King Gnu - AIZO/Love and Hate

King Gnu - AIZO/Love and Hate

King Gnu


love me
Love me
hate me
Hate me
love me
Love me
kill me
Kill me
aizou aizou uzumaite
Love and hate, love and hate, swirling around

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 渦巻うずまいて /uzumaite/：
    the te-form of 渦巻く; swirling; seething
dai toukyou kyousou utatte
Sing the mad tumult of Greater Tokyo

  • 大東京だいとうきょう /dai toukyou/：
    Greater Tokyo; the vast metropolis of Tokyo
  • 狂騒きょうそう /kyousou/：
    wild clamor; mad tumult
  • 歌うたって /utatte/：
    the te-form of 歌う; singing; sing
maware maware jidai no
Turn, turn, in this age of...

  • 廻まわれ /maware/：
    the imperative of 廻る (usually 回る); turn; go around
  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    age; era; period
ikihaji ni zubunure de
Soaked to the skin in the shame of living

  • 生いき恥はじ /ikihaji/：
    the shame or disgrace of continuing to live
  • ずぶ濡ぬれ /zubunure/：
    soaked to the skin; drenched
aizou aizou wo kuratte
Devour love and hate, love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 喰くらって /kuratte/：
    the te-form of 喰らう; to devour; to take or suffer
mairou taisou na sama de
Let's go, putting on such a grand appearance

  • 参まいろう /mairou/：
    the volitional of 参る; let us go; shall we proceed
  • 大層たいそう /taisou/：
    very; greatly; grandiose
  • 様さま /sama/：
    appearance; state; manner
hanarebanare de shimai yo
We part from each other, and that's the end

  • 離はなれ離ばなれ /hanarebanare/：
    separated; scattered apart
  • 終しまい /shimai/：
    the end; finish
saraba mata aimashou
Then, let us meet again

  • 然さらば /saraba/：
    then; if so; farewell
  • 又また /mata/：
    again
  • 逢あいましょう /aimashou/：
    polite volitional of 逢う; let us meet again
doramachikku ni oborete
Drowning in the dramatic

  • ドラマチック /doramachikku/：
    dramatic
  • 溺おぼれて /oborete/：
    the te-form of 溺れる; drowning; being immersed in
mikansei na watashi wo mitomete
Accept the unfinished me

  • 未完成みかんせい /mikansei/：
    unfinished; incomplete
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 認みとめて /mitomete/：
    the te-form of 認める; recognize; accept
kiyasume no fikushon
A comforting fiction

  • 気休きやすめ /kiyasume/：
    temporary comfort; consolation
  • フィクション /fikushon/：
    fiction
uso to makoto no fukyouwaon
The dissonance of lies and truth

  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie; falsehood
  • 真まこと /makoto/：
    truth; sincerity
  • 不協和音ふきょうわおん /fukyouwaon/：
    dissonance; discord
dekisokona ai demo yurushite
Forgive even this defective love

  • 出来損できそこな /dekisokona/：
    a lyrical clipped form related to 出来損ない; defective; botched
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 許ゆるして /yurushite/：
    the te-form of 許す used as a request; forgive me; allow it
kamawanai kono butai ikinuite
I don't mind—survive this stage to the end

  • 構かまわない /kamawanai/：
    negative form of 構う; it does not matter; I do not mind
  • 此この /kono/：
    this
  • 舞台ぶたい /butai/：
    stage; scene
  • 生いき抜ぬいて /ikinuite/：
    the te-form of 生き抜く; survive; live through to the end
kamaseinu no haitenshon
A sacrificial underdog shivering with excitement

  • 咬かませ狗いぬ /kamaseinu/：
    usually written 噛ませ犬; a sacrificial underdog used to make another look strong
  • 武者震いはいてんしょん /haitenshon/：
    normally read mushaburui, a pre-battle tremble; sung here as haitenshon, meaning high excitement
yarareppanashi ja
If I just keep taking the hits...

  • ヤラレっぱなし /yarareppanashi/：
    やられる plus っぱなし; being beaten or mistreated continuously without responding
  • じゃ /ja/：
    casual contraction of では; here it sets up a conditional-like continuation
otonashiku wa narenai
I can't become obedient

  • 大人おとなしく /otonashiku/：
    adverbial form of 大人しい; quietly; obediently
  • なれない /narenai/：
    negative potential form of なる; cannot become
love me
Love me
tadashisa bakari de
Nothing but righteousness

  • 正ただしさ /tadashisa/：
    correctness; righteousness; 正しい nominalized with さ
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; only
hate me
Hate me
zenbu ubatte
Take everything away

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 奪うばって /ubatte/：
    the te-form of 奪う; take away; steal
love me
Love me
aizoumamire de
Covered in love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared all over; used in ～まみれ
kill me
Kill me
koko wo tsuredashite
Take me away from here

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; this place
  • 連つれ出だして /tsuredashite/：
    the te-form of 連れ出す used as a request; take someone out; take me away
aizou aizou dakiatte
Love and hate, love and hate, embracing each other

