Jpop Recommend #397 Imperfection by THE CHARM PARK

 Imperfection

by THE CHARM PARK

Released in December 2018, this song recorded as one of the songs in his 1st major album, "Timeless Imperfections".  According to Wiki, he first joined the rock band, "Hemenway" since 2011.  After the band was dissolved in 2014, he started to perform under the name of THE CHARM PARK.

I listened to his recent song, "kimi to boku no uta", a theme song for the movie, "まともじゃないのは君も一緒, Matomo jyanai nowa kimi mo issho".  When I checked his other songs, it seems that his styles have evolved over the years but I especially like this song from his early days.  It has full of hopes and ambitions.

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Lyrics

Japanese

Japanese pronunciation

English translation

日頃    の   光      が  今   見 上げた 空    に  見えなくて

higoro no hikari ga ima mi-ageta sora ni mienakute

Lights I see daily can't be seen right now when I look up the sky

北      南        西   も     東       にも   見 当たらない

kita minami nishi mo higashi nimo mi-ataranai

I can't find it anywhere in North, South, West or East

I don’t know why

We were walking downtown

Where uptown girl was playing loud

話          が  話         が 止まって

hanashi ga hanashi ga tomatte

talk   talk has stopped

頭        の  中     では   全て     が Perfect

atama no naka dewa subete ga 

In my mind, everything seems perfect

Looks like I need to try once again another day

待って、まだ     未完成    だ   僕    は

matte   mada mikansei da boku wa

Wait, I'm still imperfect

たった 一歩 進み     始めた    の

tatta ippo susumi-hajimeta no 

I just started to move one step forward

あなた と 出 会えた 日 さえ も

anata to de-aeta   hi sae mo 

Even on the day when I met you

Imperfect at its best

だって  まだ  未完成     な  僕ら

datte mada mikansei na bokura

Because we are still imperfect

だって まだ 見えない  こと ばかり

datte  mada mienai koto bakari

Because there are so many things we can't see

新しい    何か    が  あっても

atarasii nanika ga attemo 

Even if something new is out there

離さないで

hanasanaide

Don't let go

晴れ   のち   雲     のち    雨

hare nochi kumo nochi ame

After sunny day, it becomes cloudy and then rainy

見  上げた 空   が  消えたって

mi-ageta sora ga kietatte

Even if the sky I looped up is gone

光      も     喜び      も    暗闇       も   痛み   も

hikari mo yorokobi mo kurayami mo itami mo 

lights, joy, darkness and pain

巡り      巡る

meguri meguru

Everything goes round and round

We were back in downtown

Where uptown funk was playing loud now

I can’t get a word out of my mouth yet

Everybody wanna say “I’m perfect”

But then everybody’s worried they’re imperfect

This world is moving so rapidly I can’t go back

待って、まだ     未完成    だ   僕    は

matte   mada mikansei da boku wa

Wait, I'm still imperfect

たった 一歩 進み     始めた    の

tatta ippo susumi-hajimeta no 

I just started to move one step forward

あなた と 笑い  合う 日々 も

anata to warai-au hibi mo 

Even on the day when I share laughter with you

As perfect as it gets

だって  まだ  未完成     な  僕ら

datte mada mikansei na bokura

Because we are still imperfect

だって まだ 見えない  こと ばかり

datte  mada mienai koto bakari

Because there are so many things we can't see

新しい    何か    が  あっても

atarasii nanika ga attemo 

Even if something new is out there

止まらないで

tomaranaide

Don't stop

歩き     続ければ

aruki-tsuzukereba

If I keep walking

辿り    着く   はず   さ

tadori-tsuku hazu sa

I'm sure I can make it there

一人 じゃ  未完成     な 僕      だ

hitori jya mikansei na boku da

Even if I'm imperfect on my own

一歩 ずつ    進み      始めても

ippo zutsu susumi-hajimetemo 

Even if I move forward step by step

あなた と  繋いだ    この 手  は

anata to tsunaida kono te wa

the hand I hold yours

離さない    よ

hanasanai yo 

I won't let it go

だって  まだ  未完成     な  僕ら

datte mada mikansei na bokura

Because we are still imperfect

だって まだ 見えない  こと ばかり

datte  mada mienai koto bakari

Because there are so many things we can't see

新しい   世界   は  ここ  から

atarasii sekai wa koko kara

New world is just beginning from here

離さないで

hanasanaide

Don't let it go 

Imperfect at its best

As perfect as it gets

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