[romaji and translation] EnergizE

[Aderianu]

thank you!

[chloeM]

thanks for the lyrics

[Lee^ChaN]

thanks masa!

[waterballoon]

Thank you! Awesome. She's so happy with writing this new album... all such hopeful and jolly lyrics!

[masa]

To Kendelle
Thanks for your suggestions. I change the first two lines like this.

Lately you may not be able to find your rhythm, somehow
You may feel you are uncool

As for the other part, how about this?

You may wonder if this is an adult
And what you often imagined in your childhood

or

You may wonder, "Is this an adult?
Is this what I often imagined in my childhood?"

And do you think "when you were a child" is preferable to "in your childhood"?

To jon the d

Dakara tte wake ja naku te
Nageyari nanka ja naku te

Actually, these are the most difficult lines to translate, because the meaning is not so obvious even in the original Japanese lyrics. So here is my interpretation.
She wants to give some advice to a person whose life isn't going well now. And before doing this she is saying these words. -- "I want to say something to you. But it's not because you are in bad situation just now."
And I feel like changing the English word for 'nageyari'. How about this?

But I say something to you, not because so
I don't want you to be in resigned mood

[Chibi_Venus]

I love it when she writes these kinds of songs! Thanks, masa!

[rakeru]

sounds a lot like Sparkle, lyrically. thanks for the translation!

[kendelle]

I think this one sounds nicer

Originally Posted by masa

You may wonder, "Is this an adult?
Is this what I often imagined in my childhood?"

And do you think "when you were a child" is preferable to "in your childhood"?

I think it's pretty similar, "childhood" is probably an easier term than saying "when i was a child". Then again, I guess that the word "youth" could replace "childhood"?

"Youth" has almost the same meaning, but covers a longer period of time, "a youth" can be aged from a child right up to a teenager or even early 20s. Would that word be more appropriate in context of the lyrics?

[ImpactBreaker]

masa, I'm not sure why she put the extra "E" with certainty, but the moment I saw the title, I really thought it was clever, because it made me feel like the word got energized with the extra E on caps: EnergizE. So I believe ayu did it mostly for imagery of the word with its meaning.

Thanks for the translation!

[SolarAngel]

I expected a much happier song given the title but this one is a little more insightful than i expected. It's nice, i enjoy these kinds of lyrics. Thanks so much for the translation.

[masa]

To Kendelle
OK. I change the part like this.

You may wonder, "Is this an adult?
Is this what I often imagined in my childhood?"

A person in his 20's is not called "kodomo". "kodomo" = "child". I think "youth" is not appropriate.

[kendelle]

That's cool, masa! I'm not exactly bilingual myself The lyrics are fine this way, thanks! ^_^

[extepan]

thanks for the translation!

[gothicayu]

thanks for this translation

[sailorseraphim]

OMG .... it seems as if NEXT LEVEL was almost written about me... that is why us fans love Ayu so much, because she knows our pain and struggles and creates songs that we can relate and sympathize to. <3 AYU

[masa]

I made a small change.

But not because so --> But not because of this

[Blasterion]

thanks for the translation!

such sweet lyrics ^^
I really love this song

[chestergringo]

Thank you^^