
Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
KARMA CITY lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:45
沈んでいく街の中(沈み行く街並みに溶けていく)
In the sinking town (melting into the fading streets)
溶けていったあの子は(あの子はいつだってその髪を)
That girl who melted away (she always had her hair)
その髪を小さく結いながら(小さく結って)
Tied up small in a delicate way (tied up small)
退屈な顔に笑った(退屈そうに笑った)
She laughed with a bored face (smiling with a look of boredom)
思い出せなくなっちゃう前に(思い出せなくなってしまう前に)
Before we forget it all (before it slips from our memory)
僕と遊びに行こうぜって(遊びに行こうぜってついには)
She finally said, 'Let's go play' (let's go have some fun, finally)
ついにはもう言えないまんま(言えないまんまあの子は)
But in the end, she couldn't say it (she couldn't say it, that girl)
あの子は消えていったんだ(消えていった)
That girl has vanished away (she disappeared)
この感情は生まれ持っていたって
This feeling is something I was born with
気付いた頃に
By the time I realized it
君は何処にもいないなんて
You say you're nowhere to be found,
寄る辺なく夜に落ちていく
Falling into the night with nowhere to go.
ここは一瞬を繋いで作った
This place is built from moments intertwined,
過去と未来の
Between the past and the future,
僅かな隙間 カーマシティ
A narrow gap, Karma City.
君はほら街を外れて 消えていく
Look, you drift away from the town, disappearing.
今を確かに欲しがっていた(今を掴もうとして握りしめた)
Yearning for the now, truly (I grasped it, trying to seize the moment),
その末に手にとったのは(手に掴んだのは)
What I ended up holding (what I grasped),
僕が欲しかった今じゃない(僕が掴もうとした今とはまた)
Is not the now that I longed for (it's different from the now I tried to seize),
過去の色した別のもの(違った今だ)
But another thing colored by the past (it's a different now).
あの子はまた同じように(同じようにあの子は誰の手も)
That girl is just the same as before (Just the same, she slips through anyone's hands)
誰の手でもすり抜けて(するりすり抜けて)
She slips through anyone's hands (Slips away)
いつもただ一人でいたんだ(いつも一人でいたんだ)
She was always alone (Always alone)
諦めるように歌って(諦めるように泣いて)
Singing as if to give up (Crying as if to give up)
戦うやつらはあの子を笑う
The fighters laugh at that girl
戦わない歌うたうから
Because I sing instead of fight
戦うやつらはあの子を笑う
The fighters laugh at that girl
戦わない歌うたうから
Because I sing instead of fight
あの街灯の上 座っていたんだ
I was sitting on top of that streetlight
君は灯に乗って
You rode on the light
街を見下ろしたアイロニー
The irony overlooking the city
風がそのスカートを撫でていく
The wind caresses that skirt
ここは永遠を刻んで潰した
Here, eternity is etched and crushed
生者と死者の
Between the living and the dead
確かな隙間 カーマシティ
A certain gap, Karma City
君はほら街を外れて 消えていく
Look, you're outside the city, disappearing
この感情は生まれ持っていたって
This emotion, I was born with it
気付いた頃に
By the time I realized
君は何処にもいないなんて
That you're nowhere to be found
寄る辺なく夜に落ちていく
Falling into the night, lost and alone
ここは一瞬を繋いで作った
This place connects moments,
過去と未来の
Between the past and the future,
僅かな隙間 カーマシティ
A tiny gap, Karma City.
君はほら街を外れて 消えていく
Look, you drift away from the town,
消えていく
Drifting away.
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Key vocabulary
- 子こ
- childN5
- 手て
- handN5
- 歌うた
- songN5
- 笑うわらう
- laughN5
- 色いろ
- colorN5
- 街まち
- townN5
- 誰だれ
- whoN5
- 遊びあそび
- playN5
- 顔かお
- faceN5
- 髪かみ
- hairN5
About this song
Kenshi Yonezu is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer associated with J-pop, emerging from the Vocaloid scene and known for blending electronic elements with rock melodies. He has released genre-spanning albums such as STRAY SHEEP and LOST CORNER, combining electro-funk, R&B, and jazz-inspired arrangements.