誰我為 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: TK

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese rock with TK from Ling Tosite Sigure's impactful song "誰我為" (Tagatame). This powerful track, serving as the opening theme for "My Hero Academia" Season 7, is a fantastic gateway to understanding complex emotional expression in Japanese lyrics. You'll encounter vocabulary related to introspection, struggle, and determination, and experience how nuanced themes like purpose and self-identity are conveyed through evocative language and TK's unique vocal delivery. Its connection to a popular anime also makes it a special piece for cultural and linguistic immersion.

[English]

Released like a bubble, I burst

Endless anxiety and someone’s ideals

Hey, smile and look at me

The color of hope from those days

Reflected in the rainbow before it burst

If I inhale, I choke, unable to fly

If I fall, I leave only my outline and disappear

That sky and me, illuminated by light

Bending, what color can I fly to?

The dream that longing thrust upon me, let it not fade

I replay it over and over, for whom am I?

Gazing at this tattered world, lining up what was taken

Can I stand up? Can I crawl up?

A prism shining ahead

Even if this body disappears someday, a brilliance that can't be erased

Let it be left for someone

Everything I touch just breaks

That day, I crossed the critical point

I have nothing at all

A color that is not any color

Even if that outstretched hand is a monster

This wish can meet both hope and despair

Replaying hatred, for whom am I?

If that sky, so high that everyone looks up to, is the ideal

Even if I can't reach it, even if I can't reach it

This blood, become an infinite blue

Even if that hope is cut off someday

A brilliance that can't be erased

Let it be left for you

Am I for someone? Can I become someone?

Surpassing the fear of loss, now I burst into the sky

I can dedicate everything for someone

So broken, so scared

Yet still, I will chase forever

Released like a bubble, I burst

Endless anxiety and someone’s ideals

Hey, smile and look at me

The color of hope from those days

Reflected in the rainbow before it burst

[Japanese]

シャボンのように解き放たれて弾けた

絶え間ない不安と　誰かの理想が

ねぇ笑って　見つめて

あの頃の希望の色は

弾ける前に映し出した　虹色

吸い込めばむせて　飛べないままで

堕ちれば輪郭だけを遺して　消える

あの空と僕を光で透かして

折れ曲がりながら　何色に飛べる?

憧れが僕に突き付けた夢よ　醒めないままで

僕は何度も再生する　誰我為?

ボロボロの世界眺めて　奪われたものを並べて

立ち上がれるか　這い上がれるか

その先に光るプリズム

いつかこの身体が消えても　消せないほどの輝きを

誰かの為に遺させて

触れるものすべて　壊してばかり

あの日に臨界点を超えたんだ

僕には何にもないから

何色でもないカラー

差し伸べられてるその手が怪物だとして

希望にも絶望にも会えてしまう　この願いが

憎しみを再生する　誰我為?

誰もが見上げるほど高いあの空の蒼が理想なら

届かなくても　届かなくても

この血よ　無限の蒼になれ

いつかその希望が絶たれても

消せないほどの輝きを

あなたの為に遺させて

僕は誰かの為に　僕は誰かになれる?

失くす怖さを超えて　今　空に弾けた

僕は誰かの為に　すべてを捧げられる

こんなにも壊れて　こんなにも怖くて

それでも永遠に　追いかけるよ

シャボンのように解き放たれて弾けた

絶え間ない不安と　誰かの理想が

ねぇ笑って　見つめて

あの頃の希望の色は

弾ける前に映し出した　虹色

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
シャボン /ʃabon/ B1	noun - soap
弾ける /hajikeru/ B1	verb - to burst, to explode
不安 /fuan/ A2	noun - anxiety, unease
理想 /risō/ B1	noun - ideal, dream
虹色 /nijiiro/ B1	noun - rainbow-colored
吸い込めば /sui komeba/ B2	verb - if I inhale
むせて /musute/ B1	verb - to swell, to bulge
飛べない /tobenai/ A2	verb - cannot fly
堕ち /ochi/ B1	verb - to fall, to drop
輪郭 /rinkaku/ B1	noun - outline, contour
消える /kieru/ A2	verb - to disappear, to vanish
プリズム /purizumu/ B2	noun - prism
輝き /kagayaki/ B1	noun - glow, radiance
誰我為 /dare ga tame/ B2	phrase - for whom
憧れ /akogare/ B1	noun - longing, yearning
再生 /saisei/ B1	noun - rebirth, regeneration
夢 /yume/ A1	noun - dream

Key Grammar Structures

• 絶え間ない不安と　誰かの理想が

  ➔ The use of のが to mark the subject or the focus of a sentence.

  ➔ It highlights the **subject** of the sentence, here indicating 'an endless anxiety and someone's ideal'.

• 弾ける前に映し出した　虹色

  ➔ Use of 前に to indicate 'before' an action.

  ➔ '虹色' (rainbow colors) was **shown before** the explosion or bursting, indicating a prior reflection.

• 吸い込めばむせて　飛べないままで

  ➔ Conditional form ば to express 'if' or 'when' something happens.

  ➔ It indicates 'if you inhale, then you **choke** and cannot **fly**' in the current state.

• 堕ちれば輪郭だけを遺して　消える

  ➔ Conditional form ば to indicate 'if' the action occurs.

  ➔ It expresses 'if it falls, only the outline **remains** and **disappears**'.

• あの日に臨界点を超えたんだ

  ➔ The verb 超えた (koeta) is the past tense of 超える (koeru), meaning 'to surpass' or 'to go beyond'.

  ➔ It states that 'on that day, I **exceeded** the critical point', emphasizing a pivotal moment.

• 僕には何にもないから

  ➔ Use of から to indicate reason or cause ('because').

  ➔ It expresses 'because I **have nothing**', giving a reason for emotion or state.

• あの空と僕を光で透かして

  ➔ Use of で to indicate means or manner ('by means of').

  ➔ It means '透かして' (to see through or beam through) **using light** the sky and myself.