Flower Cloud – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SixTONES
• Album: Flower Cloud

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poetic beauty of the Japanese language through ‘Flower Cloud.’ By analyzing its lyrics, learners can discover traditional Japanese seasonal vocabulary and emotive expressions, making it a perfect entry point for understanding the cultural nuance of 'mono no aware' (the pathos of things) in modern J-pop.

[English]

作曲 : 武藤弘樹

Carry us

Even when I feel anxious

I just want to believe that everything will be okay

Carry us

I watched the warm spring breeze dancing through the drifting clouds

Shall we walk this path together?

Loving every single broken petal along the way

Let's embrace all our uncertainties, too

As long as I'm with you, it's alright; all I need is you

The fate that spring has written

From the very day we met

If you are feeling the same way

Even on days when your smile fades

Let's be the kind of couple

Who can say, "I'm so glad it was you"

No matter what, the days will drift away

But I will always be here to protect you

...

Carry us

In this blurred-out world

I wanted to focus my lens on just one person

Carry us

The view from behind turned into the sight of you looking back

Suddenly, I remembered that day

I remembered the expressions I had forgotten

One by one, the petals that fell upon your clothes

I pick them up so carefully

No matter how much I pray and keep on praying

The things we want to keep the same most

Are the things that change the most

But these feelings never change

You're still loving only one person, aren't you?

The seasons are colored by the two of us now

No matter how deep the days may sink

I won't let go of your hand; I'll be right by your side

Turning the fragments back into flowers

I floated them on the water's surface, reflecting the sky

So they might reflect in your downcast eyes

...

The fate that spring has written

From the very day we met

Since I know all too well that nothing lasts forever

Even on days when your smile fades

Let's be the kind of couple

Who can say, "I'm so glad it was you"

No matter what, the days will drift away

But I will always be right by your side

No matter what, the days will drift away

But I will always be here to protect you

[Japanese]

作曲 : 武藤弘樹

Carry us

不安があったって

きっと大丈夫って思いたくて

Carry us

佇む雲に暖かい春の風を見ていた

ふたりで歩いていこうか

欠けた花も全部愛しながら

不安も全部抱きしめよう

君とならいいんだ 君さえいればいい

春が書いた運命

出逢えたあの日から

君も同じことを思っているなら

笑顔が曇ったそんな日も

あなたで良かったって

思えるようなふたりでいよう

どんな日々も流れ去っていく

だけどいつだって君を守るから

Carry us

ぼやけた世界

ピントを一人に合わせたくて

Carry us

後ろ姿は振り返る君の姿に変わった

ふとあの日を思い出して

忘れた表情を思い出して

服に落ちた花びらを一枚一枚

大切に手に取る

どれだけ願って願い続けても

変えたくないことほど

変わっていくけど

変わらない思いよ

変わらず一人を愛しているでしょ

季節は今二人の色

どんな日々に沈んだって

その手離さない そばにいるから

かけらを花に戻して

空が映る水面に浮かべた

君の俯いた瞳に映るよう

春が書いた運命

出逢えたあの日から

永遠じゃないことくらい分かっているから

笑顔が曇ったそんな日も

あなたで良かったって

思えるようなふたりでいよう

どんな日々も流れ去っていく

だけどいつだってそばにいるから

どんな日々も流れ去っていく

だけどいつだって君を守るから

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
不安 fuan N3	noun - anxiety; uneasiness
佇む tatazumu N1	verb - to stand still
運命 unmei N2	noun - fate; destiny
出逢う deau N3	verb - to meet by chance; to encounter
笑顔 egao N4	noun - smiling face
曇る kumoru N4	verb - to become cloudy; to cloud over
守る mamoru N4	verb - to protect
世界 sekai N5	noun - world
表情 hyoujou N3	noun - facial expression
花びら hanabira N3	noun - flower petal
大切 taisetsu N4	adjective - important; precious
願い negai N3	noun - wish; desire
季節 kisetsu N4	noun - season
沈む shizumu N3	verb - to sink; to go down
瞳 hitomi N2	noun - pupil; eye
永遠 eien N2	noun - eternity

Key Grammar Structures

• 不安があったって きっと大丈夫って思いたくて

  ➔ ～だって (Even if / Although)

  ➔ The colloquial form of ～ても, used here to express: 'Even if there is anxiety, I want to believe it will be okay.'

• 君とならいいんだ

  ➔ ～なら (If it is/with)

  ➔ Used to specify the condition: 'If it is with you, it is fine/good.'

• 君も同じことを思っているなら

  ➔ ～なら (Conditional)

  ➔ Hypothetical condition: 'If you are also thinking the same thing.'

• あなたで良かったって思えるようなふたりでいよう

  ➔ ～ような (Like / To the extent that)

  ➔ Used to describe a state: 'Let's be a couple that can think it was good it was you.'

• ピントを一人に合わせたくて

  ➔ ～たくて (Want to / Reason)

  ➔ Verb 'たい' + 'て', connecting desire with an action: 'I want to focus on one person, and so...' (connective form).

• どれだけ願って願い続けても

  ➔ ～ても (Even if)

  ➔ Concessive form: 'No matter how much I wish and keep wishing.'

• 変えたくないことほど変わっていくけど

  ➔ ～ほど (The more...)

  ➔ Used to indicate degree: 'The things I don't want to change are the ones that change the most.'

• 永遠じゃないことくらい分かっているから

  ➔ ～くらい (To the extent that)

  ➔ Used to soften the statement: 'I know at least that it's not forever.'