クロノスタシス

• Par: BUMP OF CHICKEN

Paroles:

[日本語]

[English]

もう一度ドアを開けるまで

Until I open the door once again

ノルマで生き延びただけのような今日を

Living through a day that feels like just getting by on quotas

読まない手紙みたいに重ねて

Stacked like unread letters

また部屋を出る

Then I leave the room again

明け方　多分夢を見ていた

In the early morning, I was probably dreaming

思い出そうとはしなかった

I didn't try to remember

懐かしさが足跡みたいに

Nostalgia leaves footprints like traces

証拠として残っていたから

Because it remained as evidence

大通り

Main street

誰かの落とした約束が

Someone’s promise that was dropped

跨がれていく

Crosses over

この街は居場所を隠している

This town hides its true place

仲間外れ達の行列

A line of outcasts

並んだままで待つ答えで

Waiting for answers while standing in line

僕は僕を　どう救える

How can I save myself?

飾られた古い絵画のように

Like an old painting on display

秒針の止まった記憶の中

In memories where the second hand has stopped

何回も聞いた　君の声が

Your voice I’ve heard so many times

しまっていた言葉を　まだ　探している

Still searching for the words I had tucked away

ビルボードの上　雲の隙間に

A small blinking light I saw from the cloud gap atop a billboard

小さな点滅を見送った

Seems like a sign I’m here

ここにいると教えるみたいに

It disappeared into the distance

遠くなって消えていった

Suddenly reminded, I recall

不意を突かれて思い出す

Just a coincidence—like the key

些細な偶然だけ　鍵にして

Like hearing someone sneeze in a similar way, or a certain scent

どこか似たくしゃみ　聞いただとか

Just that brief moment

匂いがした　その程度で

Because I’m cowardly and cunning

臆病で狡いから

I have to pretend I forgot

忘れたふりをしなきゃ

Or else I might run away

逃げ出しそうで

Like I could change the future, just with a bit of power

例えば未来　変えられるような

It doesn’t have to be grand

大それた力じゃなくていい

In a world without you

君のいない　世界の中で

I want to answer the reason I keep breathing

息をする理由に応えたい

A fragment left deep inside me

僕の奥　残ったひと欠片

Something the clock couldn’t erase

時計にも消せなかったもの

Straining my dried throat

枯れた喉を　振り絞って

Someday, I want to tell you...

いつか君に伝えたいことがあるだろう

There’s something I want to say

それっぽい台詞で誤魔化した

I tried to cover it with cliché lines

必要に応じて笑ったりした

And I laughed when necessary

拾わなかった瞬間ばかり　どうしてこんなに

Why am I still so dazzled by all these moments I didn't pick up?

今更いちいち眩しい

Now, everything feels painfully bright

この街は居場所を隠している

This town hides its true place

仲間外れ達の行列

A line of outcasts

並んだままで待つ答えで

Waiting in line for answers

僕は僕を　どう救える

How can I save myself?

僕の奥　残ったひと欠片

A fragment left deep inside me

時計にも消せなかったもの

Something the clock couldn’t erase

枯れた喉を　振り絞って

Straining my dried throat

いつか君に伝えたいことが

Someday, I want to tell you...

失くしたくないものがあったよ

There was something I didn't want to lose

帰りたい場所だってあったよ

A place I wanted to go back to

君のいない　世界の中で

In a world without you

君といた昨日に応えたい

I want to respond to yesterday when we were together

飾られた古い絵画のように

Like an old painting on display

秒針の止まった記憶の中

In memories where the second hand has stopped

鮮明に繰り返す　君の声が

Your voice repeats vividly

運んできた答えを　まだ

The answer it carried, still

しまっていた言葉を　今　探している

Searching now for the words I had kept hidden

Grammaire:

• 大通り 誰かの落とした約束が 跨がれていく

  ➔ The passive form using られる to indicate that something can be crossed or is passively being crossed.

  ➔ The suffix "られる" is used here to form the passive voice, indicating that the promise **is being crossed**.

• 秒針の止まった記憶の中

  ➔ Use of the の particle to nominalize and connect nouns, creating a phrase that describes a specific kind of memory.

  ➔ The の particle connects "秒針" (second hand) and "止まった記憶" (stopped memory), forming a descriptive phrase.

• 何回も聞いた 君の声が

  ➔ Use of the potential form of 聞く (きく) to indicate repeated listening, coupled with が to mark the subject (the voice).

  ➔ The potential form of 聞く (きく) is used to express the ability or repetition of listening, with が marking the subject "君の声" (your voice).

• 必要に応じて笑ったりした

  ➔ Using たり to list actions as examples of things done optionally or intermittently.

  ➔ The form たり is used after the ta-form of verbs to list multiple actions as examples, indicating these are optional or intermittent.

• 帰りたい場所だってあったよ

  ➔ Using だって to emphasize that the place one wants to return to is also included in the previous statement.

  ➔ The particle だって is used here to add emphasis, indicating that the place they want to return to is among those considered or remembered.

• いつか君に伝えたいことがあるだろう

  ➔ Using だろう to express conjecture or expectation about having something to tell in the future.

  ➔ The ending だろう is used to indicate a probable or conjectured future state, suggesting that they expect to have something to convey someday.