CLAN QUEEN sings Paper Balloon on NEBULA. Aoi writes the lyrics while producer creates the melody.
Released: February 14, 2025
Paper Balloon
Clan Queen • From “NEBULA”
What is the meaning of Paper Balloon Lyrics from NEBULA?
Aoi writes The scent of fake memories hits me instantly. The lyric shows a rain filled street where broken glass reflects under neon, a concrete image of a town left behind. A poet walks alone tracing steps over puddles highlighting a plastic reality that swaps out hollowed love.
Tamayura dattaIt was just a fleeting moment
Kako wa monokuroomuThe past is all in monochrome
Fuyuzare no machi wa mada gouuIn this winter-ravaged town, the rain’s still pouring
Wasure sotta koto ni sura kittoI’m sure that even the fact I’ve forgotten
Wasure sotte shimau deshouwill eventually be forgotten too.
Fui ni kaotta omoide gokkoThe scent of playing pretend with memories suddenly hits me
Hitori modotte nazonda puruusutoretracing my steps alone, following a ‘Proustian’ trail,
Watashi dare ni narikawatteI wonder who I’ve become now
Aimai wo kyouju shite iruwhile I’m just basking in this ambiguity.
KasoseiPlasticity,
Naihou shita zenbueverything I’ve held inside,
Irekawatta mitai nandait’s like it’s all been replaced,
Kuudou na sai’ai mo zenbueven my hollowed-out deepest love,
Ima natte sagashite iruI’m searching for it all now.
Nando mo sutte haiteI’m breathing in and out constantly,
Sono tabi ni kizuitewaking up to the truth every time,
Kimi dake wo omottethinking only of you,
Soba ni irenai nobut I just can’t be by your side.
Nando mo sutte naiteI’m inhaling and weeping over and over,
Sono tabi ni kizuitaI’ve realized it every single time,
Kono kotoba ga kioku no ame nithese words in the rain of memories,
Utatare shizumu namari no gensoua leaden illusion sinking as it’s struck.
Furogisuton kara O2From ‘phlogiston’ to oxygen,
Tendou kara chidousetsufrom geocentrism to heliocentrism,
Kitto shiru yuuki mo nai desuI’m sure I don’t even have the courage to know,
Nee wasurechatte ruhey, I’ve gone and forgotten,
Kitai na taitoua strange sense of equality,
Aitagatte rulonging to see you.
Shindou kasu no suraEven making a single vibration
Imadani mendou deis still such a hassle for me,
Dareka no manne bakari jouzu deI’ve just gotten good at mimicking others,
Todoki wa shinai kedothough it’ll never reach you,
Tsutaetai koto wait seems there are still things
Aru mitai na no desuthat I really want to say.
KasoseiPlasticity,
Naihou shita zenbueverything I’ve contained,
Irekawatta mitai nandait feels like it’s all been swapped out,
Kuudou na sai’ai mo zenbueven my hollowed-out affection,
Ima natte sagashite iruI’m searching for it all now.
Nando mo sutte haiteI keep breathing in and out,
Sono tabi ni kizuiteevery breath brings a new realization,
Kimi dake wo omottemy thoughts are solely on you,
Soba ni irenai nobut I’m unable to stay near.
Nando mo sutte naiteI keep inhaling and crying,
Sono tabi ni kizuitaevery moment I’ve understood,
Kono kotoba ga kioku no ame nithese words in the rain of memories,
Utatare kie tekuare fading as the droplets hit.
Gomen neI’m so sorry,
Kimi wo hitori ni saseteI might end up leaving you
Shimau kamo shirenaiall on your own,
Da nanteeven if I leave those words
Tegami de nokoshitattebehind in a letter,
ModorenaiI can’t go back,
Wasurerare ya shinai noand I just can’t forget.
Nando mo sutte haiteI’m breathing in and out over and over,
Sono tabi ni kizuiterealizing the truth every single time,
Kimi dake wo omotteI’m thinking only of you,
Soba ni irenai nobut I just can’t be by your side.
Nando mo sutte naiteI’m inhaling and weeping constantly,
Sono tabi ni kizuitaI’ve realized it every single moment,
Kono kotoba ga kioku no ame nithese words in the rain of memories,
Utatare kie tekufade away as they’re struck.
Boku no koto wo wasureta naraIf you’ve gone and forgotten about me,
Sono toki wa oshiete da nantetell me when that happens, I said,
Ima demo kaiba no fukaku ni made mobut even now, it’s burned deep
Yaki tsuite iteinto the depths of my ‘hippocampus’,
Anata wo shiranakya yokattaI wish I’d never known you,
Wasurete shimaetara yokattaI wish I could’ve just forgotten it all,
Watashi wa hitori tobenaiI can’t fly away on my own,
Rinkaku dake nokosu kamifusenI’m just a ‘paper balloon’ with nothing left but an outline.
Paper Balloon Music Video
Paper Balloon lyrics convey gentle longing, and Paper Balloon lyrics echo with hope. CLAN QUEEN sings in English offering a soft yearning, and Paper Balloon lyrics amplify his voice with rain filled scenes.