Strong Fate – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 和楽器バンド

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of Wagakki Band's "Strong Fate" – a song that masterfully fuses traditional Japanese instruments with exhilarating rock. Through its dramatic intensity and profound lyrics, you can explore rich cultural expressions and musical innovation, making it an excellent gateway to understanding the unique blend of old and new in Japanese music and language.

[English]

One by one, turning the pages of the past

Points connect to form a line, a voice that calls for death

In this endless place, waiting for the cycle of rebirth

Unaware of staying still, deciphering reveals a trap

Whispers of words creeping in, covering my ears

Black eyes peering in, questioning the chain

Chanting the number of betrayals, crying out

Gasping, a shadow reflected in my sight

I can hear it, I can hear it, the voice crawling and lamenting

Wandering, wandering, towards the sound of hands

Just

Fading, fading, within the echoes

Seeing the writhing, shimmering illusion

Pulling closer without reason, then letting go

The sea of restless thoughts, Strong Fate

At the end of this world

That sound that severs you

I can hear it, I can hear it, the voice distorted and spitting blood

Wandering, wandering, towards the sound of hands

Just

Fading, fading, within the echoes

Seeing the writhing, shimmering illusion

Swallowed by the tainted waves

Struggling, entangled in the whirlpool of ruin

Silent Gate

Pulling closer without reason, then letting go

The sea of restless thoughts, Strong Fate

At the end of this world

[Japanese]

ひとつふたつ 過去めくり繋ぐ

点と点が線に それは死を呼ぶ声

終わりなき この場所で 輪廻を待つ

留まること知らず 読み解けば罠

忍び寄る言霊 耳ふさぎ込んで

黒い目が覗き込み 連鎖を問う

裏切りの数を唱えては喚く

息を呑み視界に映る影

聴こえる聴こえる 地を這い嘆く声

彷徨う彷徨う手のなる方へ

ただ

消えゆく消えゆく 残響の中で

蠢めく揺らめく 幻影をみる

理由(ワケ)もなく手繰り寄せて離し

騒ぐ思念の海 Strong Fate

この世の果て

あなたを絶つあの音

聴こえる聴こえる 血を吐き歪む声

彷徨う彷徨う手のなる方へ

ただ

消えゆく消えゆく 残響の中で

蠢めく揺らめく 幻影をみる

穢れゆく波に呑まれ

もがき絡む破滅の渦

Silent Gate

理由(ワケ)もなく手繰り寄せて離し

騒ぐ思念の海 Strong Fate

この世の果て

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
過去 /kako/ B1	noun - the past
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice, sound
影 /kage/ B1	noun - shadow
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
海 /umi/ A1	noun - sea
音 /oto/ A2	noun - sound
理由 /riyuu/ B2	noun - reason
思念 /shinen/ B2	noun - thoughts, feelings of longing
残響 /zankyō/ C1	noun - echo, reverberation
破滅 /hametsu/ C1	noun - ruin, destruction
輪廻 /rinne/ C2	noun - reincarnation, cycle of life and death
強運 /kyouun/ B2	noun - strong fate, good fortune

Key Grammar Structures

• 点と点が線に

  ➔ Using the が particle to mark the subject performing an action, combined with に to indicate direction or transformation

  ➔ The sentence describes how '点と点' (points) become '線' (a line). The が particle marks '点と点' as the subject, and に indicates the transformation into a line.

• 死を呼ぶ声

  ➔ Using を to mark the direct object, combined with 呼ぶ (to call) to indicate causing or summoning

  ➔ The phrase shows '声' (voice/sound) that '呼ぶ' (call/summon) causes or evokes something related to death, implying a voice that beckons death.

• 終わりなき この場所で

  ➔ Using 終わりなき (endless) as an adjective modifying この場所で (at this place)

  ➔ The phrase describes an endless or perpetual state occurring at this place, with 終わりなき functioning as an adjective.

• 理由もなく手繰り寄せて離し

  ➔ Using もなく to mean 'without reason', and the verbs 手繰り寄せて (to pull closer) and 離し (to let go) connected in a sequence

  ➔ The phrase implies doing something 'without reason', with actions of pulling closer and then letting go happening in succession.

• 騒ぐ思念の海

  ➔ Using の to indicate possession or attribution, forming a noun phrase '海 of restless thoughts'

  ➔ The phrase describes a 'sea' composed of 'restless thoughts', with の linking the noun 思念 (thoughts) to 海 (sea).

• 手のなる方へ

  ➔ Using 方へ to indicate direction toward a place or way, with 手のなる indicating 'clapping hands'

  ➔ The phrase indicates moving toward the direction where hands clap, with 方へ indicating the direction, and 手のなる meaning hands are making a sound (clapping).

• 蠢めく揺らめく 幻影をみる

  ➔ Using を to mark the direct object 幻影 (phantom), and combining 蠢めく (to wriggle) and 揺らめく (to tremble) as descriptive verbs

  ➔ The phrase describes seeing a 'phantom' that wriggles and trembles, with the verbs 蠢めく and 揺らめく depicting movement and instability.