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Love Like The Films

A bittersweet rock song about life feeling like a movie.

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A bittersweet rock song about life feeling like a movie.

The lyric treats love and life as something staged, like 'Coffee and cigarettes' in a scene, but the stray line 'We are the strays' undercuts the fairy tale.

It's less a celebration than a shrug at the roles we play.

Editor's note

FTISLAND's Love Like The Films

A bittersweet rock song about life feeling like a movie.

We are the strays

The lyric treats love and life as something staged, like 'Coffee and cigarettes' in a scene, but the stray line 'We are the strays' undercuts the fairy tale. It's less a celebration than a shrug at the roles we play.

The phrase 'Brightly wimpy bittersweet and beauty nanimo kamo' captures a young confusion, everything feels intense and vague at once. It's not about understanding life but singing through it, with 'I'm gotta go' pushing past uncertainty. That mix of languages mirrors how memories don't fit neatly into words.

It's a quiet admission in a song full of movie glamour, hinting at feeling lost even when everything looks scripted.

The way 'Hey!' punctuates the verses gives it a live, urgent feel, almost like a shout in a crowd.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "Coffee and cigarettes" the pull of "Brightly wimpy bittersweet and beauty nanimo kamo" the pull of "I'm gotta go"
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Love Like The Films

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When I was young ano korono bokuni utau

Brightly wimpy bittersweet and beauty

nanimo kamo I didn't know omou mamani

Sing out play it loud and swing it all baby (Hey!)

mirainante wakaranaiyo imamo

demo I'm gotta go... (Ya)

susumu Everyday (Hey!)

Make my day!

My life is like a fairy tale

subetewa kimagure

I'm just mi kanseino unmei

Oh love like the films

(Hey!) tasogare

namidao kawakase

kizanda shattāto Polaroid

Oh love like the movies (Hey!)

The story in a photograph

Oh love like the films

arekara How many years sugoshitadarō?

nayande Night and day ameagari Sunday

yūyake hitosujino hikōki kumo

Someday someone ashiatonoyōni (Hey!)

mirainante wakaranaiyo imamo

demo I'm gotta go... (Ya)

susumu Everyday (Hey!)

Make my day!

My life is like a fairy tale

subetewa kimagure

I'm just mi kanseino unmei

Oh love like the films

(Hey!) tasogare

namidao kawakase

kizanda shattāto Polaroid

Oh love like the movies (Hey!)

(La Lai La Lai... Hey!)

The story in a photograph

Oh love like the films (Hey!)

mabutano okuniwa imademo Shining stars

We are the strays

But... Will be coming home!

Everyone plays a leading role

Everyone plays a supporting role

marude Coffee and cigarettes

Oh love like the films

(Hey!) omatase

hajimeyō The main part

kinōmadega yatto purorōgu

Oh love like the movies (Hey!)

(La Lai La Lai... Hey!)

The story in a photograph

Oh love like the films (Hey!)

(La Lai La Lai... Hey!)

The story in a photograph

Oh love like the films (Hey!)

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What is "Love Like The Films" by FTISLAND about?

A bittersweet rock song about life feeling like a movie. The lyric treats love and life as something staged, like 'Coffee and cigarettes' in a scene, but the stray line 'We are the strays' undercuts the fairy tale. It's less a celebration than a shrug at the roles we play.

Who performs "Love Like The Films"?

FTISLAND performs "Love Like The Films", and this lyric page sits inside the FTISLAND catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Love Like The Films"?

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Are there related songs to explore after "Love Like The Films"?

Yes. The related section below points to Take Me Now and Becoming You with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by FTISLAND?

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