RUN THIS TOWN – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE
• Album: HiGH & LOW ORIGINAL BEST ALBUM

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the vibrant world of J-Pop with GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE's "RUN THIS TOWN." Dive into the song's energetic rhythm and empowering lyrics to learn about ambition, resilience, and the drive to shape your own future. This track offers a fantastic opportunity to explore Japanese culture and language through music.

[English]

Oh yeah...

Better watch out for us now

We’re gonna run this town

Get down

Through these cityscapes where sunlight doesn't reach

Deep darkness is swallowing it all

Even now, trapped in this endless routine

Struggling on, crazy, crazy, crazy

I ran off alone into the dark and looked up at the sky

Even if I pray, can you save me, save me now?

No one (Get it, Get it) can escape this place

(Nobody, nobody) can get out

We don't even know what love truly means

There's no name we should call ourselves

But still, I won't give up now

Make it real, yeah...

We're gonna run this town

A faint hope, no one can stop us

R-R-R-Run this town, a world expanding

Hurry up, hurry up, let's go take it

Rude boys, here we go No matter how much we shout, our voices still can't be heard

Let's break free from here

Right now, run this town

Create a whole new world

Let's go see the future we believed in

[Japanese]

Oh yeah...

Better watch out for us now

We’re gonna run this town

Get down

陽の当たらないような この街並みを

深い闇が 飲み込んでいく

今でもずっと 日常のループの中

もがき続けて Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

一人逃げ込んだ 暗がりで 見上げた空

祈り捧げたって Can you save me, save me now?

誰も (Get it, Get it) この場所を

(Nobody, Nobody makes it) 抜け出せない

愛の意味さえ知らない

名乗るべき 名前なんてない

だけど 今も諦めない

Make it true Yeah...

We’re gonna run this town

微(かす)かな希望 誰にも邪魔はさせない

R-R-R-Run this town 広がる世界

Hurry up, Hurry up 奪いに行こう

Rude Boys Here we go どれだけ 叫んでも まだこの声は届かない

ここから 抜け出そう

今すぐに Run this town

描く Whole new world

信じていた 未来を見に行こう

Key Grammar Structures

• We're gonna run this town

  ➔ Using 'gonna' as a contraction of 'going to' for future intentions.

  ➔ 'Gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to', indicating a future plan or intention.

• Deep darkness engulfs the cityscape

  ➔ Use of the present tense with 'engulfs' to describe a current ongoing action.

  ➔ 'Engulfs' is in the present tense, used here to describe the ongoing process of darkness swallowing the city.

• Pray and hope, can you save me now?

  ➔ Use of modal verb 'can' to express possibility or ability.

  ➔ 'Can' is a modal verb indicating ability or possibility, used to ask if someone is able to save the speaker.

• Continually struggling inside the daily routine

  ➔ Use of the present participle 'struggling' with 'continuously' implied to describe ongoing effort.

  ➔ 'Struggling' is the present participle indicating ongoing difficulty or effort, often associated with a continuous action.

• Believe in the future we envision

  ➔ Use of 'envision' as a verb meaning to imagine or visualize future possibilities.

  ➔ 'Envision' is a verb meaning to form a mental image of a future scenario or possibility.