Summer Madness

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

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

熟れた果実のような太陽が

The sun, like a ripe fruit,

雲に洗われ沈んでいくサンセット

Sets behind the clouds as it sinks away at sunset

夢か幻か曖昧 そう白昼夢の中で

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

動き出すヒストリー hey

History starts to move, hey

Living in fantasy

Living in a fantasy

夜に気付かれないように抜け出そう

Let's slip away before the night notices

終わる事のない dream

A never-ending dream

波打ち際で跳ねる水玉

Droplets bouncing on the shoreline

魔法をかけたようなマジックアワー

A magic hour, like casting a spell

Living in fantasy

Living in a fantasy

今宵僕らだけ…

Tonight, just us...

色彩、アンビアンス、フィーリング、そして音色

Colors, ambiance, feelings, andSound

そのケータイのカメラじゃきっと

Surely, with your phone’s camera

写りはしない景色がこんなにも

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

世界には溢れてる

There’s so much of this in the world

It's summer madness...

It's summer madness...

今が昔になるスピードが すごく速いから

Time moves so fast, turning moments into memories

駆け巡っていく

We keep running through it all

全てを焼き付ける

Burning everything into our minds

Just like we're living in fantasy

Just like we're living in fantasy

今宵僕らだけ…

Tonight, just us...

夜空を飛び回って突き抜いた雲

Flying through the night sky, clouds torn apart

軌跡さえ残さず飛ぶ鳥のよう

Like a bird that flies without leaving a trace

まばたきの隙間を埋めてくスピードで

With a speed that fills the gaps between blinking

全てを加速させる

Accelerating everything

It's summer madness...

It's summer madness...

あの刹那におどけたように弾けた流星は

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

夏の夜に見た夢のような心地で 少し不確かで

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

色彩、アンビアンス、フィーリング、そして音色

Colors, ambiance, feelings, and sound

ここにしかないものばっかだから

They're only things you find here

瞬間を逃さず積み重ねた そんな仲間が一緒なら…

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

It's summer madness...

It's summer madness...

Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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.