BACK-ON – EYES | Lyrics

EYES is undeniably one of my favourite Back-on songs, and hence are the first lyrics I’ve typed up from BLAZE LINE/a day dreaming…. This album is unique in that there is a higher percentage of English lyrics than previous albums (great way of attracting the international audience imho).

It was surprisingly straightforward to type up, but there are a few points worth mentioning:

マジ
This means ‘serious’. So TEEDA is “spittin'” a serious manifesto.

Where is R.E.A.L だから自分の目で見て F.E.E.L
For “自分” – or “jibun”, TEEDA stresses the ‘n’ sound at the end.

弾き飛ばしたその coin!
“弾” is usually pronounced “dan”, but in this instance, “haji” is used instead.

EYES (for me anyway) screams ‘Compare and contrast’ (obviously nothing to do with my exam essay title) with the plentiful use of ‘or’ in the lyrics:

プラス か マイナス か (Plus or Minus)
真実 or 幻想 (Reality or Illusion)
裏か表か (Inside or Outside | Underneath or on the Surface)
光か影か (Light or Shadow)

It would be very interesting to translate the song, wouldn’t you agree?

As always, if you spot any mistakes, please let me know either by commenting below or via the contact form. If you would like to post these lyrics elsewhere, please link back to this page. :)

JAPANESE (Kanji)

[Verse 1]
Ladies & gentleman I’m a 重要な element
耳を貸しなって Mr. Intelligence I’m spittin’ the manifesto マジです
サルでも Understand! HEY yo president!
As always I bow wow wow! There is no turning back now!
They try to shake your faith なら言葉で breakthrough so check my play!

Where is R.E.A.L だから自分の目で見て F.E.E.L
どうです？ It’s like this 知りえる！ プラスかマイナスか jus’ don’t care

[Chorus 1]
/Trust me/
Check it with your eyes x 2 真実 or 幻想 探して DIVE!
Check it with your feel x 2 裏か表か！ 光か影か！

[Verse 2]
To believe or not is your choice! 弾き飛ばしたその coin!
At the end you decide 君次第 slice & dice but 終わりはない
There is no answer am I answer 確かだ
回る merry go round ここは wonderland
そんな光景見てたって回る時計 so continue 冒険！

Who is R.E.A.L だから自分の目で見て F.E.E.L
どうです？ It’s like this 知りえる！ プラスかマイナスか jus’ don’t care

[Chorus 2]
/Believe me/
Check it with your eyes x 2 真実 or 幻想 探して DIVE!
Check it with your feel x 2 裏か表か！ 光か影か！

[Bridge]
Can you catch この意味？ 問いかける lyric 幻想の海、いつまで swimmin’
We gonna see the reality まるで destiny 影潜め忍び寄る enemy!
What did you look at there? What did you get at there?

Repeat [Chorus 1]