Summer Madness – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE, Afrojack

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the electrifying world of "Summer Madness" by 三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE and Afrojack! This J-Pop summer anthem, with its high-energy EDM beats, offers a fantastic way to experience modern Japanese music and its global collaborations. Through its vibrant lyrics, you can explore expressions related to summer, fantasy, and embracing the present, making it an engaging listen for language learners and music enthusiasts alike. Its infectious rhythm and positive message make it a special track to understand Japanese pop culture.

[English]

The sun, like a ripe fruit,

Sets behind the clouds as it sinks away at sunset

Is it a dream or a illusion? It's so blurry, like a midsummer day's reverie

History starts to move, hey

Living in a fantasy

Let's slip away before the night notices

A never-ending dream

Droplets bouncing on the shoreline

A magic hour, like casting a spell

Living in a fantasy

Tonight, just us...

Colors, ambiance, feelings, andSound

Surely, with your phone’s camera

It can't really capture the view that's so vivid

There’s so much of this in the world

It's summer madness...

Time moves so fast, turning moments into memories

We keep running through it all

Burning everything into our minds

Just like we're living in fantasy

Tonight, just us...

Flying through the night sky, clouds torn apart

Like a bird that flies without leaving a trace

With a speed that fills the gaps between blinking

Accelerating everything

It's summer madness...

That fleeting moment, bursting out like a starry meteor, playful and bright

Like a dream from a summer night, a feeling that's a bit uncertain

Colors, ambiance, feelings, and sound

They're only things you find here

If we don't miss these moments and keep stacking them, with friends like this...

It's summer madness...

[Japanese]

熟れた果実のような太陽が

雲に洗われ沈んでいくサンセット

夢か幻か曖昧 そう白昼夢の中で

動き出すヒストリー hey

Living in fantasy

夜に気付かれないように抜け出そう

終わる事のない dream

波打ち際で跳ねる水玉

魔法をかけたようなマジックアワー

Living in fantasy

今宵僕らだけ…

色彩、アンビアンス、フィーリング、そして音色

そのケータイのカメラじゃきっと

写りはしない景色がこんなにも

世界には溢れてる

It's summer madness...

今が昔になるスピードが すごく速いから

駆け巡っていく

全てを焼き付ける

Just like we're living in fantasy

今宵僕らだけ…

夜空を飛び回って突き抜いた雲

軌跡さえ残さず飛ぶ鳥のよう

まばたきの隙間を埋めてくスピードで

全てを加速させる

It's summer madness...

あの刹那におどけたように弾けた流星は

夏の夜に見た夢のような心地で 少し不確かで

色彩、アンビアンス、フィーリング、そして音色

ここにしかないものばっかだから

瞬間を逃さず積み重ねた そんな仲間が一緒なら…

It's summer madness...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
太陽 (taiyou) /ˈtaɪjoʊ/ A2	noun - sun
夢 (yume) /ˈjuːme/ A1	noun - dream
夜 (yoru) /ˈjoʊru/ A1	noun - night
波 (nami) /ˈnɑːmi/ A2	noun - wave
魔法 (mahou) /ˈmɑːhoʊ/ B1	noun - magic
色彩 (shikisai) /ʃikiˈsaɪ/ B2	noun - color, hue
景色 (keshiki) /ˈkeʃɪki/ B1	noun - scenery, view
世界 (sekai) /seˈkaɪ/ A2	noun - world
スピード (supiido) /ˈspiːdoʊ/ A2	noun - speed
飛ぶ (tobu) /ˈtoʊbu/ A2	verb - to fly
雲 (kumo) /ˈkuːmoʊ/ A2	noun - cloud
鳥 (tori) /ˈtɔːri/ A1	noun - bird
夏 (natsu) /ˈnɑːtsu/ A1	noun - summer
流星 (ryuusei) /ˈrjuːseɪ/ B2	noun - shooting star, meteor
仲間 (nakama) /ˈnɑːkɑːmɑː/ A2	noun - companion, friend

Key Grammar Structures

• 夢か幻か曖昧 そう白昼夢の中で

  ➔ Use of 'か' to indicate uncertainty or choice

  ➔ 'か' is a question particle used here to express uncertainty about whether it's a dream or illusion.

• Living in fantasy

  ➔ Present continuous tense used adjectivally to describe an ongoing state

  ➔ 'Living in fantasy' describes an ongoing, immersive experience or state.

• 全てを焼き付ける

  ➔ Use of 'を' to mark the direct object, with the verb '焼き付ける' (to imprint, to burn into)

  ➔ '全てを焼き付ける' means to burn or imprint everything onto one's memory or experience.

• まばたきの隙間を埋めてくスピードで

  ➔ Use of 'を' to mark the direct object '隙間' (gap), with the verb '埋めてく' (to fill in), and 'で' indicating the means or manner

  ➔ 'まばたきの隙間を埋めてくスピードで' means 'at the speed of filling the gaps of blinking', emphasizing rapidity.

• 色彩、アンビアンス、フィーリング、そして音色

  ➔ Use of '、' (comma) in listing multiple nouns in a series

  ➔ The commas are used to list multiple elements, such as 'color', 'ambiance', 'feeling', and 'tone'.

• そのケータイのカメラじゃきっと写りはしない景色がこんなにも

  ➔ Use of 'じゃ' (casual form of 'では') to mean 'by' or 'with', and 'きっと' (surely/probably) expressing certainty in negation

  ➔ 'じゃ' is the casual spoken form indicating 'by' or 'with', often used for means or cause, and 'きっと' expresses a high certainty, here used with negation to emphasize impossible that the scene can be captured by a phone camera.