Voltage – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ITZY
• Album: ITZY JAPAN 1st SINGLE『Voltage』

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

Aw!

Aw!

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah

甘くみないで just a girl

Don't underestimate me, just a girl

No way, no way, no way

No way, no way, no way

本気を出したら shake the world

When I get serious, I shake the world

世界観 upside down

The world view is upside down

Yeah, 心の奥には fever

Yeah, deep inside my heart there's a fever

抑えきれないかも

I might not be able to hold it back

Calm down, calm down でも 爆発しそう

Calm down, calm down, but I feel like I'm about to explode

Boom, boom, pop, 揺れ出すグラグラと

Boom, boom, pop, shaking and swaying

You can't take control

You can't take control

Getting so hot, 今気付いたんでしょ？

Getting so hot, you realize it now, right?

Temperature up, temperature up

Temperature up, temperature up

Ah! ジリジリ聞こえてくるわ fire alarm

Ah! I can hear the fire alarm ringing

Hot, hot, hot, hot (hey), 上がるわ tension (ho)

Hot, hot, hot, hot (hey), tension is rising (ho)

もうすぐ形勢逆転ね ゾクゾク (hey, eh)

The situation is about to turn around, thrilling (hey, eh)

Like a dynamite, 火がついたら止めらんない

Like dynamite, once it ignites, it can't be stopped

My senses 目覚めたように

My senses are awakening

Tell me can you feel me blowing up, up, up

Tell me, can you feel me blowing up, up, up

Boom, ついに完全爆発 my voltage up

Boom, finally a complete explosion, my voltage up

出口見つけたわ power

I've found the exit, power

赤い電光の panorama

A panorama of red lights

You can't escape, 覚悟決めて, you can't say, no

You can't escape, make up your mind, you can't say no

私の情熱に飲み込まれたら

If you get swallowed by my passion

Boom, boom, pow, blowing up

Boom, boom, pow, blowing up

Bring my voltage up

Bring my voltage up

Boom, boom, pow, burning up

Boom, boom, pow, burning up

Bring my voltage up

Bring my voltage up

Hot damn 行きたい方向へ

Hot damn, heading in the direction I want

Go straight 今 目輝かせ

Go straight, my eyes shining bright

未来を目指すの

Aiming for the future

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

Hotspot, that's where I'll be

Hotspot, that's where I'll be

私歩くだけで, you can feel the heat

Just by walking, you can feel the heat

冷めた目つき, just one look

With a cold gaze, just one look

見て見ぬ振り, but you're hooked

Pretending not to see, but you're hooked

Tick-tock, tick-tock (hey), 聞こえる timer (ho)

Tick-tock, tick-tock (hey), I can hear the timer (ho)

溢れる passion 逃げられっこないわ (hеy, eh)

Overflowing passion, there's no escaping (hey, eh)

Just like a grenadе 火がついたら燃えるだけ

Just like a grenade, once it ignites, it just burns

High fever 振り切れたように

High fever, as if it's breaking free

Tell me can you feel me blowing up, up, up

Tell me, can you feel me blowing up, up, up

Boom, ついに完全爆発 my voltage up

Boom, finally a complete explosion, my voltage up

出口見つけたわ power

I've found the exit, power

赤い電光の panorama

A panorama of red lights

You can't escape, 覚悟決めて, you can't say, no

You can't escape, make up your mind, you can't say no

私の情熱に飲み込まれたら (aw!)

If you get swallowed by my passion (aw!)

Hot damn 行きたい方向へ go straight

Hot damn, heading in the direction I want, go straight

進め at the speed of light

Moving at the speed of light

Always 全て自分で決めたことだから, okay

Always, because I decided everything myself, okay

Hot damn ためらって止まったなら時間が無駄

Hot damn, if you hesitate and stop, it's a waste of time

未来を目指すの

Aiming for the future

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

Wake up call 本能覚醒の時が来た

Wake up call, the time for instinct to awaken has come

With my eyes open wide, 焼きつけるわ

With my eyes open wide, I'll engrave it

I'll put the world on fire

I'll put the world on fire

Boom, 高く燃え上がるわ my voltage up

Boom, rising high, my voltage up

周り巻き込むアルファ (yeah, yeah)

Engulfing the surroundings, alpha (yeah, yeah)

一分一秒が正念場

Every minute and second is a critical moment

You can't cool me, 熱したら冷めない type, no, no

You can't cool me down, once heated, I won't cool off, no, no

灼熱の世界ひき込まれたら

Once drawn into a scorching world

Boom, boom, pow, blowing up (ah, ah-ah)

Boom, boom, pow, blowing up (ah, ah-ah)

Bring my voltage up

Bring my voltage up

Boom, boom, pow, burning up

Boom, boom, pow, burning up

Bring my voltage up (flying high above)

Bring my voltage up (flying high above)

Hot damn 今すぐ世界 揺るがすほどの衝撃

Hot damn, shaking the world with a shock right now

未来を目指すの

Aiming for the future

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

Aw! I wanna see you all burn up

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
girl /ɡɜːrl/ A1	noun - a female child or young woman
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
fire /faɪər/ A2	noun - the burning of something verb - to dismiss someone from a job
power /ˈpaʊər/ A2	noun - the ability to do something or act in a particular way
tension /ˈtɛnʃən/ B1	noun - mental or emotional strain
passion /ˈpæʃən/ B2	noun - strong enthusiasm or interest
burn /bɜrn/ B1	verb - to be on fire or to produce flames
explosion /ɪkˈsploʊʒən/ B2	noun - a violent burst of energy or sound
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time yet to come
heat /hiːt/ B1	noun - the quality of being hot
alarm /əˈlɑːrm/ B1	noun - a warning sound or signal
dynamite /ˈdaɪnəˌmaɪt/ B2	noun - an explosive used for demolition
voltage /ˈvoʊltɪdʒ/ B2	noun - an electromotive force or potential difference
senses /ˈsɛnsɪz/ B2	noun - the faculties by which the body perceives outside stimuli
explore /ɪkˈsplɔːr/ B1	verb - to travel through an unfamiliar area to learn about it

Key Grammar Structures

• No way, no way, no way

  ➔ Negative expression with 'no way' to emphasize impossibility or refusal

  ➔ 'No way' is used to strongly deny or express that something is impossible

• 本気を出したら shake the world

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'if' implied by 'したら' (shitara) meaning 'if (I) do'

  ➔ 'したら' indicates a conditional situation, meaning 'if I do (something)'

• 世界観 upside down

  ➔ Noun phrase combined with 'upside down' to describe a state or perception

  ➔ 'upside down' describes a situation where things are reversed or inverted

• 心の奥には fever

  ➔ Possessive structure with 'の' to indicate 'the heart's inner part'

  ➔ 'の' is a possessive particle showing that the 'fever' is inside 'the heart'

• You can't take control

  ➔ Modal verb 'can't' + base verb 'take' to express inability

  ➔ 'can't' is a contraction of 'cannot', indicating inability to do something

• 進め at the speed of light

  ➔ Imperative form '進め' with prepositional phrase 'at the speed of light' to describe rapid action

  ➔ Imperative '進め' means 'go ahead' or 'move forward', combined with 'at the speed of light' to emphasize speed

• Always 全て自分で決めたことだから, okay

  ➔ Adverb 'Always' + phrase '自分で決めたこと' (things I decided myself), emphasizing personal agency

  ➔ 'Always' emphasizes that it is always the speaker's own decision