Red Criminal – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: THE ORAL CIGARETTES

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intense world of THE ORAL CIGARETTES' "Red Criminal," a J-Rock anthem that captures the essence of the anime "Scarlet Nexus." This song offers a powerful way to explore themes of sacrifice and resilience while experiencing the unique blend of metal and rock in Japanese music.

[English]

The crime of reality

For heaven's sake

I accept the lies

The eternity of illusions

Fades away as I layer it

It's completely gone

I get sick

The girl who turned around

Drops a miracle in an instant world

Did you lie?

Did you lie?

Did you lie?

Spit the venom

I know why

I found the peak of the game

Red criminal gets life (gets life)

I've never been in love (in love)

Since when did I start to dislike this world?

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

I kept sacrificing myself

So I wouldn't hurt anymore

...

Sincerity and equality

A symbol of self-respect

Fighting over

Delicate love

A riot of lists

Crushed in a pincer attack

Red criminal gets life (gets life)

I've never been in love (in love)

Since when did I start to dislike this world?

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

I kept sacrificing myself

So I wouldn't hurt anymore

...

Get down!

Give it a try to go

Get down!

Now's the time for a brain blow

It's a stylish fight

Givin' a life and

Those without emotions

Are meaningless

Get down!

Give it a try to go

Get down!

Now's the time for a brain blow

It's a stylish fight

Givin' a life and

Those without emotions

Are meaningless

...

Red criminal gets life

I've never been in love

Before I knew it, I felt the pain of this world...

Surely

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

I kept sacrificing myself

So I wouldn't hurt anymore

There's always something in the world

That can't be protected

Everyone is scared

Of what only they can understand

Even if there's a certain answer

If you can't realize it, that's fine

I won't hurt anymore

Aiming for the target, red criminal

...

[Japanese]

現実のcrime

For heaven's sake

偽りも受け入れる

幻想の永遠を

重ね消えてく

完全にないさ

I get sick

振り向いた少女は

一瞬の世界に

奇跡を落としてく

Did you lie?

Did you lie?

Spit the venom

I know why

見つけたんだ 絶頂のgame

Red criminal gets life (gets life)

I've never been in love (in love)

いつから僕はこんな世界に嫌気がさした

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

もう傷つけないようにずっと自分を

犠牲にしてた

誠実平等

自尊の象徴

奪い合った

繊細な愛を

羅列したライオット

挟み撃ちで壊して

Red criminal gets life (gets life)

I've never been in love (in love)

いつから僕はこんな世界に嫌気がさした

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

もう傷つけないようにずっと自分を

犠牲にしてた

Get down!

Give it a try to go

Get down!

今だ脳天ブロー

粋なfightin'さ

Givin' a life and

感情がないやつは

意味がない

Get down!

Give it a try to go

Get down!

今だ脳天ブロー

粋なfightin'さ

Givin' a life and

感情がないやつは

意味がない

Red criminal gets life

I've never been in love

気付けば僕はこんな世界の痛みも...

きっと

We will fly (will fly)

Someday I won't be crying (won't crying)

もう傷つけないようにずっと自分を

犠牲にしてた

いつだって世界には

守っていけないものがある

誰だって怖いのは

自分にしか分からないでしょ

確かな答えだって

気付けないなら それでいい

もう傷つけやしないよ

狙い定め red criminal

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
crime /kraɪm/ B2	noun - an act that is against the law
lie /laɪ/ B1	verb - to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive
sick /sɪk/ B1	adjective - affected by physical or mental illness
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle
sacrifice /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ B2	noun - the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else
miracle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ B2	noun - an extraordinary event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws
symbol /ˈsɪmbəl/ B1	noun - a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process
eternity /ɪˈtɜrnɪti/ C1	noun - infinite or unending time
venom /ˈvɛnəm/ C2	noun - a toxic substance secreted by some animals
sorrow /ˈsɔroʊ/ B2	noun - a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune
sacred /ˈseɪkrɪd/ C1	adjective - regarded with reverence and respect

Key Grammar Structures

• I've never been in love

  ➔ Present perfect tense with 'never' to express experience up to now.

  ➔ 'Have been' indicates ongoing experience or state from the past to now.

• Did you lie?

  ➔ Simple past interrogative form to ask about a completed action.

  ➔ Auxiliary 'did' is used for forming questions in the past tense.

• Spit the venom

  ➔ Imperative sentence giving a command or instruction.

  ➔ Imperative mood is used to issue commands or requests directly.

• We will fly

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will' to express a decision or intention.

  ➔ 'Will' is used to form the future tense to indicate decisions, promises, or predictions.

• 気付けば僕はこんな世界の痛みも...

  ➔ Conditional form with '気付けば' (if I notice/realize) to indicate a state upon realization.

  ➔ '気付けば' means 'if I notice/realize', used to describe a condition in which a change occurs once the realization happens.

• もう傷つけやしないよ

  ➔ Double negative construction in casual speech for emphasis: '傷つけやしない' (won't hurt anyone).

  ➔ The phrase 'やしない' is a casual form of 'やしません' (won't do), emphasizing negation strongly, often used in colloquial speech.