偽顔 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: yama
• Album: awake＆build

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Japanese music with yama's captivating track, "偽顔" (Nisekao), which means "Fake Face." This song offers a unique blend of a Jersey Club beat with profound, introspective lyrics, making it an excellent piece for learning nuanced Japanese expressions related to emotions and self-identity. Its compelling narrative about authenticity and societal masks provides rich cultural context and vocabulary, making it a special and relatable listening experience for language learners.

[English]

Eyes, eyes on me

Eyes, eyes on me, me

Exploring the relationship

Ah, saying sorry means nothing

An algorithm full of bugs

Never satisfied

So, what do you want to be?

Gently revealing, wearing a double mask

Lining up gentle words

Both of us indulging in matching

Who are we performing for?

I was just laughing as if I had cried

All eyes on me, a false deepfaker

I don’t really understand

All eyes on me, suddenly a deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

I apologize repeatedly

Empty catchphrases

Confusing kindness with cunning

Only the breaths of layered lies

Satisfy the mask

Still binding my heart with a double layer

Desperately trying to cover up

Whose true face is it for?

Gradually becoming painful

Following the matching indulgence

I just want to laugh, not cry

All eyes on me, forever feeling the flavor

I don’t really understand

All eyes on me, someday a deepfaker

I want to take it off

If it’s not an act

Until then, leaning on each other

Hiding it deep inside, a deepfaker

Still laughing as if I had cried

All eyes on me, a false deepfaker

I don’t really understand

All eyes on me, suddenly a deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

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[Japanese]

Eyes, eyes on me

Eyes, eyes on me, me

関係 探って

嗚呼 ごめんねって意味がないね

バグだらけアルゴリズム

満ち足りない

じゃあどうなりたい？

そっと暴いて二重で被る面相

優しい言葉 並べて

ふたり お揃いに甘えて

演じて魅せてるのは誰のために

ただ 泣いたように 笑っていたんだ

All eyes on me 偽りの deepfaker

I なんてわかっちゃいないんだ

All eyes on me いつのまにか deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

重ね重ねお詫びします

気持ちのない口癖

優しさにズルさも吐き違えて

重ね 重ねた嘘の吐息だけで

満たされるマスク

まだ 二重で縛っている 心の中

散々 取り繕っている

本当の顔は誰のためで

だんだん 苦しくなるね

お揃いの甘えの前倣え

ただ 泣いてないで 笑っていたいよ

All eyes on me いつまでも feel flavor

I なんてわかっちゃいないんだ

All eyes on me いつの日にか deepfaker

脱いでみたい

演技でもないなら

それまで 肩寄せながら

胸に秘めている deepfaker

まだ 泣いたように 笑っていたんだ

All eyes on me 偽りの deepfaker

I なんてわかっちゃいないんだ

All eyes on me いつのまにか deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me) deepfaker

(Eyes, eyes on me, me) deep, deep, deepfaker

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
関係 /kankei/ B1	noun - relation
アルゴリズム /arugorizumu/ C1	noun - algorithm
満ち足りない /michitarinai/ B2	adjective - unsatisfying
面相 /mensō/ B2	noun - face
演じて /enjite/ B2	verb - to act
魅せてる /miseru/ B2	verb - to fascinate
偽り /itsuwari/ B2	noun - lie
deepfaker /dīpufēkā/ C2	noun - deepfake
重ね /kasane/ B1	verb - to pile up
嘘 /uso/ A2	noun - lie
マスク /masuku/ B1	noun - mask
縛っている /shibatteru/ B2	verb - to bind
心の中 /kokoro no naka/ B1	noun - heart
取り繕っている /toritsukatteru/ B2	verb - to patch up
前倣え /mae nagare/ B2	noun - precedent
肩寄せ /katayose/ B2	verb - to lean on

Key Grammar Structures

• 関係 探って

  ➔ the te-form of a verb used to connect actions or commands

  ➔ The verb 探る (さぐる) is in its te-form, 探って, used here to express an ongoing action or a suggestion to 'probe' or 'look into' something.

• 満ち足りない

  ➔ adjective expressing lack or insufficiency

  ➔ 満ち足りない is an i-adjective meaning 'not fulfilled' or 'insufficient', describing a sense of incompleteness or dissatisfaction.

• 演じて魅せてる

  ➔ て-form + いる to indicate ongoing action; noun + に + する to indicate performing or acting

  ➔ 演じて is the te-form of 演じる (to perform/act), combined with る form to indicate ongoing action; 魅せてる is the colloquial form of 魅せている, meaning 'to show' or 'to dazzle' continuously.

• 泣いたように 笑っていたんだ

  ➔ のように (like/as) to compare; ていた is the past continuous form of the verb

  ➔ のように is used to compare or describe something as similar to or like something else; ていた indicates an action that was ongoing or habitual in the past.

• 脱いでみたい

  ➔ て-form + みたい expresses desire to try or experience doing something

  ➔ てみたい is used to express the speaker's desire or curiosity to try performing the action indicated by the verb.