Dogs – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 羊文学

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the atmospheric world of Hitsujibungaku with 'Dogs.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to explore poetic Japanese lyrics and expressive emotional phrasing, all set to a captivating blend of indie and shoegaze rock.

[English]

I finally realized

I stepped on a landmine of misfortune

Okay, then I’ll smile over there with the devil

I know full well that I’m not right in the head

I’m just pretending that I’ve got it together

They haven’t noticed, they haven’t noticed

Usually, whenever it rains, I get all anxious

I should’ve just stayed silent

Because these desperate thoughts are ingrained in me

I screamed

In this city without a sun, the lights of the buildings stung my eyes

Hey, why are we even alive?

Yeah

How are things over there?

The sky in Tokyo is turning yellow

If you’re going to be a dog anyway, use those fangs to devour your own life

There’s no future with such lukewarm resolve

Are you going to fight, or run away? Decide for yourself

It would have been better if I didn't have this extra intelligence

That's what I say as I vomit

Because I started to want

Some kind of reason for this pathetic life

I screamed

In this city without a sun, the lights of the buildings stung my eyes

Hey, why did you choose to keep on living?

Even the taste of the blood I licked after biting through my lip woke me up

What is justice, anyway?

It’s nothing but war, all day every day

Is there actually any hope anywhere?

Current status = stagnation / continue with daily life

Shut up, don’t act like you understand

Yeah

[Japanese]

やっと気づいた

不幸の地雷を踏み抜いた

オッケー、それなら悪魔とそっちへ微笑んでる

まともじゃないのは百も承知

やれてるフリしてる

バレてねぇ、バレてねぇ

大体いつも雨が降ると不安になんだから

黙っていたらいいのに

切実な思考が染み付いてるから

叫んだ

太陽のないこの街でビルの灯りが目に滲んだ

ねえ、どうして、生きてるんだろう？

うん

そっちどうだい

東京は空黄ばんでいる

どうせ犬ならその牙で命食い潰せ

生ぬるい覚悟じゃ先はないね

やんのか、逃げるか、自分で決めな

余計な知能なんて無い方がよかった

なんて言って吐いてる

しょうもない人生にも理由が

なんか欲しくなったから

叫んだ

太陽のないこの街でビルの灯りが目に滲んだ

ねえ、どうして、生きてくこと選んだ？

唇噛みちぎって舐めた血の味さえ目を覚ました

正義って何？

四六時中戦争ばっか

実際どっか希望があんの？

現状＝停滞／生活を続行

うっせー 分かったふりすんな

うん

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
気づいた kizuita N4	verb - to notice, to become aware of
不幸 fukou N3	noun - unhappiness, misfortune
地雷 jirai N2	noun - landmine
悪魔 akuma N3	noun - devil, demon
承知 shouchi N3	noun/verb - knowledge, awareness, consent
不安 fuan N4	noun/adjective - anxiety, uneasiness
切実 setsujitsu N2	adjective - earnest, serious, urgent
滲んだ nijinda N2	verb - to blur, to run (ink/tears)
覚悟 kakugo N3	noun - resolution, readiness, preparedness
知能 chinou N3	noun - intelligence
唇 kuchibiru N3	noun - lips
正義 seigi N3	noun - justice
四六時中 shirokujichuu N1	adverb - all the time, around the clock
希望 kibou N4	noun - hope
停滞 teitai N2	noun - stagnation

Key Grammar Structures

• やれてるフリしてる

  ➔ 〜フリをする (acting as if...)

  ➔ The suffix ""フリをしている"" is used to describe pretending to do something or acting as if a certain state is true, despite the reality.

• 黙っていたらいいのに

  ➔ 〜たらいいのに (I wish/It would be better if...)

  ➔ This expresses a subjective wish or regret about a situation, often implying that the desired action did not happen.

• どうせ犬ならその牙で命食い潰せ

  ➔ 〜なら (If it is the case that...)

  ➔ Using ""なら"" here creates a conditional premise (If you are a dog, then do this) based on the speaker's cynical worldview.

• 無い方がよかった

  ➔ 〜方がいい (It is better to...)

  ➔ The phrase ""〜た方がよかった"" expresses retrospective regret that a different choice would have been better.

• 生きてくこと選んだ

  ➔ V-te iku (to continue doing/start doing)

  ➔ The ""生きていく"" construction implies living on from this point forward, focusing on the continuity of life.

• 分かったふりすんな

  ➔ Negative imperative (Do not do...)

  ➔ The ""〜な"" suffix is a blunt, casual imperative form used here to express strong frustration or a command to stop a behavior.