HEART BEAT

**HEART BEAT** is the 24th Digital Single by YOASOBI performed on December 25 and released on December 26 of 2023. It was released as the theme song for the 2023 ***18-Fes*** (18祭), a special show in which 18-year-olds submit messages, essays, and performances with a certain theme (with 2023's theme as *'heartbeat')* and was based on 1000 messages and videos from 18-year-olds in Japan.

As of December 26, 2023, there is no Official English version of the song.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romaji
* Unofficial English

Ooh

Ooh-oh-oh

いつか 心にも無い軽口で

みだりに君を怒らせてしまったね

「ごめんね」さえ言い出せなかった

この心臓の音がうるさくて

いつだっけ

これ以上は止めにしようと

組み上げてきた積み木を手放した

鼓動に揺れた指先に触れて

崩れてしまう前にと

そう 悩みの種は

いつも (いつも)

誰かのことと

明日のことと

未来のこと

ばかりだ

ねえ 考えるほど駆け足で

脈打つリズム

もっと上手に

もっと綺麗に

刻めたら

足がすくんでしまっても

声が震えても

お構いなし

心は置き去りのままで

加速していくビート

まだ準備も出来ていないのに

右向け右の通りに

はみ出さないように

揃えられた僕を取り残したままで

加速する日々よ

どんな風に歩いていたっけ

(Do-do-do) どんな僕が僕だったっけ

Ah-ah-ah

ずっと遠くに見ていた

ずっと先の未来は

ずっと近くに来ていた

ずっと ずっと

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-oh-oh

Ha-ha-ha

本当に大事なことは (本当に)

いつも (誰も)

教えてくれない (誰も)

これからのこと

肝心なとこ (肝心なとこ)

今も考えれば考えるほど

分からなくて

もっと格好良く

もっと胸張って

進めたら

足がすくんでしまっても

声が震えても

お構いなし

心は置き去りのままで

加速していくビート

張り裂けてしまいそうだ

喉につかえた「ごめんね」

揺れ動く指先

いつも思えばこの胸の奥が

痛いほど脈打つのは

かけがえないものに

(愛するべきものに)

