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KARMA CITY – Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師

Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師

KARMA CITY lyrics with English translation

Language
Japanese
Level
Intermediate
Genre
Pop
Length
3:45
  1. んでいく沈み行く街並み溶けてい

    In the sinking town (melting into the fading streets)

  2. 溶けていあのあのいつだってその

    That girl who melted away (she always had her hair)

  3. そのさくながらさくって

    Tied up small in a delicate way (tied up small)

  4. 退屈退屈そう

    She laughed with a bored face (smiling with a look of boredom)

  5. 思い出なくちゃう思い出なくってしまう

    Before we forget it all (before it slips from our memory)

  6. 遊びこうって遊びこうってついに

    She finally said, 'Let's go play' (let's go have some fun, finally)

  7. ついにもうないまんまないまんまあの

    But in the end, she couldn't say it (she couldn't say it, that girl)

  8. あのえていったんてい

    That girl has vanished away (she disappeared)

  9. この感情生まれっていたって

    This feeling is something I was born with

  10. 気付

    By the time I realized it

  11. 何処ないなんて

    You say you're nowhere to be found,

  12. 寄る辺なく落ちてい

    Falling into the night with nowhere to go.

  13. ここ一瞬

    This place is built from moments intertwined,

  14. 過去未来

    Between the past and the future,

  15. 僅か隙間 カーマシティ

    A narrow gap, Karma City.

  16. ほら外れ えていく

    Look, you drift away from the town, disappearing.

  17. 確かってもうとして握りしめ

    Yearning for the now, truly (I grasped it, trying to seize the moment),

  18. その

    What I ended up holding (what I grasped),

  19. しかじゃないもうしたまた

    Is not the now that I longed for (it's different from the now I tried to seize),

  20. 過去したもの

    But another thing colored by the past (it's a different now).

  21. あのまた同じよう同じようあの

    That girl is just the same as before (Just the same, she slips through anyone's hands)

  22. でもすりするすり

    She slips through anyone's hands (Slips away)

  23. いつもただ一人たんいつも一人たん

    She was always alone (Always alone)

  24. 諦めるようって諦めるよう

    Singing as if to give up (Crying as if to give up)

  25. 戦うやつあの笑う

    The fighters laugh at that girl

  26. ないうたうから

    Because I sing instead of fight

  27. 戦うやつあの笑う

    The fighters laugh at that girl

  28. ないうたうから

    Because I sing instead of fight

  29. あの街灯 ってたん

    I was sitting on top of that streetlight

  30. って

    You rode on the light

  31. したアイロニー

    The irony overlooking the city

  32. そのスカートてい

    The wind caresses that skirt

  33. ここ永遠んでした

    Here, eternity is etched and crushed

  34. 死者

    Between the living and the dead

  35. 確か隙間 カーマシティ

    A certain gap, Karma City

  36. ほら外れ えていく

    Look, you're outside the city, disappearing

  37. この感情生まれっていたって

    This emotion, I was born with it

  38. 気付

    By the time I realized

  39. 何処ないなんて

    That you're nowhere to be found

  40. 寄る辺なく落ちてい

    Falling into the night, lost and alone

  41. ここ一瞬

    This place connects moments,

  42. 過去未来

    Between the past and the future,

  43. 僅か隙間 カーマシティ

    A tiny gap, Karma City.

  44. ほら外れ えていく

    Look, you drift away from the town,

  45. えていく

    Drifting away.

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Key vocabulary

childN5
handN5
うた
songN5
笑うわらう
laughN5
いろ
colorN5
まち
townN5
だれ
whoN5
遊びあそび
playN5
かお
faceN5
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.

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KARMA CITY

しずんでいくまちなかしずまちてい

In the sinking town (melting into the fading streets)

ていあのあのいつだってそのかみ

That girl who melted away (she always had her hair)

そのかみちいさくながらちいさくって

Tied up small in a delicate way (tied up small)

退屈たいくつかおわら退屈たいくつそうわら

She laughed with a bored face (smiling with a look of boredom)

おもなくちゃうまえおもなくってしまうまえ

Before we forget it all (before it slips from our memory)

ぼくあそこうってあそこうってついに

She finally said, 'Let's go play' (let's go have some fun, finally)

ついにもうないまんまないまんまあの

But in the end, she couldn't say it (she couldn't say it, that girl)

あのえていったんてい

That girl has vanished away (she disappeared)

この感情かんじょうまれっていたって

This feeling is something I was born with

気付きづころ

By the time I realized it

きみ何処どこないなんて

You say you're nowhere to be found,

なくよるてい

Falling into the night with nowhere to go.

ここ一瞬いっしゅんつなつく

This place is built from moments intertwined,

過去かこ未来みらい

Between the past and the future,

わず隙間すきま カーマシティ

A narrow gap, Karma City.

きみほらまちはず えていく

Look, you drift away from the town, disappearing.

いまたしっていまつかもうとしてにぎしめ

Yearning for the now, truly (I grasped it, trying to seize the moment),

そのすえつか

What I ended up holding (what I grasped),

ぼくしかいまじゃないぼくつかもうしたいままた

Is not the now that I longed for (it's different from the now I tried to seize),

過去かこいろしたべつものちがいま

But another thing colored by the past (it's a different now).

あのまたおなようおなようあのだれ

That girl is just the same as before (Just the same, she slips through anyone's hands)

だれでもすりするすり

She slips through anyone's hands (Slips away)

いつもただ一人ひとりたんいつも一人ひとりたん

She was always alone (Always alone)

あきらめるよううたってあきらめるよう

Singing as if to give up (Crying as if to give up)

たたかやつあのわら

The fighters laugh at that girl

たたかないうたうたうから

Because I sing instead of fight

たたかやつあのわら

The fighters laugh at that girl

たたかないうたうたうから

Because I sing instead of fight

あの街灯がいとううえ すわってたん

I was sitting on top of that streetlight

きみあかりって

You rode on the light

まち見下みおしたアイロニー

The irony overlooking the city

かぜそのスカートてい

The wind caresses that skirt

ここ永遠えいえんきざんでつぶした

Here, eternity is etched and crushed

生者しょうじゃ死者ししゃ

Between the living and the dead

たし隙間すきま カーマシティ

A certain gap, Karma City

きみほらまちはず えていく

Look, you're outside the city, disappearing

この感情かんじょうまれっていたって

This emotion, I was born with it

気付きづころ

By the time I realized

きみ何処どこないなんて

That you're nowhere to be found

なくよるてい

Falling into the night, lost and alone

ここ一瞬いっしゅんつなつく

This place connects moments,

過去かこ未来みらい

Between the past and the future,

わず隙間すきま カーマシティ

A tiny gap, Karma City.

きみほらまちはず えていく

Look, you drift away from the town,

えていく

Drifting away.