GARNET CROW - Over Drive
GARNET CROW


kaze no oto dake ga karadajuu wo tsutsumu
Only the sound of the wind envelops my whole body

  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 音おと /oto/：
    sound
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, just
  • 体中からだじゅう /karadajuu/：
    the whole body; ～中 means throughout a given area
  • 包つつむ /tsutsumu/：
    to wrap, to envelop
oh, silent kiss, oh, yeah yume ni nita kehai
Oh, silent kiss, oh, yeah, a presence resembling a dream

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 似にた /nita/：
    resembled, was like (dictionary form: 似る)
  • 気配けはい /kehai/：
    presence, sign, indication
mune ga kyutto naru koto kimi to ita kisetsu
My chest tightens—the season I spent with you

  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest, heart
  • ～となる /~ to naru/：
    to become ...; here, to tighten
  • こと /koto/：
    thing; nominalizes the preceding expression
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • いた /ita/：
    was, stayed (dictionary form: いる)
  • 季節きせつ /kisetsu/：
    season
sky high blue, oh, yeah toozakaru
Sky-high blue, oh, yeah, fading into the distance

  • 遠とおざかる /toozakaru/：
    to recede, to move away
tsugou ii happy end sagashite mo iyasenai
Even searching for a convenient happy ending cannot heal me

  • 都合つごういい /tsugou ii/：
    convenient, favorable (full form: 都合がいい)
  • さがして /sagashite/：
    searching (dictionary form: さがす)
  • ～ても /~ te mo/：
    even if ..., even though ...
  • 癒いやせない /iyasenai/：
    cannot heal (negative potential form of 癒す)
kokoro ga jiyuu nara tonde miseru
If my heart is free, I will show you I can fly

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
  • 自由じゆう /jiyuu/：
    freedom, free
  • ～なら /~ nara/：
    if it is ..., if ...
  • 飛とんで /tonde/：
    flying (dictionary form: 飛ぶ)
  • ～てみせる /~ te miseru/：
    to show one can do ..., expressing determination
joukuu mau mono-tachi to over drive
Overdrive with those soaring high above

  • 上空じょうくう /joukuu/：
    the sky above, high altitude
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to flutter, to soar
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, being; here, those that soar
  • 達たち /tachi/：
    plural suffix, those ...
doko made mo aoi sekai ni itai
I want to remain in this blue world, no matter how far it goes

  • どこまでも /doko made mo/：
    as far as anywhere, endlessly
  • 青あおい /aoi/：
    blue
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • いたい /itai/：
    want to stay, want to be (desiderative form of いる)
kamifubuki no you ni tori ga mau kirei ne
Birds flutter like confetti—how beautiful

  • 紙吹雪かみふぶき /kamifubuki/：
    confetti
  • ～のように /~ no you ni/：
    like ..., as if ...
  • 鳥とり /tori/：
    bird
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to flutter, to soar
  • キレイ /kirei/：
    beautiful, pretty
oikaze ni noru suriru mo
And the thrill of riding a tailwind

  • 追おい風かぜ /oikaze/：
    tailwind, favorable conditions
  • 乗のる /noru/：
    to ride, to get on
  • スリル /suriru/：
    thrill (English: thrill)
mada minu ikisaki wo omou
I think of the destination I have yet to see

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet
  • 見みぬ /minu/：
    unseen (dictionary form: 見る; ぬ is a literary negative)
  • 行いき先さき /ikisaki/：
    destination, whereabouts
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of, to imagine, to feel
taisetsu na kitai ni kaete yukeru raise up
I can turn it into precious hope—raise up

  • 大切たいせつな /taisetsu na/：
    important, precious
  • 期待きたい /kitai/：
    expectation, hope
  • 変かえて /kaete/：
    changing, turning into (dictionary form: 変える)
  • ～てゆける /~ te yukeru/：
    can continue to ..., can go on ...
nami ga kirameitara suikomare sou ne
When the waves sparkle, it feels as though I might be drawn in

  • 波なみ /nami/：
    wave
  • キラめいたら /kirameitara/：
    if/when it sparkles (dictionary form: きらめく)
  • 吸すい込こまれそう /suikomare sou/：
    looks about to be drawn in (passive of 吸い込む + そう)
starlight night, oh, yeah sora takaku
Starlight night, oh, yeah, high into the sky

  • 空高そらたかく /sora takaku/：
    high into the sky; 高く is the adverbial form of 高い
chikazuita last scene mada ima tsukamenai
The final scene has drawn near, but I still cannot grasp it now

