劇上 Lyrics English Translation by YOASOBI
Dance, dance, in the darkness
Dance, dance, on this exposed stage
[ikura, ikura & Ayuse]
“I can’t deal with this,” “You’ve got to be kidding me”
Feelings that make me want to scream out loud
Everyone feels this way, I feel this way too
Wandering around but it’s a dead end
Is this town a utopia?
Or will it become a graveyard of dreams?
In the gaps of the bustling excitement, a neon light flickers
There was a stage that began to move, unseen by anyone
[ikura & Ayuse, ikura, Ayuse]
A sparse crowd of people, a deserted dance hall
Quietly, the spotlight just waits for the main character
The music flows (The music flows)
A night when everyone sheds the anxieties they wore in, the curtain rises
[ikura & Ayuse]
Dance, dance, in the darkness
Glimmering, swaying, dancing on a night where you can’t even see the stars
The silhouettes reflected there
Are our symbolism, searching for tomorrow
Dance, dance, with our skin exposed
The way we dance fiercely is beautiful
When this curtain finally falls
Who will we return to being?
[ikura, ikura & Ayuse]
If the world is a stage
Is this also a role I’ve been given? For instance, cheers and applause
Betting myself on a perfected comedy
The days of being pointed at and laughed at (Is that a tragedy?)
“Is it okay to stay like this, or is it not?”
It seems all of that is up to me
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra-pa-pa)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-pa-ra)
(Pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra, pa-ra)
[ikura, ikura & Ayuse]
If even days without salvation and sorrow
Are just one scene in a story
Then even if I’m pitiful or pathetic now
Let my life be one that plays the leading role to the very end
[ikura & Ayuse]
Dance, dance, right here on this stage
With just this body, dance on this night where you can’t see tomorrow
Right now, no one even glances my way
But so what if that’s the role I’ve been given?
Dance, dance, on this exposed stage
We who live recklessly are beautiful
Until this curtain falls one day
I’ll keep performing this life
I’ll make sure they see this life of mine
[ikura & Ayuse]
Ah, right here on this stage
Da-dance, dance, until this curtain falls