Jpop Recommend #376 Millennials~just I thought by I Don't Like Mondays.

ミレニアルズ~just I thought
Millennials~just I thought

I Don't Like Mondays.

Just released in December 2020, the song is like a perfect theme song for SDGs.  I've been watching this band since 2015 and I liked their stylish and urban party tunes.  But with this song I see their new face.  The tune is very simple so the straight forward lyrics make strong impact on our mind.

Millennials means a generation of people who are born between 1981 and reach their 20s after 2000.  They are digital-native generations of their early 20s and late 30s.  I personally think they are more conscious of the environment and social improvement than older generations.  I hope this song will reach many millennials.

If you like their song, try their other songs like "Girlfriend", "We are young", and "TONIGHT".  You will be surprised to see the difference.

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Lyrics

Japanese

Japanese pronunciation

English translation

テレビ の  向こう  で 怒り に  満ちた     少女    が

Televi no mukou de ikari ni michita shoujyo ga

Over the TV screen, a girl in anger

涙         を   浮かべて 訴えてたんだ

namida wo ukabete uttaetetanda

was pleading with her eyes in tears

「世界  は   今  苦しみ        死にかけて いる のに

"sekai wa ima kurushimi shinikakete iru noni

"The world is now suffering and dying, but

知らぬ  ふり の 大人   たち…」

shiranu furi no otona tachi

adults keep ignoring the fact..."

多分    そこ  には

tabun soko niwa

Maybe in that sense

僕     と 言う  男     も    含まれてた

boku to iu    otoko mo fukumareteta

I was one of those adults

見  上げた  空   には  いつも   通り     雲    が

mi-ageta sora niwa itsumo-doori kumo ga

As I look up the sky, as always clouds

ゆるやかに     形     変えて  いたんだ

yuruyakani katachi kaete itanda

were gradually changing their shape

隣       には  貴方  が   夢中     で   本   を  読んでる

tonari niwa anata ga muchuu de hon wo yonderu

Next to me you were absorbed in a book

この  穏やか    な  日々 も

kono odayaka na hibi mo

These days that calmly pass

当たり 前   だと  思っちゃ  いけない よな

atari-mae dato omoccha ikenai    yona

we shouldn't take it for granted, should we?

今   も   何処か  で 誰か      が  泣いて いる

ima mo dokoka de dareka ga naite     iru

Even in this moment, somewhere someone is crying

いつ の 日 か   僕ら     にも   子供     が  できた と して

itsu no hi ka bokura nimo kodomo ga dekita to shite

Someday when we have children

その   子 ら も    幸せ       だって 思える   未来   を

sono ko-ra mo shiawase datte omoeru mirai wo 

The future those children can feel happiness

他      でも  ない  僕    たち  が   今  ちゃんと しなくちゃ  な

hoka demo nai boku-tachi ga ima chanto shinakucha na

We are the one who should act now to deliver 

あの 子 だって 頑張らないで    笑える   世界 へ

ano ko datte ganbaranaide waraeru sekai e

the world that even that girl can smile without trying

　

変えてかなくちゃ な

kaetekanakucha na

We should make the change

変えてかなくちゃ な

kaetekanakucha na

We should make the change

未来  の  君     も   僕    と  同じ  ように

mirai no kimi mo boku to onaji youni

So that just like me, you in the future

誰か     を  愛せる ように

dareka wo aiseru youni

will be able to love someone

いつ の 日 か  子供       にも     子供    が  できた と して

itsu no hi ka kodomo nimo kodomo ga dekita to shite

Someday when our children have children

その   子 ら も    幸せ       だって  思える  未来 を

sono ko-ra mo shiawase datte omoeru mirai wo 

The future in which they can feel happiness

他     でも   ない 僕     たち  の   責任   なの    かも   な

hoka demo nai boku-tachi no sekinin nano kamo na

It is no one but us who has the responsibility

次     の  世代  に この    胸    張って 誇れる    自分  へ

tsugi no sedai ni kono mune hatte hokoreru jibun e

To be proud of ourselves against the next generation

変えてかなくちゃ  な

kaetekanakucha na

We should make the change

変えてかなくちゃ  な

kaetekanakucha na

We should make the change

連れてかなくちゃ  な

tsuretekanakucha na

We should bring them 

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