Hacking to the Gate

"Hacking to the Gate" Is the opening theme song of the Steins;Gate anime series. It was composed and written by Chiyomaru Shikura and arranged by Isoe Toshimichi, with vocals by Kanako Itou. It is sung in the key of D Minor.

It was first released as a single album on April 27, 2011.

Japanese
Suu juuoku mono kodou no kazu sae Anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu Kako ni torawarete mirai o nageku mo Chiri hitotsu gosan o yurusanu hitsuzen

Mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo Bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no kenri Yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu

Zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e Hacking to the Gate Da kara ima ichi byou goto ni sekaisen o koete

Kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa Soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no ruupu e to Nomi komarete yuku kodoku no kansokusha

English (Official FUNimation)
For you, billions and billions of heartbeats Are nothing at all; just the blink of an eye Although I'm trapped by the past and lament the future Inevitability won't allow for even a speck of miscalculation

Our dreams and futures that form and expand into "infinity" Allow us the right to be vain, While the two hands of the clock point out what is "finite"

All of which leads up to a cruel contact and choice to make Hacking to the Gate So, now, with each passing second, I'll cross world lines

To protect that smile on your face Then, once again, into a time loop without sadness I will be swallowed up as a lone observer

English (Ender Smith translation)
A billion hearts are beating,

in a fleeting, temporal way.

In a moment's pause,

in a blink, they vanish away;

like a flash retreating.

Captured here in tomorrow's past

and lamenting the future, I wait.

I will not lose you!

can't afford to miscalculate --

you're falling too fast!

"Infinity:"

a concept that we made up,

to call our dream and our love

and the right to brag

of the futures that

we have sketched inside our heads.

"Finality:"

one day, the clockface will show;

two hands will point to accuse.

And I will go

to the crossroads

of endings and fate --

Hacking to the Gate!

In this second I'd

cross over world-lines to find

a way to keep you safe from harm!

I'd tear through the fabric of time,

if I could protect your smile!

Once again, I'll fall

into the into the hole that I made,

into a tearless loop of time --

a lonely observer to stay,

and the paradox to reconcile!

Endless proofs, lovely points of view,

revelations never enough --

thoughts so trivial,

you don't even bother to laugh.

It would only bore you.

Foolish! These so-called scientists

posit theorems, act like they hold;

they are childish,

yet they claim to rule the world --

ignorant bliss!

"Infinity:"

What's beyond our sky?

And what's between you and I?

We have claimed the right

to imagine that

these answers might be found.

"Finality:"

it chips away till you're gone,

allowing time to flow on.

I will stop it though,

stop tomorrow,

deny empty fate --

Hacking to the Gate!

I cannot pretend

that I could ever forget

all the promises I made my friends

back when we stood in the sun

and we made our master plans.

So, I'll use ev'ry

trick I have left to succeed

in deceiving time to get you back!

A lonely observer, I'll be,

when I never have to doubt again!

Japanese
Rōmaji =

Suujuuoku mono kodou no kazu sae Anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu Kako ni torawareta mirai wo nageku mo Chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen

"Mugen" ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo Bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri "Yuugen" sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu Zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e Hacking to the Gate

Dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete Kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa Soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no RUUPU e to Nomikomarete yuku kodoku no kansokusha

Inochi no shuchou to muimi no shoumei Anata ni wa taikutsu shinogi ni taranu kokkei Shihaisha kidori no oroka na shuzoku wa Unuboreta chisetsu na teiri wo narabeta

"Mugen" to shinjita ai mo sora no kanata mo Bokutachi ni shimesareta kasou no jiyuu "Yuugen" sore wa mujihi ni toki wo kizami Asu sae mo hitei suru sentaku e Hacking to the Gate

Ikutsu mono kagayakeru hibi nakama to no yakusoku Nakatta koto ni wa shite wa ikenai Sono tame ni toki wo azamuku nokosareta shikake ni Mou mayoi wa nai kodoku no kansokusha

Dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete Kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa Soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no RUUPU e to Nomikomarete yuku kodoku no kansokusha

Kanji =

数十億もの 鼓動の数さえ あなたには 瞬き程度の些事な等級 過去に囚われて 未来を嘆くも 塵一つ 誤算を許さぬ必然

『無限』に広がる夢も 描く未来も 僕達に許された 虚栄の権利 『有限』それは二つの 針が示す 残酷な約定と 選択へ Hacking to the Gate―――

だからいま 1秒ごとに 世界線を超えて 君のその笑顔 守りたいのさ そしてまた 悲しみの無い 時間のループへと 飲み込まれてゆく 孤独の観測者

命の主張と 無意味な証明 あなたには 退屈しのぎに足らぬ滑稽 支配者きどりの 愚かな種族は うぬぼれた 稚拙な定理を並べた

『無限』と信じた愛も 空の彼方も 僕達に示された 仮想の自由 『有限』それは無慈悲に 時を刻み 明日さえも否定する 選択へ Hacking to the Gate―――

いくつもの 輝ける日々 仲間との約束 無かった事には してはいけない そのために 時を欺く 残された仕掛けに もう迷いはない 孤独の観測者

だからいま 1秒ごとに 世界線を超えて 君のその笑顔 守りたいのさ そしてまた 悲しみの無い 時間のループへと 飲み込まれてゆく 孤独の観測者

English =

Even the number of the billions of the heartbeats, to you, is a trifle no more than a blink of the eye. Although I'm trapped in the past and lamenting at the future, I must not allow even a dust-sized miscalculation.

We have been given the theory of the right to brag vainly about both our "infinitely" expanding dream and our sketched future. The two hands of the clock point out the "finite" factor. I head towards a cruel contract and choice, hacking to the gate--

That's why, at this very moment, in the interval of a second, I wish to cross the world lines and protect your smile. Then, once again into a time loop devoid of misery, I will be swallowed as a lonely observer.

Even life's viewpoints and meaningless proofs, to you, are so laughable that you can't even use them to relieve your boredom. The foolish people of that race, acting as if they were the rulers of all, have presented childish theorems that reek of their conceitedness.

We have been shown the freedom to imagine things such as "infinite" love and what's beyond the sky. The "finite" is what's mercilessly allowing time to flow on, as I head towards my choice to deny even tomorrow, hacking to the gate--

I must not pretend that I've never made any promise with my friends back in those brilliant days. Therefore, I am a lonely observer with no more doubt in my remaining tricks that I will use to deceive time.

That's why, at this very moment, in the interval of a second, I wish to cross the world lines and protect your smile. Then, once again into a time loop devoid of misery, I will be swallowed as a lonely observer.