Vaundy - 忘れる前に/Before I Forget

Vaundy - 忘れる前に/Before I Forget

Vaundy


machi no fuukei ni unadarete
I hang my head before the city scenery

  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
  • 風景ふうけい /fuukei/：
    scenery, view
  • うなだれて /unadarete/：
    from うなだれる, to hang one's head dejectedly
machi wo haikei ni tasogarete
With the city as my backdrop, I lose myself in twilight

  • 街まち /machi/：
    street, town
  • 背景はいけい /haikei/：
    background; ～を背景に means with ... as a backdrop
  • 黄昏たそがれて /tasogarete/：
    from 黄昏れる, to be lost in twilight or contemplation; stylized spelling in the lyric
omoidashita
I remembered

  • 思おもい出だした /omoidashita/：
    from 思い出す, to remember, to recall
nee onegai miteru dake ja
Hey, please—just watching won't do

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please
  • 見みてる /miteru/：
    colloquial contraction of 見ている, to be watching
  • だけじゃ /dake ja/：
    if all one does is ...; じゃ is a colloquial form of では
sagashimono wa zenzen mitsukaranai yo
You'll never find what you're looking for

  • 探さがし物もの /sagashimono/：
    something being sought, a lost item
  • 全然ぜんぜん /zenzen/：
    not at all; commonly used with a negative form
  • 見みつからない /mitsukaranai/：
    negative of 見つかる, cannot be found
onegai tesaguri sagashite
Please, feel your way and search

  • お願ねがい /onegai/：
    a request; please
  • 手探てさぐり /tesaguri/：
    feeling one's way; proceeding by trial and error
  • 探さがして /sagashite/：
    from 探す, to search; the て-form links actions or makes a request
yume kara samete wasureru mae ni
After waking from the dream, before I forget

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめて /samete/：
    from 覚める, to wake up; also to wear off
  • 忘わすれる /wasureru/：
    to forget
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before; follows a dictionary-form verb
bokura yume no naka
We are inside a dream

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a plural group
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, within
kie sou na tomoshibi sagashite hanashi wo shite iru
We search for a light that seems about to go out and talk

  • 消きえそうな /kie sou na/：
    from 消える, to disappear or go out; ～そう means seems about to
  • 灯火ともしび /tomoshibi/：
    lamplight, a small flame; figuratively, hope
  • 探さがして /sagashite/：
    from 探す, to search for
  • 話はなしをしている /hanashi wo shite iru/：
    to be talking; ～ている marks an ongoing action or state
kore ga yume naraba tamesou ka
If this is a dream, shall we put it to the test?

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; a more emphatic form of なら
  • 試ためそう /tamesou/：
    volitional form of 試す, shall we try or test
  • ～ようか /you ka/：
    volitional plus か, suggesting or wondering whether to do something
sensai na omoide dake wo hippariatte
Tugging back and forth on nothing but delicate memories

  • 繊細せんさいな /sensai na/：
    delicate, sensitive
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory, recollection
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, merely
  • 引ひっ張ぱり合あって /hippariatte/：
    from 引っ張り合う, to pull at each other; ～合う marks mutual action
awa no bouhatsu ni sekasarete
Hurried along by the bursting of bubbles

  • 泡あわ /awa/：
    bubble, foam
  • 暴発ぼうはつ /bouhatsu/：
    accidental discharge, sudden bursting
  • 急せかされて /sekasarete/：
    passive form of 急かす, to be hurried or urged
sora no gouon ni kakotsukete
Using the roar in the sky as an excuse

  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 轟音ごうおん /gouon/：
    roar, thunderous noise
  • かこつけて /kakotsukete/：
    from かこつける, to use something as a pretext
hoho wo tsunetta
I pinched my cheek

  • 頬ほほ /hoho/：
    cheek
  • つねった /tsunetta/：
    past form of つねる, to pinch
are wa
「That's—!」

  • あれ /are/：
    that over there, away from both speaker and listener
me wo ubawareta kimi no yokohitomi wo nagame
I gaze at your eyes in profile, captivated by the sight

  • 目めを奪うばわれた /me wo ubawareta/：
    from 目を奪われる, to be captivated or have one's eyes drawn
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 横よこ瞳ひとみ /yokohitomi/：
    eyes seen from the side, a poetic compound used in the lyric
  • 眺ながめ /nagame/：
    continuative form of 眺める, to gaze at or look out over
oku ni hisonda ryuu ni, maborou negai wo
To the dragon lurking deep within, I offer a dreamlike wish

  • 奥おく /oku/：
    depths, inner part
  • 潜ひそんだ /hisonda/：
    past attributive form of 潜む, to lurk or hide
  • 竜りゅう /ryuu/：
    dragon
  • 幻まぼろう /maborou/：
    a poetic coinage derived from 幻, suggesting envisioning something like a phantom
  • 願ねがい /negai/：
    wish, prayer
ima dake motasete, aisuru yuuki wo
「Just for now, let me have the courage to love」

  • 今いまだけ /ima dake/：
    just for now
  • 持もたせて /motasete/：
    from 持たせる, the causative of 持つ; here, let me have
  • 愛あいする /aisuru/：
    to love
  • 勇気ゆうき /yuuki/：
    courage
bokura yume no naka
We are inside a dream

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a plural group
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, within
kie sou na tomoshibi sagashite hanashi wo shite iru
We search for a light that seems about to go out and talk

  • 消きえそうな /kie sou na/：
    from 消える, to disappear or go out; ～そう means seems about to
  • 灯火ともしび /tomoshibi/：
    lamplight, a small flame; figuratively, hope
  • 探さがして /sagashite/：
    from 探す, to search for
  • 話はなしをしている /hanashi wo shite iru/：
    to be talking; ～ている marks an ongoing action or state
kore ga yume naraba tamesou ka
If this is a dream, shall we put it to the test?

