Vedanto_Art · English · 2026-10-12 · city pop, Tokyo, longing
Tokio no Yume (Still a Dream) is a warm, danceable city pop song with a bittersweet heart. Against the neon of Tokyo a lonely dreamer longs for three things never dared: a city never known, a person sensed but never confessed to, and a life that always stays a "would be". Rooted in Japan's kokuhaku culture, the formal confession that too many never make, the song moves from longing to a question: what if it were no longer a dream? What holds you back from living it?
Tokio no Yume (Still a Dream)
Nemuranai machi, neon no umi Hitori de aruku, demo kimi wo sagasu Kono hikari wa, dare no tame? Yume no naka dake, kimi wa soko ni iru
Still a dream, still a dream A city and a love I've never seen Still a dream, still a dream What if it were real? What would it mean?
Kimi no te ni furetai, demo dekinai Kokuhaku no mae, mada tomatteiru Kowai no wa naze? Kizutsuku kara? Demo mō, yume de wa tarinai
Tokio no yume, kimi no yume Mienai machi, furenai te Dōshite bokura wa, yume de ikiru?
No more dream, no more dream! What if you reached? What if you'd be? No more dream, no more dream! What holds you back? Live the dream! (Nē... yume wo ikiyō)
Kimi no te wo...