C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y. – English Lyrics

• By: ONE OK ROCK, Paledusk, CHICO CARLITO
• Album: DETOX

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Time to wake up, there's a war inside

Bless the martyrs, kiss them all goodbye

We can stay walking on the dotted line

Or we can make our own

I'm not afraid, I'm ready for the other side

Will you have my back?

See everything that you

Really fucking are

I-O-S

And I hate reality

Sometimes I don't know why

My curiosity

C-U-R-I-O-S and-I-T-Y

My curiosity

Yeah

四十七段目の階段

登ったら俺の出番だ

俺自身脳裏に好奇心

天使と悪魔が裁判

砕いた怠惰を跨いだ

くだらねぇぜ blah blah

Southside の紅ブレない

LIVE On DIRECT

頂くぜクライマックス

今何時？カートリッジに

忘れないあの日の団地

向かうステージ get rich

黄金比まるでフィボ ナッチ

俺の胸の中いつも「素直と直感」

みんな準備どうだ？今日も強行突破

やっぱ待ったなしだ

See everything that you

Really fucking are

I-O-S

And I hate reality

Sometimes I don't know why

My curiosity

C-U-R-I-O-S and-I-T-Y

My curiosity

心ぬぐ裸の声

放つ言葉は愛のヤイバ

毎夜毎晩 いつかの為研ぐ

The world full of the word yes

I won't give in to that

No more wasted nights

We gonna, we gonna fight for our future

俺を生きて俺は俺を死 んでく

I'll have your back, even in the face of danger

No doubt I will not wait for savior

C-U-R-I-O-S and-I-T-Y (C-U-R, I-T-Y)

My curiosity

C-U-R-I-O-S (it's my life, not someone else's, no)

And-I-T-Y (longer afraid to go down the way, I wish we had the time of our life)

My curiosity

My curiosity

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
curiosity /kjʊˈriːɒsɪti/ C1	noun - a strong desire to learn or know something
war /wɔːr/ B1	noun - armed conflict between groups or nations
martyrs /ˈmɑːrtərz/ C1	noun - people who die because of their religious or other beliefs
reality /riˈæləti/ B2	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
danger /ˈdeɪndʒər/ B2	noun - the possibility of suffering harm or injury
future /ˈfjuːtʃər/ B2	noun - the time that is yet to come
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to engage in combat or struggle noun - a violent confrontation or struggle
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ B1	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety
ready /ˈredi/ B1	adjective - prepared for action or use
bless /blɛs/ B2	verb - to invoke divine favor upon someone or something
hate /heɪt/ B2	verb - to feel intense dislike for
Fibonacci /fɪbəˈnɑːtʃi/ C2	noun - a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones
climax /ˈklaɪmaks/ C1	noun - the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
golden /ˈɡoʊldən/ B2	adjective - made of gold; highly valuable or prized
ratio /ˈreɪʃi.oʊ/ B2	noun - the quantitative relation between two amounts
stage /steɪdʒ/ B1	noun - a raised platform for performers; a particular phase in a process
back /bæk/ A1	noun - the rear part of the body; the part opposite the front verb - to support or endorse someone
side /saɪd/ A2	noun - one of the surfaces forming the boundary of an object
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the existence of an individual human being or animal
know /noʊ/ A1	verb - to be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information

Key Grammar Structures

• Time to wake up, there's a war inside

  ➔ Existential 'there is/are' structure.

  ➔ Uses "there's" (there is) to indicate the existence of a war metaphorically within oneself.

• Bless the martyrs, kiss them all goodbye

  ➔ Imperative verbs used for commands/requests.

  ➔ "Bless" and "kiss" are both used as imperatives, directly addressing someone or something.

• Or we can make our own

  ➔ Use of modal verb "can" for ability/possibility.

  ➔ "can make" expresses the *ability* or *possibility* to create something for themselves. "Our own" is a possessive pronoun, further highlighting the independence of this choice.

• Will you have my back?

  ➔ Future simple tense using 'will' in a question form.

  ➔ Asks about future support using the future simple form of "will" + verb. "Have my back" is an idiom meaning to support someone.

• See everything that you Really fucking are

  ➔ Relative pronoun "that" to introduce a relative clause. Emphasis through adverbial intensifier.

  ➔ "that you really fucking are" is a relative clause describing "everything". The expletive "fucking" is used as an intensifier to strongly emphasize the verb "are".

• Sometimes I don't know why

  ➔ Adverb of frequency "sometimes" + negative present simple tense.

  ➔ Uses "sometimes" to indicate that the speaker's lack of understanding is not constant. The "don't know" construction shows negative present simple.

• 俺を生きて俺は俺を死 んでく

  ➔ Use of transitive verbs in Japanese with direct objects and particles を.

  ➔ In this Japanese line, "俺を生きて" means 'living me' or 'living my life' and "俺は俺を死んでく" means 'I die me'. The particle を marks the direct object. It describes living one's life and in doing so, a part of oneself dies.