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; a more emphatic form of なら
  • 試ためそう /tamesou/：
    volitional form of 試す, shall we try or test
  • ～ようか /you ka/：
    volitional plus か, suggesting or wondering whether to do something
sensai na omoide dake wo hippariatte
Tugging back and forth on nothing but delicate memories

  • 繊細せんさいな /sensai na/：
    delicate, sensitive
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory, recollection
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, merely
  • 引ひっ張ぱり合あって /hippariatte/：
    from 引っ張り合う, to pull at each other; ～合う marks mutual action
mou kimi wa miwaku wo koeta
You've already gone beyond mere fascination

  • もう /mou/：
    already; here it emphasizes a completed change
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 魅惑みわく /miwaku/：
    fascination, enchantment
  • 超こえた /koeta/：
    past form of 超える, to exceed or transcend
sore wa mou
I mean, truly—

  • それはもう /sore wa mou/：
    truly, indeed; an emphatic phrase continuing into the next line
bou hoshi no eirianzu ni mo makenai yo
Even aliens from some planet couldn't rival you

  • 某ぼう星ほし /bou hoshi/：
    some unspecified planet; 某 marks something unnamed
  • エイリアンズ /eirianzu/：
    aliens
  • にも /ni mo/：
    even against; emphasizes the comparison target
  • 負まけない /makenai/：
    negative of 負ける, not to lose or be inferior
dakara tesaguri mitashite
So feel your way and fill it up

  • だから /dakara/：
    so, therefore
  • 手探てさぐり /tesaguri/：
    feeling one's way; proceeding by trial and error
  • 満みたして /mitashite/：
    from 満たす, to fill or satisfy; the て-form carries a request and links onward
mahou ga tokete togireru mae ni
Before the magic wears off and everything breaks away

  • 魔法まほう /mahou/：
    magic
  • 解とけて /tokete/：
    from 解ける, to come undone or wear off; 魔法が解ける means the spell breaks
  • 途切とぎれる /togireru/：
    to break off, be interrupted
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before; follows a dictionary-form verb
bokura yume no naka
We are inside a dream

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; ら marks a plural group
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside, within
kie sou na tomoshibi sagashite hanashi wo shite iru
We search for a light that seems about to go out and talk

  • 消きえそうな /kie sou na/：
    from 消える, to disappear or go out; ～そう means seems about to
  • 灯火ともしび /tomoshibi/：
    lamplight, a small flame; figuratively, hope
  • 探さがして /sagashite/：
    from 探す, to search for
  • 話はなしをしている /hanashi wo shite iru/：
    to be talking; ～ている marks an ongoing action or state
kore ga yume naraba tamesou ka
If this is a dream, shall we put it to the test?

  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; a more emphatic form of なら
  • 試ためそう /tamesou/：
    volitional form of 試す, shall we try or test
  • ～ようか /you ka/：
    volitional plus か, suggesting or wondering whether to do something
sensai na omoide dake wo hippariai
Pulling back and forth on nothing but delicate memories

  • 繊細せんさいな /sensai na/：
    delicate, sensitive
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory, recollection
  • だけ /dake/：
    only, merely
  • 引ひっ張ぱり合あい /hippariai/：
    continuative form of 引っ張り合う, to pull at each other
moshimo kono yume ga sameru nara
If I am going to wake from this dream

  • もしも /moshimo/：
    if, supposing; more emphatic than もし
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/：
    dream
  • 覚さめる /sameru/：
    to wake up; also to wear off
  • なら /nara/：
    if, supposing that
me wo kosuri kakitomete wasureru mae ni
I'll rub my eyes and write it down before I forget

  • 目めを擦こすり /me wo kosuri/：
    continuative form of 目を擦る, to rub one's eyes
  • 書かき留とめて /kakitomete/：
    from 書き留める, to write down or record
  • 忘わすれる /wasureru/：
    to forget
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before; follows a dictionary-form verb
tsururi, tsururi
Slip, slip
netsu ni yararete
Overcome by the heat

  • 熱ねつ /netsu/：
    heat, fever
  • やられて /yararete/：
    from やられる, to be harmed, defeated, or overwhelmed
gokuri, gokuri
Gulp, gulp
boyake hajimete
Starting to blur

  • ぼやけ始はじめて /boyake hajimete/：
    from ぼやけ始める, to begin to blur; ～始める marks the start of an action
tsururi, tsururi
Slip, slip
kimi wo wasurete
Forgetting you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you
  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    from 忘れる, to forget; the て-form links to what follows
gokuri, gokuri
Gulp, gulp
baku ni kuwareta
Devoured by the dream-eating baku

  • バク /baku/：
    baku, a mythical creature said to devour dreams
  • 食くわれた /kuwareta/：
    passive past form of 食う, was eaten or devoured