ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - 有心論/Theory of the Heart

ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo) - 有心論/Theory of the Heart

ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 (Zutomayo)


ima made boku ga tsuita uso to ima made boku ga itta honto
The lies I have told until now, and the truths I have spoken until now

  • 今いままで /ima made/：
    until now; so far
  • 僕ぼく /boku/：
    I; me (typically masculine)
  • ついた /tsuita/：
    past tense of tsuku; told (a lie)
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie; falsehood
  • 言いった /itta/：
    past tense of iu; said
  • ホント /honto/：
    colloquial form of hontou; truth; true
docchi ga ooi ka ayashiku natte sagasu no yameta
I began to doubt which there were more of, so I stopped looking for the answer

  • どっち /docchi/：
    which one; which side (casual form of dochira)
  • 多おおい /ooi/：
    many; numerous
  • どっちが多おおいか /docchi ga ooi ka/：
    which there are more of; question word plus ka forms an embedded question
  • 怪あやしくなって /ayashiku natte/：
    te-form of ayashiku naru; became doubtful or uncertain
  • 探さがす /sagasu/：
    to search for
  • 探さがすのやめた /sagasu no yameta/：
    stopped searching; the full form is sagasu no wo yameta, with wo omitted in the lyric
jibun no naka no kirai na tokoro jibun no naka no suki na tokoro
The parts inside myself that I hate, and the parts inside myself that I like

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself; self
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; within
  • 嫌きらい /kirai/：
    dislike; hated
  • ところ /tokoro/：
    place; aspect; part
  • 好すき /suki/：
    liked; fond of
docchi ga ooi ka mou wakattete kanashiku natta
I already knew which there were more of, and it made me sad

  • どっち /docchi/：
    which one; which side
  • 多おおい /ooi/：
    many; numerous
  • もう /mou/：
    already
  • 分わかってて /wakattete/：
    casual contraction of wakatte ite; knowing; already aware
  • 悲かなしくなった /kanashiku natta/：
    became sad; adjective plus ku naru marks a change of state
douse itsuka wa kirawareru nara aishita hito ni nikumareru nara
If I will be hated someday anyway, if I will be despised by the person I loved

  • どうせ /douse/：
    anyway; in any case
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 嫌きらわれるなら /kirawareru nara/：
    if I will be disliked; kirawareru is the passive of kirau and nara marks a condition
  • 愛あいした /aishita/：
    past tense of aisuru; loved
  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person
  • 憎にくまれるなら /nikumareru nara/：
    if I will be hated; nikumareru is the passive of nikumu
sou naru mae ni boku no hou kara kiratta boku datta
I was the one who chose to hate them first, before things could come to that

  • そうなる /sou naru/：
    to become that way; to come to that
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before
  • 僕ぼくの方ほうから /boku no hou kara/：
    from my side; I would make the first move
  • 嫌きらった /kiratta/：
    past tense of kirau; hated
  • 〜だった /datta/：
    past tense of da; was
dakedo itsuka wa dareka wo motome aisaretai to sou nozomu nara
But if someday I seek someone and wish to be loved

  • だけど /dakedo/：
    but; however
  • いつか /itsuka/：
    someday
  • 誰だれか /dareka/：
    someone
  • 求もとめ /motome/：
    continuative form of motomeru; seek; desire
  • 愛あいされたい /aisaretai/：
    want to be loved; passive of aisuru plus tai
  • 望のぞむなら /nozomu nara/：
    if I wish for it; nara marks a hypothetical condition
sou naru mae ni boku no hou kara
Then before it comes to that, I will be the one to act first

  • そうなる /sou naru/：
    to become that way
  • 前まえに /mae ni/：
    before
  • 僕ぼくの方ほうから /boku no hou kara/：
    from my side; I will make the first move
aishite mite yo to
You told me, 「Try loving first」

  • 愛あいしてみてよと /aishite mite yo to/：
    「try loving first」; verb te-form plus miru means to try, and final to marks a quotation with a verb such as said omitted
kimi ga amari ni mo kirei ni naku kara boku wa omowazu yoko de waratta yo
Because you cried so beautifully, I could not help laughing beside you

