| 色めき | Iromeki | lit. stirred up, animated, charged with anticipation, sometimes in romantic context. |
| いささか色めき立つ月曜から月曜 | It's an average week but I'm quietly excited | いささか lit. "a little, somewhat". 月曜から月曜 lit. "from Monday to Monday" |
| 転がり続ける石になりたい | I want to be a stone that keeps rolling | |
| 高値の真珠に夢はなし | A pearl one can't afford isn't worth dreaming about | |
| 明日のことすら保証はできぬ | Even tomorrow can't be guaranteed | |
| 私を愛してくれますか | Will you love me? | |
| 「恋」というよりも「心を奪われ」た | It's less 'love' than 'having my heart stolen' | |
| ありふれた台詞ひとつで | By one well-worn line | |
| 「ある」というよりもそこに「存在」する | It's less 'you're there' than you 'belong there' | ある "is there" (casual) contrasted with 存在する "to exist" (formal). |
| 誰とも違う貴方の影 | Your presence, different from anyone else’s | 影, literally "shadow" |
| にはかに浮き足立つ月曜から月曜 | It's an average week but I'm suddenly flustered | |
| 羽ばたき続ける蜂になりたい | I want to be a bee, always moving | Lit. "that keeps flapping its wings" |
| 高嶺の花などつまらない | A flower on a high peak is so boring | "A flower on a high peak" (高嶺の花) is a common phrase referring something beautiful but unattainable (often in a romantic context). |
| 明日のことなら私が守る | I’ll keep tomorrow safe | |
| 貴方を愛しく思うから | Because I cherish you | |
| 「濃い」というよりも「中身がつまって」る | Not exhausting, but always full: | 濃い "rich, deep" is prounced the same as 恋 "love" (so, untranslatable wordplay) |
| ありふれた日々を過ごして | Living an ordinary life | |
| 「生きる」というよりもここに「存在」する | It's less "I'm here", more 'I truly belong here" | Referencing the earlier line starting 「ある」, but this time contrasting 生きる "to live" with 存在する "to exist". |
| 誰とも違わぬ私の影 | My presence, no different from anyone else’s | |
| 「故意」というよりも「運命的」だった | It wasn't 'premeditated', it was more like 'fated' | 故意 "intentional" is also pronounced the same as 恋 "love" (so, more untranslatable wordplay) |
| ありふれたドラマみたいに | Like a cliché from a drama | ドラマ has the sense of "soap opera". |
| 「会う」というよりも「共に混在」して | We didn't just meet, we got mixed together: | |
| 誰もが羨む二人の | Envied by all, we two and our— | |
| 「恋」というよりも「心撃ち抜かれ」た | It's less 'love', than 'struck through the heart’ | |
| ありとあらゆるその仕草で | With every single one of your gestures | |
| 「絆」というよりも「確かな約束」で | It's less a relationship than an unshakeable foundation | Without the kanji, きずなというよりも sounds a bit like "It's less 'kissing'..." |
| 誰にも奪えぬ二人の影 | Our two forms merged, something no-one can steal |
The lyrics are richer in Japanese because the song plays around with homophones. For example, three lines all start with the same sounds: こいというよりも. The first time the first word is 恋 "love", the second 濃 "rich, deep", the third 故意 "deliberately", all pronounced こい.
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