Ayu Song Meanings
 

Okay, so I seriously searched for every possible tag a thread like this could have.

I was thinking. Every Ayu song has a meaning or a story behind it. Ayu just doesn't write songs for the hell of it. I'm always curious about the meaning of her songs if I don't pick up on the lyrics right away.

So maybe we could have a thread where all her song meanings are explained. They don't have to be fact, since a lot of her songs she doesn't explain. We could all just see what the most logical explanation is.

So post your interpretations please.

I love this idea!! :love :love :love

I'm at school right now, so I'll try to think of a good meaning to a song when I get home :D I can't wait to see everyone's interpretations!

There is no "right" interpretation for art, just personal interpretations... Singers don't reveal what they had in mind while composing so everyone can feel whatever they want about the music

This is true but it's always fun to hear what other peoples' opinions are :D Personally, I find that it's more interesting to read what other people have to say about the song than what I have to say about it XD

^^ Yeah... but this thread is for what you think Ayu meant. You don't think I know people can interpret song however they like? Pthh.

wow, i was just thinking of making a thread similar to this.

okay i dont have an interpretation, but i want someone to give me theirs on 1 LOVE. i can't seem to know what's going on in the song. =\

^ w00t.

I'm like totally confused on some, even one of my favorites... Heartplace.

^ ^tough one i think. but someone should try. . .not me i think though :(

ah lately ive been interested in how well ayu did with sorta writing Free & Easy in relation to Joan of Arc. . .really the pv relates so obviously the most with the scene like the burning at the stake and the wierd white prison. . .but i like the lyrics when she says "In this, this dirty city, you're the person who gathers up and shows me something beautiful." especialyl since everything then was quite dirty and horrid but joan was quite amazing. im think im doign this wrong lol. i think im showing my appreciation for the song rather than actually analyzing this especially since its so old im sure theres no point. XD

i kinda feel the first part focuses on immaturity. especially those of adults and such really. also how they seem to have this freedom but do not use it correctly and seem to take it for granted. in a sense she seems to scold herself for being the way she is . . .and by the end of the song describes a person who cant seem to accept some things.

maybe thats kinda vague lol. i dont think im good at this XD

I had to explain Moments for a poetry unit we did in I was a freshman I think but I never got the poetry book back :(

And I had some pretty good originals in there :(

I think this is a great idea! :D Not only can we see other interpretations, but sometimes other opinions can help us develop our own. :)

Personally I always had trouble interpreting "talkin' 2 myself." At first I thought the song was about Ayu's independence and, for lack of a better word, "loneliness" since Tomoya and she split. However, after reading the lyrics, I think they deal with anyone's independence and how they should listen to the voice within.

Anybody wanna help a girl out? lol :P

^ i feel that ur right. it is about independence.
u know how a lot of people follow things like tabloids and the media and use it as their guide to life. as if they cant do or find anything for themselves. which in a sense is sorta pathetic.

they dont realize they do have the ability to be independent and make their own decisions and determine their own mindsets

^ Ah, awesome. :) Oh, I love these threads. ^_^

Ah! I'd like to do an interpretation of 1 LOVE :D

Okay, please bear with me because I'm not so good at explaining... ^o^;

So... The quotes are, "If you are there, flowers continue to blossom without dying." and "If you go there, the place is always decorated with beautiful flowers, isn't it?" I'm thinking that these are being said by people who are in love with Ayu, and when the lyrics say,

Ayu is saying that all she wants is just one person to love her, and that person who is her "1 LOVE" will always save her.

Next, when the lyrics say

This is saying that even though the people that love Ayu continue to tell her that they love her even though she says no, she isn't bothered by it that much.

This is saying that Ayu is getting tired of these people, and getting exasperated when she says, "What I want is JUST 1 LOVE"

I'm not sure...this is just what I got out of the song :D Feel free to correct me if you want :)

^ Hm... never thought about it that way. I like how you think. :yes

I would love to know WHATEVER's meaning , I have read the lyrics lots of times and I just to get what she is trying to say in some parts.

^ To add to the 1 LOVE discussion, I read a translation once that said Ayu was being mockingly polite in parts this song. How does this link to your theory? Like... being tired of these people, so tired that it borders on casual rudeness - well not really being rude, but do you understand what I am trying to say?


I won't do an interpretation of WHATEVER, because I've not thought about it before - I might try for fun. To whoever does one though: do you think she means 'whatever' - like what you say as a nonchalant expression, or, whatever as in whatever may come? I can see aspects of both in lyrics, so I'm interested in what people have to say.

WHATEVER is a song about lost love. Whoever she's in love with has left her, and she still has thoughts about him, but she's trying to let go and thinks that if she doesn't think of anything, the pain will go away in time, though she's secretly wishing for both of them to reconcile. Hence the title "whatever", like the phrase, it shows no interest.

Yeah, I totally get that! I also get that impression, especially when you add Ayu's vocals to it :yes

Alright, I will just talk about my understanding about "Untitled~for her~". I heard that it's a song that Ayu wrote for one of her good friends who died in 2008(maybe). I'm not really sure the reason why it's untitled, but all the feelings and meanings that Ayu wanted to present are included in the song's lyrics I guess.. =P