Walkin' In My Lane – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: milet

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

わかってないとか言われたって

Even if they say you don’t understand

笑ってばっかじゃいられなくて

I can't just keep laughing all the time

Can’t go back

Can’t go back

But we know that we can go far

But we know we can go far

...

...

Make a wish

Make a wish

Hey what are you doin’ doin’ doin’ do without me

Hey, what are you doin’ doin’ doin’ do without me?

こんな日に限って

Especially on a day like this

Now, mayday

Now, mayday!

吹き消すキャンドルは増えても sorry

The candles I blow out keep increasing, sorry

思い出を rolling

Rolling through memories

なのになぜ lonely lonely

Yet still, lonely lonely

日々はスローモーションのように

Days seem like slow motion

霞んで見えるのかな

Are they just blurring together?

誰もが同じかな

Does everyone feel the same?

一人ぼっち同士

All alone, each of us

逆らってこうぜ どうせ

Let’s go against the flow, anyway

期限付き life time を

To the limited, lifetime

飽きるまで Why don’t we slip away

Until we get bored, why don’t we slip away?

わかってないとか言われたって

Even if they say you don’t understand

笑ってばっかじゃいられなくて

I can't just keep laughing all the time

Can’t go back

Can’t go back

But we know that we can go far

But we know we can go far

I know, I know あと少しだって

I know, I know, it’s just a little more

騙し騙し 回り道だって

Deceiving ourselves and taking detours

見たいのは

What I want to see is

酸いも甘いも溶かすよ lovestruck

Melting sour and sweet, lovestruck

いつまで

Until when?

待っていたって It’s never enough

Waiting forever makes it never enough

Look into my eyes

Look into my eyes

You’re my life

You’re my life

Will you stay tonight

Will you stay tonight?

反射的な

A reflexive

“I love you” じゃもう足りない

“I love you” just isn’t enough anymore

ないものねだり

Begging for what I don’t have

ねえdarling

Hey, darling

There’s no need for goodbye

There’s no need for goodbye

Stay awake

Stay awake

泣けない理由が増えては falling

The reasons I can't cry keep increasing, falling apart

1人の夜に

On a lonely night

Now you miss me?

Now, do you miss me?

押し潰す恋しさを枕の裏に

Pressing down the loneliness buried under my pillow

眠れず Who saves me

Unable to sleep, who saves me?

いつまでも lonely lonely

Forever lonely lonely

わかったつもりなのに

Even though I think I understand

私をほどいてよ

Untie me

誰より求めてよ

Seek me more than anyone else

何度強がってみたって

No matter how many times I try to act tough

愛してしまうんだ どうせ

I’ll end up loving you anyway

期限付き life time を

To the limited, lifetime

飽きるまで Why don’t we slip away

Until we get bored, why don’t we slip away?

わかってないとか言われたって

Even if they say you don’t understand

笑ってばっかじゃいられなくて

I can't just keep laughing all the time

Can’t go back

Can’t go back

But we know that we can go far

But we know we can go far

I know, I know あと少しだって

I know, I know, it’s just a little more

騙し騙し 回り道だって

Deceiving ourselves and taking detours

見たいのは

What I want to see is

酸いも甘いも溶かすよ lovestruck

Melting sour and sweet, lovestruck

...

...

Oh nothing has changed

Oh, nothing has changed

I’m walkin’ in my lane

I’m walkin’ in my lane

Like dancing in the rain

Like dancing in the rain

with you

with you

わかってないとか言われたって

Even if they say you don’t understand

笑ってばっかじゃいられなくて

I can't just keep laughing all the time

Can’t go back

Can’t go back

But we know that we can go far

But we know we can go far

I know, I know あと少しだって

I know, I know, it’s just a little more

騙し騙し 回り道だって

Deceiving ourselves and taking detours

見たいのは

What I want to see is

酸いも甘いも溶かすよ lovestruck

Melting sour and sweet, lovestruck

いつまで

...

待っていたって

Until when?

It’s never enough

Waiting forever makes it never enough

Look into my eyes

Look into my eyes

You’re my life

You’re my life

Will you stay tonight

Will you stay tonight?

...

...

反射的な

A reflexive

”I love you” じゃもう足りない

“I love you” just isn’t enough anymore

ないものねだり

Begging for what I don’t have

ねえdarling

Hey, darling

There’s no need for goodbye

There’s no need for goodbye

We know that we can go far

We know we can go far

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wander /ˈwɒn.dər/ or /ˈwɑːn.dɚ/ B2	verb - to walk slowly without a specific direction
far /fɑːr/ or /fer/ A1	adverb - a long distance
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen verb - to want something to happen
candle /ˈkæn.dəl/ A2	noun - a wax stick with a wick that produces light when burned
memories /ˈmɛm.ər.i/ B1	noun - the recollections of past experiences
lonely /ˈloʊn.li/ B1	adjective - feeling alone or sad because no one is around
vision /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ B2	noun - the ability to see, or a mental image of the future
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ B2	noun - a strong feeling of wanting something verb - to strongly want something
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - a strong feeling of affection or care verb - to feel deep affection for someone
escape /ɪsˈkeɪp/ B2	verb - to get away from a place or situation
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - a measurable period during which an action happens
live /lɪv/ A2	verb - to be alive or to have your life

Key Grammar Structures

• Can’t go back

  ➔ Use of modal verb + base form to express inability or impossibility

  ➔ The phrase "Can’t go back" uses the modal "can’t" (cannot) + the base form "go" to indicate inability to return to a previous state.

• Ignore the use of 〜ないものねだり

  ➔ Use of set phrase to indicate longing for something that is unavailable or impossible to have

  ➔ The phrase "ないものねだり" means longing or craving for things that are impossible to have.

• Love Struck - 溶かすよ lovestruck

  ➔ Use of compound adjectives or nouns to describe emotional states; and the verb "溶かす" (to melt/dissolve) in future tense

  ➔ The phrase "溶かすよ lovestruck" combines the verb "溶かす" meaning "to melt" with the English term "lovestruck," symbolizing intense emotional melting or dissolving.

• Use of conditional and subjunctive mood in poetic expressions

  ➔ The song employs conditional structures such as "if" clauses and subjunctive mood to convey hypothetical or emotional states

  ➔ The poetic and expressive language often relies on conditional and subjunctive moods to evoke feelings of hope, longing, or uncertainty.

• Use of present continuous tense in English lines (e.g., “doin’”, “rolling”, “falling”)

  ➔ Use of present participle (-ing form) to describe ongoing actions or states

  ➔ The words like "doin’" and "rolling" are present participles used in a colloquial or poetic sense to indicate ongoing actions or feelings.

• Use of imperative and imperative-like expressions (e.g., "Stay awake")

  ➔ Use of imperative form to give commands, requests, or advice

  ➔ Expressions like "Stay awake" are imperative forms, urging someone to remain alert or conscious.