You were... / BALLAD information and covers [VI]

[freedreamer]

She' not screaming for sure. Try singing it..(and hopefully u have a vocal range similar to hers)..then you'll know. It's really emotional though it can be extremely tiring to continuously sing at that note

edit: anyone remember when GREEN was released, we discussed whether she was going to have colours in her songs..
and lol, now we have RED LINE (GREEN, BLUE BIRD)

[Uemarasan]

Wow, she's really letting it rip. I haven't heard her voice this rough, raw, powerful, and emotional since I Am... Oh, Ayu. Finally, you're getting it. This is a beautiful and flawed song, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I hope the full version lives up to expectations! (unlike Sunrise) Enough of the restraint, prettiness, and pleasant calibration of the last few years. This just might be Ayu at her best. Somewhere inside her there's always been a rock star.

Screaming, howling, screaming. Whatever. This is how a song of hurt and pain needs to be sung. Cried out without emotional checkpoints.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

Wow, she's really letting it rip. I haven't heard her voice this rough, raw, powerful, and emotional since I Am... Oh, Ayu. Finally, you're getting it. .... Somewhere inside her there's always been a rock star.

Screaming, howling, screaming. Whatever. This is how a song of hurt and pain needs to be sung. Cried out without emotional checkpoints.

QFT!! This!!! I want to hug you for posting this cuz you put it in EXACTLY the words I would have if I'd actually been thinking straight when I first listened. XD

[Crystal_Ageha]

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

Wow, she's really letting it rip. I haven't heard her voice this rough, raw, powerful, and emotional since I Am... Oh, Ayu. Finally, you're getting it. This is a beautiful and flawed song, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I hope the full version lives up to expectations! (unlike Sunrise) Enough of the restraint, prettiness, and pleasant calibration of the last few years. This just might be Ayu at her best. Somewhere inside her there's always been a rock star.

Screaming, howling, screaming. Whatever. This is how a song of hurt and pain needs to be sung. Cried out without emotional checkpoints.

Yes yes yes! I agree with Deli on your post. The "raw" sort of quality this has compared to her latest songs also remind me a lot of I am... Which I love, of course. I'll take a few flaws any day over overly edited, overly perfect sounding vocals.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Yes yes yes! I agree with Deli on your post. The "raw" sort of quality this has compared to her latest songs also remind me a lot of I am... Which I love, of course. I'll take a few flaws any day over overly edited, overly perfect sounding vocals.

While I agree that the quality of the song is superb, I don't really get the "I am..." kinda feel from it, the guitars remind of the way Gackt uses them in some of his songs and it's like Ayu's GUILTY work came in touch with Gackt LOST ANGELS (not that the songs are similar in any way), which is good I'm really loving it~

[Crystal_Ageha]

^ I might've said the same thing when I first heard it, but now, for me, You were... is at least 50 times better than No way to say. XP

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

While I agree that the quality of the song is superb, I don't really get the "I am..." kinda feel from it, the guitars remind of the way Gackt uses them in some of his songs and it's like Ayu's GUILTY work came in touch with Gackt LOST ANGELS (not that the songs are similar in any way), which is good I'm really loving it~

I just meant the vocals. I don't get the vibe at all from the actual song, lol.

[Coleus_X_Voss]

thanks for the HQ rip!!!!

[aavis]

the cover looks so beautiful
i love it

[ownsarai]

^Exactly my thoughts, too. I love to hear Ayu's raw emotional singing, it's very refreshing and nostalgic (for me anyhow).

[ren0210989]

^damn it you're makin' it really hard to resist for me to hear the song!!!

any ideas when the PV might be airing?

[njanjayrp]

^ lol Hrc, you know you want it Nah I don't think the PVs will start airing for at least 2-3 more weeks

[ownsarai]

2-3 more weeks! I was hoping it would be around the 1st of December or so...I really am looking forward to this PV.

