Jpop Recommend #126 STAR TRAIN by Perfume

STAR TRAIN 

Perfume


Released in October 2015, this is their 22nd single.  This song doesn't appeal the dance like other Perfume songs, but I love this song's lyrics...This song looks back their past achievement and also aims for the future path.











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<Lyrics>
Japanese
Japanese pronunciation
English translation

手探り     で  夢    を   みる
Tesaguri de yume wo miru
We grope our way to catch the dream
何    も  ない ただ  信じて
Nani mo nai tada shinjite
Without any lead but just a belief
宇宙(そら)  まで   が  遠い ほど
Sora         made ga  tooi hodo
Because the way to space is so far away, all the more
片道        切符   を   求めて
katamichi kippu wo motomete
we seek for a one-way ticket
Wow…

気付いて くれる    人  が  いる
Kizuite   kureru hito ga iru
There is someone who will notice
誰     も   見向き  も   しなくても
Dare mo mimuki mo shinakutemo
Even if no one else is paying attention
肩    を   組んで  笑って  きた
Kata wo kunde waratte kita
We laughed together with each arm around the shoulder of the others
僕ら      は  きっと  負けない
Bokura wa kitto   makenai
We won't lose
Wow…

I don’t want anything
いつだって 今  が
Itsudatte ima ga 
Always it's now
Wow 常     に スタート ライン
Wow  Tsune ni start     line
Wow, we are at the starting line
Music is everything
遥か    な   ユニバース
Haruka na universe
The universe is still so vast to reach
Wow 走れ   STAR TRAIN
Wow   hashire star train
Wow, run star train

線路    の ない 道   を   ゆく
Senro no nai michi wo yuku
We go our path without rail tracks
想像      を  超えて  進みたい
Souzou wo koete susumi tai
We want to go beyond the imagination
歯車          の  ように  噛み合う
Haguruma no youni kamiau 
We are like fitting cogs in the wheel
力         は 一人   じゃ 伝わらない
Chikara wa hitori jya tsutawaranai
Just one is not enough to generate power
Wow…

I don’t want anything
いつだって 今  が
Itsudatte ima ga 
Always it's now
Wow 常     に スタート ライン
Wow  Tsune ni start     line
Wow, we are at the starting line
Music is everything
遥か    な   ユニバース
Haruka na universe
The universe is still so vast to reach
Wow 走れ   STAR TRAIN
Wow   hashire star train
Wow, run star train
Wow…

I don’t want anything
いつだって 今  が
Itsudatte ima ga 
Always it's now
Wow 常     に スタート ライン
Wow  Tsune ni start     line
Wow, we are at the starting line
Music is everything
遥か    な   ユニバース
Haruka na universe
The universe is still so vast to reach
Wow 走れ   STAR TRAIN
Wow   hashire star train
Wow, run star train


I don’t want anything
いつだって 今  が
Itsudatte ima ga 
Always it's now
Wow 常     に スタート ライン
Wow  Tsune ni start     line
Wow, we are at the starting line
Music is everything
遥か    な   ユニバース
Haruka na universe
The universe is still so vast to reach
Wow 走れ   STAR TRAIN
Wow   hashire star train
Wow, run star train
Wow…


Any comment about this blog is highly appreciated.  Requests to pick up any singer or song are always welcome!

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