Cry Baby Lyrics in English by Official HIGE DANdism

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Verse 1

munagura o tsukamarete kyouretsuna panchi o kuratte yorokete

I got grabbed by the collar, took a brutal punch and staggered

kata o narabe uzukumatta

We crouched down side by side

yohou doori no ame ni omae wa niyakete

You smirked at the rain that came just like the forecast said

kizuguchi ga kireini naru nante uso o tsuku

And lied, saying "it will wash the wound clean"

itsumo kuchigenka sae umaku dekinai kuse shite

For someone who can never even argue properly

saenai joudan iu na yo

Don't give me those lame jokes

amari no tsumaranasa ni me ga urunda

They were so unfunny my eyes welled up

Chorus 1

nando mo aoaza darake de namida o nagashite nagashite

Covered in bruises again and again, I cry and cry

fuanteina kokoro o kata ni azukeainagara kusarikitta baddoendo ni aragau

Leaning our shaky hearts on each other's shoulders, we fight a rotten bad ending

naze darou yorokobi yori mo kokochiyoi itami zusshiri to hibiite

Why is it? A pain that feels better than joy hits me hard

nureta fuku ni shitauchishinagara hareagatta kao o miatte warau

Clicking my tongue at my soaked clothes, we look at each other's swollen faces and laugh

doshaburi no yoru ni chikatta ribenji

On that pouring night, we swore revenge

Verse 2

munagura o tsukamikaeshite hangeki no panchi o kuridasu kurai janakya

Unless I can grab them by the collar right back and throw a counterpunch

omae no tonari ni wa tatenai kara

I'll never get to stand by your side

aite ga nan deare hiyoranai nando nosaretemo akiramenai

Whatever I'm up against, I won't flinch; however many times I'm knocked flat, I won't give up

wasureru na wasureru na to iikikasetsuzuketa noni

I kept telling myself, don't forget, don't forget

yarinaoshite shikujitte

Yet I start over and mess up again

Bridge 1

doushite

Why

doushite

Why

doushite doushite

Why, why

Verse 3

aa kasa wa iranai kara kotoba o hitotsu kurenaika

Ah, I don't need an umbrella, so won't you give me just one word

nurui yasashisa de wa naku

Not some lukewarm kindness

yowane ni okasareta mune no oku o eguru you na kotoba o

But words that dig deep into a heart eaten up by weakness

Chorus 2

nando mo aoaza darake de namida o nagashite nagashite

Covered in bruises again and again, I cry and cry

fuanteina kokoro o kata ni azukeainagara kusarikitta baddoendo ni aragau

Leaning our shaky hearts on each other's shoulders, we fight a rotten bad ending

naze darou yorokobi yori mo kokochiyoi itami zusshiri to hibiite

Why is it? A pain that feels better than joy hits me hard

nureta fuku ni shitauchishinagara hareagatta kao o miatte warau

Clicking my tongue at my soaked clothes, we look at each other's swollen faces and laugh

doshaburi no yoru ni toraware no hibi ni toikakeru you ni

As if calling out to this night of pouring rain, to these days I'm trapped in

hikatta hitomi no naka de chikatta ribenji

The revenge we swore in our shining eyes

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Cry Baby is a song about two people who keep getting knocked down and keep standing back up side by side. It opens mid-fight: someone grabs the singer by the collar, he takes a brutal punch, staggers, and ends up crouched shoulder to shoulder with his partner in the rain. The rain was forecast, and the other guy just grins and lies that "傷口が綺麗になる" (the wound will get clean). It is a funny, scrappy picture of friendship, and the singer even teases him: "冴えない冗談言うなよ" (don't make such lame jokes), the joke being so bad his eyes actually well up.

The chorus is where it hits. "何度も青アザだらけで" (covered in bruises again and again) they cry and cry, leaning their shaky hearts on each other's shoulders to fight back against a "腐り切ったバッドエンド" (a totally rotten bad ending). Note that バッドエンド is just the English "bad end" in katakana, the gamer word for the worst possible ending. Then the strangest, best line: "喜びよりも心地よい痛み" (a pain that feels better than joy). They click their tongues at their soaked clothes and laugh at each other's swollen faces, and on that downpour night they swear リベンジ (revenge, again English borrowed into Japanese, meaning a comeback more than cruelty).

The bridge turns inward. He knows he has to grab back and throw a counterpunch, or "お前の隣には立てない" (I can't stand next to you). He swears not to back down, "何度伸されても諦めない" (no matter how many times I get flattened, I won't give up), then admits he keeps failing and just repeats "どうして" (why?). My favourite moment is "傘はいらないから言葉を一つくれないか" (I don't need an umbrella, so won't you give me one word instead?). He doesn't want lukewarm kindness, he wants words that dig into a chest gone soft with complaints. Useful vocab here: 日和る (hiyoru) is slang for chickening out, and 伸される means getting knocked flat.

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