Perfume
エレクトロ・ワールド」 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Beginner
- Genre
- J-Pop
- Length
- 4:06
この道を 走り 進み 進み 進み続けた
This road, I run, I move, ever onward,
地図に 書いてあるはずの 町が見当たらない
The town that's supposed to be marked on the map, I can't find anywhere.
振り返ると そこに見えていた 景色が消えた
When I look back, the scenery I saw there has disappeared.
この世界 僕が 最後で 最後 最後だ
In this world, I am the last, the final, the very last one.
エレクトロワールド
Electro World
地面が 震えて 砕けた
The ground shakes and shatters.
空の太陽が 落ちる
The sun in the sky is falling.
僕の手に ひらりと
In my hand, it lightly flutters,
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To the truth I've stumbled upon.
気づいてしまったの
I’ve come to realize it.
この世界の しくみ
The structure of this world
キミに 手紙残すよ
I'll leave a letter for you
ああ あああ
Ah ah ah
ああ あああ
Ah ah ah
ああ あああ
Ah ah ah
Oh Yeah, エレクトロワールド
Oh yeah, electro world
街ゆく 猫だって
Even the cats in the streets
空を飛んじゃう 街で
Fly through the skies in this town
キミの存在さえ
Even your existence
リアリティーが ないんだよ
Lacks any sense of reality
ああ あああ
Ah, ahhh
ああ あああ
Ah, ahhh
ああ あああ
Ah, ahhh
Oh Yeah, エレクトロワールド
Oh yeah, Electro World
見えるものの 全てが
Everything that can be seen
触れるものも 全てが
Everything that can be touched
リアリティーが ないけど
Though there's no reality to it
僕は たしかに いるよ
I am surely here
この道を 走り 進み 進み 進み続けた
I’ve run this path, moving, moving, endlessly moving
地図に 書いてあるはずの 町が見当たらない
The town that should be on the map can't be found
振り返ると そこに見えていた 景色が消えた
When I look back, the scenery I saw there has vanished
この世界 僕が 最後で 最後 最後だ
In this world, I am the last, the final, the very last
エレクトロワールド
Electro World
地面が 震えて 砕けた
The ground trembled and shattered
空の太陽が 落ちる
The sun in the sky is falling
僕の手に ひらりと
Lightly in my hands
僕の手に ひらりと 僕の手に ひらりと
Lightly in my hands, lightly in my hands
この世界の スイッチ
The switch of this world
押したのは 誰なの
Who was it that pressed it?
あああ もうすぐ 消える
Ahh, it's about to disappear
エレクトロワールド
Electric World
Key vocabulary
- 走りはしり
- run
- はず
- shouldN3
- 振り返るふりかえる
- look back
- ある
- existN5
- このこの
- this (used before a noun)N5
- そこ
- thereN5
- 僕ぼく
- IN5
- 最後さいご
- lastN5
- 地図ちず
- mapN5
- 手て
- handN5
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About this song
Perfume is a Japanese techno-pop group formed in 2000, known for its electronically produced tracks and heavily processed vocals by members Ayano Omoto, Yuka Kashino, and Ayaka Nishiwaki with music from Yasutaka Nakata. They are best recognized for dance-floor hits like “Chocolate Disco” and “Polyrhythm” and for tightly synchronized choreography integrated into stage and video production.