Ado - Raven Sky

Ado - Raven Sky

Ado


Mirror on the wall
Mirror on the wall
A stranger in glass
A stranger in glass
All my failures staring back
All my failures staring back
mukiau hodo yugandeku yume
The more I face it, the more distorted the dream becomes

  • 向むき合あう /mukiau/：
    to face, confront, or face one another
  • 程ほど /hodo/：
    extent; after a dictionary-form verb, can express the more..., the more...
  • 歪ゆがんでく /yugandeku/：
    to grow distorted; contraction of 歪んでいく, from 歪む
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
But somehow you always stay
But somehow you always stay
I'm gonna break
I'm gonna break
hitori ni shite
Leave me alone

  • ひとりにして /hitori ni shite/：
    leave me alone; te-form of ひとりにする with an implied request
It seems there's no way to escape
It seems there's no way to escape
Broke every promise I made
Broke every promise I made
I guess I've never known a life of self control
I guess I've never known a life of self control
kakinagutte kita chizu wa
The map I've scribbled out up to now

  • 書かき殴なぐって /kakinagutte/：
    to scribble roughly; te-form of 書き殴る
  • 来きた /kita/：
    past form of 来る; in ～てきた, indicates an action continuing up to now
  • 地図ちず /chizu/：
    map
imaya tada meiro no you sa
Now it is nothing but a maze

  • 今いまや /imaya/：
    now, by now; often contrasts the present with the past
  • 只ただ /tada/：
    only, merely; usually written in kana
  • 迷路めいろ /meiro/：
    maze, labyrinth
  • よう /you/：
    appearance, likeness; noun + のよう means like or resembling, with final さ adding assertion
naraba isso yaburisutete ike
If so, then just tear it up, throw it away, and move on

  • ならば /naraba/：
    if so, if that is the case; emphatic form of なら
  • いっそ /isso/：
    rather, might as well, once and for all
  • 破やぶり捨すてて /yaburisutete/：
    to tear up and throw away; te-form of 破り捨てる
  • いけ /ike/：
    imperative of 行く; ～ていけ urges an action to continue onward from now
Everything that I need is always out of reach
Everything that I need is always out of reach
Tell me please
Tell me please
Am I worth saving?
Am I worth saving?
tobitatsu tame nobashita te wa
The hand I reached out so I could take flight

  • 飛とび立たつ /tobitatsu/：
    to take off, fly away, or set out
  • 為ため /tame/：
    for the purpose of; dictionary-form verb + ため expresses purpose
  • 伸のばした /nobashita/：
    extended, reached out; past form of 伸ばす
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
karamatte mata ochitetta
Got tangled up and fell once again

  • 絡からまって /karamatte/：
    to become tangled or entwined; te-form of 絡まる
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 堕おちてった /ochitetta/：
    fell away; colloquial contraction of 堕ちていった, from 堕ちる
Is it all just a cycle?
Is it all just a cycle?
Someone is destined to fall
Someone is destined to fall
unmei da to shite mo
Even if it is fate

  • 運命うんめい /unmei/：
    fate, destiny
  • だとしても /da to shite mo/：
    even if it is; concedes a hypothetical situation without changing the result
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn how to fly?
Can I learn how to fly?
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
tatoe kuchihatete mo dareka no kodou ni naru
Even if I decay completely, I will become someone's heartbeat

  • たとえ /tatoe/：
    even if, no matter; commonly paired with ～ても
  • 朽くち果はてても /kuchihatete mo/：
    even if one decays completely; ～ても form of 朽ち果てる
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat, pulsation
  • なる /naru/：
    to become; noun + になる marks a change into a state or identity
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn to fly into the blue?
Can I learn to fly into the blue?
Running through the rain
Running through the rain
These neon colored waves
These neon colored waves
Turning my footsteps to an echo
Turning my footsteps to an echo
mada owarenai tsubuyaku tabi
Whenever I mutter, 「I can't let it end yet」,

  • まだ /mada/：
    still, not yet
  • 終おわれない /owarenai/：
    cannot end or cannot let it end; negative potential form of 終わる
  • 呟つぶやく /tsubuyaku/：
    to mutter, murmur, or talk to oneself
  • 度たび /tabi/：
    each time, whenever; dictionary-form verb + たび means whenever something happens
anata wa warau no
You smile

  • あなた /anata/：
    you
  • 笑わらうの /warau no/：
    to smile or laugh; final の gives a soft explanatory or emotional tone
Yeah even the crows all look down on me
Yeah even the crows all look down on me
Everything that I need is always out of reach
Everything that I need is always out of reach
Tell me please
Tell me please
Am I worth saving?
Am I worth saving?
keshite shimaeba raku na noni
Even though it would be easier if I erased myself

  • 消けしてしまえば /keshite shimaeba/：
    if one erased it completely or disappeared; combines 消す with ～てしまう and conditional ～ば
  • 楽らく /raku/：
    easy, comfortable, free from pain
  • なのに /na noni/：
    even though, and yet; after a noun or na-adjective, with sentence-final use expressing regret
hohoende mata ikichatta
Yet I smiled and went on living again

  • 微笑ほほえんで /hohoende/：
    smiling; te-form of 微笑む
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 生いきちゃった /ikichatta/：
    ended up living; colloquial contraction of 生きてしまった, from 生きる
Is it all just a cycle?
Is it all just a cycle?
Someone is destined to fall
Someone is destined to fall
jigoku da to shite mo
Even if it is hell

  • 地獄じごく /jigoku/：
    hell; figuratively, an extremely painful situation
  • だとしても /da to shite mo/：
    even if it is; concedes a hypothetical situation without changing the result
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn how to fly?
Can I learn how to fly?
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
tatoe kuchihatete mo dareka no kodou ni naru
Even if I decay completely, I will become someone's heartbeat

  • たとえ /tatoe/：
    even if, no matter; commonly paired with ～ても
  • 朽くち果はてても /kuchihatete mo/：
    even if one decays completely; ～ても form of 朽ち果てる
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat, pulsation
  • なる /naru/：
    to become; noun + になる marks a change into a state or identity
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn to fly into the blue?
Can I learn to fly into the blue?
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn how to fly?
Can I learn how to fly?
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
Even if I'm a feast for the raven sky
tatoe kuchihatete mo dareka no kodou ni naru
Even if I decay completely, I will become someone's heartbeat

  • たとえ /tatoe/：
    even if, no matter; commonly paired with ～ても
  • 朽くち果はてても /kuchihatete mo/：
    even if one decays completely; ～ても form of 朽ち果てる
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 鼓動こどう /kodou/：
    heartbeat, pulsation
  • なる /naru/：
    to become; noun + になる marks a change into a state or identity
Even on broken wings
Even on broken wings
Can I learn to fly into the blue?
Can I learn to fly into the blue?