Here is Someone – English Lyrics

• By: Japanese Breakfast

Lyrics & Translation

As the reflective opening statement to *For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)*, “Here is Someone” invites you into Japanese Breakfast's quieter, more contemplative world with its ethereal strings and gentle vocals. Learn the language of yearning and quiet desperation, as this song beautifully captures the tension between loving your success and dreaming of a necessary retreat from the spotlight. Its special quality lies in its ability to voice a widely relatable desire for a 'slower life' with poignant sincerity.

[English]

Quietly dreaming of slower days

But I don't want to let you down

We've come so far

Can you see a life where we leave this behind?

Mm

While last night's drinks

Bring on your morning tremors

And I'll run my guts

Back through the spoke again

Measure by measure

In time with the songs we loved

...

Watching you from the yard

Life is sad, but here is someone

Someone, someone

Someone, someone

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ B1	verb - to experience images, emotions, and sensations during sleep.
slower /ˈsloʊər/ A2	adjective - moving or happening at a reduced speed.
far /fɑːr/ A2	adverb - at or to a great distance.
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - to go away from.
tremors /ˈtremərz/ B2	noun - an involuntary shaking movement.
run /rʌn/ A2	verb - move at a speed faster than a walk.
guts /ɡʌts/ B1	noun - courage; fortitude.
measure /ˈmeʒər/ B1	noun - a standard unit for measuring something.
loved /lʌvd/ A2	verb - feel affection for.
watching /ˈwɒtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - looking at something for a period of time.
sad /sæd/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing sorrow.
someone /ˈsʌmwʌn/ A1	pronoun - an unspecified person.

Key Grammar Structures

• Quietly dreaming of slower days

  ➔ Gerund + preposition

  ➔ The preposition "of" links the gerund "dreaming" to its object "slower days".

• But I don't want to let you down

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive (negative)

  ➔ The modal "don't want to" is followed by the infinitive "let"; the whole phrase means the speaker refuses to cause disappointment.

• We've come so far

  ➔ Present perfect

  ➔ "We've" is the contraction of "we have"; "have come" is present perfect, showing an action completed up to now.

• Can you see a life where we leave this behind?

  ➔ Modal verb in a question + relative clause

  ➔ "Can" is a modal used to ask ability; the clause "where we leave this behind" is a relative clause modifying "life".

• While last night's drinks bring on your morning tremors

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction "while" + phrasal verb "bring on"

  ➔ "While" introduces a time clause; "bring on" means "cause" or "trigger".

• And I'll run my guts back through the spoke again

  ➔ Future simple with contraction "I'll" + verb phrase

  ➔ "I'll" = "I will"; the speaker expresses a future action "run my guts back through the spoke".

• Measure by measure, in time with the songs we loved

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "in time with" + past simple "we loved"

  ➔ "in time with" means "synchronized with"; "we loved" is simple past describing a completed past action.

• Watching you from the yard

  ➔ Present participle clause as adverbial

  ➔ "Watching" is a present participle that describes an ongoing action concurrent with the main clause.

• Life is sad, but here is someone

  ➔ Contrast conjunction "but" + existential construction "here is"

  ➔ "but" links two contrasting ideas; "here is" introduces a new subject, emphasizing its presence.