WAVE – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: IVE
• Album: JAPAN 1st EP『WAVE』

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

I see you’re falling deep for me

I see you’re falling deep for me

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

I see you’re falling deep for me

I see you’re falling deep for me

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

Boy, you can come with me

Boy, you can come with me

きっと君と私

Surely it’s me and you

気付いてる Our love breeze

You notice our love breeze

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

You gave me chills

You gave me chills

まさか私が

Could I really be

Somebody like you

Somebody like you

気になっちゃってるから

Now I can’t stop thinking about you

曖昧なままじゃ嫌 (Yup)

I won’t be satisfied staying uncertain (Yup)

もっと見てみたいわ (Uh huh)

I want to see more (Uh huh)

運命の行先

Where destiny is headed

Oooohhhhh

Oooohhhhh

夢心地の中へ Come jump in

Step into this dreamy state, come jump in

Oooohhhhh

Oooohhhhh

思い通り

As I wish

When the waves crash

When the waves crash

バレバレな 恋仕かけは

Your obvious love game

Please hold back 要らない

Please hold back, I don’t need it

全て素直に 言ってくれたらいい

Just tell me everything honestly

逃さない タイミング

The right moment, so I won’t miss it

もう戻れないや (Uh huh)

I can’t go back now (Uh huh)

妄想現実の合間 (Uh huh)

Between fantasy and reality (Uh huh)

無限の可能性

Infinite possibilities

Ride the

Ride the

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

I see you’re falling deep for me

I see you’re falling deep for me

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

Boy, you can come with me

Boy, you can come with me

きっと君と私

Definitely you and me

気付いてる Our love breeze

You notice our love breeze

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

Oooohhhhh

Oooohhhhh

夢心地の中へ Come jump in

Enter this dreamlike feeling, come jump in

Oooohhhhh

Oooohhhhh

思い通り

Exactly as I want

When the waves crash

When the waves crash

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

I see you’re falling deep for me

I see you’re falling deep for me

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

Boy, you can come with me

Boy, you can come with me

きっと君と私

Surely it’s you and me

気付いてる Our love breeze

You notice our love breeze

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

Everything you do to me

Everything you do to me

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

It’s so hard to believe

It's so hard to believe

曖昧なままじゃ嫌

I don’t want to stay uncertain

もっと見てみたいわ

I want to see more

運命の行先

The destination of our destiny

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

I see you’re falling deep for me

I see you’re falling deep for me

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

Boy, you can come with me

Boy, you can come with me

きっと君と私

Definitely you and me

気付いてる Our love breeze

You notice our love breeze

Ride the W-A-V-E

Ride the W-A-V-E

You gave me chills

You gave me chills

まさか私が

Could I really be

Somebody like you

Somebody like you

気になっちゃってるから

Now I can't stop thinking about you

You gave me chills

You gave me chills

まさか私が

Could I really be

Somebody like you…

Somebody like you...

W-A-V-E

W-A-V-E

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
wave /weɪv/ A2	noun - a movement of the sea, caused by wind
falling /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ B1	verb - moving downwards from a higher position
deep /diːp/ A2	adjective - extending far down
ride /raɪd/ B1	verb - to sit on and control a vehicle
chills /tʃɪlz/ B2	noun - a feeling of coldness or fear
breeze /briːz/ B1	noun - a gentle wind
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of images and thoughts in your mind while you are sleeping
possibility /ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪti/ C1	noun - a situation or condition that may exist or occur
timing /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/ B2	noun - the choice of the right moment to do something
infinity /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/ C2	noun - a quantity that has no end or limit
fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ C1	noun - a product of imagination
reality /riˈælɪti/ C1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
crash /kræʃ/ B1	verb - to break or come to a sudden stop
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to keep something in your hand or arms
back /bæk/ A1	adverb - to or in a previous position

Key Grammar Structures

• Baby, yes I’m all you’ll need

  ➔ Future simple with 'will' (contracted as 'll') to express a future intention or promise.

  ➔ Used to express a definite intention or promise regarding future actions.

• 気付いてる Our love breeze

  ➔ Present continuous tense (informal form '気付いてる' derived from '気付いている') indicating an ongoing awareness.

  ➔ An informal form of the present continuous tense indicating that someone is currently aware of something.

• Ride the W-A-V-E

  ➔ Imperative verb 'ride' used as an invitation or instruction, forming a command or encouragement.

  ➔ A command form used to encourage someone to join or participate in an experience.

• It’s so hard to believe

  ➔ Contraction of 'it is' + 'so' + adjective, expressing a degree of difficulty or impossibility to accept something.

  ➔ Expresses that something is very difficult to believe or accept.

• You gave me chills

  ➔ Past tense of 'give' + indirect object 'me', expressing an action that causes a feeling.

  ➔ Indicates that the action of giving causes a physical or emotional reaction such as chills.

• 気になっちゃってるから

  ➔ Casual form of '気になってしまっているから', indicating an ongoing feeling of being curious or concerned.

  ➔ Casual way of expressing that one can't stop thinking about or worrying over something.

• 夢心地の中へ Come jump in

  ➔ Imperative verb 'Come' used to invite or encourage someone to enter a dreamlike state or experience.

  ➔ An imperative form used to invite someone to immerse themselves in a dreamlike or fantastical experience.