グッバイ宣言

one (wan) — katakana loanword from English

two (tsuu) — katakana loanword from English; a count-in before the song begins

emergency — sets an urgent, broadcast-like tone

midnight (reiji) — the witching hour; society sleeps, the singer is awake

those guys/them (yatsura) — dismissive term for the outside world

topic marker particle

crazy in the town — the outside world is chaotic and insane

home (ie)

direction particle — into the home

shutting in / hunkering down (komotte) — the act of withdrawing from society

lounging/rolling around (gorogoro) — an onomatopoeia for lazily rolling around at home

decadence/depravity (daraku) — sinking into laziness or moral decline

possessive particle

night (yoru)

location particle

got tangled up in (karamitsuite) — entangled in the degenerate night

la-la-la — melodic filler, mocking or carefree

to release/emit (hanatsu) — words being thrown out into the world

words (kotoba)

topic marker particle

had rotted (kusatte ita) — the words of the world are corrupt and meaningless

correct argument/logic (seiron) — society's 'right' answers

also/even — 正論も常識も = both logic AND common sense

common sense (joushiki)

holds no meaning (imi wo motanai) — neither logic nor common sense matters here

the city/urban society (tokai)

goodbye (sayounara) — a formal, final farewell to the city and its norms

shut-in / social withdrawal (hikikomori) — the famous Japanese term for those who isolate at home

absolute (zettai) — unquestionable

justice — shutting in is declared righteous

mine and mine alone — 俺の私 mixes masculine/feminine first person, suggesting all selves, anyone who feels this way

inside the cage/enclosure (ori no naka de) — their room is a cage, but it is their kingdom

listen to death (kiki-koroshite) — an intense expression: listen so hard it destroys

rendezvous — a secret meeting point through music

my sound/music (ore no watashi no oto)

subject marker particle

you (kimi)

direction/recipient particle

until it dyes/saturates you — まで = until. The music won't stop until it fills you completely.

shut-in / social withdrawal (hikikomori) — the famous Japanese term for those who isolate at home

absolute (zettai) — unquestionable

justice — shutting in is declared righteous

mine and mine alone — 俺の私 mixes masculine/feminine first person, suggesting all selves, anyone who feels this way

inside the cage/enclosure (ori no naka de) — their room is a cage, but it is their kingdom

my sound/music

object marker particle

you (kimi)

subject marker particle

just wrap/envelop — だけ = only. You simply envelop my music. Intimate and vulnerable.

now that the time has come (toki ga kita ima) — the moment of declaration has arrived

ego — releasing one's raw, unfiltered self

I'm going to release it — のさ = casual assertive ending. Confident declaration.

shutting myself in at home

blooming wildly/crazily (kurui-zaku) — flowers that bloom out of season; living on one's own terms, untamed

as expected/even so (sasuga ni) — even by their own standards, things have gone too far

crazy (kurêjî na)

plan (keikaku)

game over / dead and gone (odabutsu) — a darkly comic expression for something being finished

spinning round and round (guruguru) — the world keeps spinning without them

world (sekai)

topic marker particle

without changing (kawarazu) — the world doesn't care

was spinning (mawatte ita) — continuous past: the world kept turning indifferently

your (kimi no)

gaze/line of sight (shisen)

subject marker particle

blurring (boyakete) — the gaze fades

to run out/end (tsukiru) — the connection is fading away

marionette — a puppet, controlled by strings

na-adjective connector

emotions (kanjou)

direction/target particle

realized (to my dismay) — てしまった = did something with regret. They realized their emotions were being puppeteered.

same as always, nothing's changed (aimo kawarazu) — a set phrase expressing stagnation

the city that jams (jamu ru machi) — the chaotic, noisy city

unceasing/never stopping (yamanu) — literary/poetic negative form of 止む

particle — by/due to the nervousness

don't be kidnapped/swept away (sarawarenaide) — don't let the city's anxiety steal you away

shut-in / social withdrawal (hikikomori) — the famous Japanese term for those who isolate at home

absolute (zettai) — unquestionable

justice — shutting in is declared righteous

mine and mine alone — 俺の私 mixes masculine/feminine first person, suggesting all selves, anyone who feels this way

inside the cage/enclosure (ori no naka de) — their room is a cage, but it is their kingdom

listen to death (kiki-koroshite) — an intense expression: listen so hard it destroys

rendezvous — a secret meeting point through music

my sound/music (ore no watashi no oto)

subject marker particle

you (kimi)

direction/recipient particle

until it dyes/saturates you — まで = until. The music won't stop until it fills you completely.

shut-in / social withdrawal (hikikomori) — the famous Japanese term for those who isolate at home

absolute (zettai) — unquestionable

justice — shutting in is declared righteous

mine and mine alone — 俺の私 mixes masculine/feminine first person, suggesting all selves, anyone who feels this way

inside the cage/enclosure (ori no naka de) — their room is a cage, but it is their kingdom

my sound/music

object marker particle

you (kimi)

subject marker particle

just wrap/envelop — だけ = only. You simply envelop my music. Intimate and vulnerable.

now that the time has come (toki ga kita ima) — the moment of declaration has arrived

release it! (hanate) — imperative form of 放つ. More forceful than before: a command to yourself.

shame (haji)

object marker particle

can throw away — potential form of 捨てる (to discard). You CAN abandon shame.

at home

bloom wildly! (kurui-zake) — imperative form. The final command: go home and flourish on your own terms.