シンデレラボーイ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Saucy Dog
• Album: レイジーサンデー

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through 'Cinderella Boy' by Saucy Dog offers a unique opportunity to connect with the raw, emotional language of modern love and heartache. The song's narrative lyrics, which tell a compelling story from a female perspective, can help you learn conversational phrases and vocabulary related to relationships and feelings. Its powerful chorus and relatable theme make it a memorable and engaging way to immerse yourself in the nuances of the Japanese language.

[English]

Even though I understand it in my head

My heart can’t keep up

My body is so simple, isn’t it?

Especially if you're a man, even more so

Ah...

Night after night, swaying back and forth

You're still the one I love the most

I hated how low you were, but I loved it too

Why is that?

It makes me so mad. Really.

I wanna forget, but

I’ve kept getting hurt all this time

Cinderella Boy, after midnight

Don’t make me cry in your arms

Pretending not to notice, just like that

I really hate the smell of cigarettes

Damp towel, hanging in the bathroom

The clock says 8 o'clock

Alone in the messy room

Again, I let my guard down around you

Even if you’re gone

I act like I’m fine

We still keep in touch sometimes

Let me be a little spiteful, okay?

At least tell the truth, properly

Next time, I need to do better at pretending

Show your vulnerability only in front of me

Call me with a naïve face

Let me have your eyes, all to myself

I just wanted you to be the only one to see

Die...

Cinderella Boy, after midnight

Don’t make me cry in your arms

Pretending not to notice, just like that

I really hate the smell of cigarettes

Don’t have to say you love me, I don’t love you back

In the depths of your eyes, it’s me you catch

Pretending not to notice, just like that

I was just deceiving myself

[Japanese]

頭じゃわかっていても

心が追いつかない

カラダは単純なのね

男なら尚更ね

あぁあ

夜な夜なゆらゆらいでも

未だに君がいちばん

最低で大好きだった

なんでかな

ムカつくわ。もう

忘れちゃいたいのに

ずっと傷つけられてばっかだったのに

シンデレラボーイ 0時を回って

腕の中であたしを泣かせないで

気づかないふりをしてそのまま

つけるタバコが大嫌い

濡れたままのバスタオル

浴室にかけた8時

散らかった部屋にはひとり

またカラダ許してしまったな

あなたがいなくなっても

あたしは平気そうです

連絡はたまにするね

意地悪くらいさせてよね

嘘くらいせめてちゃんと

次は上手につかなきゃね

あたしの前だけで弱さを見せて

無邪気な顔で呼んでみて

あなたの瞳 独占させて

誰も見ないでいて欲しかっただけ

死んで

シンデレラボーイ 0時を回って

腕の中であたしを泣かせないで

気づかないふりをしてそのまま

つけるタバコが大嫌い

好きって言わんでよ 愛しても無いのに

瞳の奥、あたしを捕まえて

気づかないふりをしてそのまま

騙されてあげていたの

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart
夜 /yo/ A2	noun - night
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
傷つく /kizutsu ku/ B1	verb - to get hurt
許す /yurusu/ B1	verb - to forgive
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
回る /mawaru/ B1	verb - to rotate, to turn
泣かせる /nakaseru/ B2	verb - to make someone cry
許す /yurusu/ B1	verb - to forgive
大嫌い /daikirai/ B2	adjective - hate, really dislike
下手 /heta/ B1	adjective - bad at (something)
優しい /yasashii/ A2	adjective - kind, gentle
泣きたい /nakitai/ B1	adjective - want to cry

Key Grammar Structures

• 頭じゃわかっていても

  ➔ Concessive phrase using 〜でも (demo)

  ➔ Expresses concession, meaning 'even though I understand with my head'.

• 心が追いつかない

  ➔ Possible form with 〜ない (nai) to indicate inability

  ➔ 'Can’t catch up' or 'do not keep pace' in the emotional sense.

• カラダは単純なのね

  ➔ Use of のね (sentence-ending particle indicating explanation or affirmation)

  ➔ Sentence-ending particle to affirm or explain, 'The body is simple, you know'.

• 最低で大好きだった

  ➔ Use of だった (past tense of だ) to describe a state in the past

  ➔ Past tense form だった to express 'I loved it at the lowest' (emotion/state in the past).

• もう忘れちゃいたいのに

  ➔ Concise expression with 〜たい (desire) + のに (but)

  ➔ Expresses desire to forget, but implying contradiction with のに (although).

• シンデレラボーイ 0時を回って

  ➔ Use of を (object marker) and 時を回って (time has passed) phrase

  ➔ Phrase indicating 'midnight has passed' with focus on time passing.

• 腕の中であたしを泣かせないで

  ➔ causative passive form 〜せる in 泣かせる (to make cry)

  ➔ Imperative requesting not to cause someone to cry in one's arms; causative form.