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 抱だき合あって /dakiatte/：
    the te-form of 抱き合う; embracing each other
saikouchou yo itsudatte
At the climax, always

  • 最高潮さいこうちょう /saikouchou/：
    climax; peak
  • 何時いつだって /itsudatte/：
    always; at any time
damashi damashi de ii no
It's fine to keep muddling through with deception

  • 騙だまし騙だまし /damashidamashi/：
    coaxing along; managing to keep something going through makeshift means
  • 良いい /ii/：
    good; fine; 良いの adds an explanatory or confirming tone
daishou nante ki ni shinai yo
I don't care about the price to pay

  • 代償だいしょう /daishou/：
    price; cost; compensation
  • なんて /nante/：
    things like; such as; often dismissive or emphatic
  • 気きにしない /ki ni shinai/：
    negative form of 気にする; not care; not mind
aizou aizou ni mogaite
Struggling in love and hate, love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 踠もがいて /mogaite/：
    the te-form of 踠く, usually written もがく; struggle; writhe
gaikou aiso furimaite
Scatter diplomatic pleasantries everywhere

  • 外交がいこう /gaikou/：
    diplomacy; foreign relations
  • 愛想あいそ /aiso/：
    affability; pleasantries; a friendly manner
  • 振ふり撒まいて /furimaite/：
    the te-form of 振り撒く; scatter; spread around
banbutsu mondou muyou de shimai yo
Everything ends, no questions asked

  • 万物ばんぶつ /banbutsu/：
    all things; everything in existence
  • 問答無用もんどうむよう /mondou muyou/：
    no questions asked; no argument allowed
  • 終しまい /shimai/：
    the end; finish
saraba mata aimashou
Then, let us meet again

  • 然さらば /saraba/：
    then; if so; farewell
  • 又また /mata/：
    again
  • 逢あいましょう /aimashou/：
    polite volitional of 逢う; let us meet again
yumemigokochi de uso mitai darou?
It feels like a dream, almost unreal, doesn't it?

  • 夢見心地ゆめみごこち /yumemigokochi/：
    a dreamlike state; feeling as if in a dream
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie; falsehood; something unreal
  • みたい /mitai/：
    seems like; as if
  • だろう /darou/：
    probably; presumably; also used to seek agreement, like right?
ima no toukyou de wa shouki ja irarenai
In today's Tokyo, you can't stay sane

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; the present
  • 東京とうきょう /toukyou/：
    Tokyo, the capital of Japan
  • 正気しょうき /shouki/：
    sanity; one's right mind
  • 居いられない /irarenai/：
    negative potential of 居る; cannot remain; cannot stay
amai kotoba de uzukasete
Make me ache with sweet words

  • 甘あまい /amai/：
    sweet; enticing
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    word; language; expression
  • 疼うずかせて /uzukasete/：
    the te-form of the causative 疼かせる; make ache or throb; stir up
ima ga saikou to sou omowasete
Make me think that right now is the best

  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; this moment
  • 最高さいこう /saikou/：
    the best; highest
  • そう /sou/：
    so; that way; referring to the preceding statement
  • 思おもわせて /omowasete/：
    the te-form of the causative 思わせる; make someone think or believe
nasake wa muyou ne
There's no need for mercy

  • 情なさけ /nasake/：
    sympathy; mercy; compassion
  • 無用むよう /muyou/：
    useless; unnecessary; not wanted
sejou mujou de isshou heikousen ne
The world is ever-changing; we'll be parallel lines for life

  • 世情せじょう /sejou/：
    social conditions; the state of the world
  • 無常むじょう /mujou/：
    impermanence; the transience of all things
  • 一生いっしょう /isshou/：
    a lifetime; one's whole life
  • 平行線へいこうせん /heikousen/：
    parallel lines; figuratively, positions that never meet
aizoumamire de
Covered in love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared all over; used in ～まみれ
koko wo tsuredashite
Take me away from here

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; this place
  • 連つれ出だして /tsuredashite/：
    the te-form of 連れ出す used as a request; take someone out; take me away
love me
Love me
tadashisa bakari de
Nothing but righteousness

  • 正ただしさ /tadashisa/：
    correctness; righteousness; 正しい nominalized with さ
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; only
hate me
Hate me
kyou mo tsurenai ne
You're cold to me again today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 無情つれない /tsurenai/：
    cold; indifferent; normally written つれない, with stylized kanji here
love me
Love me
aizoumamire de
Covered in love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared all over; used in ～まみれ
kill me
Kill me
kokoro mukidashi de
With my heart laid bare

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; feelings
  • 剥むき出だし /mukidashi/：
    bare; exposed; undisguised
aizou aizou uzumaite
Love and hate, love and hate, swirling around

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 渦巻うずまいて /uzumaite/：
    the te-form of 渦巻く; swirling; seething
dai toukyou kyousou utatte
Sing the mad tumult of Greater Tokyo

  • 大東京だいとうきょう /dai toukyou/：
    Greater Tokyo; the vast metropolis of Tokyo
  • 狂騒きょうそう /kyousou/：
    wild clamor; mad tumult
  • 歌うたって /utatte/：
    the te-form of 歌う; singing; sing
maware maware jidai no
Turn, turn, in this age of...

