SCREAM – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 東方神起

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through Tohoshinki's "SCREAM" offers a unique opportunity to explore a more intense and dramatic side of the language. The song's powerful vocabulary and direct, confrontational expressions provide a contrast to more gentle J-pop, allowing learners to understand how emotion can shape language. What makes "SCREAM" special is its fusion of hard rock and electronic music with dark, story-driven lyrics, making it a memorable and exciting way to engage with Japanese.

[English]

The target is you, be prepared.

I will definitely stop your breath.

Don't play the victim, it's your own doing, right?

You knew this would happen, didn’t you?

Soul Scream yeah oh yeah

Yes, you over there, turn around and see.

I’ll make you aware before the burial.

In the well of sorrow, there is a flame.

Until it burns out, you’ll understand, got it?

Scream out, what you wanted was love or desire?

Now is the time, you can choose love or desire.

Tell me, is your love hell or heaven?

Now is the time, you can choose love or desire, what is your love?

[Japanese]

標的はオマエだ 覚悟しておけ

必ズ息ノ根ヲ止メテヤル

被害者ぶるなよ 自業自得だろ？

こうなることは　わかってたくせに　don’t you?

Soul Scream yeah 　oh yeah

そう、そこのオマエだ　振り向いてみろ

葬ル前ニ気ヅカセテヤル

悲しみの泉に　炎があるのを

燃え尽きるまで　思い知るがいい　got it?

叫ぶんだ　欲しかったのは　love or desire？

今こそ　You can choose　love or desire

教えて　君の愛は　hell or heaven？

今こそ　You can choose 　love or desire　君の愛は?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
覚悟 /kakugo/ B2	noun - determination; readiness
息 /iki/ B1	noun - breath
被害者 /higaisha/ B2	noun - victim
悲しみ /kanashimi/ B1	noun - sadness
炎 /honō/ B2	noun - flame
燃え尽きる /moetsukiru/ B2	verb - to burn out
叫ぶ /sakebu/ B1	verb - to shout
欲しい /hoshii/ A2	adjective - want; desired
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
選ぶ /erabu/ A2	verb - to choose
地獄 /jigoku/ B2	noun - hell
天国 /tengoku/ B2	noun - heaven

Key Grammar Structures

• 標的はオマエだ

  ➔ The topic marker 'は' indicates the subject of the sentence. The sentence uses the copula 'だ' to assert identity or equivalence.

  ➔ Use of 'は' to mark the topic in a sentence and 'だ' as a copula to declare something as being or equivalent.

• 必ズ息ノ根ヲ止メテヤル

  ➔ The verb phrase '止めてやる' uses the te-form of '止める' plus the auxiliary 'やる' indicating doing something for someone, often with a sense of intent or exertion.

  ➔ The construction combines the te-form of a verb with auxiliary 'やる' to express performing an action for someone with effort or intent.

• 精神の泉に　炎があるのを

  ➔ The sentence uses the noun '泉' (spring, fountain) with the particle 'に' indicating location or place; 'ある' is used to indicate existence of '炎' inside '泉'.

  ➔ Use of 'に' to mark the location where something exists, combined with 'ある' to denote the existence of the '炎' within the '泉'.

• 今こそ　You can choose　love or desire

  ➔ '今こそ' emphasizes the current moment, urging action now. The phrase 'You can choose' shows the ability or possibility to select.

  ➔ Use of '今こそ' to emphasize the urgency or importance of acting at the present moment, combined with 'You can choose' to indicate the option available.

• 教えて　君の愛は　hell or heaven？

  ➔ '教えて' is the imperative form of '教える' (to teach or tell), requesting information or clarification. The phrase 'hell or heaven' presents a binary choice, often expressed with 'or' to connect options.

  ➔ Imperative form '教えて' is used to request information or clarification, combined with a binary choice 'hell or heaven' to explore values or options.