Flow – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Perfume

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

僕はただ信じていたくて

I just wanted to keep believing

何もこわくないふりをしていた

Pretending I'm not afraid of anything

あの日から心は変わらない

Since that day, my heart hasn't changed

そのままでわがままでいたいだけさ

I just want to stay the way I am and be selfish

過ぎる時代が

The passing era

変わる時代が

The changing era

あの日の未来が

The future of that day

夢のように

Like a dream

覚めないままで

Remaining asleep

彷徨うままで

Lost in wandering

そうさ 僕らは流れ雲になる

That's right, we become drifting clouds

Flow

Flow

揺れる波 戦う日々

Waves that sway, days of fighting

恋をした あの日も泡に

That day we fell in love, like bubbles

太陽に照らされて僕らは

Under the sun's glow, we are

いつか空に浮かべるの

Able to float in the sky someday

僕はただ信じていたくて

I just wanted to keep believing

何もこわくないふりをしていた

Pretending I'm not afraid of anything

あの日から結局変わらない

Since that day, nothing has really changed

僕らはいつだって風のままさ

We are always just the wind, after all

次の時代が

The next era comes

変わる時代が

The changing era

あの日の未来が

The future of that day

雨のように

Like rain, falling endlessly

止まないままで

Never stopping

晴れないままで

Never clearing up

そうさ 僕らは流れ雲になる

Remaining cloudy

Flow, flow, flowing clouds

That's right, we become drifting clouds

Flow, flow, flowing clouds

Flow, flow, flowing clouds

あの日から心は変わらない

Flow, flow, flowing clouds

そのままでわがままでいたいだけさ

Since that day, my heart hasn't changed

過ぎる時代が

I just want to stay the way I am and be selfish

変わる時代が

The passing era

あの日の未来が

The changing era

夢のように

The future of that day

覚めないままで

Like a dream

彷徨うままで

Remaining asleep

そうさ 僕らは流れ雲になる

Lost in wandering

次の時代が (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

That's right, we become drifting clouds

変わる時代が (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

Next era (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

あの日の未来が (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

Change in the era (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

雨のように (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

The future of that day (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

止まないままで

Like rain (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

晴れないままで (flow flowing clouds)

Never stopping

そうさ 僕らは流れ雲になる

Remaining cloudy (flow, flow, flowing clouds)

Flow

That's right, we become drifting clouds

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
信じる /ɕiɲd͡ʑiɾɯ/ B1	verb - to believe
変わる /kawaɾɯ/ B1	verb - to change
未来 /miɾai/ B2	noun - future
夢 /jume/ A2	noun - dream
流れる /nagaɾɯ/ B1	verb - to flow
雲 /kumo/ A2	noun - cloud
波 /nami/ A2	noun - wave
戦う /tatakau/ B2	verb - to fight
太陽 /taiyou/ A2	noun - sun
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
止まる /tomaru/ B1	verb - to stop
晴れる /hareru/ B1	verb - to clear up (weather)
流れ /nagare/ B2	noun - flow
日々 /hibi/ A2	noun - days
わがまま /wagamama/ B2	adjective - selfish

Key Grammar Structures

• 僕はただ信じていたくて

  ➔ The te-form of a verb + いたい to express desire or want to do something in the ongoing or habitual sense.

  ➔ The singer uses "信じていたくて" to express a desire to keep believing continuously.

• あの日から信じていたくて

  ➔ Using 'から' to indicate the starting point in time; here, 'from that day'.

  ➔ The phrase emphasizes the starting point of the singer's belief, rooted in or beginning on that specific day.

• 心は変わらない

  ➔ Use of 'は' as a topic marker; the predicate is '変わらない' (does not change).

  ➔ Indicates that 'my heart' remains unchanged; 'は' marks the topic of the sentence.

• 流れ雲になる

  ➔ Noun + になる to express becoming or turning into something.

  ➔ This phrase illustrates the idea of transforming into a 'flowing cloud'—metaphorically, becoming free or drifting.

• 戦う日々

  ➔ Noun + だ to nominalize the phrase; '戦う' is a verb meaning 'to fight', and '日々' means 'days' or 'every day'.

  ➔ The phrase '戦う日々' metaphorically describes days filled with struggle or effort.

• 夢のように

  ➔ Noun + のように indicates 'like' or 'as if'; here, comparing something to a dream.

  ➔ '夢のように' is used to describe something that feels surreal or as if it exists within a dream.