[ayumi.hamasaki]

I hope the PV will be airing sooner than 2-3 weeks

I can't wait to see it

[Maemi]

I hope the PV won't be anything like No way to say PV D: But that doesn't really matter because No way to say is a 1000x better song than You Were...

[aura~]

i think nobody posted full romaji lyrics of You were... I tried to do it, I think i did it wuite well... but there's a few thinks were I put a ? mark, because I'm not sure what i'm listening... but then there might be mistakes separating words... but well, here it is ^^ hope it can be helpful in some way ^^


You were... (romaji by me xd)

surechigau koibito tachi ga kata yoseai aruiteku
tsumetasa ga mi ni shimiru no wa kimi ga inai kara

kisetsu sae wasureru kurai hoka ni nani mo iranai kurai
sou muchuu de kagayaita no wa koi wo shiteita kara

kimi ga saigo no hito da to omotta
kimi to saigo no koi wo shitakatta
konna hiroi yozora no shita hitori
ittai nani wo omoebaii no...

uma(?) dare no towari de egao
misete iru nokaratta nante

me dore hotto tokigata attara
kurushi miwa owaru no kara

itsuka kanashiteta yume no tsuzuki wo
itsumo ikiteita ano kuchiru ze mo
subete wasure rareta ranakuta he(?)
dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

sei jaku ni tsutsumareta shunkan ni osowottekuru
yasashikute atataka sugiru omoeteta

kimi ga saigo no hito da to omotta
kimi to saigo no koi wo shitakatta
konna hiroi yozora no shita hitori
ittai nani wo omoebaii no...

itsuka kanashiteta yume no tsuzuki wo
itsumo ikiteita ano kuchiru ze mo
subete wasure rareta ranakuta he(?)
dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

[maze]

Originally Posted by walking.proud

i think nobody posted full romaji lyrics of You were... I tried to do it, I think i did it wuite well... but there's a few thinks were I put a ? mark, because I'm not sure what i'm listening... but then there might be mistakes separating words... but well, here it is ^^ hope it can be helpful in some way ^^


You were... (romaji by me xd)

surechigau koibito tachi ga kata yoseai aruiteku
tsumetasa ga mi ni shimiru no wa kimi ga inai kara

kisetsu sae wasureru kurai hoka ni nani mo iranai kurai
sou muchuu de kagayaita no wa koi wo shiteita kara

kimi ga saigo no hito da to omotta
kimi to saigo no koi wo shitakatta
konna hiroi yozora no shita hitori
ittai nani wo omoebaii no...

uma(?) dare no towari de egao
misete iru nokaratta nante

me dore hotto tokigata attara
kurushi miwa owaru no kara

itsuka kanashiteta yume no tsuzuki wo
itsumo ikiteita ano kuchiru ze mo
subete wasure rareta ranakuta he(?)
dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

sei jaku ni tsutsumareta shunkan ni osowottekuru
yasashikute atataka sugiru omoeteta

kimi ga saigo no hito da to omotta
kimi to saigo no koi wo shitakatta
konna hiroi yozora no shita hitori
ittai nani wo omoebaii no...

itsuka kanashiteta yume no tsuzuki wo
itsumo ikiteita ano kuchiru ze mo
subete wasure rareta ranakuta he(?)
dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

dakedo hitotsu mo wasureta kurai

thank you! I really love the song already, and I don't understand why many people hate it
the refrain is the best in a while! I think I'll love it even more in full/HQ.

[noidea]

I love that moment in the bridge where the guitars get back in. It's so...haunting!

[dreamland2.0]

The bridge is definitely the best part of the song for me I think
I'm going to wait for the PV to listen to it more I think!!
I can't wait to see what they came up with!

[Kanzaki]

The bridge is the best part, her voice made my eyes go all moist Very lovely song.

[GRACE]

I'm trying hard not to wear out the preview lol, I need an HQ to come out like NOW x___X

I'd bet that it's out there though, usually when the ringtones are announced is when they start getting out there