ラブソング – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: キタニタツヤ, Eve
• Album: Love Song feat. Eve / Tatsuya Kitani

Lyrics & Translation

Discover "ラブソング" (Love Song) by Tatsuya Kitani and Eve, a compelling Japanese rock song that offers a unique lens into the complexities of modern love. By exploring its rich, poetic lyrics, you can gain insight into nuanced emotional expressions in Japanese and appreciate how the language conveys deep, sometimes contradictory, feelings through its evocative imagery and powerful vocal performances. This song's profound themes and distinctive musical style make it a captivating piece for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

We were properly tainted by each other

We were obsessed with each other's sorrow

The pain of our loss was so intense, it felt like we were licking each other's wounds

Even a fleeting pleasure would be fine

I'm so ashamed of being alive, it's unbearable

I want to think it's just my imagination, but I couldn't

I couldn't even sleep without you

I want to leave a scar on your delicate cheek, like it's made of porcelain

That's all we're capable of, us worthless people

Singing about love and romance, it's all just nonsense

I want to be intoxicated by the poison that is you

I've started thinking about sad things, and it's an endless loop

This toxic encounter, I've been waiting for it for so long

You're toxic, the worst, and my dearest, a gentle hell

I still can't shake off the withdrawal symptoms

...

Is our sense of values really warped?

A life without you is laughable

The reality is like standing on one leg

Most of the world has faded to gray

My brain's pituitary gland is malfunctioning, running wild

I'm hearing things, a hallucination past 4 AM

"Everyone loves you," it tells me

The fading moonlight

Even the blessings of the night are devoured by the morning

I'm struggling to breathe again

No one loves me

If this terrible nightmare is reality, I'd rather be poisoned by you

Where's the love song for people like us, worthless as we are?

Singing about love and romance, it's all just nonsense

I want to be intoxicated by the poison that is you

My life, filled with only sad thoughts, seems worthless

Today, I'll beg again, and we'll have another toxic encounter

You're toxic, the worst, and my dearest, a dazzling darkness

I still can't shake off the withdrawal symptoms

...

I'm just thirsty for you

...

[Japanese]

正しく汚し合っていた僕ら

互いの悲しみに夢中さ

痛くて舐め合った喪失感

散文的な快楽でもいい

生きているのがどうしようもなく恥ずかしい

気のせいだと思いたくて 思えなくて

眠ることすらきみなしじゃ儘ならない

陶器のようで柔いその頬に傷をつけたい

僕らみたいなクズにはそれしかできない

愛だ恋だと腑抜けた歌うたって

きみという毒でキマっていたいね

悲しいことばかり考えはじめて終わんないループ

ずっと待っていたこのトキシックな逢瀬

きみは有毒で最悪で最愛の 優しい地獄

まだ抜けない離脱症状

果たして 価値観は狂った

きみ無しの人生など滑稽さ

片足で立つような現実感

世界の殆どがグレーアウトした

バグりだす脳下垂体の暴走

パキるAM4時過ぎの幻聴

「誰もがお前を愛している」と教えてくれる

消えかけの月明かり

夜半の祝福さえ朝に食い尽くされ

また息をしづらくなる

誰もが僕を愛していない

ひどい悪夢が現実ならきみを服毒していたい

僕らみたいなクズのためのラブソングはどこ？

愛だ恋だと腑抜けた歌うたって

きみという毒でキマっていたいね

悲しいことばかりの僕の命 無価値だったみたい

今日も哀願してまたトキシックな逢瀬

きみは有毒で最悪で最愛の 眩しい常闇

まだ抜けない離脱症状

ただ君に渇いている

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
正しく /tadashiku/ B1	adverb - correctly
汚し /yogosu/ B1	verb - to soil
喪失感 /sōshitsukan/ B2	noun - sense of loss
陶器 /tōki/ B1	noun - pottery
頬 /hō/ A2	noun - cheek
毒 /doku/ B1	noun - poison
トキシック /tokishikku/ B2	adjective - toxic
逢瀬 /ōse/ B2	noun - rendezvous
価値観 /kachikan/ B1	noun - values
グレーアウト /gureāauto/ B2	verb - to gray out
幻聴 /genchō/ B2	noun - hallucination
バグ /bagu/ B1	noun - bug
パキる /pakiru/ B2	verb - to crack
幻 /maboroshi/ B1	noun - illusion
眩しい /mabushii/ B1	adjective - dazzling
常闇 /tsune yami/ B2	noun - eternal darkness

Key Grammar Structures

• 正しく汚し合っていた僕ら

  ➔ te-Form + 合う (au) to indicate mutual action

  ➔ The use of the **te-form + 合う** indicates doing something together or mutually.

• 散文的な快楽でもいい

  ➔ でも (demo) meaning "even" or "also" to indicate concession

  ➔ The particle **でも** introduces a concession, meaning "even" or "also," showing that the speaker accepts or considers something despite other factors.

• 気のせいだと思いたくて

  ➔ と思いたくて (to omoitakute): connective form + て to link clauses expressing desire

  ➔ The phrase **と思いたくて** combines the desire **たい** with the て form to connect and express wishing or wanting to believe something.

• 夜半の祝福さえ朝に食い尽くされ

  ➔ さえ (sai) meaning "even" to emphasize inclusion or extent

  ➔ The particle **さえ** emphasizes inclusivity, meaning "even" or "to the extent that," highlighting the extremity of the situation.

• 僕らみたいなクズにはそれしかできない

  ➔ には (niwa): emphasis or target of the action

  ➔ The particle **には** is used to mark the target of the action, emphasizing that this is the only thing they can do.

• 愛だ恋だと腑抜けた歌うたって

  ➔ と (to) used here as a quotative particle to indicate "talking about" or "such as"

  ➔ The particle **と** functions as a quotative, conveying "talking about" or "such as" when listing or referring to concepts.

• 僕の命 無価値だったみたい

  ➔ だった (datta): past tense of だ (da) to express "was"

  ➔ The **だった** is the past tense of だ (copula), used here to indicate that something was the case in the past.