Shissou – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: LAST ALLIANCE
• Album: DAZE＆HOPE

Lyrics & Translation

LAST ALLIANCE's "Shissou" is a high-energy Japanese rock track, instantly recognizable as the closing theme to *Ouran High-School Host Club*. Listening to it can give you a feel for the passionate, driving style of Japanese rock music, which often pairs powerfully with dynamic media like anime.

[English]

I've run 5,000 miles, completely out of breath

Adrenaline pumping a hundred liters, all five bodies at full throttle

Is this far enough? Where's the limit okay?

The trees decorating the city keep changing their patterns

A whiteness that's completely changed, an unchanging weakness

I want to believe in myself right here, right now

Waving my right and left hands, slashing through the darkness, GO!

No lies here, I've made up my mind

From the moment we started, the world opens up wide

Guided by the blinking, old and faded streetlights, heading down the usual way home

A nostalgic wind blows through the rusty town

Become a tailwind and push my back forward

Until my tears run dry, keep that resignation buried in my heart, STOP!

There's no finish line, no turning back

Cutting through the wind, an endless sprint

Let's return those bitter days, why don't we open it?

The Pandora's box where dreams are locked away

Whether first move or after, as long as we advance the piece, everything's okay!

You can rest if you want, I know it

All this progress up to now is your proof

...

[Japanese]

5000マイル走って 息を切らして

アドレナリン100リットル 5体全てフル稼働

ここまで来ればいいだろう? どこまでがOK?

街を彩る木々は模様替え繰り返してる

変わり果てた白さ 変われない弱さ

今ここにいる自分を信じたい

右手左手振りかざして闇を切り裂いてGO!

偽りはないぜ 覚悟決めてるぜ

スタート切ったその瞬間から世界は広がるさ

瞬きを繰り返す古く色褪せた街灯に導かれいつもの帰り路をゆく

錆びれた街に懐かしい風が吹き

追い風になって背中押すんだ

涙枯れるまでその諦め胸に仕舞ってSTOP!

ゴールは無いぜ 折り返しも無いぜ

風を切って駆け抜ける限り無い疾走

Let's return those bitter days 開けてみないか?

夢閉じ込めたパンドラの箱を

先手後手どちらとてコマ進めりゃ万事OK!

休んでもいいぜ 俺は知ってるぜ

ここまでのプロセスそれが君の証しさ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to manage or operate
breath /brɛθ/ A2	noun - the air taken into the lungs
adrenaline /əˈdrɛnəliːn/ B1	noun - a hormone that prepares the body for action
street /striːt/ A2	noun - a road in a town or city
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to become different
white /waɪt/ A1	adjective - the color of milk or snow
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to think something is true
hand /hænd/ A1	noun - the body part at the end of the arm
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	adjective - lacking light
go /ɡoʊ/ A1	verb - to move or travel verb - to function
start /stɑːrt/ A1	verb - to begin
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - the planet Earth
wind /wɪnd/ A1	noun - moving air
push /pʊʃ/ A2	verb - to use force to move something away
tear /tɛr/ A2	noun - drop of liquid from the eye
goal /ɡoʊl/ B1	noun - an aim or purpose
sprint /sprɪnt/ B2	verb - to run at high speed for a short distance
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - a series of events in the mind during sleep
proof /pruːf/ B1	noun - evidence that something is true

Key Grammar Structures

• 5000マイル走って 息を切らして

  ➔ Te‑form (verb connective)

  ➔ The verb "走って" uses the te‑form to link the action of running with the following clause.

• ここまで来ればいいだろう?

  ➔ Conditional ば

  ➔ The conditional "来れば" expresses a hypothetical condition: "if (you) come up to here, it should be fine".

• 変わり果てた白さ

  ➔ Past‑perfect relative clause (た)

  ➔ "変わり果てた" is a past‑perfect form that modifies "白さ", meaning "white that has completely changed".

• 今ここにいる自分を信じたい

  ➔ Desire form たい

  ➔ "信じたい" uses the desire suffix "たい" to mean "want to believe".

• 覚悟決めてるぜ

  ➔ Progressive ている (colloquial てる)

  ➔ "決めてる" is the contracted form of "決めている", indicating a continuing state: "I have decided (and keep it)".

• 導かれ

  ➔ Passive られる / れる

  ➔ "導かれ" is the passive form of "導く" meaning "to be guided".

• 涙枯れるまでその諦め胸に仕舞ってSTOP!

  ➔ Particle まで (until)

  ➔ "まで" after the verb "枯れる" marks the limit: "until the tears dry up".

• 開けてみないか?

  ➔ Suggestion みないか (let's try/shall we?)

  ➔ "みないか" attaches to the stem "開けて" to propose an action: "Shall we open it?"

• 休んでもいいぜ

  ➔ Permission てもいい (may/allowed to)

  ➔ "てもいい" after "休んで" gives permission: "It's okay to rest".