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Old 22nd May 2016, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jiarongisme View Post
A ONE was discussed to be an album that's about herself and you know, the whole running away and coming back thing. 'You' in the lyrics seemed to be referring to herself, the self that she wants back. I think as discussed before (a few pages back) about CdM being career themed, I'm pretty sure A ONE and CdM are very closely related thematically.

Running away/changing herself and being very headstrong about the decision, then realising that it's a huge mistake and wanting to go back to who she was, then eventually experiencing happiness after being back with people who cares about her - people in Japan and her fans. Last minute's PV also kinda exemplified that conflict between the WARNING attitude (black Ayu) and the Ayu that wants to go back and find herself (red Ayu). I thought it was interesting how the lyrics of WARNING and Zutto... were so contrasting.
Oh, so I'm not the only one who thinks WARNING represents the Ayu that ran away? I mean, yeah I worded myself poorly by saying she "regrets" writing it, but what I meant to say is that Ayu in WARNING is the Ayu running away from her problems, so it's not what she actually thinks now. Like, I know she wrote those lyrics on purpose, but she regrets being that Ayu, that's what I meant.