リビングデッド・ユース

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: YANKEE

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

さあ 目を閉じたまま 歩き疲れた

Now, with my eyes closed, I walk weary

この廃墟 またどこへ行く

This ruins, where do we go next

そう 僕らは未だ

Yes, we are still

大人になれず

Unable to become adults

彷徨ってはまた間違って

Wandering and then mistakenly again

こんな悲しみと痛みさえ

Even these 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

Embrace them all with these hands

ちょうど遊ばせと笑えるさ

Laughing at just playing along

さあ 呪われたまま笑い疲れた

Now, tired from laughing while cursed

この現世またどこへ行く

Where do we go again in this real world

もう息も続かない咽喉も震えない

Can't even breathe anymore, my throat trembles

失ってまた躊躇って

Losing and hesitating again

嫌いを吊し上げ 帰りの会

Bringing up dislikes, the exit meeting

どうせ負けてしまうのならば

If I’m bound to lose anyway

弱いまま逃げてしまえたらいい

It would be nice to just escape while being weak

決して見えないあかりの先へ

Headed toward an always invisible light

chic chic 存在証明

Chic chic, proof of existence

願望や絶望、見ないで歌う

Wishing or despair, singing without looking

迷走 SOSの向こうに

Lost in chaos, beyond SOS

夢はないの知っていたって

Even knowing there’s no dreams

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I just want to keep trying to live as best as I can

運命も偶然も必要ない

Fate and chance are unnecessary

「遊ぼうぜ」

Let's play

明けぬ夜でも火を焚いて今

Even on a night that won't break, lighting a fire now

そんな そんな歌をうたう

Singing such a song

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さあ 笑われたまま願い疲れた

Now, tired from being laughed at and wishing

この隘路またどこへ行く

Where do we go again on this narrow path

どうにも日々は無情

Every day seems unkind

トンチキやればひどく

Doing foolish things, harshly

貶されてまた傷ついて

Getting insulted and hurt again

死球を見逃したアンパイヤ

The umpire who missed the decisive pitch

どうせ同姓じゃないのならば

If we’re not the same gender

僕はせめて味方でありたい

I want at least 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 okay too

tick tack 精神態度

Tick tack, mindset and attitude

欠乏も飽満も見過ごして

Ignoring deprivation and satisfaction

劣等身体 もう維持限界

Bodies of inferiority, already at limit

散々呪いを受け取ったって

Even after receiving curses endlessly

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I just want to keep trying 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

To crawl out from the unerasable past

そんな そんな痛みを

That kind of pain

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痛みで眠れないまま

Unable to sleep from 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

Living while dying

姿をしていた

That’s what we look like

思うように愛せない

Unable to love as we wish

この世界で生きるため

In this world, to keep living

血まみれのまま

Bloodstained

泥沼の中

In the morass

僕らは願いまた歩いていこうとする

We try to walk on, wishing again

chic chic 存在証明

Chic chic, proof of existence

願望や絶望 見ないで歌う

Wishing or despair, singing without seeing

迷走 SOSの向こうに

Lost in chaos, beyond SOS

夢はないの知っていたって

Even knowing there’s no dreams

せいぜい生きていこうとしたいんだ

I want to keep trying to live as best as I can

運命も偶然も必要ない

Fate and chance are unnecessary

「遊ぼうぜ」

Let's play

明けぬ夜でも火を焚いて今

Even on a night that won't break, lighting a fire now

そんな そんな歌をうたう

Singing such a song

...

...

Grammar:

• さあ 目を閉じたまま 歩き疲れた

  ➔ 〜たまま (tamama) indicating 'while remaining in a certain state'

  ➔ The phrase "閉じたまま" uses the grammar 〜たまま to describe doing something 'while remaining closed'.

• この廃墟 またどこへ行く

  ➔ また (mata) meaning 'again' or 'also' used for connecting clauses

  ➔ The word "また" connects the previous idea with the next, emphasizing recurrence or addition.

• 大人になれず

  ➔ れず (rezu): an 〜ない (negative) form of the potential/passive form

  ➔ The form "〜できず" is the negative form of the potential, meaning 'cannot become'.

• 死球を見逃したアンパイヤ

  ➔ を (wo): particle marking the direct object

  ➔ The particle "を" marks "死球" (a hit by pitch) as the direct object of the verb "見逃した" (missed).

• 願望や絶望、見ないで歌う

  ➔ や (ya): particle used to list multiple items, meaning 'and/or'

  ➔ The particle "や" lists "願望" and "絶望", implying 'desires and/or despair'.

• 慢心も謙遜も必要ない

  ➔ も (mo): particle meaning 'also' or 'even'

  ➔ The particle "も" emphasizes that neither "慢心" nor "謙遜" (arrogance or humility) are necessary.

• 消せぬ過去から這い出すような

  ➔ 惚れぬ (inenu): negative potential form of 這う (to crawl), meaning 'unable to craw out'

  ➔ The phrase "消せぬ過去" uses the negative potential form of "消す" (to erase), meaning 'an unerasable past'.