PARADOX – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: EXILE
• Album: 51th Single「PARADOX」

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese through music is a fantastic way to connect with the culture, and EXILE's "PARADOX" is a great place to start. The lyrics are filled with messages of determination and creating a new future, using powerful and clear phrases like '0→1をMakin'' (creating something from nothing). The song's stylish and modern J-pop sound makes it enjoyable to listen to repeatedly, helping you to pick up new vocabulary and understand the confident and forward-looking spirit of contemporary Japanese music.

[English]

PARADOX…

Are you ready?

A dramatic new period is

In the swirling drought of Gaia

Struggling and fighting while

Repeating the reboot

In this technically hard era, expectations slip through

Connecting civilization and fate, I want to believe in what lies ahead

Just a tiny bit, but surely

A drama betting on a chance

Each shining with their own prestige

Continuing to challenge while breaking down

If it's my future, it's up to me

Jumping over common sense to a new world, Lego

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

The world is overflowing with unexpected labyrinths

I want to dash through as if dancing

Into the age of wind, making 0 to 1

Just draw your own story

PARADOX

Are you ready?

PARADOX

Are you ready?

Let's start the miracle

Setting sail on Theseus's Star ship

A journey into the unknown (Take a gamble)

If it's change or die, now is the timing

Pop Pop, shine on top

Unpredictable events

Just waiting won't do, no no

Let's kick hard and step forward

To that 'still unknown zone' someday

Hopeful self-affirmation

Then it's identity

Let's push through even more

Staying wrong won't get us anywhere

Goodbye to a mind stained with hate

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

The world is overflowing with unexpected labyrinths

I want to dash through as if dancing

Into the age of wind, making 0 to 1

Just draw your own story

PARADOX

In the infinite universe I can see (Deep inside)

Filling up with PARADOX

The remaining time limit

Accelerating even further

Sure love, swirling lie

Good and evil always flip sides, driving us mad

Break down

Shall we clash?

Break down

Pride and soul

Break down

Towards the fate ahead

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

The world is overflowing with unexpected labyrinths

I want to dash through as if dancing

Into the age of wind, making 0 to 1

Just draw your own story

PARADOX

Are you ready?

PARADOX

Are you ready?

Towards the fate ahead

PARADOX

Are you ready?

PARADOX

Are you ready?

Let's start the miracle

[Japanese]

PARADOX…

Are u ready?

劇的な新たなピリオドが

渇いたガイアの渦の中で

抗いながら　戦いながら

繰り返してく再起動(リスタート)

テクニカルハードな時代　すり抜けてく期待

繋ぐ文明と運命　その先を信じたい

ほんのわずかな　でも確かな

チャンスに賭けてくドラマ

それぞれに光るプレステージ

壊しながら挑み続ける

自分の未来なら自分次第

常識(システム)飛び越え　新天地へLego

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

世界は予想外で溢れてるラビリンス

踊るように　駆け抜けたい

風の時代へ　0→1をMakin’

君だけのストーリー　描けばいい

PARADOX

Are u ready?

PARADOX

Are u ready?

奇跡を始めよう

漕ぎ出すテセウスのStar ship

未知への旅さ (Take a gamble)

Change or die なら今がそのタイミング

Pop Pop, Shine on top

予想不可能な出来事

待ってるだけじゃ No No

強く蹴って踏み出そう

いつかの”まだ知らないゾーン”

希望的な自己肯定

ならアイデンティティー

もっと貫こう

間違ったままラチあかない

ヘイトで汚れたマインドにGood bye

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

世界は予想外で溢れてるラビリンス

踊るように　駆け抜けたい

風の時代へ　0→1をMakin’

君だけのストーリー　描けばいい

PARADOX

見渡す無限の宇宙の中 (Deep inside)

埋め尽くされてく PARADOX

残されたタイムリミット

更に加速させるように

確かな愛　うずめく lie

善と悪がずっと表と裏　狂わせる

Break down

ぶつけ合おうか

Break down

プライドとソウル

Break down

運命の先へと

Fun fun we hit the step & step & step

世界は予想外で溢れてるラビリンス

踊るように　駆け抜けたい

風の時代へ　0→1をMakin’

君だけのストーリー　描けばいい

PARADOX

Are u ready?

PARADOX

Are u ready?

運命の先へと

PARADOX

Are u ready?

PARADOX

Are u ready?

奇跡を始めよう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
paradox /ˈpærəˌdɒks/ B2	noun - a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ A2	noun - the time yet to come
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
identity /aɪˈdɛntɪti/ B2	noun - the fact of being who or what a person or thing is
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun - a possibility of something happening
drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ B1	noun - a play for theater, television, or radio
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a fixed luminous point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
gamble /ˈɡæmbl/ B2	verb - to take risky action in the hope of a desired result
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces or to stop functioning
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to give out or reflect light
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences

Key Grammar Structures

• Are u ready?

  ➔ Question formation with 'Are' + subject + 'ready' (adjective).

  ➔ It's a question asking if someone is prepared or ready for something.

• 劇的な新たなピリオドが

  ➔ Use of adjectives '劇的な' (dramatic) + noun 'ピリオド' (period) to describe a new phase.

  ➔ This phrase describes a significant and dramatic new period or phase.

• 抗いながら　戦いながら

  ➔ Use of '-ながら' (ganara) to indicate simultaneous actions 'fighting' and 'resisting'.

  ➔ This grammatical pattern shows two actions happening at the same time.

• 繋ぐ文明と運命　その先を信じたい

  ➔ Use of 'と' to connect two nouns and expressing desire with 'たい' (want to).

  ➔ 'と' connects two nouns, and 'たい' indicates wanting to do or believe something.

• Change or die なら今がそのタイミング

  ➔ Conditional clause 'なら' meaning 'if' or 'in case'.

  ➔ This grammar introduces a conditional scenario, meaning 'if this happens'.

• 漕ぎ出すテセウスのStar ship

  ➔ Use of 'の' to indicate possession or relationship between 'テセウス' (Theseus) and 'Star ship'.

  ➔ The particle 'の' indicates that the 'Star ship' belongs to or is related to 'Theseus'.