  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    you (familiar)
  • あまりにも /amari ni mo/：
    far too; so very
  • 綺麗きれいに /kirei ni/：
    beautifully; adverbial form of kirei da
  • 泣なく /naku/：
    to cry
  • 綺麗きれいに泣なくから /kirei ni naku kara/：
    because you cry beautifully; final kara marks the reason
  • 思おもわず /omowazu/：
    involuntarily; without thinking
  • 横よこ /yoko/：
    beside; side
  • 笑わらった /waratta/：
    past tense of warau; laughed
suruto kimi mo tsurarete warau kara boku wa ureshikute naku naku
Then you laughed along with me, and I was so happy that I cried and cried

  • すると /suruto/：
    then; thereupon
  • つられて /tsurarete/：
    te-form of tsurareru; influenced into doing the same
  • 笑わらう /warau/：
    to laugh; to smile
  • 笑わらうから /warau kara/：
    because you laugh; final kara marks the reason
  • 嬉うれしくて /ureshikute/：
    te-form of ureshii; happy and; because I was happy
  • 泣なく /naku/：
    to cry
ashita wo norou ningen fushinsha wa ashita wo yumemiru ningen shinja ni
The misanthrope who cursed tomorrow became a believer in humanity who dreams of tomorrow

  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    tomorrow; the future
  • 呪のろう /norou/：
    to curse
  • 人間不信者にんげんふしんしゃ /ningen fushinsha/：
    person distrustful of others; misanthrope
  • 夢見ゆめみる /yumemiru/：
    to dream of
  • 人間信者にんげんしんじゃに /ningen shinja ni/：
    into a believer in humanity; a coined contrast to ningen fushinsha, with ni marking the result and became omitted
mou kinou wo sagashiteta boku wa inai inai
The me who had been searching for yesterday is no longer here, no longer here

  • もう /mou/：
    already; no longer
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    yesterday; the past
  • 探さがしてた /sagashiteta/：
    casual contraction of sagashite ita; had been searching
  • いない /inai/：
    is not here; does not exist (for animate beings)
kimi wa ningen senjouki kono kikai ni dono gokatei ni mo hitotsu wa youi shite itadakitai
You are a human washing machine; we would like every household to get one on this occasion

  • 人間洗浄機にんげんせんじょうき /ningen senjouki/：
    human washing machine; a metaphor for someone who cleanses and changes a person
  • この機会きかいに /kono kikai ni/：
    on this occasion; taking this opportunity
  • どの /dono/：
    which; with ni mo, every or whichever
  • ご家庭かてい /gokatei/：
    household; go is an honorific prefix
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one (general counter)
  • 用意よういして頂いただきたい /youi shite itadakitai/：
    we would like you to prepare one; te itadakitai is a polite request pattern
korya kawanai te wa nai uso dewa nai
There is no reason not to buy it; that is no lie

  • こりゃ /korya/：
    casual contraction of kore wa; this
  • 買かわない /kawanai/：
    negative form of kau; not buy
  • 〜ない手てはない /nai te wa nai/：
    there is no reason not to; one should definitely do
  • 嘘うそではない /uso dewa nai/：
    is not a lie; dewa nai is a negative copula
odoroku beki kouka wo hakki shimasu atarashii jibun ni deaemasu
It produces astonishing results and lets you meet a new version of yourself

  • 驚おどろくべき /odoroku beki/：
    astonishing; worthy of surprise; beki indicates what should or deserves to be
  • 効果こうか /kouka/：
    effect; efficacy
  • 発揮はっきします /hakki shimasu/：
    polite form of hakki suru; demonstrate; exert
  • 新あたらしい /atarashii/：
    new
  • 出会であえます /deaemasu/：
    polite potential form of deau; can meet; can encounter
tada chuudokusei ga gozaimasu youhou youryou wo omamori kudasai
However, it can be addictive; please follow the directions and dosage

  • ただ /tada/：
    however; only
  • 中毒性ちゅうどくせい /chuudokusei/：
    addictiveness; addictive quality
  • ございます /gozaimasu/：
    polite humble form of aru; there is; has
  • 用法ようほう /youhou/：
    directions for use; usage
  • 用量ようりょう /youryou/：
    dosage; amount to use
  • お守まもりください /omamori kudasai/：
    please observe; honorific request pattern o plus verb stem plus kudasai
konna kyacchi fureezu wo kakou
I will write a catchphrase like this

