GLASS WINDOW Lyrics in English by King Gnu

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nee onegai kono te o hikiyose

Hey, please, take my hand and pull me close

shiawase no mukougawa made tsuretette yo

And take me to the other side of happiness

konomama hitonami ni oboresou da wa

I feel like I'm about to drown in this sea of people

garasumado ni nijimu anata shirime ni

Paying no mind to you, blurred in the glass window

arifureta yoru ni nomareteku watashi

I'm being swallowed up by an ordinary night

omamori ni shiteita tayorinai unmei o

The flimsy fate I'd kept as a charm

nakushita toki ni nani ni sugareba ii

once I've lost it, what am I supposed to cling to?

harisakesouna toki nakushita kotoba o

The words I lost when I felt like I'd burst

itsu datte anata wa sagashidashitekureta

You always found them for me

kokoro no kishimu oto o kanadete

Playing the sound of our creaking hearts

kawaita itami no kazu o kazoete bokura wa

Counting up all our dull, dried-out aches, we

otona ni natteyuku mono yo

grow up into adults, that's just how it goes

dakara nakanaidekure yo hanii

So please don't cry, honey

nee onegai kousoku o tobashite

Hey, please, speed down the highway

kanashimi no mukougawa made tsuretette yo

Take me to the other side of the sadness

kyou dake wa subete ni itome wa tsukenai no

Just for today, I won't spare any expense

garasumado ni utsuru anata wa watashi

You, reflected in the glass window, are me

hitogoto de wa irarenai anata wa watashi

I can't pretend it's none of my business, you are me

dare ka ga kimeta shukumei ya

Amid a destiny someone else decided

kaerarenai unmei no naka de

and within a fate that can't be changed

ikinuku imi o sagashitsuzuketai

I want to keep searching for the meaning of living it through

yowasa wa make janai

Weakness isn't defeat

kowaretara naoseba ii yo

If it breaks, we can just fix it

dare mo ga ichiaku o motte ibitsusa waratte

Everyone, with a little wickedness, laughs off their own crookedness

anata wa watashi de

You are me

doko made mo chigatte

And yet different in every way

anata wa watashi de

You are me

ibitsu sono mama de

Crooked, just as we are

nee onegai kono te o hikiyose

Hey, please, take my hand and pull me close

dare mo shiranai machi made tsuretette yo

Take me to a town nobody knows

gunzougeki ga haramu misuterii o aishitai

I want to love the mystery an ensemble drama holds

hitori de wa naritatanai

It can't hold together on its own

wazurawashiki itooshiki kono sekai

This troublesome, beloved world

nee onegai kousoku o tobashite

Hey, please, speed down the highway

kanashimi no mukougawa made tsuretette yo

Take me to the other side of the sadness

kyou dake wa subete ni itome wa tsukenai no

Just for today, I won't spare any expense

garasumado ni utsuru anata wa watashi

You, reflected in the glass window, are me

hitogoto de wa irarenai anata wa watashi

I can't pretend it's none of my business, you are me

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硝子窓 — glass window

硝子窓 (garasu-mado) means “glass window,” written with the poetic kanji 硝子 rather than the more common ガラス. In the song, the window reflects and blurs the boundaries between “you” and “me,” making this vivid image central to its emotional world.

"GLASS WINDOW" starts as a plea from someone going under. The singer asks to be pulled in by the hand, "ねえお願いこの手を牽き寄せ" [hey, please, pull me in by this hand], and admits "このまま人波に溺れそうだわ" [I feel like I'm about to drown in this crowd like this]. The window of the title is where the whole song lives: first "硝子窓に滲むあなた" [you, blurring on the glass window], then later "硝子窓に映るあなたはわたし" [the you reflected in the glass window is me]. That turn is the clever part. The person she wanted to be rescued by turns out to be her own reflection, and "他人事では居られない" [I can't treat it as someone else's problem] makes it plain she can't hand her troubles to anyone else.

The middle of the song is surprisingly gentle advice. "弱さは負けじゃない" [weakness isn't losing] and "壊れたら直せばいいよ" [if it breaks, you can just fix it] are blunt, simple lines, and a voice slips in with "だから泣かないでくれよハニー" [so please don't cry, honey]. One phrase worth learning: "糸目は付けない" literally means not putting a limit thread on something, and is an idiom for spending without holding back, so "今日だけは総てに糸目は付けないの" means [just for today, I'm not holding back on anything]. "高速を飛ばして" [speed down the expressway] is the escape fantasy, all the way "悲しみの向こう側まで" [to the other side of sadness]. By the end she has stopped wanting to be fixed. She loves the world as "煩わしき愛おしきこの世界" [this annoying, lovable world], and herself as "いびつそのままで" [just as lopsided as I am].

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King Gnu GLASS WINDOW Lyrics