RED OUT – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: LOST CORNER

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

頭痛む酷く　波打つ春　咽ぶ破傷風

Severe headache, waves of spring, choking on tetanus

輝く夢を見る　それは悪夢と　目覚めて知る

Dreaming of shining dreams, only to wake up and realize it's a nightmare

ハウレディ　やがて朽ち果てていく全て

Hey lady, everything will eventually decay

焦げて真っ黒けのファーストテイク

A charred, pitch-black first take

骨になって笑い出すスネーク

Turning into bones, laughing out loud — a snake

ハウメニー　人の祈りにつく高値

How many prayers, reaching high prices

踏み躙られて泣く少年

A crying boy trampled underfoot

下卑た面で歌うプレジデント

A president singing with a vulgar face

今すぐ消えろ

Disappear right now

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

鮮血煌めいて跳ねるスタインウェイ&サンズ

Crimson blood sparkling and bouncing — Steinway & Sons

頭の中鳴り止まない砕けたバックビート

The relentless, shattered backbeat pounding in my head

零コンマ一秒で褪せてしまう情景

Scenes fading away in less than a tenth of a second

どうした

What’s wrong?

地獄じゃあるまいに　そんな目で見んな

It’s not hell — don’t look at me that way

スクリーンに映る自分　背中に刺さるヤドリギの枝

My reflection on the screen, an infected branch stuck in my back

繰り返し夢を見る　夢から目覚めてもそこは夢

Dreaming again and again — even when I wake up, it’s still a dream

ハウレディ　身体突き動かすリフレイン　

Hey lady, a refrain moving my body

見失ったままのマクガフィン

A MacGuffin I’ve lost sight of

冷えた目尻のラメがきらり

Sparkling glitter at the corner of my cold eyes

ハウメニー　わざと煙吹かすデマゴギー

Hey many — deliberately spewing lies in propaganda

怒り打ち震える少年

A trembling boy filled with anger

日毎増していくグロインペイン

Growing daily into a groin pain

今すぐ消えろ

Disappear right now

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

消えろ

Disappear

鮮血煌めいて跳ねるスタインウェイ&サンズ

Crimson blood sparkling and bouncing — Steinway & Sons

止まれるもんかどこまでも行け　視界はレッドアウト

I won’t stop — go as far as you can, with the view all in red out

零コンマ一秒で褪せてしまう情景

Scenes fading away in less than a tenth of a second

どうした

What’s wrong?

地獄じゃあるまいに　そんな目で見んな

It’s not hell — don’t look at me that way

痛覚を開いて今全霊で走って行け

Open your sense of pain and run with all your soul now

万感の思いでファンファーレまであとジャスト八小節

With heartfelt feelings, just eight measures till the fanfare

明滅を裂いて今心臓を抉っていけ

Tear through the flickering and carve out your heart now

どうした

What’s wrong?

悪魔じゃあるまいに　そんな目で見んな

It’s not demon — don’t look at me that way

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
頭痛(ずつう) /zutsū/ B1	noun - headache
波(なみ) /nami/ A2	noun - wave
夢(ゆめ) /jume/ A1	noun - dream
悪夢(あくむ) /akumu/ B2	noun - nightmare
朽ち果てる(くちはてる) /kuchihateru/ C1	verb - to rot away, to decay completely
焦げる(こげる) /kogeru/ B1	verb - to burn, to scorch
骨(ほね) /hone/ A2	noun - bone
祈り(いのり) /inori/ B1	noun - prayer, wish
少年(しょうねん) /ʃoːnen/ A2	noun - boy, young boy
鮮血(せんけつ) /senketsu/ C1	noun - fresh blood
砕ける(くだける) /kudakeru/ B2	verb - to break, to be broken
情景(じょうけい) /dʒoːkeː/ B2	noun - scene, sight
地獄(じごく) /dʒigoku/ B1	noun - hell
背中(せなか) /senaka/ A2	noun - back (of body)
身体(しんたい) /ʃintai/ B1	noun - body
怒り(いかり) /ikari/ B1	noun - anger, rage
視界(しかい) /ʃikai/ B2	noun - field of vision, visibility
痛覚(つうかく) /tsūkaku/ C1	noun - sense of pain
心臓(しんぞう) /ʃinzō/ B1	noun - heart
悪魔(あくま) /akuma/ B2	noun - devil, demon

Key Grammar Structures

• 破傷風を咽ぶ

  ➔ Use of the te-form along with 'を' to connect verbs and objects, indicating the action performed on the object.

  ➔ The phrase '破傷風を咽ぶ' demonstrates the connecting of the verb '咽ぶ' (to choke or gag) in its て-form with the object '破傷風' (tetanus) marked by 'を'.

• 今すぐ消えろ

  ➔ Imperative form of a verb, giving a command or request.

  ➔ The verb '消えろ' is the imperative form of '消える' (to disappear), used here to command or urge someone to disappear immediately.

• 鮮血煌めいて跳ねる

  ➔ The use of the te-form '煌めいて' combined with '跳ねる' indicates a sequential action or descriptive continuity.

  ➔ The form '煌めいて' (te-form of '煌めく') connects to '跳ねる' to describe a sequence or simultaneous actions of blood sparkling and bouncing.

• 零コンマ一秒で褪せてしまう

  ➔ Use of 'で' to indicate the specific time frame within which an action occurs, combined with the potential form of the verb.

  ➔ 'で' marks the time interval of '零コンマ一秒' (0.01 seconds), within which the action '褪せてしまう' (fade away) occurs, showing immediacy.

• どうした

  ➔ Interrogative expression used to ask 'what's wrong' or 'what happened', often emphasizing concern or surprise.

  ➔ The phrase 'どうした' is a common way to ask 'what's wrong?' or 'what happened?', expressing concern or surprise depending on context.

• 今心臓を抉っていけ

  ➔ Imperative form of the verb '抉る' (to gouge or tear out), used here as a command to passionately continue or pursue something.

  ➔ The phrase '今心臓を抉っていけ' uses the imperative of '抉る' (to gouge), urging someone to continue passionately or to throw themselves fully into an action, metaphorically 'gouging' their heart.