Afrobeats pop · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
The Painted Fishing Nets
“The Painted Fishing Nets” brings together English and Japanese. Its musical genre is Afrobeats pop.
Lyrics & translation ↓
English ↔ Japanese
About this song
The first paired lines are “Rough hands, calloused skin.” and “ゴツゴツした 硬い手”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
A retired fisher paints old nets into a surprise town exhibition. Afrobeats pop, 98 BPM, interlocking guitars, syncopated percussion, light bass, agile male melody
Learn with this song
Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse
Rough hands, calloused skin.
ゴツゴツした 硬い手
Tangled ropes, where to begin.
絡まるロープ どこから
Salt dried on the floor.
床で乾いた 塩の跡
He don't go to sea no more.
もう海へは 行かない
Chorus
Colors shining bright.
色は輝く
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
Verse
Green for the summer pines.
夏のマツの 緑色
Neighbors stop and stare.
隣人が足を 止める
Magic in the square.
広場に 魔法が落ちる
Chorus
Colors shining bright.
色は輝く
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
Bridge
Tides go out, tides come in.
潮が引いて また満ちる
Now the stories all begin.
物語が 今始まる
From the deep, to the wall.
深い海から壁の上へ
Chorus
Colors shining bright.
色は輝く
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
Old nets, new life.
古い網 新しい命
