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Originally Posted by Faramir
If I'm not wrong, I remember reading somewhere that songs like "Teddy Bear", "No Way To Say", and "Memorial Address" are actually about her father, when he suddenly left home forever one morning when Ayu was only 2 years old; and that has left a scar on Ayu's soul ever since, which has also affected her relationships with men in general, I think; and also, Ayu was brought up, until her early teens when she moved to Tokyo, in an all-female environment at home, i.e. she, her mother, and her grandmother, and it was her grandmother who did most of her upbringing since her mother had to work full-time, which is probably why she seems to have a unique maturity of character that's reflected in her songwriting, as well as in her behaviour towards others.
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that's what I was thinking when I heard Memorial Address and Teddy Bear. When I hear Ayu's love songs they seem like they always have a sad note in them.
singing about how love is beautiful and such is fine, but Ayu's love ballads are special because even if they are lovely and uplifting, they always have a note of sadness in them. Like she knows what she has is wonderful and that she'll treasure it and protect it forever, but she feels that it can't ever
truly last forever.