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Old 5th November 2006, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by evolusean View Post
Like I said, a lot of it has to do with how you personally interpret the lyrics. I tend to see a lot of raw despair and weakness in many of Ayu's songs, and a lot of acceptance of sorrow.
This is true and I agree. And I think that it also depends on what people see as pessimism.
I personally never thought of "A Song for XX" or "HAPPY ENDING" to be pessimistic (though it may aply to the later). They're sad and desperate, but I don't feel that ayu can't find a way out of it. "A Song for XX", for example, is written in past tense. (As stupid as this may sound...)

I was born alone and would live alone
I thought it was certainly natural for me to live in such a way


Basically this would mean that she has been thinking in such a way, but that she already found a way out of this "darkness" when she wrote the lyrics.
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