シュガーソングとビターステップ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese can be a thrilling journey, and what better way to dive in than with the infectiously energetic 'Sugar Song and Bitter Step' by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN? This song is a fantastic tool for language learners, featuring fast-paced, playful lyrics that will challenge your listening and pronunciation skills. Its vocabulary revolves around everyday feelings and larger-than-life situations, offering a fun way to learn. What makes this song truly special is its blend of a high-energy pop-rock sound with a thoughtful message about embracing life's ups and downs, making the learning process feel less like a lesson and more like a party.

[English]

Getting used to all this chaos, like a massive disaster

Mistaking this everyday peace for harmony

Rambling coaster, being shaken up

What is it that I can't lose?

Swallowed by the principle of equality and fundamentalism

Even my heart feels like just another et cetera

I hate it, I love it, I have to talk honestly

I'm not that different from a doll

Crowds walking through the evening streets

Looking happy or lonely

Contrasts jump around the musical staff

Turning into song and rhythm

Marmalade and sugar song

Peanuts and bittersweet steps

Sweet and bitter, feeling dizzy

Let’s keep partying heading south-southwest

Tonight will be a night to astonish the world

I feel great, reflecting in a chain

...

Being pressed by the rationalism of probable certainty

Are our music become mere tools?

Look this way, don’t turn your back

It might not be the proper thing to say

After the festival music

People still hyped up, some start crying

Probably the same

But if we try to put it into words, it’s just amateurish

This is the best, sugar song

Happiness is a bittersweet step

Show the reason you can't die here

No matter how much you regret

Tomorrow will come at the same speed anyway

If your mental weather forecast

Gets an update

...

Someday, even if chaos takes a breather

Someday, even if rationality loses its meaning

Feeling song and step

Only continuing to play them

Will prove we are who we are

Q.E.D!

Marmalade and sugar song

Peanuts and bittersweet steps

Show the reason you’re alive

The north-northeast is behind, proud of the distance

Let’s keep surprising the whole world

Marmalade and sugar song

Peanuts and bittersweet steps

Sweet and bitter, feeling dizzy

Let’s keep partying heading south-southwest

Tonight will be a night to astonish the world

I feel great, reflecting in a chain

Goes on, a welcome comes after a hardship, then another welcome

...

[Japanese]

超天変地異みたいな狂騒にも慣れて

こんな日常を平和と見間違う

Rambling coaster 揺さぶられながら

見失えないものは何だ？

平等性原理主義の概念に飲まれて

心までが まるでエトセトラ

大嫌い 大好き ちゃんと喋らなきゃ

人形とさして変わらないし

宵街を行く人だかりは

嬉しそうだったり 寂しそうだったり

コントラストが五線譜を飛び回り

歌とリズムになる

ママレード and シュガーソング

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

甘くて苦くて目が回りそうです

南南西を目指してパーティを続けよう

世界中を驚かせてしまう夜になる

I feel 上々 連鎖になってリフレクト

蓋然性合理主義の正論に揉まれて

僕らの音楽は道具に成り下がる？

こっちを向いてよ 背を向けないでよ

それは正論にならないけど

祭囃子のその後で

昂ったままの人 泣き出してしまう人

多分同じだろう

でも言葉にしようものなら稚拙が極まれり

最高だってシュガーソング

幸せってビターステップ

死ねない理由をそこに映し出せ

惜しがったって

等速で明日は来ちゃうけど

脳内天気予報の

アップデートを果たしたなら

Someday 狂騒が息を潜めても

Someday 正論に意味がなくなっても

Feeling song and step

鳴らし続けることだけが

僕たちを僕たちたらしめる証明になる

Q.E.D!

ママレード and シュガーソング

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

生きてく理由をそこに映し出せ

北北東は後方へ その距離が誇らしい

世界中を 驚かせ続けよう

ママレード and シュガーソング

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

甘くて苦くて目が回りそうです

南南西を目指してパーティを続けよう

世界中を驚かせてしまう夜になる

I feel 上々 連鎖になってリフレクション

Goes on 一興去って 一難去って また一興

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
狂騒 /きょうそう/ B2	noun - frenzy, uproar
平和 /へいわ/ B1	noun - peace, harmony
人形 /にんぎょう/ A2	noun - doll, puppet
嬉しい /うれしい/ A2	adjective - happy, glad
寂しい /さびしい/ A2	adjective - lonely, sad
歌 /うた/ A1	noun - song
リズム /りずむ/ A2	noun - rhythm
理由 /りゆう/ B1	noun - reason
世界 /せかい/ A1	noun - world
驚かせる /おどろかせる/ B2	verb - to surprise, to astonish
続ける /つづける/ A2	verb - to continue
映し出す /うつしだす/ B2	verb - to project, to reflect
パーティ /ぱーてぃ/ A1	noun - party
夜 /よる/ A1	noun - night
証明 /しょうめい/ B2	noun - proof, demonstration

Key Grammar Structures

• こんな日常を平和と見間違う

  ➔ use of the verb "to mistake" (見間違う) with the object "this kind of daily life" (こんな日常) and the complement "peace" (平和)—indicating misperception.

  ➔ The verb "見間違う" means "to mistake" or "to misperceive." It is used here with the object "こんな日常" (this kind of daily life) and the complement "平和" (peace) to suggest misunderstanding or misinterpreting the ordinary as peaceful.

• 大嫌い 大好き ちゃんと喋らなきゃ

  ➔ use of the informal conditional "～なきゃ" derived from "～なければ" meaning "must" or "have to".

  ➔ The phrase "ちゃんと喋らなきゃ" uses the conditional "～なきゃ" (short for "なければ"), expressing necessity or obligation to "talk properly."

• 循環になってリフレクト

  ➔ use of the noun "循環" (circulation, cycle) with the verb "になる" (to become) indicating transformation into a cycle, combined with "リフレクト" (reflect).

  ➔ The phrase "循環になってリフレクト" combines "循環" (cycle) with "になる" (to become), indicating a transformation into a cycle, and involves "リフレクト" (reflect) as an abstract concept of reflection or response.

• 死ねない理由をそこに映し出せ

  ➔ imperative form of the verb "映し出す" (to reflect, display), combined with "死ねない" (cannot die), expressing a command to "reflect" the reason for not dying.

  ➔ The phrase "死ねない理由をそこに映し出せ" uses the imperative "映し出せ" (reflect/display) to command to "reflect" the reason why one cannot die. "死ねない" means "cannot die," indicating a state or inability.

• 甘くて苦くて目が回りそうです

  ➔ use of the conjunctive form "て" to connect adjectives "甘くて" (sweet) and "苦くて" (bitter), and the verb "目が回る" (to feel dizzy), combined with "そうです" to express likelihood.

  ➔ The "て" form link adjectives "甘くて" (sweet) and "苦くて" (bitter), leading into the phrase "目が回りそうです" (seems dizzy), where "そうです" indicates seeming or likelihood.