  • こんな /konna/：
    like this; this kind of
  • キャッチフレーズ /kyacchi fureezu/：
    catchphrase; advertising slogan
  • 書かこう /kakou/：
    volitional form of kaku; let me write; I will write
yattokosa kimi no kuroon ga seikou shita toki ni demo datte kimi wa sekaihatsu no
Perhaps when cloning you finally succeeds—because you are the world's first—

  • やっとこさ /yattokosa/：
    at long last; finally (emphatic colloquial form)
  • クローン /kuroon/：
    clone
  • 成功せいこうした /seikou shita/：
    past tense of seikou suru; succeeded
  • 時ときにでも /toki ni demo/：
    perhaps when; demo makes it an illustrative, tentative occasion
  • だって /datte/：
    because; after all
  • 世界初せかいはつ /sekaihatsu/：
    world's first
nikugan de kakunin dekiru ai chijou de yuiitsu deaeru kamisama
Love visible to the naked eye, the only god one can meet on earth

  • 肉眼にくがん /nikugan/：
    the naked eye
  • 確認かくにんできる /kakunin dekiru/：
    can verify; can see and confirm
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 地上ちじょう /chijou/：
    on earth; above ground
  • 唯一ゆいいつ /yuiitsu/：
    only; sole
  • 出会であえる /deaeru/：
    potential form of deau; can meet
  • 神様かみさま /kamisama/：
    god; deity (sama is honorific)
dare mo hashikko de nakanai you ni to kimi wa chikyuu wo maruku shitan darou
You made the earth round so that no one would cry at its edge, didn't you?

  • 誰だれも〜ない /dare mo nai/：
    nobody; not anyone
  • 端はしっこ /hashikko/：
    edge; end; corner (colloquial)
  • 泣なかないように /nakanai you ni/：
    so that no one will cry; nai you ni means so as not to
  • 地球ちきゅう /chikyuu/：
    the earth
  • 丸まるくしたんだろう /maruku shitan darou/：
    you made it round, didn't you; adjective stem plus ku suru causes a change, and n darou seeks confirmation
dakara kimi ni aenai to boku wa sumikko wo sagashite naku naku
So when I cannot see you, I search for a corner and cry and cry

  • だから /dakara/：
    so; therefore
  • 会あえない /aenai/：
    negative potential of au; cannot meet
  • 会あえないと /aenai to/：
    when I cannot see you; final to marks the consequence that follows
  • 隅すみっこ /sumikko/：
    corner; nook (colloquial)
  • 探さがして /sagashite/：
    te-form of sagasu; searching; after searching
  • 泣なく /naku/：
    to cry
dare mo inochi muda ni shinai you ni to kimi wa inochi ni owari tsukutta yo
So that no one would waste their life, you gave life an end

  • 誰だれも〜ない /dare mo nai/：
    nobody; not anyone
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 無駄むだにしないように /muda ni shinai you ni/：
    so as not to waste; muda ni suru means to waste and nai you ni means so as not to
  • 終おわり /owari/：
    end; conclusion
  • 作つくった /tsukutta/：
    past tense of tsukuru; made; created
dakara kimi ga inai sono toki wa boku wa iki wo tome matsu
So when you are gone, I hold my breath and wait

  • だから /dakara/：
    so; therefore
  • いない /inai/：
    is not here; is absent
  • その時とき /sono toki/：
    at that time; when that happens
  • 息いきを止とめ /iki wo tome/：
    continuative form of iki wo tomeru; hold or stop one's breath
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    to wait
suruto ne kimi wa itsu demo koko ni kite kureta noni mou koko ni inai inai
And yet, though you always used to come here for me, now you are no longer here, no longer here

  • すると /suruto/：
    then; thereupon
  • いつでも /itsu demo/：
    anytime; always
  • ここ /koko/：
    here
  • 来きてくれたのに /kite kureta noni/：
    although you used to come for me; te kureru marks a favor to the speaker and noni expresses regretful contrast
  • もう /mou/：
    already; no longer
  • いない /inai/：
    is not here; is gone
ashita wo yumemita ningen shinja wa ashita no shi wo matsu jisatsu shigansha ni
The believer in humanity who dreamed of tomorrow became a suicidal person awaiting tomorrow's death

  • 夢見ゆめみた /yumemita/：
    past tense of yumemiru; dreamed of
  • 人間信者にんげんしんじゃ /ningen shinja/：
    believer in humanity; a coined expression
  • 死し /shi/：
    death
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    to wait for
  • 自殺志願者じさつしがんしゃに /jisatsu shigansha ni/：
    into a person wishing to die by suicide; ni marks the result, with became omitted
sanpun mae no boku ga mata kao wo dasu
The person I was three minutes ago shows his face again