  • 廻まわれ /maware/：
    the imperative of 廻る (usually 回る); turn; go around
  • 時代じだい /jidai/：
    age; era; period
ikihaji ni zubunure de
Soaked to the skin in the shame of living

  • 生いき恥はじ /ikihaji/：
    the shame or disgrace of continuing to live
  • ずぶ濡ぬれ /zubunure/：
    soaked to the skin; drenched
aizou aizou wo kuratte
Devour love and hate, love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 喰くらって /kuratte/：
    the te-form of 喰らう; to devour; to take or suffer
mairou taisou na sama de
Let's go, putting on such a grand appearance

  • 参まいろう /mairou/：
    the volitional of 参る; let us go; shall we proceed
  • 大層たいそう /taisou/：
    very; greatly; grandiose
  • 様さま /sama/：
    appearance; state; manner
hanarebanare de shimai yo
We part from each other, and that's the end

  • 離はなれ離ばなれ /hanarebanare/：
    separated; scattered apart
  • 終しまい /shimai/：
    the end; finish
saraba mata aimashou
Then, let us meet again

  • 然さらば /saraba/：
    then; if so; farewell
  • 又また /mata/：
    again
  • 逢あいましょう /aimashou/：
    polite volitional of 逢う; let us meet again
aizou aizou dakiatte
Love and hate, love and hate, embracing each other

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 抱だき合あって /dakiatte/：
    the te-form of 抱き合う; embracing each other
saikouchou yo itsudatte
At the climax, always

  • 最高潮さいこうちょう /saikouchou/：
    climax; peak
  • 何時いつ /itsu/：
    when
  • 何時いつだって /itsudatte/：
    always; at any time
damashi damashi de ii no
It's fine to keep muddling through with deception

  • 騙だまし騙だまし /damashidamashi/：
    coaxing along; managing to keep something going through makeshift means
  • 良いい /ii/：
    good; fine; 良いの adds an explanatory or confirming tone
daishou nante ki ni shinai yo
I don't care about the price to pay

  • 代償だいしょう /daishou/：
    price; cost; compensation
  • なんて /nante/：
    things like; such as; often dismissive or emphatic
  • 気きにしない /ki ni shinai/：
    negative form of 気にする; not care; not mind
aizou aizou ni mogaite
Struggling in love and hate, love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 踠もがいて /mogaite/：
    the te-form of 踠く, usually written もがく; struggle; writhe
gaikou aiso furimaite
Scatter diplomatic pleasantries everywhere

  • 外交がいこう /gaikou/：
    diplomacy; foreign relations
  • 愛想あいそ /aiso/：
    affability; pleasantries; a friendly manner
  • 振ふり撒まいて /furimaite/：
    the te-form of 振り撒く; scatter; spread around
banbutsu mondou muyou de shimai yo
Everything ends, no questions asked

  • 万物ばんぶつ /banbutsu/：
    all things; everything in existence
  • 問答無用もんどうむよう /mondou muyou/：
    no questions asked; no argument allowed
  • 終しまい /shimai/：
    the end; finish
saraba mata aimashou
Then, let us meet again

  • 然さらば /saraba/：
    then; if so; farewell
  • 又また /mata/：
    again
  • 逢あいましょう /aimashou/：
    polite volitional of 逢う; let us meet again
love me
Love me
tadashisa bakari de
Nothing but righteousness

  • 正ただしさ /tadashisa/：
    correctness; righteousness; 正しい nominalized with さ
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; only
hate me
Hate me
zenbu ubatte
Take everything away

  • 全部ぜんぶ /zenbu/：
    all; everything
  • 奪うばって /ubatte/：
    the te-form of 奪う; take away; steal
love me
Love me
aizoumamire de
Covered in love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared all over; used in ～まみれ
kill me
Kill me
koko wo tsuredashite
Take me away from here

  • 此処ここ /koko/：
    here; this place
  • 連つれ出だして /tsuredashite/：
    the te-form of 連れ出す used as a request; take someone out; take me away
love me
Love me
tadashisa bakari de
Nothing but righteousness

  • 正ただしさ /tadashisa/：
    correctness; righteousness; 正しい nominalized with さ
  • ばかり /bakari/：
    nothing but; only
hate me
Hate me
kyou mo tsurenai ne
You're cold to me again today

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 無情つれない /tsurenai/：
    cold; indifferent; normally written つれない, with stylized kanji here
love me
Love me
aizoumamire de
Covered in love and hate

  • 愛憎あいぞう /aizou/：
    love and hate
  • 塗まみれ /mamire/：
    covered or smeared all over; used in ～まみれ
kill me
Kill me
kokoro mukidashi de
With my heart laid bare

  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; feelings
  • 剥むき出だし /mukidashi/：
    bare; exposed; undisguised