崩壊前夜 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SixTONES

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of SixTONES with 'Houkai Zenya'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning Japanese through its emotive and powerful lyrics. By listening to its intense delivery, you can pick up nuanced vocabulary related to emotions and states of being, making it a unique and exciting way to master the language's dramatic expressions.

[English]

Composed by: idom/Takashi Yamaguchi

The end is drawing near

This world, swaying back and forth

Ah, it's so hateful

Honestly, I want to go back

I don't want to face this reality anymore; it's too painful

The eve of collapse

Even all those lies you've told until now

Pretending you didn't know

While you were deceiving yourself

Don't go confusing me like that...

The eve of collapse

If I could just dismiss it as a mistake made in youth

I wonder if I could have loved you forever

Ah, no, that's just being selfish

I haven't changed at all

You're the one who changed

If we're just going to keep hurting each other

Then let's say goodbye here

The eve of collapse

...

That fearless sign, it's not okay

But I'll show you my composure

I'm not looking at anyone but you

So look at me, baby

An attitude as cold as coffee

The sun hidden behind the clouds bringing rain

A nice car, a big house

Even if I buy them, my heart feels cheap

Why are you crying? Guilt?

Don't be stupid

You're the one who let go of my hand first

You always had that suggestive look in your eyes

I knew you were looking at someone else

But I wanted to believe in the days we shared...

The eve of collapse

If I could just dismiss it as a mistake made in youth

I wonder if I could have loved you forever

Ah, no, that's just being selfish

I haven't changed at all

You're the one who changed

If we're just going to keep hurting each other

Then let's say goodbye here

The eve of collapse

...

Even though our anniversary

Is something we'll never celebrate again

I still can't bring myself to erase it from my calendar

I can't even change my wallpaper from your face to default

I tried to start over from scratch, but I'm still

Drifting through these faint memories

The eve of collapse

If I could just dismiss it as a mistake made in youth

I wonder if I could have loved you forever

Ah, no, that's just being selfish

I haven't changed at all

You're the one who changed

If we're just going to keep hurting each other

Then let's say goodbye here

The eve of collapse

[Japanese]

作曲 : idom/Takashi Yamaguchi

終わりはもう近い

ゆらゆらと揺れる世界が

あぁ、憎らしい

Honestly 戻りたい

余りに辛い現実はもう見ない

崩壊前夜

今迄に吐かれた嘘だって

知らないフリをして

誤魔化してた自分を

そうやってわたしを惑わせないで…

崩壊前夜

若さ故の過ちと割り切れたなら

貴方をずっと愛せたかしら

あぁ、いやそれは我儘

わたしはなんも変わらんわ

変わってしまったのは貴方

傷つけ合うくらいなら

ここでサヨナラ

崩壊前夜

不敵なサイン平気じゃない

だけど見せる冷静

キミ以外見ていない

だからLook at me baby

コーヒーみたく冷めた態度

雨降らす雲に隠れた太陽

良い車 BIGなハウス

買ってもチープなmy heart

なんで泣いてんのさ、罪悪感?

馬鹿言うな

先に手を離したくせにさ

いつだって思わせぶりな目で

他の誰かを見てたこと気付いてたけど

重ね合った日々を信じたくて…

崩壊前夜

若さ故の過ちと割り切れたなら

貴方をずっと愛せたかしら

あぁ、いやそれは我儘

わたしはなんも変わらんわ

変わってしまったのは貴方

傷つけ合うくらいなら

ここでサヨナラ

崩壊前夜

2人の記念日も

もう祝う事は無いのに

カレンダーの予定は消せそうになくて

待受のキミ 変えるデフォルト

1から始めようとしたけれど未だ

漂ってる淡い思い出の中

崩壊前夜

若さ故の過ちと割り切れたなら

貴方をずっと愛せたかしら

あぁ、いやそれは我儘

わたしはなんも変わらんわ

変わってしまったのは貴方

傷つけ合うくらいなら

ここでサヨナラ

崩壊前夜

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
崩壊 houkai N2	noun/verb - collapse, disintegration
前夜 zenya N3	noun - the night before, eve
憎らしい nikurashii N2	adjective - hateful, detestable
現実 genjitsu N3	noun - reality
誤魔化す gomakasu N2	verb - to deceive, to fudge
惑わす madowasu N2	verb - to bewilder, to confuse
過ち ayamachi N2	noun - mistake, fault, error
割り切る warikiru N2	verb - to divide clearly, to accept mentally
我儘 wagamama N3	noun/adjective - selfishness
不敵 futeki N1	adjective - fearless, daring
冷静 reisei N3	noun/adjective - calm, cool-headed
態度 taido N4	noun - attitude, manner
罪悪感 zaiakukan N2	noun - guilt
記念日 kinenbi N4	noun - anniversary
漂う tadayou N2	verb - to drift, to float

Key Grammar Structures

• 終わりはもう近い

  ➔ Noun + は + Adjective (i-adjective)

  ➔ Using the "i-adjective" 'chikai' (near) to describe the current state of 'owari' (the end).

• 知らないフリをして

  ➔ Verb (nai-form) + furi wo suru

  ➔ The grammar "furi wo suru" implies pretending to be or not be something. Here, pretending not to know.

• 貴方をずっと愛せたかしら

  ➔ Potential form (verb) + kashira

  ➔ "Aiseta" is the potential form of 'aisuru' (to love). "Kashira" is a colloquial feminine questioning marker.

• 傷つけ合うくらいなら

  ➔ Verb (dictionary form) + au + kurai nara

  ➔ Grammar structure 'V-au' indicates mutual action. 'Kurai nara' means "if it comes to the point of... (then better not to)."

• 買ってもチープなmy heart

  ➔ Verb (te-form) + mo

  ➔ The grammar 'V-te mo' expresses concession: "even if you buy it, it's still cheap."

• 先に手を離したくせにさ

  ➔ Verb (past) + kuse ni

  ➔ "Kuse ni" expresses a strong criticism or resentment: "even though you were the one who let go first."

• 重ね合った日々を信じたくて

  ➔ Verb (te-form) + i + tai + kute

  ➔ Combines 'V-tai' (want to) with 'kute' (causal/connecting form of 'te-form'). "Because I want to believe..."

• 予定は消せそうになくて

  ➔ Verb (stem) + sou ni nai

  ➔ "Sou ni nai" indicates that something is unlikely to happen or impossible to achieve.