Like a Butterfly is a karaoke song appearing in Yakuza 6, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. It is sung by Saki Akai, Riona Ichijo, Aika, Kirara Asuka, Eri Kamataki, Akame, and Seonhee, with Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga rapping along through the song.
Lyrics
Japanese Lyrics
The original Japanese lyrics to "Like a Butterfly" as written in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
[Main singer, (Rapper)]
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（Let’s Fly high Like A Butterfly）
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（This worldは
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できることなら もう
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この
（fly high）
その
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（Let’s Fly high Like A Butterfly）
So Fly high again
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（So Fly high Like A Butterfly）
Like A Butterfly
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（so fly high like a butterfly）
この
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（This worldは
（Can’t stop
クリスマス ロマンチックで
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(５...４...)
(３...２...１）
（Go endless drive）
お
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パパママ あの
（Fly high）
(So is forever)
これからも
（Fly like a beautiful butterfly）
（Fly like a beautiful butterfly）
（So fly high）
（Like a butterfly）
Romaji Lyrics
The romanized lyrics to "Like a Butterfly" as written in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
[Main singer, (Rapper)]
(umarekawaru no sa Born again)
(Let’s Fly high Like A Butterfly)
Yoku ni obore wana ni hamari
Teashi ni karamu tsumi no ito
(Karamitsuku Crime)
Kingyo sukui no ami no you ni
Moroi hane wa namida no shizuku de yaburete yuku
(Yaburechatte Cry)
Iyashii dokugumo ni
(Hane no nai chou nante iminai)
(Chi wo hau nezumi to kawarinai)
Kokoro made okasarete
(This world wa hikari sae nai)
(Can't stop koware yuku my mind)
Imasara anadarake no hane de kuyamu no
(Mune wo hare yo omae koso ga BUTTERFLY)
Dekiru koto nara mou ichido
(Chi no hate made over drive yeah)
Kono kodou kizamitsuke tobitai no
(Fly high)
Kanashiki BUTTERFLY
Sono mi terasu hitosuji no hikari netami sora wo niramu
(Umarekawaru no sa Born again)
(Let’s Fly high Like A Butterfly)
So Fly high again
(Yume ni miteru no sa Dream again)
(So Fly high Like A Butterfly)
Like A Butterfly
(Chi no hate made overdrive)
(Inochi moyashi endless drive)
Oozora wo mau no chou no you ni
(Chi no hate made overdrive)
(Inochi moyashi endless drive oh yeah)
Hae no you ni migaru dattara koko kara nigereta no
Ari no you ni chimichi nattara ayamachi mo yurusareta no
Bibou nante yaku ni tatanai torie wa konse nameteta tsuke ne
(Yume ni miteru no sa Dream again)
(So Fly high Like A Butterfly)
Kono yuki ga furidashite
(Hane no nai chou nante imi nai
Chi wo hau nezumi to kawarinai)
Kumo no su wo irodoru wa
(This world wa hikari sae nai)
(Can’t stop kowareyuku my mind)
CHRISTMAS ROMANTIC de bon'you na END ROLL
(Mune wo hareyo omaekoso ga BUTTERFLY)
Umare nagara ni seotta saiteigen no youshi to yuufuku to
Aijou no VINYL HOUSE
(5… 4…)
seken shirazu de baka na ohimesama ne watashi
(3… 2… 1…)
(Go endless drive)
Onegai dakara mou ichido
(Chi no hate made over drive yeah)
PAPA MAMA ano hito ni ai ni ikasete
(Fly high)
Minikuki butterfly kono sekai afureru mirai wo netami
(So is forever)
Kore kara mo toberu anata wo uramu
(Omae wo)
(Fly Like A Beautiful Butterfly)
(Fly Like A Beautiful Butterfly)
(So fly high)
Sora wo mae chouchou no you ni
(Like a butterfly)
English Lyrics
Official Singable Lyrics
The official English translation of the lyrics to "Like a Butterfly" as written in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. These lyrics are stylized, as they are intended to be singable. Opening comments officially translated into English are included.
Eri: Hope you're listening!
Akame: Now, y'all listen up
[Main singer, (Rapper)]
(Be reborn, climb out of hell born again)
(Let's fly high like a butterfly)
It's drowning in its greed, the wicked trap was sprung
Tangled in the threads of its deeds
(Tangled in its crimes!)
