Renegades is the theme song from the Rurouni Kenshin: The Final film, performed by Japanese rock band One Ok Rock.
This song was the lead single from the band's tenth studio album "Luxury Disease", and it was released on April 16th 2021, and published by "Fueled by Ramen".
Lyrics (Japanese Version)[]
Got a fire in my soul
I've lost my faith in this broken system
Got love for my home
But if we cry, is there anyone listening?
We're the forgotten generation
We want an open conversation
Follow me on this road
You know we gotta let go
For all of the times that they said it's impossible
They built the hurdles, the walls and the obstacles
When we're together you know we're unstoppable now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
They've been holding us down
They've been telling us to change our voices
But we're not part of that crowd
We made our bed and we'll make our own choices
We may be underestimated
But I know one day we will make it
Time to say it out loud
We are young and we're proud
Surikoma re nuri kasane rareta
Uso wa bokura o nomikonda
We gotta fight for our rights and the things we love now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready to fly
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades (we could be the renegades)
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh oh
Got a fire in my soul
I've lost my faith in this broken system
Got love for my home
But if we cry, is there anyone listening?
We're the forgotten generation
We want an open conversation
Follow me on this road
You know we gotta let go
For all of the times that they said it's impossible
They built the hurdles, the walls and the obstacles
When we're together you know we're unstoppable now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
They've been holding us down
They've been telling us to change our voices
But we're not part of that crowd
We made our bed and we'll make our own choices
We may be underestimated
But I know one day we will make it
Time to say it out loud
We are young and we're proud
Rubbed in and painted over
The lie swallowed us
We gotta fight for our rights and the things we love now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready to fly
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades (we could be the renegades)
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh oh
Got a fire in my soul
I've lost my faith in this broken system
Got love for my home
But if we cry, is there anyone listening?
We're the forgotten generation
We want an open conversation
Follow me on this road
You know we gotta let go
For all of the times that they said it's impossible
They built the hurdles, the walls and the obstacles
When we're together you know we're unstoppable now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
They've been holding us down
They've been telling us to change our voices
But we're not part of that crowd
We made our bed and we'll make our own choices
We may be underestimated
But I know one day we will make it
Time to say it out loud
We are young and we're proud
すり込まれ塗り重ねられた
嘘は僕等を飲み込んだ
We gotta fight for our rights and the things we love now
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again (up again)
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready
Take a deep breath, close your eyes and get ready to fly
I'm not afraid
To tear it down and build it up again
It's not our fate (hey)
We could be the renegades
I'm here for you, ooh
Are you here for me too?
Let's start again (hey)
We could be the renegades (we could be the renegades)
Whoa oh oh oh
We could be the renegades
Whoa oh oh oh oh
Trivia[]
- English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was part of the production of this song, and even coached One Ok Rock lead vocalist Taka (Takahiro Moriuchi) on the opening and chorus melodies.
- This song has two versions: Japanese version and English version:
- The only difference between both versions is the content of two lines of lyrics: In the second pre-chorus the English version has the lyrics "For all the lies and the burden that they put on us / All of the times that they told us to just because". In the Japanese version they were replaced with "Surikomare nuri kasanerareta / Uso wa bokura wo nomikonda"
- This also means that there are two versions of the official music video of this song.
- Even though this song is the theme song for this movie, is not part of its original soundtrack album.