Value – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Ado

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

リミッター働くまで

Until the limiter kicks in

優越の海泳いでる真似

Pretending to swim in a sea of superiority

転がり続ける何にしろ

Keep rolling no matter what

空になるまでもう一度

Once again, until the sky turns empty

じれったいな正直なとこ知りたいなみたいな

It's frustrating, honestly I just want to know the truth

望んでる顔出るまで捲るのやっぱり終わり

Keep pushing until the face I desire appears, it’s the end after all

憶えてることって

Things I remember

嘘だったんだろうな

They were probably lies

相応しい報いだ

That’s a fitting punishment

紙一重の自由と引き換えたのさ

Exchanged for a thin line of freedom

全てがあるまま振り返りもせず

Without looking back at everything as it is

背中に残る憂い

Worry remaining on my back

風が奪ってくのを感じながら 感じながら

Feeling the wind take it away, feeling it all in my skin

相応しい愛なら

If love is truly what’s deserved

この痛みさえも葬り去ってしまう

It can even wipe out this pain

全てで無いなら何も欲しくない

If it’s not everything, I want nothing

誤魔化しは効かない

There's no use in pretending

砂を払えば そう燃えてる 燃えてるんだ

If I brush away the dirt, I am burning, I am burning

言うも愚か value, value

Words are foolishness, value, value

差し当たり value, value

For now, value, value

くだらないと思ってるのは

Thinking it’s all so trivial

夢の中って知ってるから

Because I know it’s just a dream

まともなままでいて

Stay sincere

引き上げればいい

Just lift yourself up

未だ足りないって

Isn’t it still not enough?

妄想だったみたい

Seems like it was just a delusion

相応しい報いだ

That’s a fitting punishment

決まり切った孤独が割り振られたのさ

A predetermined solitude was assigned

全てで無くとも取り繕えれば

Even if it’s not everything, as long as I can fake it

心に残す澱

A residue left in my heart

風が奪ってくのを知りながら 知りながら

Knowing the wind is taking it away, feeling it all

また此処で終わっちゃうわけで (ah, ah)

And it will end here again (ah, ah)

大袈裟に受け止めてたいんだ (ah, ah)

I want to take it in with grandeur (ah, ah)

優しさとはまた違うし

It’s different from just kindness

憶えてることって

Things I remember

相応しい報いだ

That’s a fitting punishment

紙一重の自由と引き換えたのさ

Exchanged for a thin line of freedom

全てがあるまま振り返りもせず

Without looking back at everything as it is

背中に残る憂い

Worry remaining on my back

風が奪ってくのを感じながら 感じながら

Feeling the wind take it away, feeling it all

相応しい愛なら

If love is truly what’s deserved

この痛みさえも葬り去ってしまう

It can even wipe out this pain

全てで無いなら何も欲しくない

If it’s not everything, I want nothing

誤魔化しは効かない

There’s no use in fooling ourselves

砂を払えば そう燃えてる 燃えてるんだ

If I brush away the dirt, I’m burning, I’m burning

言うも愚か value, value

Words are foolishness, value, value

差し当たり value, value

For now, value, value

まるでそう like you, like you

Just like that, like you, like you

炙り出すの value, value

Burning it out, value, value

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
リミッター /rimittā/ B2	noun - limiter
優越 /yūetsu/ B2	noun - superiority
自由 /jiyū/ B1	noun - freedom
痛み /itami/ B1	noun - pain
憂い /urei/ C1	noun - anxiety
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
価値 /kachi/ B2	noun - value
孤独 /kodoku/ B2	noun - loneliness
誤魔化し /gomahakashi/ C1	noun - deception
燃える /moeru/ B1	verb - to burn
引き換え /hikikae/ B2	noun - exchange
知る /shiru/ A2	verb - to know
顔 /kao/ A1	noun - face
風 /kaze/ A1	noun - wind
砂 /suna/ A1	noun - sand
終わり /owari/ A2	noun - end

Key Grammar Structures

• まで

  ➔ particle indicating 'until' or 'up to'

  ➔ 'まで' expresses the limit or endpoint of an action or state, similar to 'until' in English.

• 〜ながら

  ➔ conjunctive form meaning 'while' or 'simultaneously'

  ➔ 〜ながら connects two actions happening at the same time, similar to 'while' in English.

• 〜だろう

  ➔ casual form expressing conjecture or assumption, equivalent to 'probably' or 'I think'

  ➔ 〜だろう indicates conjecture about a situation, translating roughly as ‘probably’ or ‘I suppose’.

• 〜なければならない

  ➔ phrase meaning 'must' or 'have to'

  ➔ 〜なければならない expresses obligation or necessity, similar to ‘must’ in English.

• 〜ている

  ➔ progressive or continuous aspect, indicating an ongoing action or state

  ➔ 〜ている indicates an ongoing action or state, similar to the present continuous tense in English.

• 〜のに

  ➔ conjunction meaning ‘although’ or ‘despite’

  ➔ 〜のに connects contrasting clauses, similar to ‘although’ or ‘despite’ in English.

• 〜ば

  ➔ conditional form meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’

  ➔ 〜ば creates a conditional clause meaning ‘if’ or ‘when’ in English.