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Old 6th July 2014, 05:29 PM
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I love P.S. II so much!
Somehow I find it much darker, sadder and more "hunted" than POWDER SNOW. More desperate or something.
I consider both pretty dark, but POWDER SNOW is much brighter (something Ayu thought, too, and didn't like - she came up with adding the tolling bells at the end in order to darken it a bit)... POWDER SNOW ends up sounding more sad & mournful, but P.S II is more frustrated & angry. Which makes sense when you read the lyrics - POWDER SNOW sounds like the girl who's suicidal ("That I'm wrong, and that it's all my fault... That's all my heart carries anymore. I don't need a tomorrow."), P.S II sounds like the angry friend trying to talk the girl out of suicide.... If you look at the words, the punctuation changes from one song to the other, making it seem like P.S. is asking "can I show my feelings" and P.S II is saying "Yes, you can, dammit!! Don't give up on that!"
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