[Translation] Walk Translation

[mi|kshake]

I lead this kind of life
But I live with my head held high

sort feels like an answer to A Song for xx's lyrics:

I was born alone. I'll go on living alone.
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate.

Like she wasn't quite sure who she was before but now she's at a place in her life where she doesn't care what anyone else thinks.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by mi|kshake

Like she wasn't quite sure who she was before but now she's at a place in her life where she doesn't care what anyone else thinks.

Actually when you couple these lyrics with the melody, it doesn't seem like she's confident at all, you know?

You know how in monochrome she says "because I'm so strong" but is then interrupted, and you can kinda tell that she's not ACTUALLY strong, she's just telling herself that?

I get that feeling from this song too. I had complained in another thread that the chorus & verse melodies seem to be switched - as a result, the song seemed just kinda off or wrong to me, and when I heard the full song it sounded like it was building up to a climax that never really came. The song doesn't end on a tonic, at least the vocal line doesn't ever really come to a "proper" end - the result is that Ayu sounds like she's thinking or hoping or wondering the ENTIRE time, without ever coming to an answer. This song sounds very insecure to me as a result. It sounds like even now she's musing about whether or not she's gone the right way... this to me sounds like the more mature version of "What is forever love," or the romance-related version of "crossroad" (where that one seemed to be more about her career).

Yet another song I liked better as soon as I read the lyrics, haha.

[roseghostly]

Originally Posted by mi|kshake

sort feels like an answer to A Song for xx's lyrics:



Like she wasn't quite sure who she was before but now she's at a place in her life where she doesn't care what anyone else thinks.

i really love your interpretation! it makes it even more touching somehow..

and, thank you, @tenshi_no_hane, for the translation. i think this single has some of the best music she's made in a while. this is definitely a song you have to listen to a couple of times, but it definitely grows on you. it's beautiful, poignant, and touching..i cried when i saw the performance on cdl without expecting to..it kinda just sneaks up on you!