Which of Ayu's Songs has the most lyrical meaning?
 

I'm doing a poetry project in my English class, and we have to pick a song to analyze as a poem. I wanted to do one of Ayu's songs because her writing can be really powerful. I can't choose though...I've been reading different lyrics for the past couple of days...but, I really like to know what you guys think.

That would be a fun assignment:yes But, "M" has pretty meaningful [and powerful] lyrics. I know a lot of people on the forum like the lyrics, right? :yconfused

But some personal favorites for me are:
TO BE
no more words
Dearest [My favorite Ayumi song of all time]
HANABI
HANABI ~episode II~
Memorial address ~take 2 version~
forgiveness
In The Corner
Moments
Will

However, lyrics that would be more poetic and please others more would probably be:
Moments
M [as I said before]
forgiveness
HAPPY ENDING
Pride

If I were to choose one from the list above I would choose "HAPPY ENDING". That seems appropriate for such a project.

I hope I helped :)

I think all of her ballads' have a very deep lyrical meaning =)

probably Moments? have tonnes of things for you to analyse!

Moment, walking proud and CAROLS :D

Judging from the lyrics only, my favorites are:
1. Teddy Bear
2. Moments
3. Memorial address
4. About you
5. HAPPY ENDING

Really. Teddy Bear is a REAL masterpiece! It's about when she's in bed with her dearest one. He has his arm around her and she's stroking her hair, and he says to her: "If you wake up tomorrow there'll be a present for you from me at your pillow"... So then you think: aaaah what a sweet happy song. But.... Then she wakes up, and she sees a wonderful present.. But the present is located exactly where her dearest should have been. He had left her.... And then she repeats the first paragraph and the end, which makes the refrain change from very sweet to very ironic.

This is a really hard question...but these are my top five (not in order):

1. Alterna
2. End Roll
3. Walking Proud
4. About You
5. Daybreak

Memorial Address for me =)

Currently, I love HEAVEN the best..it's so touching..

no doubt, PRIDE, from all her composition, PRIDE is the most most most really really poetic and powerful lyrics, sono touri desu!! ^^

specailly the chorus part is very poetic and also the pv is even poetic she's wearing a black dress and it explains the song also her look expalins the song ^^

HEAVEN?? o.O hazure... i dun think so... kekeke

i read the translation to her A Song for XX album...OH MY GOD...how could i miss what an inspiring writer she is? or was...i don't see much of that kidna of stuff now, now it's basically about love and couples =\...at least msot of the time

so i say for now, most of the a song for XX album, M makes me cry every time, an i really liked monochrome and SURREAL as well

Yeah, A Song For Xx is a severly underrated album. Some aspects of it may not meet the standards of her other albums, but lyrically, the entire thing is a masterpiece that I don't think she has matched since.

Yeah, I love Teddy Bear as well. So does my Dad, he cries everytime he watches the live performance. :) Just to clarify for those that don't know, it is about when her father walked out on her and her mother.

I think Ayu is incapable of writing the way she used to back then because she's said all she can say about those subjects.. at least that's what I think..

Ayu's lyrical meanings can really depend on the situation and what you're looking for. Most of her songs can be used for some sort of poetry thing unless its like STEP you which makes no sense to me xD [I still love it]

STEP you sounds so silly, but in a very cute way. :D

Lyrical meaning? I think most of her earlier works will make for interesting research.

The first few songs that come to my mind are Hanabi, I am..., and A Song for XX.

Actually STEP you is a lot deeper than everyone thinks.

The whole 1.2.3.4. thing is talking about stages/phases people (especially girls) go through in a crush. If you read the lyrics while watching the PV at the same time it's a little clearer.

The first stage is like, the flirtacious 'friendly' kinda polished persona. The innocent playful one as seen as the first 'Ayu' in the PV:

Talking about nothing at all,
We acted in a moment and displayed our habits.
Though I don't have to remind myself not to forget,
From somewhere within me, fully...
I remember YOU and ME
in this way
I want to know you well

At this point, the second Ayu appears, the dark one who is kind of obsessive and want power. As in someone who wants to make sure he won't be distracted by another girl:

in this way
No one can stop me now

After that phase, it turns into that 'i'll do anything for you!'. The love sick and weak hearted for you sort of thing. Ayu seen as the white 'cute' ayu.:

"Where are you, what are you doing around this time?"
Right after I thought such things,
Even for just a moment,
I wanted you to remember me.
I wished for YOU and ME

Then about now the third Ayu appears, who resembles what would happen if she DID give up and fall into the traps of a lust. This last part talks about how then people become completely obsessive, a total mess when something goes wrong with their partner and all. The only thing they can think of is that person and they don't care about anything.:

sometime soon
I am becoming greedy
sometime soon
Will I begin to want only your smile?

This last part basically sums it all up. It questions the strength of human beings and women in general. Probably the best line in her whole 'power woman' theme.:

The gap between idealism and reality
Is so very cutting
And as we cannot cut them off, they are opening up.
In this place, will we give up?
Or will we persevere and do our very best?

And the ending just goes through all the stages again to emphasize the whole 'structure' of it all.

Ayu has lots of great lyrics, but a lot of them lack subtleness. For a poem analysis, i'd suggest you don't pick lyrics which are kinda obvious like CAROLS, Ladies' Night, A Song for XX etc. I recommend Moments or Criminal/(miss)understood/Game out of her more recent music. If you do Moments, you could make up for own chorus using your own incarnation ^_^ like 'If I were a the sun, I'd always shine light onto you' or something :D

I am... or A Song for XX. <333333 Those lyrics are so deep.

ooo...Yukitora i love that description of STEP you...I'm thinking of using it now.

Oh, Yukitora. You're excellent. I never thought "1.2.3.4" in STEP you actually MEANT anything... It all makes sense now, though! ^_~

HOPE or PAIN
Memorial Address
]\/[
CAROLS
Moments
I Am
Duty
Monochrome
SIGNAL
POWDER SNOW
ever free


these are just some that i can think of right now. the lyrics *imo* are really powerful and meaningful