
YOASOBI
モノトーン lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:31
ずっと 僕は 僕らは
Always, I am, we are
一人きりの世界を生きている
Living in a world of solitude
隣り合う世界にそっとふれる度
Every time I softly touch the world next door
思い知るんだ
I come to realize
思い出すんだ あぁ
I remember, oh
幼い頃の僕らは
Us from our childhood days
無邪気さに守られたまま
Still protected by our innocence
呼び合う名前と 明日の約束
Calling each other's names and promising tomorrow
それだけで世界は一つだと思えた
Just that made me feel the world was one
分かり合えないことが
Not being able to understand each other
許し合えないことが
The things we can't forgive each other
一つ二つ増えていく その度に僕は
Keep piling up, one by one, and each time
信じ合えると期待することさえも
Even the hope of believing in each other
やめてしまった
I’ve given up on that
ずっと 僕は 僕らは
All this time, I’ve been, we’ve been
それぞれ別の世界を生きている
Living in separate worlds
近付いたと思えば 離れ離れに
Just when I think we're close, we drift apart
そう繰り返す度
And each time this repeats
ああ 一人きりを思い知るんだ
Ah, I come to realize I'm all alone
僕が 僕らが
It's me, it’s us
それでも誰かを求めるのは
Yet still, I yearn for someone.
孤独をただ素直に受け入れたまま
Simply accepting solitude as it is.
生きていけるほど 大人じゃないから あぁ
I'm not grown up enough to live on my own, ahh
教室の後ろに貼られた
In the back of the classroom, it's pinned up
違う色で描かれた同じ景色たち
The same scenery painted in different colors
僕らは誰もが それぞれで違う
We are all different in our own way.
少しのズレもなく重なることはないのに
Even though there's never a perfect overlap without a little misalignment,
描いている理想からどれだけ
How far have I painted my ideals?
離れているかで測るような
Like measuring whether we’re apart or not
愛に似せた 一人よがりは
A self-centered love, resembling true affection
行き過ぎた ないものねだり
Going too far, longing for what I can't have
確かめる度 嫌になって
Every time I check, it makes me hate it more
求める度 身勝手になって
Each time I seek, I grow more selfish
失う度 臆病になった
With every loss, I became more timid
今より多くは望まないから
I won't ask for more than I have now
今より遠くへは行かないで
Please don't go farther away than you are now
そうやって曖昧な距離を保つことが
I convinced myself that keeping this vague distance
大人になることだと思い込んだ
Was a part of growing up, I believed it
僕は 僕は
I, I
傷付くことから逃げているだけで
Am just running away from getting hurt
本当はただ 今でもまだ
The truth is, even now, still
信じたいんだ
I want to believe
ずっと 僕は 僕らは
Forever, I, we
誰もが別の世界を生きている
Everyone lives in a different world
だから手を繋いで
So let's hold hands
そう言葉を交わして
Yeah, let’s exchange words
一人きりではないよと
To remind us we're not alone
お互いに誤魔化し合うんだ
We each deceive each other
いつか いつか
Someday, someday
この未熟な孤独に包まれて
Wrapped in this immature loneliness
覚えた寂しさと痛みの分だけ
With just the loneliness and pain I've learned to bear,
優しくなれたら 人を信じられたら
If I could be kinder, if I could believe in others,
ずっと 僕も 君も
Always, you and I,
誰もが一人だ
Everyone is alone,
分かり合いたいと
Wanting to understand each other,
寄り添い合った心がふれるその時
When our hearts come together, touching softly,
一瞬この世界は一つに見えた
For a moment, this world seemed to be one.
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Key vocabulary
- 今いま
- nowN5
- 僕ぼく
- IN5
- 同じおなじ
- sameN5
- 名前なまえ
- nameN5
- 君きみ
- youN5
- 多くおおく
- manyN5
- 大人おとな
- adultN5
- 少しすこし
- a littleN5
- 後ろうしろ
- rearN5
- 手て
- handN5
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About this song
Japanese pop duo formed in 2019 by producer Ayase and singer Ikura, who turn short stories into songs.