言えない – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: iri
• Album: Sparkle

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

拾いかけた

I picked up

ポラロイド ポラロイド

Polaroid, Polaroid

錆れて切れた

Rusty and broken

落としたはずはないよ

I shouldn't have dropped it

君にとっての僕と

For you, I'm someone

僕にとっての君が

And for me, you're someone

出会ったことなんかない

We've never met

ねだった言葉が

The words I begged for

宙でねじれては

Twist in the air

君の元へと

Towards you

電話越しの妄想

Imaginations over the phone

ギリギリの構想

A tight concept

なんの意味さえないけど

It doesn't even mean anything

君が笑う君が笑うなら

If you smile, if you smile

それでいい

Then that's enough

だなんて

I say

まだ言えない

But I still can't say it

言えない

I can't say it

言えないよ baby

I can't say it, baby

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない that story

It won't disappear, that story

移り変わる

Changing

世界の中で

In this world

僕らは何を

What can we

残せるかな

Leave behind

la la la・・・

la la la...

同じ夜を

The same night

ぶらぶら・・・

Wandering...

ぼくらをまとう

Surrounding us

love love love・・・

love love love...

言えない

I can't say it

言えない

I can't say it

言えないよ baby

I can't say it, baby

雲の切れ間に

In the gap of the clouds

沈むライト

The sinking light

透かした ブライト

The bright light shining through

なにか変わるような

Something seems to change

期待はずむ夜も

Even on a night full of expectations

君と抱いた夢を

The dreams I held with you

何度だって

No matter how many times

見返しては

I look back

歩き出してみるけど

I try to start walking again

偽った言葉が

The false words

不意に巡っては

Unexpectedly come around

君の元へと

Towards you

無色で晴れやかな午後

A colorless, clear afternoon

人知れず繰り返される鼓動

A heartbeat repeated in secret

振り返ればいつだって

Whenever I look back

何も残らない夜だって

There are nights when nothing remains

よくある形じゃなくていい

It doesn't have to be a common shape

いびつな愛のままに

Just as a distorted love

そうそれでいいよ

Yeah, that's fine

だなんて

I say

まだ言えない

But I still can't say it

言えない

I can't say it

言えないよ baby

I can't say it, baby

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない that story

It won't disappear, that story

移り変わる

Changing

世界の中で

In this world

僕らは何を

What can we

守れるかな

Protect

la la la・・・

la la la...

同じ夜を

The same night

ぶらぶら・・・

Wandering...

ぼくらはまだ

We are still

love love love・・・

love love love...

二つの波動が振れ

Two vibrations resonate

だなんて

I say

まだ言えない

But I still can't say it

言えない

I can't say it

言えないよ baby

I can't say it, baby

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない

It won't disappear

消えない that story

It won't disappear, that story

移り変わる

Changing

世界の中で

In this world

僕らは何を

What can we

残せるかな

Leave behind

la la la・・・

la la la...

同じ夜を

The same night

ぶらぶら・・・

Wandering...

ぼくらをまとう

Surrounding us

love love love・・・

love love love...

言えない

I can't say it

言えない

I can't say it

言えないよ baby

I can't say it, baby

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
言えない /ie-nai/ B1	verb - cannot say
消えない /kie-nai/ B1	verb - cannot disappear
世界 /sekai/ A2	noun - world
夜 /yoru/ A1	noun - night
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
愛 /ai/ A2	noun - love
言葉 /kotoba/ B1	noun - word
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
電話 /denwa/ A2	noun - telephone
構想 /kousou/ B2	noun - concept
鼓動 /kodou/ B2	noun - heartbeat
切れ間 /kirema/ B2	noun - gap
期待 /kitai/ B1	noun - expectation
残す /nokosu/ B1	verb - to leave behind
抱く /daku/ B1	verb - to embrace
移り変わる /utsuri-kawaru/ B2	verb - to change

Key Grammar Structures

• ～かけた

  ➔ te-form + -かける (kakeru)

  ➔ Used to indicate an action that has just started or is incomplete.

• ～ないよ

  ➔ negative form + よ (yo)

  ➔ Expresses a negation with emphasis or reassurance.

• ～ながら

  ➔ particle +ながら

  ➔ Indicates doing two actions at the same time.

• ～のに

  ➔ despite / although

  ➔ Shows contrast or unexpected result between clauses.

• ～も

  ➔ also / too

  ➔ Adds an element or emphasizes the inclusion.

• ～かな

  ➔ particle + かな

  ➔ Expresses uncertainty or contemplative thought.

• ～まで

  ➔ until / up to

  ➔ Indicates the point in time or space up to which an action occurs.