  • 3分前さんぷんまえ /sanpun mae/：
    three minutes ago; fun changes to pun after san
  • また /mata/：
    again
  • 顔かおを出だす /kao wo dasu/：
    to show one's face; to appear
iki wo tomeru to kokoro ga atta yo soko wo hiraku to kimi ga itan da yo
When I stopped breathing, I found a heart; when I opened it, you were there

  • 息いきを止とめると /iki wo tomeru to/：
    upon holding my breath; final to marks a result that is then discovered
  • 心こころ /kokoro/：
    heart; mind; spirit
  • あった /atta/：
    past tense of aru; there was; found
  • そこ /soko/：
    there; that place, here referring to the heart
  • 開ひらく /hiraku/：
    to open
  • いたんだ /itan da/：
    was there; ita is past tense of iru and n da adds explanation or realization
sashinbou ni kimi ga iru nara mondai wa nai nai nai yo ne
If you are in my left atrium, then there is no problem, none, none at all, right?

  • 左心房さしんぼう /sashinbou/：
    left atrium of the heart
  • いるなら /iru nara/：
    if you are there; nara marks a hypothetical condition
  • 問題もんだいはないよね /mondai wa nai yo ne/：
    there is no problem, right; final yo ne adds emphasis and seeks agreement
nibyou mae made no jisatsu shigansha wo kimi wa eikyuu koufukuronsha ni kaete kureta
You turned the suicidal person I had been until two seconds ago into a believer in eternal happiness

  • 2秒前にびょうまえまで /nibyou mae made/：
    until two seconds ago
  • 自殺志願者じさつしがんしゃ /jisatsu shigansha/：
    person wishing to die by suicide
  • 永久えいきゅう /eikyuu/：
    eternity; permanence
  • 幸福こうふく /koufuku/：
    happiness; well-being
  • 永久幸福論者えいきゅうこうふくろんしゃ /eikyuu koufukuronsha/：
    believer in eternal happiness; a coined expression
  • かえてくれた /kaete kureta/：
    changed or transformed for me; from kaeru, written in kana here
  • 〜にかえる /ni kaeru/：
    to turn into; ni marks the resulting state
sonna kimi wa mou inai inai inai inai kedo
But you, the one who did that, are no longer here, no longer here, no longer here, no longer here

  • そんな /sonna/：
    such; like that
  • もう /mou/：
    already; no longer
  • いない /inai/：
    is not here; is gone
  • いないけど /inai kedo/：
    although you are gone; sentence-final kedo marks contrast and leaves the thought emotionally unfinished
kono shinzou ni kimi ga irun da yo zenshin ni muke myaku wo utsun da yo
You are here in this heart, beating out a pulse to my entire body

  • 心臓しんぞう /shinzou/：
    heart (organ)
  • いるんだ /irun da/：
    is indeed here; n da adds explanation and emphasis
  • 全身ぜんしん /zenshin/：
    the whole body
  • 〜に向むけ /ni muke/：
    toward; directed at; continuative form of mukeru
  • 脈みゃくを打うつんだよ /myaku wo utsun da yo/：
    it beats out a pulse; myaku wo utsu means to pulse and n da yo adds explanatory emphasis
kyou mo ikite kyou mo ikite soshite ima no mama de ite to
Live today too, live today too, and stay just as you are now—

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 生いきて /ikite/：
    te-form of ikiru; live; keep living, used here as a plea
  • そして /soshite/：
    and; and then
  • 今いまのままでいてと /ima no mama de ite to/：
    stay as you are now; final to marks the message and connects it to okuru in the next line
hakkekkyuu sekkekkyuu sonota moromoro no ai wo boku ni okuru
This heart sends me white blood cells, red blood cells, and all the other forms of love

  • 白血球はっけっきゅう /hakkekkyuu/：
    white blood cell
  • 赤血球せっけっきゅう /sekkekkyuu/：
    red blood cell
  • その他た /sonota/：
    other; the rest
  • 諸々もろもろ /moromoro/：
    various; all kinds of
  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love; here the blood components are likened to life-sustaining love
  • 送おくる /okuru/：
    to send; to deliver; to circulate