紙一重

• By: Uru

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

そっと重ねてみた

Gently tried to layer it

だけどもはみ出した

But I spilled out

端の方だけ破った

Only tearing at the edge

だけどあなたはそのままでいいと

But you said it's okay as you are

散らかった欠片をもう一度繋いで

Reconnect the scattered shards once more

直してくれた

And fixed them for me

心は紙一重

The heart is a thin line

交わりそうで交わらないものだね

Things that seem to intersect but never truly do

だからこそ今こんな風に寄り添い合って

That's why now, we lean into each other like this

その心を感じていたい

I want to feel your heart

いつの日も　明ける明日を待って

Always waiting for a new day to begin

儚い夢に焦がれて

Yearning for fleeting dreams

あなたは誰かを今日も想いながら

Today, you think of someone else while holding someone in your heart

胸に抱いた願い　追い続けるのでしょう

You keep chasing the wishes you've held inside

いつかその声が届きますように

Hoping that someday, your voice will reach me

もっと　もっと　強くなれたら

If only I could become stronger, more deeply

心の奥　ずっとずっと変わりたかった

Deep inside my heart, I've always wanted to change

今の私はあなたのため何ができるだろう

Now, what can I do for you?

触れたら壊れそうなほど

Touching feels like it could break

まっすぐな瞳　その奥に見た孤独

Your honest eyes, the loneliness seen behind them

握る手が作る服の皺が

The wrinkles in the clothes made by your trembling hands

その叫びを伝えていた

Conveyed your screams

いつの日も

Always

迷いもがくことを

Worried and struggling,

時に抗う強さを

sometimes resisting the strength to fight back

あなたは私に教えてくれたね

You taught me this

心重ねた日々　知った光と影は

The days we've shared our hearts, knowing light and shadow

ずっとこの胸に息づいている

Live on within my chest forever

何度傷ついても

No matter how many times I get hurt

守り続けた愛が

The love I’ve continued to protect

いつかあなたを包みますように

May it someday surround you

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
重ねる /かさねる/ B1	verb - to stack or layer
破る /やぶる/ B1	verb - to tear or break
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart or mind
夢 /ゆめ/ A2	noun - dream
声 /こえ/ A2	noun - voice or sound
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
孤独 /こどく/ B2	noun - loneliness
強さ /つよさ/ B1	noun - strength
日々 /ひび/ B1	noun - days or daily life
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
影 /かげ/ B1	noun - shadow
願い /ねがい/ B1	noun - wish or desire
胸 /むね/ A2	noun - chest or heart
時 /とき/ A1	noun - time
想う /おもう/ B1	verb - to think or feel
触れる /ふれる/ B1	verb - to touch or feel

Grammar:

• だけどもはみ出した

  ➔ Conjunction だけども (but, however) + past tense verb はみ出した (protruded out)

  ➔ 'だけども' introduces a contrast or exception, similar to 'but' or 'however'.

• 散らかった欠片をもう一度繋いで

  ➔ Verb て-form 繋いで (connect/attach) + のを (nominalizer) + もう一度 (once again)

  ➔ The て-form of a verb connects actions sequentially or expresses a command, here used with 繋いで to mean 'connect again'.

• 心は紙一重

  ➔ Topic は (topic marker) + 心 (heart) + は (contrast topic marker) + 紙一重 (very thin line, a narrow margin)

  ➔ 'は' marks the topic, and 紙一重 (literally 'one thin sheet of paper') metaphorically means a very narrow margin or difference, such as the fine line between emotional states.

• 心は紙一重 交わりそうで交わらないものだね

  ➔ ～そうで (seems to do) + ～ない (negation); Noun connected by だね (casual sentence ending expressing agreement or reflection)

  ➔ ～そうで indicates appearance or seeming to do something; 交わる is negated as 交わらない (not to intersect or merge). The ending だね is a casual sentence-ending particle showing agreement or reflection.

• あなたは誰かを今日も想いながら

  ➔ 動詞ながら (while, although): expressing simultaneous actions or contrast

  ➔ ながら attaches to a verb to indicate doing two actions simultaneously or a contrast between actions.

• 胸に抱いた願い 追い続けるのでしょう

  ➔ て-form 追い続ける (keep pursuing): ongoing or repetitive action, with のでしょう indicating conjecture or probability

  ➔ て続ける indicates continuous or repeated action, and のでしょう suggests conjecture or expectation about the action.

• あなたのため何ができるだろう

  ➔ Potential form できる (can do), with だろう indicating speculation or conjecture about ability

  ➔ Potential form できる indicates ability or possibility to do something, and だろう suggests conjecture or estimation about that ability.