Prisoner of Love

Utada Hikaru - Prisoner of Love

heiki na kao de uso wo tsuite

waratte iyaki ga sashite

raku bakari shiyou to shite ita

nai mono nedari buruusu

minna yasuragi wo motomete iru

michi tariteru no ni ubai au

ai no kage wo otte iru

taikutsu na mainichi ga kyuu ni kagayaki dashita

anata ga arawareta ano hi kara

kodoku de mo tsurakute mo heiki da to omoeta

I’m just a prisoner of love

Just a prisoner of love

yameru toki mo sukoyaka naru toki mo

arashi no hi mo hare no hi mo tomo ni ayumou

I’m gonna tell you the truth

hito shirezu tsurai michi wo erabu

watashi wo ouen shite kureru

anata dake wo tomo to yobu

tsuyogari ya yokubari ga muimi ni narimashita

anata ni ai sareta ano hi kara

jiyuu de mo yoyuu de mo hitori ja munashii wa

I’m just a prisoner of love

Just a prisoner of love

Oh mou sukoshi da yo

Don’t you give up

Oh misutenai zettai ni

zankoku na kenjitsu ga futari wo hiki sakeba

yori issou tsuyoku hikare au

ikura de mo ikura de mo ganbareru ki ga shita

I’m just a prisoner of love

Just a prisoner of love

arifureta hi nichijou ga kyuu ni kagayaki dashita

kokoro wo ubawareta ano hi kara

kodoku de mo tsurakute mo heiki da to omoeta

I’m just a prisoner of love

Just a prisoner of love

Stay with me, stay with me

My baby, say you love me

Stay with me, stay with me

hitori ni sasenai

Stay with me, stay with me

My baby, say you love me

Stay with me, stay with me

hitori ni sasenai

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With all the calm on your face, you spill forth your lies...

I can see you’ve grown sick of all the laughter...

It was all simply fun and games to you.

I’ve been gripped by the depression that comes from asking for the impossible,

A request stirred from that basic human drive for security.*

Even in a life so fulfilling, we continue to struggle,

As we keep chasing after the shadow of love.

My colourless everyday routines were suddenly punctuated with brilliance

From the day that you came into my life.**

Whether it’s in loneliness or in adversity, I never doubted that I would be alright.***

It seems that I’m just a prisoner of love,

Just a prisoner of love.

...In sickness and in health,

Through storm and through fair weather, I pledge always to walk on your side...

I’m gonna tell you the truth now,

Though no one knew, I felt that I had committed myself to a rugged road

And at the time, you were there for me...

Making you the only person that I can honestly call my friend.

All my pretences of strength and all my greed crumbled to nothing

From the day you said you loved me.

Whether it’s for freedom or for free time, a life alone seems a life wasted.****

Perhaps you could say I’m just a prisoner of love,

Just a prisoner of love.

“We’re almost there.”

“Don’t you give up.”

“There’s no way you could fail – of that, I’m sure.”

If cruel reality is tearing us apart,

Then let us redouble our efforts to stay as one.

In every possible way, with all possible means, I gave my everything to this.*****

Now, I simply appear a prisoner of love,

A mere prisoner of love.

My mundane days were sparked to life in that instant,

That day when you took my heart captive.******

Whether it’s in loneliness or in adversity, I always thought things would work out;

But I’ve become a prisoner of love,

Nothing more than a prisoner to love.

Stay with me, stay with me...

Baby, say you love me...

Stay with me, stay with me...

Baby, don’t you leave me...

Stay with me...

Tell me you love me!

Stay with me...

Please... don’t walk away from me...