I think there is a translation mistake. First, the original one said is “古今東西”. As a Chinese speaker, the meaning of this word is obvious for me, which means "All things that were happened from ancient to now. " But the translation said is "universal". In my perspective, the meanings of these two words are contradictory. Is my perspective wrong? Or my English is not very well, I have a wrong linguistic understanding?（00:00:13 - 00:03:07）
YOASOBI / UNDEAD (English Version) Official Music Video

Streaming & Download: https://orcd.co/undead-ev
Music: Ayase ( https://x.com/ayase_0404)
Vocal: ikura ( https://x.com/ikutalilas)

Translation: Konnie Aoki
Background Chorus English Lyrics：Konnie Aoki
Background Chorus : Haley Lewis, Missy Suzki, Leona Ortiz, Dylan Ortiz, Jonas Whitaker

MONOGATARI Series OFF & MONSTER Season
Original Works: NISHIOISIN “SHINOBUFUTURE”, “NADEKOPAST”

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Unhappy?
If you're dealing with a lotta woes
Unlucky?
Then you got to listen very close
Be happy!
Keep on trying, never give up
Don't forget that you're alive
The past you have been running from
That boring future yet to come
Still counseling you
Oh my, oh my
Universal
Peace, peace yeah

Unhappy?
Unlucky?
Be happy!
Undead, oh

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Somehow feeling like there's a fight within and it's been going on so long
I don't feel it and don't even wanna try
Past version of me, of me, of me, of me and those figures of the old
Transparent ghosts over my route
The childish and painful memories have the deepest roots

Saddening?
Nowhere to be seen
Say what?
Way better then? Irony
They all see the me of the past when looking at me now
Nonsense
Label I can't erase
Yes!
In essence, a complex
It's almost like something's possessing me

It is wrapping tight around
And won't loosen its bounds
The self I used to be before

Undead, oh
Still alive
Time is a chain of your own path
To be alive is to always embrace your inner changes, on and on
Don't settle for unhappiness
Don't be complacent in distress
Not even trying to seize the joy and be happy, you coward
Oh, this world, oh, this world is one odd, one odd fantasy
Who knows what is coming up next, a monster or a snake?
This is a story starting after that encounter, finally
With people or monsters and spirits
Back on topic
Peace, peace yeah

Past & Future
Can't change the Past
Past & Future
Run for the Future

Cutting in
Somehow feeling like there's nothing to be looking forward to
No hope to find
Cannot be defined
That's how I'm feeling inside
There's nothing left to view
Lived long enough, nothing is new
No sign of anything wonderful waiting down the line
Saddening
Too much knowledge results in feeling like every myth is but another boring evolution
Thrill is what I really want now
Bored and down
Used to frowns
And this is the way the guidance grew
Rising compliance too
It's like I'm going under a lid

I consumed everything
This one or that one or, whichever
And now it all just tastes the same

Undead, oh
Still alive
Time is a chain of your own path
In any era, your past and your future are in this very moment
Fulfill the life you're set upon, and truthfully keep moving on
Go for that happy ending

Undead, oh
Still alive
I'm telling this to you, now
So never give up on pursuing your happiness and keep being human
Cause being numb to suffering
Always enduring everything
It's almost as if you're dead
A lot of corpses undead, oh

Unhappy?
If you're dealing with a lotta woes
Unlucky?
Then you gotta listen very close
Be happy!
Keep on trying, never give up
Be aware that you're alive
Drowning deep in unhappiness
Or seizing that true happiness
It's on you, on you, it's all on you
Universal
All embracing all creations
Peace, peace yeah

Past & Future
Can't change the Past
Past & Future
Run for the Future

Where people gather and go
You'll find all worries and woes
Oh, you gotta live on, through this tale of monsters everywhere that you can see
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#YOASOBI #UNDEAD