Like fate scoops up a fish, struggling in a net
Its brittle wings are torn by the tears
as it trembles in cold sweat
(You tore your wings now cry!)
The spider comes, a thirst in its eyes
(A butterfly with no wings is a moth in the flame!)
(Just a rat on the floor with another name!)
The venomous fangs sink into the soul
(The world is dead, no light left to find)
(Can’t stop the breaking of my mind)
Too late now, to mourn its punctured wings,
to take to the sky
(Take to the sky!)
If only it could be, just one more time
(To the bitter end in overdrive!)
Engrave the beat, flap your wings
'til you feel you are complete
(Fly high!)
Oh you tragic butterfly
Despairing, craving it, that singular last
ray of light still shining down on bitter wings
(Be reborn, climb out of hell born again)
(Let's fly high like a butterfly)
(You've dreamed long of this day, dream again)
So fly high again
(And fly high like a butterfly)
Like a butterfly
(To the bitter end overdrive)
(Burning out in an endless drive)
Soaring in the sky like a butterfly
(To the bitter end overdrive)
(Burning out in an endless drive oh yeah)
(Fly like a beautiful butterfly)
(Fly like a beautiful butterfly)
Literal English Lyrics
A literal English translation of the lyrics to "Like a Butterfly". The lyrics are not intended to be singable, but are provided as a translation with stylistic liberties kept to an absolute minimum.
[Main singer, (Rapper)]
(To be reborn again)
(Let’s fly high, like a butterfly)
Drowning in greed I fell into a trap
Limbs entangled in threads of crime
(Tangled in crime)
Like the netting in a goldfish scoop
Fragile wings getting ripped by tears
(Destroyed by crying)
A disgusting venomous spider
(A butterfly without wings has no meaning)
(No different from a mouse crawling on the ground)
Brought the crime to my heart
(This world doesn’t even have any light)
(Can’t stop it’s going to destroy my mind)
Now at last I lament my wings of holes
(Scoop it up, you are a butterfly)
If I can try once more
(Overdrive to the end of the earth, yeah)
This beat makes me want to fly
(Fly high)
Sad butterfly
Even suspicious of that one ray of light in the sky
(To be reborn, born again)
(Let’s fly high, like a butterfly)
So, fly high again
(To have a dream, dream again)
(So, fly high. Like a butterfly)
Like A Butterfly
(Overdrive, all the way to the worlds end!)
(Give your all on the endless drive!)
I’ll flutter across the huge sky, like a butterfly
(Overdrive, all the way to the worlds end!)
(Give your all on the endless drive! Oh, yeah)
If I were agile as a fly, I would have escaped from here
Hardworking as an ant, all my faults would have been forgiven
Good looks aren’t enough to redeem myself
I’ve got a taste of the modern days
(It’s all in your dream, dream again)
(So, fly high. Like a butterfly)
Fine pieces of snow, are starting to fall
(A wingless butterfly useless)
(Not different form a mouse crawling from the ground)
They’re adoring the spiders web, what a white
(This world doesn’t even have a light)
(Can’t stop my mind keeps crumbling)
Christmas. Such a romantic, yet saddening when the credits roll
(Stuff your chest pride, you’re the butterfly here!)
From the moment I was born, I was to do
With the bare minimum of beauty and wealth and the love found in a greenhouse
(5…4…)
Unaware of how the world works. I’m a stupid princess, am I not?
(3…2…1…)
(Endless drive)
I am on my knees, so please once more
(Overdrive, all the way to the world’s end)
Mum and dad, let me go see that person
(Fly high)
The ugly butterfly envies the future that’s following through the world
(So is forever)
And for you, who can keep trying?
(You there)
She’s full of hate
(Fly Like A Beautiful Butterfly)
(Fly Like A Beautiful Butterfly)
(So fly high)
Flutter through the sky, like a butterfly
(Like a butterfly)
Trivia
• In the English-dubbed version of the song, Ichiban raps the line “It’s too late” instead of “Can’t stop the breaking of my mind”. This is despite the line being the same between both characters in the original Japanese and dub as well as the Chinese dub.
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Notes
- ↑ In the localized versions of Yakuza 6 and Yakuza Kiwami 2, ZENTA is credited as the composer, while in the original versions of those games, as well as both versions of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Hyd Lunch is credited.