REALiZE – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: LiSA

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the empowering world of Japanese rock with LiSA's "REALiZE"! This song, featured in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," is a fantastic entry point for language learners. Its fast-paced, energetic lyrics will challenge your listening skills, while the clear, powerful vocals make it easier to pick up new vocabulary related to determination and self-belief. What makes this song special is its direct connection to a globally beloved story, allowing you to learn Japanese within a familiar and exciting context.

[English]

I'm at my lowest, trembling with fear flowing through my veins.

If I don't cross the boundary, I won't understand — dead in that state. I'm eager to know the possibilities.

Hope, wishes, wild ideas, anger — they're all fuel, right?

I can make something happen — dive in and hold the thread.

Lacking confidence only calls nightmares — it's a spiral downward.

Overwriting trauma becomes my treasure.

This is something only I can do.

It's time.

Assess it, realize it — I don't need praise or sympathy from anyone.

The only one who can fill me is myself.

Break through the limit — you want to go, right? To places no one has ever known.

I don't curse the worst fate — not yet.

Scratch away at normality, leave your mark — my heart is yawning.

While I regret failure, new cells are awakening inside my skin.

Even if I eat a lot, I'm hungry the next day.

I'm not a nihilist, but chaos, all things, are profoundly flavorful.

I hate just losing peacefully, slowly, quietly.

Your enemy isn't me.

It's time.

Break through — impermanence, I don’t need a future exactly as I imagined.

The expectations I always have are for an even greater finale.

Is staying the same ideal? It's self-inflicted — while someone drowns in today...

Let's move on to the next stage.

Lacking confidence only calls nightmares — it's a spiral downward.

Overwriting trauma becomes my treasure.

This is something only I can do.

Even with bloodshot eyes, sweating,

clinging and rolling around,

this is the only thing I can do.

"With great power comes great responsibility."

It's time.

Assess it, realize it — I don't need praise or sympathy from anyone.

The only one who can fill me is myself.

Break through the limit — you want to go, right? To places no one has ever known.

I don't curse the worst fate — not yet.

Because I realize...

...

[Japanese]

最低だ 動脈に流れ込んだ恐怖で 心臓が震えちゃってる

限界線越えてかなきゃ 分かんないまんまdead 可能性を知りたがってる

期待 願い 奇想天外 怒り 燃料だろ

何か起こせるさ 飛び込め 糸を握って

弱気は 悪夢呼ぶスパイラル

トラウマ 上書きで財産

これは僕にしか出来ないんだ

時間だ

見極めろ 自覚しろ 誰かの賞賛・共感なんかいらないや

いつだって満たしてくれるのは 自分しかいないんだよ

限界超えてみろ 行きたいんだろう まだ誰も知らないその先へ

最低な運命恨んでなんかないぜ まだ

平穏を引っ掻いて 爪痕残しちゃえよ 心臓あくびしちゃってる

失敗を悔やんでる間 皮膚の内側から新細胞目を覚ましてる

たらふく食べても翌日空腹だろ

破滅主義じゃないが 波瀾 万事 味わい深し

穏やかに緩やかに静かに ただ失っていくだけなんて嫌だ

敵はお前じゃない

時間だ

突き抜けろ 諸行無常 未来に想像通りなんていらないや

いつだって期待してるのは それ以上のフィナーレだろ

現状維持が理想？ 自業自得 誰かが今日に溺れてる間に

次のステージへ さぁいこう

弱気は 悪夢呼ぶスパイラル

トラウマ 上書きで財産

これは僕にしか出来ないんだ

血眼になったって 汗をかいて

縋りついて 転がって

これしか僕には出来ないんだ

"With great power comes great responsibility"

時間だ

見極めろ 自覚しろ 誰かの賞賛・共感なんかいらないや

いつだって満たしてくれるのは 自分しかいないんだよ

限界超えてみろ 行きたいんだろう まだ誰も知らないその先へ

最低な運命恨んでなんかないぜ まだ

'Cause I realize

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
限界 /げんかい/ B1	noun - limit
恐怖 /きょうふ/ B1	noun - fear
期待 /きたい/ B1	noun - expectation
燃料 /ねんりょう/ B2	noun - fuel
トラウマ /とらうま/ B2	noun - trauma
財産 /ざいさん/ B1	noun - property
平穏 /へいおん/ B2	noun - peace
破滅 /はめつ/ B2	noun - destruction
万事 /ばんじ/ B1	noun - everything
味わい /あじわい/ B2	noun - flavor
諸行 /しょぎょう/ B2	noun - all things
無常 /むじょう/ B2	noun - impermanence
フィナーレ /ふぃなーれ/ B2	noun - finale
自覚 /じかく/ B1	noun - self-awareness
自業自得 /じぎょうじとく/ B2	noun - self-inflicted
縋りついて /すがりついて/ B2	verb - to cling to
転がって /ころがって/ B1	verb - to roll

Key Grammar Structures

• 越えてかなきゃ

  ➔ Conditional form of '越える' + 'If' (must) implied.

  ➔ This form expresses an obligation or necessity, similar to 'must' or 'have to'.

• 上書きで

  ➔ 'で' indicating means or method, with '上書き' (overwrite) as the method.

  ➔ This particle indicates the means by which an action is performed, here meaning 'by overwriting'.

• 遅れずに

  ➔ Negative adverb form of 遅れる (to be late), meaning 'without being late'.

  ➔ This indicates performing an action without delay or being late.

• ～ながら

  ➔ The te-form + 〜ながら expresses 'while' doing something simultaneously.

  ➔ It indicates two actions occurring simultaneously or in the same time frame.

• 〜しなければいけない

  ➔ Conditional form of 'する' + 'must' or 'have to'.

  ➔ Expresses obligation or necessity, similar to 'must' or 'have to'.

• 未来に想像通りなんていらないや

  ➔ Phrase with なんて indicating dismissal or minimizing the importance of something (such as 'nothing like the imagined future').

  ➔ It indicates dismissing or minimizing the importance of something, often expressing a rebellious or defiant attitude.