Ghost Avenue – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Eve
• Album: Ghost Avenue

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of Eve's "Ghost Avenue," a song that masterfully blends emotional depth with captivating storytelling. Through its intricate lyrics and atmospheric soundscape, "Ghost Avenue" offers a unique window into themes of self-discovery and navigating complex emotions, making it a special piece for understanding the nuances of human experience.

[English]

Without deep affection, I cannot live.

Wandering, living like a corpse.

Without resolve, I cannot live.

Only envious gazes are watching you.

...

Tick-tock, my heart is hollow.

Rubbing salt into that wound.

Trapped deep behind my eyelids,

A decadent life seeps through.

Just how much

Of the regrets I let go, am I embracing?

Just how many

Days have I wasted?

My memories were crying,

Wishing to forget them by tomorrow.

Thoughts, wishes, I was praying.

Without deep affection, I cannot live.

Wandering, living like a corpse.

Without resolve, I cannot live.

Only envious gazes are watching you.

Damn

...

Becoming emotional, the words I want to say grow distant.

Rushing out into the night, becoming nothing.

Wandering the sea of loneliness, even the voices of "it hurts, it hurts, it hurts"

Only you satisfied me.

I don't hold vague expectations.

A story that begins from different places for each of us.

There's no time to feel down.

No need to live someone else's life anymore.

My memories were crying,

Wishing to forget them by tomorrow.

Thoughts, wishes, I was praying.

Without deep affection, I cannot live.

Wandering, living like a corpse.

Without resolve, I cannot live.

Only envious gazes are watching you.

Without deep affection, I cannot live.

Wandering, living like a corpse.

Without resolve, I cannot live.

Only envious gazes are watching you.

Without deep affection, I cannot live.

[Japanese]

藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

徘徊して死体のように生きてる

甲斐性はないと生きていけぬ

やっかむ視線だけが君を見てる

チクタク 心はがらんどう

その傷口に塩を塗って

瞼の奥 絆されて

堕落した生活は滲んでく

一体どれくらい

手放した後悔を抱いて

一体どれくらい

無駄にしてきた日々を

思い出は泣いていた

明日には忘れてしまいたいと

想い 願い 祈っていた

藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

徘徊して死体のように生きてる

甲斐性はないと生きていけぬ

やっかむ視線だけが君を見てる

Damn

感情論になって 言いたい言葉が遠くなっていく

ゼロになる夜中に飛び出した

孤独の海を彷徨う 痛い痛い痛いの声も

あなただけを満たした

曖昧な期待はしない

それぞれが違う場所から始まる物語

落ち込んだりする暇もない

もう誰かの人生を生きなくていい

思い出は泣いていた

明日には忘れてしまいたいと

想い 願い 祈っていた

藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

徘徊して死体のように生きてる

甲斐性はないと生きていけぬ

やっかむ視線だけが君を見てる

藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

徘徊して死体のように生きてる

甲斐性はないと生きていけぬ

やっかむ視線だけが君を見てる

藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
藍情 aijō B2	noun - affection; love; devotion
徘徊 haikai B2	noun - wandering; roaming; loitering verb - to wander; to roam; to loiter (used with する)
死体 shitai B1	noun - corpse; dead body
甲斐性 kaishō C1	noun - resourcefulness; gumption; backbone; reliability (especially of a man)
やっかむ yakkamu B2	verb - to be jealous of; to envy
視線 shisen B1	noun - gaze; look; glance
がらんどう garandō B2	adjective - hollow; empty; deserted noun - emptiness; hollowness; deserted place
傷口 kizuguchi B1	noun - wound; cut; injury opening
堕落 daraku B2	noun - degradation; depravity; corruption; lapse verb - to degenerate; to corrupt; to lapse (used with する)
後悔 kōkai B1	noun - regret; remorse verb - to regret; to repent (used with する)
抱く daku B1	verb - to hold; to embrace; to hug; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (an idea)
想い omoi B1	noun - thought; feeling; emotion; desire
願い negai B1	noun - wish; desire; request
祈る inoru B1	verb - to pray; to wish
孤独 kodoku B1	noun - solitude; loneliness adjective - lonely; isolated (as a na-adjective)
彷徨う samayou B2	verb - to wander; to roam; to stray
痛い itai A2	adjective - painful; sore; hurt
曖昧 aimai B2	adjective - vague; ambiguous; obscure; hazy
落ち込む ochikomu B1	verb - to feel depressed; to get discouraged; to fall into (e.g., a hole); to cave in
人生 jinsei A2	noun - life (human life)

Key Grammar Structures

• 藍情が無いと生きていけぬ

  ➔ Conditional negative "V-nai to" & Potential negative form

  ➔ "藍情が無いと" (aijou ga nai to) indicates "if there is no love, then...". "生きていけぬ" is an archaic/literary negative potential form of "生きる" (to live), meaning "cannot live". The modern equivalent is "生きていけない". This structure implies "If there's no love, one cannot live."

• 徘徊して死体のように生きてる

  ➔ Noun + のように (Like Noun) & V-て + いる (Continuous/State)

  ➔ "死体のように" (shitai no you ni) uses "～のように" to express similarity, meaning "like a corpse". "生きてる" is a contracted form of "生きている", indicating a continuous state of living.

• 瞼の奥 絆されて

  ➔ V-される (Passive Voice)

  ➔ "絆されて" (honzasarete) is the passive form of "絆す" (honzu, to tie, to bind, to captivate), meaning "to be bound" or "to be captivated". The te-form here connects to a subsequent implied action or state.

• 堕落した生活は滲んでく

  ➔ V-て + いく (Gradual change / Movement away)

  ➔ "滲んでく" (nijindeku) is a contracted form of "滲んでいく" (nijinde iku). "～ていく" indicates a process of something gradually changing, fading, or moving away from the speaker, often implying a sense of dissolution or decline. Here, it means a degraded life is gradually blurring or dissolving away.

• 無駄にしてきた日々を

  ➔ V-て + くる (Action continuing up to the present)

  ➔ "無駄にしてきた" (muda ni shite kita) combines "無駄にする" (to waste) with "～てくる", indicating an action that started in the past and has continued or been repeated up to the present moment. Here, it refers to "days that have been wasted up until now."

• 明日には忘れてしまいたいと

  ➔ V-て + しまう (Completion/Regret) + V-たい (Want to) + Particle と (Quotative)

  ➔ "忘れてしまいたい" (wasurete shimaitai) combines "忘れる" (to forget) with "～てしまう" and "～たい". "～てしまう" can imply completion (completely forget) or regret (regrettably forget). "～たい" expresses desire (want to). The particle "と" here functions as a quotative particle, meaning "thinking/wishing that...". So, "I want to completely forget by tomorrow."

• 落ち込んだりする暇もない

  ➔ V-たりする (Listing examples of actions)

  ➔ "落ち込んだりする" (ochikondari suru) indicates that "getting depressed" is one example among other possible actions or states. This structure is used to list a few examples without being exhaustive, often implying "and so on." Here, it means "there isn't even time to do things like getting depressed."

• もう誰かの人生を生きなくていい

  ➔ V-なくて + いい (Don't have to / Don't need to V)

  ➔ "生きなくていい" (ikinakute ii) combines the negative te-form of "生きる" (to live) with "いい" (good/okay), meaning "it's okay not to live" or "you don't have to live". It expresses that there's no necessity or obligation for the action.