逃避行 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: imase
• Album: 凡才

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the sound of contemporary J-Pop through imase's '逃避行' (Touhikou), a song rich with expressive vocal shifts between low and high registers. Learning the Japanese of this track offers insight into how modern Japanese artists capture complex feelings like yearning and escape in a concise, rhythmic style.

[English]

Goodbye, runaway

With you still drunk from yesterday

Let's head for the town we can escape to

Even the heavy past we've carried

Even the feelings we've swallowed

We overcame it, together

Even this rusted heart

And the feeling of having dreamt

We dove in together

Goodbye, runaway

With you still drunk from yesterday

Let's head for the town we can escape to

Goodbye, runaway

"I want to dream"

With you breaking into tears, let's go to the town we can escape to

Let's go, let's go, let's go

...

It's not something over the top

Even this feeling that has been crying

It's just that, it's just that

...

I sealed it, silencing everyone's voice

...

So quietly you can't hear

I dreamed, I can't return

...

Goodbye, runaway

"I want to be with you"

With unfading days

Let's head for the town we can escape to

Goodbye, runaway

"I want to see tomorrow"

With you leading the way, let's go to the town we can escape to

Let's go, let's go, let's go

...

[Japanese]

さよなら 逃避行

昨日の酔いも 覚めない君と

抜け出す街を 行こう

背負い込んだ重い過去も

飲み込んだ思いすらも

乗り越えた 乗り越えた 二人で

錆びついたこの心も

夢を見たあの気持ちと

飛び込んだ 飛び込んだ 二人で

さよなら 逃避行

昨日の酔いも 覚めない君と

抜け出す街を 行こう

さよなら 逃避行

「夢を見たいの」

泣き出す君と 抜け出す街を

行こう 行こう 行こう

大それたものじゃないの

泣いていたこの思いも

ただそれは ただそれは

蓋をしたの 誰の声も

聞こえぬほど 君も溺れてく

夢を見たの 戻れないの

さよなら 逃避行

「君と居たいよ」

褪せない 日々と

抜け出す街を 行こう

さよなら 逃避行

「明日を見たいの｣

先立つ 君と 抜け出す街を

行こう 行こう 行こう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ A1	interjection - used to express farewell
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B1	noun - an act of escaping verb - to break free
street /striːt/ A2	noun - a road in a town or city
go /ɡəʊ/ A1	verb - to move from one place to another
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of things dreamed in sleep verb - to experience dreams while sleeping
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shout or weep loudly
heart /hɑːt/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood noun - center of emotions
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion
past /pɑːst/ B1	noun - the time before the present adjective - gone by in time
heavy /ˈhɛvi/ A2	adjective - having great weight
rusted /ˈrʌstɪd/ C1	adjective - covered with rust
jump /dʒʌmp/ A1	verb - to move by leaping
yesterday /ˈjɛstədeɪ/ A1	adverb - on the day before today
intoxication /ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/ C1	noun - the state of being intoxicated
shoulder /ˈʃəʊldə/ A2	verb - to take on a burden
swallow /ˈswɒloʊ/ A2	verb - to cause to pass down the throat
overcome /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/ B2	verb - to defeat or succeed in controlling

Key Grammar Structures

• さよなら 逃避行

  ➔ Noun + 逃避行 (Noun Compound)

  ➔ The phrase '逃避行' is a noun compound, where '逃避' means 'escape' and '行' means 'journey'. It’s used to describe an act of fleeing or escaping.

• 昨日の酔いも 覚めない君と

  ➔ も (Inclusion Particle)

  ➔ The particle 'も' is used to include '昨日の酔い' (yesterday's drunkenness) in the statement, indicating that it is also part of the situation.

• 抜け出す街を 行こう

  ➔ を (Direct Object Marker)

  ➔ The particle 'を' marks '街' (the city) as the direct object of the verb '行こう' (let's go).

• 背負い込んだ重い過去も

  ➔ た (Past Tense)

  ➔ The verb '背負い込んだ' is in the past tense with 'た', indicating a completed action in the past.

• 夢を見たあの気持ちと

  ➔ と (Quotation Particle)

  ➔ The particle 'と' is used to quote or refer to 'あの気持ち' (that feeling), connecting it to the previous clause.

• さよなら 逃避行

  ➔ Noun + Noun (Apposition)

  ➔ The phrase 'さよなら 逃避行' uses apposition, where 'さよなら' (goodbye) is placed next to '逃避行' (escape journey) to emphasize the farewell to the journey.