  • 近ちかづいた /chikazuita/：
    approached, drew near (dictionary form: 近づく)
  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now
  • つかめない /tsukamenai/：
    cannot grasp (negative potential form of つかむ)
futashika na mirai sae kokochi yoku
Even an uncertain future feels pleasant

  • 不確ふたしかな /futashika na/：
    uncertain, unreliable
  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
  • さえ /sae/：
    even ...
  • 心地ここちよく /kokochi yoku/：
    pleasantly, comfortably (adverbial form of 心地よい)
joushou koi wa yuraide over drive
Rising, love wavers into overdrive

  • 上昇じょうしょう /joushou/：
    rise, ascent
  • 恋こい /koi/：
    love, romance
  • 揺ゆらいで /yuraide/：
    wavering, swaying (dictionary form: 揺らぐ)
me wo mite mujaki ni waratte misete
Look me in the eyes and show me an innocent smile

  • 目め /me/：
    eye
  • 見みて /mite/：
    looking, look (dictionary form: 見る)
  • 無邪気むじゃきに /mujaki ni/：
    innocently, naively
  • 笑わらって /waratte/：
    smiling, laugh (dictionary form: 笑う)
  • ～てみせて /~ te misete/：
    show me by doing ...; here, a request
marude kaze no you ni surinukeru kokoro ne
A heart that slips through like the wind

  • まるで /marude/：
    just like, as if
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • ～のように /~ no you ni/：
    like ..., as if ...
  • すり抜ぬける /surinukeru/：
    to slip through, to pass through
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart, mind
motto chikaku ni itai to
Thinking that I want to be closer

  • もっと /motto/：
    more, even more
  • 近ちかく /chikaku/：
    near, close; adverbial form of 近い
  • いたい /itai/：
    want to be, want to stay (desiderative form of いる)
negau sora wa hateshinakute
The sky I make my wishes upon is endless

  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish, to hope
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 果はてしなくて /hateshinakute/：
    endless (te-form of 果てしない, connecting to the next line)
hontou no kimi ni deau hi wo matteru
I am waiting for the day I meet the real you

  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, real
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 出会であう /deau/：
    to meet, to encounter
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 待まってる /matteru/：
    am waiting (colloquial contraction of 待っている; dictionary form: 待つ)
joukuu mau mono-tachi to over drive
Overdrive with those soaring high above

  • 上空じょうくう /joukuu/：
    the sky above, high altitude
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to flutter, to soar
  • もの /mono/：
    thing, being; here, those that soar
  • 達たち /tachi/：
    plural suffix, those ...
doko made mo aoi sekai ni itai
I want to remain in this blue world, no matter how far it goes

  • どこまでも /doko made mo/：
    as far as anywhere, endlessly
  • 青あおい /aoi/：
    blue
  • 世界せかい /sekai/：
    world
  • いたい /itai/：
    want to stay, want to be (desiderative form of いる)
kamifubuki no you ni tori ga mau kirei ne
Birds flutter like confetti—how beautiful

  • 紙吹雪かみふぶき /kamifubuki/：
    confetti
  • ～のように /~ no you ni/：
    like ..., as if ...
  • 鳥とり /tori/：
    bird
  • 舞まう /mau/：
    to flutter, to soar
  • キレイ /kirei/：
    beautiful, pretty
oikaze ni noru suriru mo
And the thrill of riding a tailwind

  • 追おい風かぜ /oikaze/：
    tailwind, favorable conditions
  • 乗のる /noru/：
    to ride, to get on
  • スリル /suriru/：
    thrill (English: thrill)
mada minu ikisaki wo omou
I think of the destination I have yet to see

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet
  • 見みぬ /minu/：
    unseen (dictionary form: 見る; ぬ is a literary negative)
  • 行いき先さき /ikisaki/：
    destination, whereabouts
  • 想おもう /omou/：
    to think of, to imagine, to feel
taisetsu na kitai ni kaete yukeru raise up
I can turn it into precious hope—raise up

  • 大切たいせつな /taisetsu na/：
    important, precious
  • 期待きたい /kitai/：
    expectation, hope
  • 変かえて /kaete/：
    changing, turning into (dictionary form: 変える)
  • ～てゆける /~ te yukeru/：
    can continue to ..., can go on ...
hontou no kimi ni deau hi wo matteru
I am waiting for the day I meet the real you

  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, real
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 出会であう /deau/：
    to meet, to encounter
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 待まってる /matteru/：
    am waiting (colloquial contraction of 待っている; dictionary form: 待つ)