リビングデッド・ユース – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: YANKEE

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

さあ 目を閉じたまま 歩き疲れた

Now, walking with my eyes closed, I'm tired

この廃墟 またどこへ行く

Where will this ruin go again?

そう 僕らは未だ

Yes, we still

大人になれず

Cannot become adults

彷徨ってはまた間違って

Wandering and making mistakes again

こんな悲しみと痛みさえ

Even this sadness and pain

どうせ手放せないのならば

If I can't let go of them anyway

全部この手で抱きしめては

I will embrace everything with these hands

ちょうど遊ばせと笑えるさ

Just enough to laugh and play

さあ 呪われたまま笑い疲れた

Now, laughing while cursed, I'm exhausted

この現世またどこへ行く

Where will this world go again?

もう息も続かない咽喉も震えない

I can no longer breathe, my throat doesn't tremble

失ってまた躊躇って

Losing and hesitating again

嫌いを吊し上げ 帰りの会

Hanging up my dislikes, the return meeting

どうせ負けてしまうのならば

If I'm going to lose anyway

弱いまま逃げてしまえたらいい

It would be nice to escape while still weak

決して見えないあかりの先へ

To a place where the light is never seen

chic chic 存在証明

chic chic proof of existence

願望や絶望、見ないで歌う

Singing without seeing desires and despair

迷走 SOSの向こうに

Wandering, beyond the SOS

夢はないの知っていたって

Even knowing there are no dreams

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I just want to try to live as best as I can

運命も偶然も必要ない

No need for fate or coincidence

「遊ぼうぜ」

“Let’s play”

明けぬ夜でも火を焚いて今

Even in a night that won't break, let's light a fire now

そんな そんな歌をうたう

Singing such, such a song

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さあ 笑われたまま願い疲れた

Now, exhausted from wishing while being laughed at

この隘路またどこへ行く

Where will this narrow path go again?

どうにも日々は無情

Days are merciless after all

トンチキやればひどく

If I do something silly, I get severely

貶されてまた傷ついて

Criticized and hurt again

死球を見逃したアンパイヤ

An umpire who missed a hit by pitch

どうせ同姓じゃないのならば

If it's not the same gender anyway

僕はせめて味方でありたい

I at least want to be an ally

信じられないならそれでもいい

If you can't believe, that's fine too

tick tack 精神態度

tick tack mental attitude

欠乏も飽満も見過ごして

Overlooking both deficiency and abundance

劣等身体 もう維持限界

Inferior body, already at the limit of maintenance

散々呪いを受け取ったって

Even if I received countless curses

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I just want to try to live as best as I can

慢心も謙遜も必要ない

No need for arrogance or humility

許したいんだ

I want to forgive

消せぬ過去から這い出すような

Like crawling out from an unerasable past

そんな そんな痛みを

Such, such pain

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痛みで眠れないまま

Unable to sleep from the pain

彷徨い歩くぼくらは

We wander and walk

死にながら生きるような

Like living while dying

姿をしていた

We had such a form

思うように愛せない

Unable to love as I wish

この世界で生きるため

To live in this world

血まみれのまま

Covered in blood

泥沼の中

In the mud

僕らは願いまた歩いていこうとする

We wish and try to walk again

chic chic 存在証明

chic chic proof of existence

願望や絶望 見ないで歌う

Singing without seeing desires and despair

迷走 SOSの向こうに

Wandering, beyond the SOS

夢はないの知っていたって

Even knowing there are no dreams

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I just want to try to live as best as I can

運命も偶然も必要ない

No need for fate or coincidence

「遊ぼうぜ」

“Let’s play”

明けぬ夜でも火を焚いて今

Even in a night that won't break, let's light a fire now

そんな そんな歌をうたう

Singing such, such a song

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
目 /me/ A1	noun - eye
廃墟 /haikyo/ B2	noun - ruins
悲しみ /kanashimi/ B1	noun - sadness
痛み /itami/ B1	noun - pain
運命 /unmei/ B2	noun - fate
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish
存在 /sonzai/ B2	noun - existence
絶望 /zetsubou/ B2	noun - despair
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
火 /hi/ A1	noun - fire
夜 /yoru/ A1	noun - night
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
生きる /ikiru/ A2	verb - to live
歩く /aruku/ A1	verb - to walk
笑う /warau/ A1	verb - to laugh
信じる /shinjiru/ B1	verb - to believe
弱い /yowai/ A2	adjective - weak

Key Grammar Structures

• 〜ては

  ➔ Conjugation used to indicate repeated or habitual action, or a consequence following an action.

  ➔ In the phrase "笑い疲れた", the ending "〜た" indicates the past tense, and "疲れた" means "became tired".

• 〜ながら

  ➔ Indicates doing two actions simultaneously.

  ➔ In "笑いながら", "〜ながら" shows doing "laughing" while doing another activity.

• 〜ように

  ➔ Used to express purpose, manner, or similarity; often translated as ‘so that’, ‘like’, or ‘to’.

  ➔ In "運命も偶然も必要ない", the phrase "も" indicates ‘also’ or ‘even’, emphasizing the negation.

• 〜たい

  ➔ Indicates desire or want to do something; attached to the stem of the verb.

  ➔ In "せいぜい生きていこうとしたい", "〜たい" expresses the desire to live.

• 〜も

  ➔ Indicates inclusiveness or emphasis, often translated as ‘also’, ‘even’, or ‘too’.

  ➔ In "運命も偶然も必要ない", "も" emphasizes that neither fate nor chance is necessary.