シュガーソングとビターステップ

• By: UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
• Album: DUGOUT ACCIDENT

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

超天変地異みたいな狂騒にも慣れて

I'm used to the chaos like a cataclysm

こんな日常を平和と見間違う

Mistaking this ordinary life for peace

Rambling coaster 揺さぶられながら

Rambling coaster, being shaken around

見失えないものは何だ？

What is it that I can't afford to lose?

平等性原理主義の概念に飲まれて

Swallowed up by the concept of equality fundamentalism

心までが まるでエトセトラ

Even my heart feels like an et cetera

大嫌い 大好き ちゃんと喋らなきゃ

I hate you, I love you, I have to say it properly

人形とさして変わらないし

Or I'm no different from a doll

宵街を行く人だかりは

The crowds walking through the evening town

嬉しそうだったり 寂しそうだったり

Look happy, look lonely

コントラストが五線譜を飛び回り

The contrast flies around the staff

歌とリズムになる

Becoming song and rhythm

ママレード and シュガーソング

Marmalade and Sugar Song

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

Peanuts and Bitter Step

甘くて苦くて目が回りそうです

It's so sweet and bitter, I'm going dizzy

南南西を目指してパーティを続けよう

Let's keep the party going, heading southwest

世界中を驚かせてしまう夜になる

It's going to be a night that surprises the whole world

I feel 上々 連鎖になってリフレクト

I feel great, it's a chain reaction, reflecting

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蓋然性合理主義の正論に揉まれて

Shoved around by the platitudes of probability rationalism

僕らの音楽は道具に成り下がる？

Does our music become just a tool?

こっちを向いてよ 背を向けないでよ

Look at me, don't turn your back on me

それは正論にならないけど

That's not a platitude

祭囃子のその後で

After the festival music

昂ったままの人 泣き出してしまう人

People still hyped up, people bursting into tears

多分同じだろう

Probably the same

でも言葉にしようものなら稚拙が極まれり

But if I try to put it into words, it's the height of ineptitude

最高だってシュガーソング

"This is the best!" Sugar Song

幸せってビターステップ

"This is happiness!" Bitter Step

死ねない理由をそこに映し出せ

Reflect the reason I can't die there

惜しがったって

Even if you begrudge it

等速で明日は来ちゃうけど

Tomorrow will come at a constant speed

脳内天気予報の

If you achieve an update

アップデートを果たしたなら

Of the weather forecast in your brain

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Someday 狂騒が息を潜めても

Someday, even if the frenzy quiets down

Someday 正論に意味がなくなっても

Someday, even if platitudes lose their meaning

Feeling song and step

Feeling song and step

鳴らし続けることだけが

The only thing we can do is keep playing

僕たちを僕たちたらしめる証明になる

Becomes the proof that makes us who we are

Q.E.D!

Q.E.D!

ママレード and シュガーソング

Marmalade and Sugar Song

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

Peanuts and Bitter Step

生きてく理由をそこに映し出せ

Reflect the reason for living there

北北東は後方へ その距離が誇らしい

Northeast by north is behind us, that distance is something to be proud of

世界中を 驚かせ続けよう

Let's keep surprising the whole world

ママレード and シュガーソング

Marmalade and Sugar Song

ピーナッツ and ビターステップ

Peanuts and Bitter Step

甘くて苦くて目が回りそうです

It's so sweet and bitter, I'm going dizzy

南南西を目指してパーティを続けよう

Let's keep the party going, heading southwest

世界中を驚かせてしまう夜になる

It's going to be a night that surprises the whole world

I feel 上々 連鎖になってリフレクション

I feel great, it's a chain reaction, reflection

Goes on 一興去って 一難去って また一興

Goes on, one pleasure gone, one hardship gone, and another pleasure again

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Vocabulary in this song:

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 reflect, to project
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

Grammar:

• 心までが まるでエトセトラ

  ➔ Using '〜までが' indicates 'up to (something)', emphasizing the extent or limit.

  ➔ The phrase '心までが' means 'up to the heart,' emphasizing emotional or mental extent.

• 感情に正否はない

  ➔ Using 'に' with a noun like '正否' indicates the target of evaluation or judgment.

  ➔ 'に' marks '正否' as the target of judgment, meaning 'rightness or wrongness' of emotions doesn't have a clear right or wrong.

• 最高だってシュガーソング

  ➔ Using 'だって' is a casual way to say 'even if' or 'although,' indicating concession.

  ➔ 'だって' introduces a concession, meaning 'Even if it’s the best,' implying despite the situation, the sentiment remains.

• 連鎖になってリフレクト

  ➔ Using 'になって' indicates becoming or turning into something, in this case 'a chain.'

  ➔ The phrase 'になって' shows transformation into something else, here meaning becoming a 'chain' or sequence.

• 世界中を驚かせてしまう夜になる

  ➔ Using 'を' indicates the direct object of the verb '驚かせて,' meaning 'to surprise.'

  ➔ The particle 'を' marks the night as the entity that will be surprised or astonished, emphasizing the action's target.