Introduction

Is there a a way to study language listening without feeling like you’re studying, sometimes you can listen to repeatedly and try shadowing? Isn’t that music!

I thought about that I only understand part of songs I listen to. If I analyze and understand the lyrics more deeply, maybe I can really treat it as language practice.

I’ll start with the first song, which, although a little heavy, has accompanied me for most of my time. It’s a song I can listen to over and over again without getting tired of it.

Music Video

Lyrics

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　ウミネコが桟さん橋ばしで鳴ないたから

I thought of ending my life because a black-tailed gull cried on the pier

波なみの随意ずいいに浮うかんで消きえる　過去かこも啄ついばんで飛とんでいけ

Drifting at the whim of the waves, disappearing and carrying away the past as they fly

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　誕生日たんじょうびに杏あんずの花はなが咲さいたから

I thought of ending my life because the apricot blossoms bloomed on my birthday

その木こ漏もれ日びでうたた寝ねしたら　虫むしの死し骸がいと土つちになれるかな

If I take a nap under the sunlight filtering through the trees, will I become a corpse and return to the soil?

薄荷はっか飴あめ　漁港ぎょこうの灯台とうだい　錆さびたアーチ橋ばし　捨すてた自転車じてんしゃ

Mint candy, the lighthouse at the fishing port, a rusty arch bridge, and an abandoned bicycle

木造もくぞうの駅えきのストーブの前まえで　どこにも旅たび立だてない心こころ

In front of the stove at the wooden station, a heart unable to set out anywhere

今日きょうはまるで昨日きのうみたいだ　明日あすを変かえるなら今日きょうを変かえなきゃ

Today feels just like yesterday. If you want to change tomorrow, you have to change today

分かってる　分かってる　けれど

I know, I understand, but…

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　心こころが空からっぽになったから

I thought of ending my life because my heart felt completely empty

満みたされないと泣ないているのは　きっと満みたされたいと願ねがうから

Crying over emptiness, because deep down, you wish to be fulfilled

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　靴紐くつひもが解ほどけたから

I thought of ending my life because my shoelace came undone

結むすびなおすのは苦手にがてなんだよ　人ひととの繋つながりもまた然しかり

I’m not good at tying them again, and the same goes for building connections with others

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　少年しょうねんが僕ぼくを見みつめていたから

I thought of ending my life because a boy was staring at me

ベッドの上うえで土下座どげざしてるよ　あの日ひの僕ぼくにごめんなさいと

He’s prostrating on the bed, apologizing to me from that day

パソコンの薄うす明あかり　上階じょうかいの部屋へやの生活音せいかつおん

The faint light from the computer, the sounds of life from the room upstairs

インターフォンのチャイムの音おと　耳みみを塞ふせぐ鳥とりかごの少年しょうねん

The sound of the intercom chime, the boy in the bridcage covering his ears

見みえない敵てきと戦たたかってる　六畳ろくじょう一間ひとまのドンキホーテ

Fighting with an invisible enemy, in a six-tatami mat room, a Don Quixote

ゴールはどうせ醜みにくいものさ

The goal is inevitably an ugly thing

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　冷つめたい人ひとと言いわれたから

I thought of ending my life because I was called a cold person

愛あいされたいと泣ないているのは　人ひとの温ぬくもりを知しってしまったから

Crying because I want to be loved, as I’ve already known the warmth of others

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　あなたが奇麗きれいに笑わらうから

I thought of ending my life because you smile so beautifully

死しぬことばかり考かんがえてしまうのは　きっと生いきる事ことに真面目まじめすぎるから

The reason I keep thinking about dying is probably I take life too seriously

僕ぼくが死しのうと思おもったのは　まだあなたに出会であってなかったから

I thought of ending my life because I hadn’t met you yet

あなたのような人ひとが生うまれた　世界せかいを少すこし好すきになったよ

Because of people like you being born, I started to like this world a little

あなたのような人ひとが生いきてる　世界せかいに少すこし期待きたいするよ

Because of people like you living, I started to look forward to this world a little