and mysterious world of "Queens" to explore a more dramatic side of J-Pop. Learning the song's Japanese lyrics offers insight into concepts of ambition and power, using majestic and assertive language like 'Queendom' and 'Peak of peaks.' Its compelling narrative and dynamic vocal contrast make it a unique and captivating piece for any Japanese language learner.

[English]

Phase of limits

That sort of thing, I've already surpassed

'Cause it's the peak of peaks

(Shout, to beyond the sound)

Existing phrase

The masked voice, with its lightness

(Blown away by the wind, faded away)

Antipathy and such have turned to madness

In Queendom, sirens rang out

Royal heartbeat

Tracing the same sound

This spot where two of us stand is higher

Legal line, no one can reach here

Night entranced by the dream-luring Queen

Insufficient noise

Show me soon, Déjà Vu

In unerasable traces

Embracing tonight

While showing each other

Remembering, Déjà Vu

Changing history

Everything's already rewritten

Endless show

From such a low spot, you can't see

(Go up, towards where the sound rings)

It's not an illusion

Call the night, don't make me wait

Boundary that's no illusion

As if magic

Invited confusion

Who's at the center?

(Eventually, you'll feel it all)

Killing part, it's mine

In Queendom, voices sang out

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Ah ah ah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Ah ah ah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Shh

Royal heartbeat

Tracing the same sound

This spot where two of us stand is higher

Legal line, no one can reach here

Night entranced by the dream-luring Queen

Insufficient noise

Show me soon, Déjà Vu

In unerasable traces

Embracing tonight

While showing each other

Remembering, Déjà Vu

Changing history

Everything's already rewritten

Wow oh oh

Hey, stop me right away

Wow oh oh

Hurry, fire

Wow oh oh

The world will change

Now, born Queens

[Japanese]

限界のPhase

なんてもう既に超えて

だってPeak of peaks

（叫べ 音の向こうまで）

既存のPhrase

仮面纏った声は軽さで

（風に飛ばされ消えていった）

反感なんてもう狂気になって

Queendomに サイレン響いた

Royalな鼓動

同じ音 辿り

2人が立つこの場所がHigher

Legal line ここは誰も届かない

夢誘うQueenに踊らされるNight

足らない Noise

早く見せて Déjà Vu

消えない跡に

今夜を抱いて

見せ合いながら

思い出して Déjà Vu

歴史を変えて

全てはもうRewrite

際限ないShow

そんな低いとこからじゃ見えない

（上がれ 音の鳴る方へ）

幻想じゃない

Call the night, don't make me wait

幻想じゃない境界

As if magic

混乱を招いた

中心に誰がいる？

（やがて 全て感じるから）

Killing part 私のもの

Queendomに 歌声響いた

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Ah ah ah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Ah ah ah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

Do what I do

Oh yeah

Shh

Royalな鼓動

同じ音 辿り

2人が立つこの場所がHigher

Legal line ここは誰も届かない

夢誘うQueenに踊らされるNight

足らない Noise

早く見せて Déjà Vu

消えない跡に

今夜を抱いて

見せ合いながら

思い出して Déjà Vu

歴史を変えて

全てはもうRewrite

Wow oh oh

Hey, stop me right away

Wow oh oh

急いで Fire

Wow oh oh

世界が変わってしまう

今 生まれた Queens

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
peak /piːk/ B2	noun - highest point; culmination adjective - at the highest level
queen /kwiːn/ B1	noun - female monarch; powerful woman
sound /saʊnd/ B1	noun - auditory impression verb - to produce sound
night /naɪt/ A2	noun - time of darkness between sunset and sunrise
dance /dæns/ B1	noun - a series of movements in time with music verb - to move rhythmically to music
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of images or thoughts during sleep or aspiration verb - to experience dreams
fire /faɪər/ B2	noun - combustion resulting in heat and light verb - to ignite or cause to burn
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ B1	noun - art form of organized sound
reality /riˈælɪti/ B2	noun - state of things as they actually exist
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	noun - the process of becoming different verb - to make or become different
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ B2	noun - time yet to come
power /ˈpaʊər/ B2	noun - ability to do something or control

Key Grammar Structures

• 限界のPhase なんてもう既に超えて

  ➔ Quotative particle 'なんて', adverbs 'もう既に' (already), past tense '-て' form for continuous/surpassing action

  ➔ なんてもう既に超えて ("なんて" indicates dismissal or emphasis on 'such a limit', "もう既に" means 'already', "超えて" is the surpassing via -te form)

• (叫べ 音の向こうまで)

  ➔ Imperative verb form '叫べ' (shout) in directive context

  ➔ (叫べ "音の向こうまで") ("叫べ" is imperative 'shout' directing to the other side of the sound)

• 既存のPhrase 仮面纏った声は軽さで 飛ばされ消えていった

  ➔ Passive voice '飛ばされ' (was blown away), adverbial phrase '軽さで' (with lightness)

  ➔ 仮面纏った声は軽さで "飛ばされ"消えていった ("飛ばされ" shows passive 'was blown away'; "軽さで" adverbially modifies how it happened)

• Queendomに サイレン響いた

  ➔ Location particle 'に' with static verb '響いた' (echoed at/in Queendom)

  ➔ Queendomに "サイレン"響いた ("に" indicates the place where the siren 'echoed'; location marker with sound verb)

• 2人が立つこの場所がHigher

  ➔ Nominalization with subject '場所が' (the place is higher), comparative adjective 'Higher'

  ➔ 2人が立つこの"場所が"Higher ("場所が" is nominalized as the subject 'this place where we stand'; implies elevation)

• 夢誘うQueenに踊らされるNight

  ➔ Causative-passive '踊らされる' (made to dance), noun modification '夢誘う' (dream-luring)

  ➔ 夢誘うQueenに"踊らされる"Night ("踊らされる" indicates causative-passive 'are made to dance' by the Queen)

• 足らない Noise 早く見せて Déjà Vu

  ➔ Imperative '見せて' (show me), adverb '早く' (quickly, soon)

  ➔ 足らない Noise 早く"見せて" Déjà Vu ("見せて" is imperative 'show me' the insufficient noise quickly)

• 見せ合いながら 思い出して Déjà Vu

  ➔ Reciprocal action '見せ合い' (showing each other), conjunctive 'ながら' (while doing)

  ➔ "見せ合い"ながら 思い出して Déjà Vu ("見せ合い" means 'mutually showing'; while "思い出して" recalling)

• 歴史を変えて 全てはもうRewrite

  ➔ Gerund/participle '変えて' (changing), adverbial 'もう' (already), nominal sentence

  ➔ "歴史を変えて" 全てはもうRewrite ("変えて" as participle, changing history; "もう" emphasizes 'already' rewritten)