触れた瞬間ばかりだ

きっと 飛び跳ねる心臓が

鳴らした音は

僕にとって本当に大切なものを

教えてくれていたんだずっと

いつだって

誰かに貼られた

「らしさ」は要らない

どこまでも

響け僕のハートビート

誰でもない

自分の証

誇らしく鳴らせ

張り裂けそうな

心で鳴らせ

世界で一つの証

ずっと遠くに見ていた

ずっと先の未来は

ずっと近くに来ている

ずっとずっと

ずっと前から僕が

ずっと探していたものは

ずっと近くにあったんだ

ずっとずっと

これは始まりの合図だ

Ooh

Ooh - oh - oh

Itsuka kokoro ni mo nai karukuchi de

Midarini kimi o okoraseteshimatta ne

" gomen ne" sae iidasenakatta

Kono shinzō no oto ga urusakute

Itsu da kke

Kore ijō wa tome ni shiyou to

Kumiagetekita tsumiki o tebanashita

Kodō ni yureta yubisaki ni furete

Kuzureteshimau mae ni to

Sō nayami no tane wa

Itsumo itsumo

Dare ka no koto to

Ashita no koto to

Mirai no koto

Bakari da

Nē kangaeru hodo kakeashi de

Myakuutsu rizumu

Motto jōzu ni

Motto kirei ni

Kizametara

Ashi ga sukundeshimatte mo

Koe ga furuete mo

Okamai nashi

Kokoro wa okizari no mama de

Kasokushiteiku bi-to

Mada junbi mo dekiteinai noni

Migimuke migi no tōri ni

Hamidasanai yōni

Soroerareta boku o torinokoshita mama de

Kasokusuru hibi yo

Donna kaze ni aruiteita kke

Do - do - do donna boku ga boku datta kke

Ah - ah - ah

Zutto tōku ni miteita

Zutto saki no mirai wa

Zutto chikaku ni kiteita

Zutto zutto

Ooh - ooh

Ooh - oh - oh

Ha - ha - ha

Hontōni daijina koto wa hontōni

Itsumo dare mo

Oshietekurenai dare mo

Korekara no koto

Kanjinna toko kanjinna toko

Ima mo kangaereba kangaeru hodo

Wakaranakute

Motto kakkō yoku

Motto mune hatte

Susumetara

Ashi ga sukundeshimatte mo

Koe ga furuete mo

Okamai nashi

Kokoro wa okizari no mama de

Kasokushiteiku bi-to

Harisaketeshimaisō da

Nodo ni tsukaeta" gomen ne"

Yureugoku yubisaki

Itsumo omoeba kono mune no oku ga

Itai hodo myakuutsu no wa

Kakegae nai mono ni

Aisuru beki mono ni

Fureta shunkan bakari da

Kitto tobihaneru shinzō ga

Narashita oto wa

Boku nitotte hontōni taisetsuna mono o

Oshietekureteita n da zutto

Itsu datte

Dare ka ni harareta

" rashi sa" wa iranai

Doko made mo

Hibike boku no ha-to bi-to

Dare demonai

Jibun no akashi

Hokorashiku narase

Harisakesō na

Kokoro de narase

Sekai de hitotsu no akashi

Zutto tōku ni miteita

Zutto saki no mirai wa

Zutto chikaku ni kiteiru

Zutto zutto

Zutto mae kara boku ga

Zutto sagashiteita mono wa

Zutto chikaku ni atta n da

Zutto zutto

Kore wa hajimari no aizu da

Ooh

Ooh-oh-oh

Someday, with a joke that lacks heart

I suppose I'll offend you without reason

Unable to say "I'm sorry"

The beat of my heart is noisy

Since when?

Anything past this should be stopped

Releasing the building blocks I've put together

Touching the fingertips that are shaken by my heartbeat

Before I collapse

Yes, the source of my distress is

Always (always)

Someone else, or

Tomorrow, or

The future

Only ever one of those worries

Hey, the more I think about it, the more it rushes

The pounding rhythm of my heart

More skillfully

More beautifully

If it beats out of rhythm

Even if you become frozen by fear

And your voice trembles

Disregard it

Leave your heart behind

The accelerating heartbeat

Even if you're not prepared

Follow the right side of the road

So that you don't stick out

Even my prepared self was left behind

In this accelerating day after day

In just what kind of manner did I walk?

(Do-do-do) Just what version if me is truly myself?

Ah-ah-ah

All along, I saw it in the distance

All along, I saw the far future

All along, it's getting closer

All along, all along

Ooh-ooh

Ooh-oh-oh

Ha-ha-ha

It's something that's seriously important (seriously)

Always (anyone)

That I wasn't taught (anyone)

From now on this thing

This essential thing (this essential thing)

The more I think about it, the more I realize

I don't know

Be more cool

Puff your chest more

If you're going to move forward

Even if you become frozen by fear

And your voice trembles

Disregard it

Leave your heart behind

The accelerating heartbeat

Seems like it will split you open

There's a lump in my throat, "I'm sorry"

And my fingertips are shaking

I'm always thinking about how the inside of my chest

Pulsates to a painful degree

Even though it's irreplaceable

(Even though it's something that I should love)

In the moment I touched it just barely

Surely the leap in my guts

And the ringing sound

Will become a seriously important thing to me

I've been taught that, all along

Always

I don't need to be labeled by someone

As typical

No matter where

My resounding heartbeat

No one

Will see the proof

Of it loudly ringing out

Seeming like it'll burst

Letting my heart ring out

The one testimony that I am in this world

All along, I saw it in the distance

All along, I saw the far future

All along, it's getting closer

All along, all along

All along, from before,

All along, the thing I had been searching for

All along, it was close-by

All along, all along

This is the the signal of beginning

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(Unofficial Engish lyric translation credit: LyricalLeo)

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