永遠前夜 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: TENBLANK
• Album: Glass Heart

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional soundscape of TENBLANK's "永遠前夜," a song that captures the essence of youth and the significance of cherishing the present. Explore its heartfelt lyrics, penned by Yojiro Noda, and discover the story behind its creation for the Netflix series "Glass Heart". Learn about Japanese culture through the lens of this moving song.

[English]

Lyrics by : Yojiro Noda

Composition by : Yojiro Noda

Arrangement by : Yojiro Noda

I heard an old familiar song

And just as I thought that

Your laughter filled my ears

Before my heart could pass it off

As mere coincidence

Your melody seeped deep inside

Into every empty space of mine

Eternity gazes down at us with pity in its eyes

And in reply, you only offered

A mystified smile

You coolly rearrange the order

Of all my precious things

Carelessly shifting them around

Instead of embracing us

It choked our voices till we cried

Even if they laugh at how pitiful I seem

This life I chose...

No one ever taught me how

Your noisy, restless life

When I can't hear it

Somehow fills me with dread

Because I've realized now

I can never go back to the person I was

Before I ever knew you

Eternity gazes down at us with pity in its eyes

And in reply, you only offered

A mystified smile

You coolly rearrange the order

Of all my precious things

Carelessly shifting them around

This world holds a song only we can hear

To play that melody

I'd give my small share

Of this life without regret

The moment I touch it

It begins to spill and fall away

Even if this spilling is the meaning of "being alive"

So what?

I stopped doing what I'm told now

Eternity gazes down at us

Drawing near with longing, enviously

So we turn and we run

Though we can't last forever

What I alone can do still remains

A sound only I can make rests right here

There's someone I need to let hear it now

A heartbeat I long to send trembling

Mastering Engineer : Vlado Meller

[Japanese]

作词 : 野田洋次郎

作曲 : 野田洋次郎

编曲 : 野田洋次郎

懐かしい歌が聞こえた

そう思ったら

君の笑い声で

ただの偶然と

心が処理する間もなく

君の音が

僕の隙間に流れた

永遠が僕らを見て可哀想な眼を

すると君は不思議そうに

笑ってみせた

平然と僕の中にある大事なもの

たちの順番を勝手に

入れ替える君

僕ら抱きしめる代わり

に声を殺し叫んだ

無様だと笑われようと

誰にも習ったことのない

選んだ命

騒がしい君の命が

聞こえないと

なぜか不安になる

君を知る前の

自分に戻れることなど

二度とないことを知ってしまったんだ

永遠が僕らを見て可哀想な眼を

すると君は不思議そうに

笑ってみせた

平然と僕の中にある大事なもの

たちの順番を勝手に

入れ替える君

この世界に僕らだけが聞こえる歌がある

それを鳴らすためならこの

命のわけ前など

取るに足らない

手に触れた刹那

こぼれ落ちてゆく

それが「生きること」と同義だとしても

だから何だという

言いなりはやめた

永遠が僕らを見て

羨ましそうに近づいてくるのを

僕ら駆けて逃げてく

永遠にできなくて

この僕にだけできることがある

鳴らせる音がここにある

今聞かせたい人がいる

震わせたい鼓動がある

母带工程师 : Vlado Meller

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
永遠 /e̞ɴe̞ɴ/ B1	noun - eternity; forever
歌 /ka̠/ A1	noun - song
音 /o̞n/ A1	noun - sound
声 /ko̞e̞/ A2	noun - voice; sound of speaking
命 /me̞ɴ/ A2	noun - life; fate
心 /ko̞ko̞ɾo̞/ A1	noun - heart; mind
笑い声 /wa̠ɾa̠i ko̞e̞/ B1	noun - laughter; laughing voice
隙間 /su̞ki̥ma̠/ A2	noun - gap; opening
流れる /na̠ɾa̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ/ C2	verb - to flow; to stream
入れ替える /i̥ɾe̞ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ/ C2	verb - to replace; to swap
抱きしめる /ɴa̠kʲiɕime̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ/ C2	verb - to hug; to embrace
不安 /fu̞a̠ɴ/ B2	noun - anxiety; uneasiness adjective - uneasy; anxious
不思議 /fu̞ɕi̥gi̥/ B2	noun - mystery; wonder adjective - mysterious; wondrous
懐かしい /na̠ɾiɕi̥ka̠ɾe̞/ C1	adjective - nostalgic; dear (something) that brings back memories
平然 /he̞ɾi̥zɛ̞ɴ/ C1	adjective - calm; composed
騒がしい /sa̠wa̠gaʃiː/ C1	adjective - noisy; boisterous
世界 /se̞ka̠i/ A1	noun - world
鼓動 /ko̞do̞ː/ C2	noun - heartbeat; pulsation

Key Grammar Structures

• 懐かしい歌が聞こえた

  ➔ Past tense with ~た

  ➔ The verb 聞こえた (kikoe-ta) is in the past tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• 君の笑い声で

  ➔ Possessive particle の

  ➔ The particle の is used to show possession, here indicating 'your' (君の) laughter (笑い声).

• 心が処理する間もなく

  ➔ Negative form ~ない before 間もなく

  ➔ The negative form 処理する間もなく (shori suru aida mo naku) means 'before the heart could process', emphasizing the lack of time.

• 永遠が僕らを見て可哀想な眼を

  ➔ Ga (が) particle for subject

  ➔ The particle が is used to mark the subject 永遠 (eien) in the sentence, indicating who is doing the action of looking.

• 平然と僕の中にある大事なもの

  ➔ Adverbial phrase with と

  ➔ The phrase 平然と (heizen to) acts as an adverbial phrase, describing the manner in which the important things are rearranged.

• この世界に僕らだけが聞こえる歌がある

  ➔ Exists verb ある

  ➔ The verb ある is used to indicate existence, here stating that 'there exists a song that only we can hear'.

• それが「生きること」と同義だとしても

  ➔ Conjunctive particle としても

  ➔ The particle としても is used to introduce a hypothetical condition, meaning 'even if it is the same as living'.