ピーターパン – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 優里
• Album: 壱

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in Japanese culture and language with Yuuri's compelling song, "ピーターパン." This track offers a powerful narrative about unwavering dedication to dreams and challenging conventional wisdom. Through its passionate lyrics and Yuuri's distinctive vocal delivery, learners can grasp colloquial expressions related to determination and self-belief, making it a special and motivating piece to explore the language.

[English]

How long will you stay a child?

Such words come pouring down

Just stay silent and watch

Laugh and say it like that

Life doesn't have a take two

Ordinary, trivial boredom

I'm sorry for being realistic

Plug your ears to such words

Locked away in Neverland

Forever talking about dreams

Spit at those who laugh

Can't you do anything?

Dancing to pretty words

The common sense of adults

Just crumple it up and throw it away

Even if they point and insult me

With Peter Pan syndrome

I’ll live imagining a happy ending

Just like a fairy tale

...

You're pointing and laughing, right?

Laugh as you like, that's fine

I don't want to hear anything from you

I don't want to hear anything from you

Just watch in silence

In a life where you can't start over

Just give me one chance

I’ll grab it and never let go

It's already mine

Breaking through the atmosphere of Neverland

I’ll make my dreams come true now

Kick away those who laugh

Is there nothing left to do?

Don't push your negativity on me

I’m living in a world

That even you adults don’t know

Even if they think I have

Peter Pan syndrome and mock me

I’ll head straight for a happy ending

Just like a fairy tale

...

The boy who was mocked for dreaming too much

Has a story of grasping his dreams

A magnificent turnaround, I’ll create it

With my own hands

Show it off

Can't you do anything?

Dancing to pretty words

The common sense of adults

Just crumple it up and throw it away

Even if they point and insult me

With Peter Pan syndrome

I’ll seize a happy ending

Just like a fairy tale

And take it for myself

[Japanese]

いつまで子供のままでいる？

そんな言葉がふりかかる

黙って見てればいんだ

笑ってそういってやれ

人生にはないんだ take two

平凡でくだらない退屈

なんてごめんだ 現実的な

言葉なんかにゃ耳をふさげ

ネバーランドに閉じこもって

いつまでだって夢を語るんだ

笑う奴には 唾を吐け

にっちもさっちもいかない？

綺麗事に踊り踊らされ

大人の言う常識なんてものは

丸めて捨てちまえ

ピーターパン症候群と

指をさされ 罵られようが

おとぎ話みたいなハッピーエンドを

思い描いて生きていくんだ

こっち指差して笑ってんだろ

好きに笑えよそれで別にいいさ

お前なんかにそうお前らなんかに

なにも言われたくない

黙って見てろ

やり直しのきかない人生

一度でいいチャンスをください

掴んで離さない

もう俺のものなんだ

ネバーランドの大気圏を

破って今夢をかなえるんだ

笑う奴など蹴り飛ばせ

打つ手はない残されてない？

ネガティブを押し付けてくんな

大人のあんたも知らない世界を

俺は生きてるんだ

ピーターパン症候群と

思われたって馬鹿にされたって

おとぎ話みたいなハッピーエンドに

一直線に進んで行くんだ

夢の見過ぎと馬鹿にされた少年が

夢を掴む物語を

見事な逆転劇をこの手で

巻き起こせ

見せつけろ

にっちもさっちもいかない？

綺麗事に踊り踊らされ

大人の言う常識なんてものは

丸めて捨てちまえ

ピーターパン症候群と

指をさされ 罵られようが

おとぎ話みたいなハッピーエンドを

そう自ら掴みとるんだ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
子供 /kodomo/ A1	noun - child
夢 /yume/ A1	noun - dream
人生 /jinsei/ B1	noun - life
現実 /genjitsu/ B1	noun - reality
常識 /jōshiki/ B2	noun - common sense
大人 /otona/ A2	noun - adult
夢を掴む /yume o tsukamu/ B2	verb phrase - to grasp a dream
ハッピーエンド /happī endo/ B1	noun - happy ending
指 /yubi/ A1	noun - finger
笑う /warau/ A1	verb - to laugh
踊る /odoru/ A2	verb - to dance
掴む /tsukamu/ B1	verb - to grasp
世界 /sekai/ A1	noun - world
指差す /yubisasu/ B2	verb - to point
馬鹿 /baka/ A2	noun - fool

Key Grammar Structures

• 黙って見てればいんだ

  ➔ Conditional clause + いんだ (informal explanation)

  ➔ The phrase "見てればいんだ" uses the conditional 'れば' (if) with the plain form to imply 'if you just watch.' "いんだ" is an informal way to provide explanation or emphasis.

• 人生にはないんだ

  ➔ Inclusion/exclusion with に + ないんだ (informal explanation)

  ➔ The phrase "人生にはないんだ" uses the particle "に" to specify "in life," and "は" as the topic marker. "ないんだ" provides an informal explanation that something does not exist within or in relation to life.

• 指をさされ 罵られようが

  ➔ Passive voice + ようが (regardless of whether)

  ➔ The phrase "指をさされ罵られようが" employs the passive voice to indicate being pointed at or scolded. "ようが" expresses 'regardless of whether' it happens, emphasizing perseverance or indifference.

• 見事な逆転劇をこの手で巻き起こせ

  ➔ Imperative form + を + 〜を巻き起こす (to trigger/bring about)

  ➔ The phrase "巻き起こせ" is the imperative form of the verb "巻き起こす," meaning 'to cause or to trigger.' It commands to "bring about" a remarkable turnaround story with one’s own hands.