パッパパラダイス – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 宇多田ヒカル

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Hikaru Utada! By listening to this track, you can learn natural Japanese phrasing and how modern pop uses rhythmic onomatopoeia, making it a perfect song to master the flow and musicality of contemporary Japanese.

[English]

Composed by Hikaru Utada

I just want to do what I love

So what if I'm a fool?

In that summer when I chased after you as you took flight (The sky is always blue when I'm thinking of you)

Shoobee-doo bee-doo-bee

I want to stay forever, doo-bee-doo-wah

Pa-pa paradise

If you get your hopes up, you might be disappointed (If you do, you might)

But so what? The next fun thing

Is waiting for you just on the other side of the door

In my watermelon crossbody bag

Are lots of precious things + candy or gummies

My wallet isn't even in there

I want to keep believing in magic

So what if I'm an oddball?

In the very front row of you giving it your all (The sky is always blue when I'm thinking of you)

Shoobee-doo bee-doo-bee

I want to stay forever, doo-bee-doo-wah

Pa-pa paradise

You don't have to try to make everyone like you (To be liked, you don't have to)

I heard that even popular people

Have their own struggles and loneliness

A small body with big eyes

A stuffed animal's birthday party

No adults are on the VIP list

Not a single one

I just want to do what I love

So what if I'm a fool?

In that summer when I chased after you as you took flight

Shoobee-doo bee-doo-bee

I want to stay forever, doo-bee-doo-wah

Pa-pa paradise

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

The sound of waves ebbing and flowing

The sun doesn't want to set

The sun doesn't want to set

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

The sound of your breathing as you dream

The forecast here is sunny forever

(It's always a sunny forecast)

Sha-la-la-la-la, I might be late today

[Japanese]

作曲 : 宇多田ヒカル

好きなことをしてたい

愚か者でいいじゃない

羽ばたく君を追いかけた夏に (The sky is always blue when I'm thinking of you)

シュビドゥビ ドゥビドゥビ

ずっといたい ドゥビドゥワ

パッパパラダイス

期待しちゃうとガッカリするかも (しちゃうと するかも)

それがどうした？次の楽しみが

ドアの向こうで待ってるよ

斜め掛けしたスイカのバッグに

大事なものがいっぱい+キャンディorグミ

財布は入ってない

不思議を信じてたい

変わり者でいいじゃない

がんばる君の最前列に (The sky is always blue when I'm thinking of you)

シュビドゥビ ドゥビドゥビ

ずっといたい ドゥビドゥワ

パッパパラダイス

皆に好かれようとしないでいいんだよ (好かれよう いいんだよ)

人気者には人気者の苦労や

寂しさもあるんだってよ

小さな身体に大きな瞳

ぬいぐるみのバースデイパーティ

VIPリストに大人は入ってない

入ってない

好きなことをしてたい

愚か者でいいじゃない

羽ばたく君を追いかけた夏に

シュビドゥビ ドゥビドゥビ

ずっといたい ドゥビドゥワ

パッパパラダイス

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

押しては引く波の音

沈みたくない太陽

沈みたくない太陽

The sky is always blue

When I'm thinking of you

夢見てる君の息の音

ここはいつまでも晴れの予報

(いつだって晴れの予報)

シャララララ 今日は遅刻かも

Key Grammar Structures

• 好きなことをしてたい

  ➔ Verb-te + itai

  ➔ A contraction of 'shite itai', expressing the desire to remain in a continuous state of doing something.

• 愚か者でいいじゃない

  ➔ Noun + de ii janai

  ➔ Used to suggest that being something is acceptable, implying a rhetorical refusal of outside criticism.

• 期待しちゃうとガッカリするかも

  ➔ Verb-conditional 'to'

  ➔ Indicates a natural consequence or inevitable result that follows the condition.

• 皆に好かれようとしないでいいんだよ

  ➔ Verb-volitional + to suru

  ➔ Expresses the intent or effort to try to do something.

• 不思議を信じてたい

  ➔ Noun + o + Verb

  ➔ The particle 'o' marks 'fushigi' (wonder/mystery) as the direct object of the verb 'shinjiru' (to believe).

• 沈みたくない太陽

  ➔ Verb-tai (desire) as an adjective modifier

  ➔ The verb-tai form modifies the noun 'taiyou', giving the sun human-like emotions.

• ここはいつまでも晴れの予報

  ➔ Noun + particle 'no' (possession/attribute)

  ➔ Connects two nouns where 'hare' describes the type of 'yohou'.

• 今日は遅刻かも

  ➔ Noun/Verb + kamo (shirenai)

  ➔ A colloquial way to express uncertainty or a possibility.