stereo future – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: BiSH

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of Japanese rock with BiSH's 'stereo future'! This impactful song, with its rich emotional depth and dynamic lyrics, offers a fantastic opportunity to explore nuanced Japanese expressions, especially those related to determination and overcoming challenges. Its grand musicality and intense vocal performances make it a captivating listening experience for language learners.

[English]

The city is crying as if it's about to break

Wipe away the dust-covered feelings

Let's seek days by days, feeling anxious

Your cruel profile

Chasing what words can't express

Automation days by days

There, something is felt

Entrust it to this hand, chase to the chance

The heart, something I can't throw away

It starts moving, but can I see it through?

Because I don't know

Until I feel the pain

How long until the promised beyond?

Give me another expression

Let's break free, I have to keep running

Even if nothing changes

Let's prove our love

To the unseen lights, beyond that dream

Even if it's something I don't understand

...

Breaking down, unable to return

Chase me with a steel heart

Automation days by days

There, something is felt

Entrust it to this hand, chase to the chance

The heart, something I can't throw away

It starts moving, but can I see it through?

Because I don't know

Until I feel the pain

How long until the promised beyond?

Give me another expression

Let's break free, I have to keep running

Even if nothing changes

Let's prove our love

To the unseen lights, beyond that dream

Even if it's something I don't understand

...

How long until the promised beyond?

Give me another expression

Let's break free, I have to keep running

Even if nothing changes

Let's prove our love

To the unseen lights, beyond that dream

Even if it's something I don't understand

...

[Japanese]

壊れそうに街が泣いてんだ

埃まみれの心情 消し去って

求めよう days by days 焦る

残酷な君の横顔

声では表せない chase by chase

Automation days by days

そこで何かを 心情

この手に託して chase to the chance

心臓 捨てられないもの

動き出す でもやり抜けるか

わからないから

痛み感じるままで

いつまで約束されぬ彼方

別の表現を僕にくれよ

抜け出そう 走り続けなくちゃ

何も変わらなくたって

愛を証明しよう

まだ見ぬ光たち、その夢の先まで

わからないものでも

壊れてく元に戻らない

鋼の心臓を僕に chase by chase

Automation days by days

そこで何かを 心情

この手に託して chase to the chance

心臓 捨てられないもの

動き出す でもやり抜けるか

わからないから

痛み感じるままで

いつまで 約束されぬ彼方

別の表現を僕にくれよ

抜け出そう 走り続けなくちゃ

何も変わらなくたって

愛を証明しよう

まだ見ぬ光たち、その夢の先まで

わからないものでも

いつまで 約束されぬ彼方

別の表現を僕にくれよ

抜け出そう 走り続けなくちゃ

何も変わらなくたって

愛を証明しよう

まだ見ぬ光たち、その夢の先まで

わからないものでも

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
壊れそう /kaware-sou/ B2	adjective - seems to be broken
心情 /shinjou/ B1	noun - emotion or feeling
求める /motomeru/ B1	verb - to seek or request
焦る /aseru/ B2	verb - to be impatient or anxious
残酷 /zankoku/ B2	adjective - cruel or harsh
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice or sound
表現 /hyougen/ B1	noun - expression
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
光 /hikari/ A2	noun - light
夢 /yume/ A1	noun - dream
動き出す /ugokidasu/ B2	verb - to start moving
捨てる /suteru/ B1	verb - to throw away or discard
約束 /yakusoku/ B1	noun - promise or agreement
変わる /kawaru/ B1	verb - to change
抜け出す /nukedasu/ B2	verb - to escape or break free

Key Grammar Structures

• 壊れそうに街が泣いてんだ

  ➔ the use of "〜そう" to express an appearance or seeming effect

  ➔ "壊れそうに" uses the "〜そう" pattern to indicate that the city looks like it's about to break down.

• 求めよう days by days 焦る

  ➔ Volitional form "求めよう" to indicate an intention or will to seek or desire

  ➔ The volitional "求めよう" expresses the speaker's determination or wish to actively seek something.

• 動き出す でもやり抜けるか

  ➔ Verb "動き出す" in plain form meaning "to start moving"; the use of "か" at the end to indicate doubt or questioning

  ➔ "動き出す" means "to start moving"; adding "か" turns the statement into a question or expresses doubt.

• この手に託して chase to the chance

  ➔ Using "に" as a particle to indicate "trust" or "entrust" someone/thing with something

  ➔ "この手に託して" uses the particle "に" to mean "entrust" or "place faith" in someone or something with a goal (chase to the chance).

• 心臓 捨てられないもの

  ➔ Use of potential form "捨てられない" to express "cannot discard" or "unable to abandon"

  ➔ "捨てられない" is the potential form of "捨てる" meaning "cannot discard" or "unable to abandon".

• 痛み感じるままで

  ➔ The phrase "ままで" indicates "remaining in a certain state" or "as it is"

  ➔ "ままで" expresses remaining in a state without change, here meaning "feeling pain as it is".