The meaning of TO BE lyrics.
 

In the second verse of TO BE according to wataru's translation she sings:

Was it myself? Was it the people? Or was it
Only a clock? The thing that seemed to break.

What is the meaning of the clock? It doesn't seem to fit...

maybe it's supposed to mean time? but other than that I don't know

sure "time" makes more sense, but the word used is tokei and..
tokei = clock
toki = time

^ But that doesn't make sense. The song is about Max... :P

^ it is?
Max? lol

I still think it's time and maybe she wanted to use a thing to represent it instead of writing time for whatever reason so she used clock because when think of clocks the first thing that would come to mind is time.

Yeah. Max is the man who discovered her singing in Velfarre. :P
He's still her producer. She's very thankful to him. :)

^well, that's cool. i never knew it was for Max =]

i agree.
time makes sense. because time itself cant "break" but a clock can.
i guess its metaphoric.

But actually, when I listen to those lyrics, it gives me this feeling like..
Was it the people who were broken, was it me who was broken?
Or was it the broken clock that made everyone think that I was broken,
Because me and the people are living in two different eras,
With two different ideas of how to live, which is why people think I am garbage.

Did she ever say so explicitly, that the song was for Max?

^ I think she mentioned it somewhere... I can't really remember (waiting for Deli-0 to clarify this LOL).. but I'm pretty positive it's a kinda thank-you thing for Max.

Yeah, even if she didn't confirm it you can pretty much tell.

That is a much better interpretation. That's the problem with translating things too literally, you often lose the meaning behind it.

And yes, it is commonly believed that this song is about Max.

Ahh I understand the lyrics now~! Thank you everyone for your contributions! I love this song even more now. :)