"Clock Strikes" ONE OK ROCK

"Clock Strikes" ONE OK ROCK

About the band: ONE OK ROCK is a Japanese rock band with 4 members. The lead singer is Taka and use to be a Johnny back in the day. What is a Johnny? Well... a Johnny is a member of the Japanese boyband company "Johnny's Entertainment" it is a company that produces all male entertainment that fall into the "pretty boy" category that most girls tend to fall for. Taka was only a Johnny for a few years as a back-up dancer and singer and appeared in carious Johnny created shows before he decided it wasn't for him and left the company.

Review on the song: "Clock Strikes" is a rock song with an upbeat message of not giving up and to keep going. It starts out in English of depressing thoughts someone may be having and the lyrics go: "What waits for you? What's breaking through? Nothing for good, you're sure it's true"  the song then switches over to Japanese which starts the conselling the sad feeling of the person he is singing to. My Japanese isn't very good but from the words I did understand along with the sound, it made me feel really good to listen to it and I could absolutely feel the soul and heart Taka puts into the words with his vocals.

Rating: 5/5

Music Video

Lyrics  

What waits for you?

What's breaking through?

Nothing for good

You're sure it's true 

永遠なんてないと

言い切ってしまったら

あまりにも寂しくて　

切ないでしょ

誰もが本当は信じたいけど

裏切られれば

深く傷ついてしまうもの

永久がある世界が理想ではなく

それを信じ続けている姿

それこそ僕らが望むべき世界

と気づくことができたなら 

What will we have?

Believe the time

It ~ forever

And I'll always be here

Believe it till the end

I won't go away

And won't say never

Doesn't have to be ~

You can keep me to the end 

古、永遠なんてないといいけど

そしたら希望や夢が

いくつ死ぬだろう

それが存在しないことの絶望

と存在することの残酷を

想像してみて僕は少しまた

めくるページの手を止める 

How will we have?

Believe the time

It ~ forever

And I'll always be here

Believe it till the end

I won't go away

And won't say never

Doesn't have to be ~

You can keep me to the end

(Inst.)

Woahhh oahh oahh oahh 

Woah oahhh oahhhhhhhh

Believe the time

It ~ forever

And I'll always be here

Believe it till the end

I won't go away

And won't say never

Doesn't have to be ~

You can keep me to the end

Can keep me to the end

You can keep me to the end

And the time will ~ (You can keep me to the end)

Time goes by (You can keep me to the end)

You can keep me to the end

English Translation 

What waits for you?
What’s breaking through?
Nothing for good
You’re sure it’s true

If you say there is no forever
You would be lonely and in pain
Everyone actually wants to believe,
But betrayal may leave a deep wound
You keep on believing that
A world with forever is not a utopia
If we could realize that
This is the true world we wish for,

What will we end?

Believe the time is always forever
And I always be here
Believe it till the end
I won’t go away
And won’t say never
It doesn’t have to be even
You can keep it till the end

If we keep saying that there is no forever
Then how many hopes and dreams would die?
Thinking about the despair if forever doesn’t exist
And how its existence is inhumane
Makes you stop the hand again at the turning page

How will we end?

Believe the time is always forever
And I always be here
Believe it till the end
I won’t go away
And won’t say never
It doesn’t have to be even
You can keep it till the end

Believe the time is always forever
And I always be here
Believe it till the end
I won’t go away
And won’t say never
It doesn’t have to be even
You can keep it till the end

Keep it till the end
You can keep it till the end
And time will stay
Time goes by

You can keep it till the end