【We Are One和訳】オフスプリングの歌詞を徹底考察＆解説

We are one with ourselves
We don't give a shit about anyone else
Well, it won't be wrong
Until our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down

We are one
We are free
We are headed for obscurity
We are one
We are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct

Let it go, we're gonna let it go, it's real

We are one
You know it's true
Don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you
It's a mentality that kills the best
We better stop
The walls come tumbling down

We are one, and it won't be news
When we hang ourselves with one collective noose
Well, it won't be wrong
Until our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

 和訳するにあたっての考え方メモ

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ①＞

We are one with ourselves
We don't give a shit about anyone else
Well, it won't be wrong
Until our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down

「give a shit」で「気にする、興味を示す」。

「Well, it won't ～」は「not~until」の文になっており、そのように訳しました。

「come ~ing」で「~の状態となる」。「tumble down」は「崩壊する、崩れ落ちる」。

考え方メモ＜サビ＞

We are one
We are free
We are headed for obscurity
We are one
We are weak
We are gonna make ourselves extinct

「obscurity」は「曖昧な、不明瞭」。

「extinct」は「絶滅した」。

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ②＞

We are one
You know it's true
Don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you
It's a mentality that kills the best
We better stop
The walls come tumbling down

「fuck with」で「ちょっかいを出す、怒らせる、歯向かう」。ここは「命令形＋or～」の文になっています。

「It's a mentality that kills the best」は「the best」が名詞なのか？副詞なのか？文の意味も取りづらいですが後者で訳しました。

 考え方メモ＜Aメロ③＞

We are one, and it won't be news
When we hang ourselves with one collective noose
Well, it won't be wrong
Until our day in the sun is gonna stop
The walls come tumbling down

「collective」で「共有する」。

「noose」は「首吊り縄」。オフスプリングはこちらも社会的な内容を歌っている「The Noose」という曲を後年に発表しています。

• give a shit  気にする、興味を示す
• tumble down  崩れ落ちる
• obscurity  曖昧、不明瞭な
• fuck with  ちょっかいを出す、怒らせる
• mentality  考え方、やり方、メンタリティー
• noose  首吊り縄