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

[aloopy]

BALLAD is pretty boring. it's really pretty, but boring.
the song doesn't really go anywhere...there's no climax..
the instrumentals are really pretty though, so I'll probably listen to the instrumental version alot.

but it's okay, I love You were...!

[Masamune]

I just only waited that you were PV was about all the tinkerbell stuff with images of the movie(like the other disney stars that put her music in any movie) or something like that I don´t expected this...

[SpiceSquad!]

LOVE it.. weird in beautiful way.. artistic..

[tenshi no hane]

BALLAD's translation, romaji & kanji (by me):

Spoiler:

translation
I woke up from the middle of a dream, my eyelashes were wet
I remembered the words, “please don’t go”
My strongly growing emotions will never change
My feelings of yearning for your respect will never waver

*Today’s setting sky is gentle like you
That time I yelled that it wasn’t a dream, “don’t go”

The memories won’t fade away nor will they increase
The words “please, stay by my side” can't be allowed
Surely I hold nothing else but false courage
Love can’t be rid of by only suppressing it

**Tonight’s moonlight is a guidepost you granted me
Your back has become too far away for me to see, “stay by my side”

*repeat
**repeat

Only now, forgive...

romaji
yume no tochuu de mezameta matsuge ga nurete ita
oboete ta kotoba wa "onegai ikanaide"
kesshite kawaranai no wa tsunotte yuku kono omoi
itsumo yuru ga nai no wa uyamai shitau kimochi

*kyou no yuuyake sora wa anata no you ni yasashikute
kondo wa yume ja nai to sakebimashita "ikanaide"

omoide wa kienu tomo furueyuku koto mo naku
yurusarenu kotoba wa “onegai, soba ni ite”
kitto tsuyogari dake de wa kore ijou motanai
osaekomareru dake de wa ai wa nakuse ya shinai

**koyoi no tsuki no akari wa anata no kureta michishirube
toosugite sono se ga mou mienai no “soba ni ite”

*repeat
**repeat

ima dake wa nee yurushite...

kanji
夢の途中で目が覚めた　睫毛が濡れていた
覚えていた言葉は 　　『お願い行かないで』
決して変わらないのは　募っていくこの想い
いつも揺るがないのは　敬い慕う気持ち

*今日の夕焼け空は　あなたのように優しくて
今度は夢じゃないと叫びました　　『行かないで』

思い出は消えぬとも　増えゆくこともなく
許されぬ言葉は　　『お願い、そばにいて』
きっと強がりだけでは　これ以上もたない
抑え込まれるだけでは　愛はなくせやしない

**今宵の月の明かりは　あなたのくれた道しるべ
遠すぎてその背がもう見えないの　　『そばにいて』

*repeat
**repeat

今だけはねぇ　許して…

[Mai82Go]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

BALLAD's translation, romaji & kanji (by me):

Spoiler:

translation
I woke up from the middle of a dream, my eyelashes were wet
I remembered the words, “please don’t go”
My strongly growing emotions will never change
My feelings of yearning for your respect will never waver

*Today’s setting sky is gentle like you
That time I yelled that it wasn’t a dream, “don’t go”

The memories won’t fade away nor will they increase
The words “please, stay by my side” can't be allowed
Surely I hold nothing else but false courage
Love can’t be rid of by only suppressing it

**Tonight’s moonlight is a guidepost you granted me
Your back has become too far away for me to see, “stay by my side”

*repeat
**repeat

Only now, forgive...

romaji
yume no tochuu de mezameta matsuge ga nurete ita
oboete ta kotoba wa "onegai ikanaide"
kesshite kawaranai no wa tsunotte yuku kono omoi
itsumo yuru ga nai no wa uyamai shitau kimochi

*kyou no yuuyake sora wa anata no you ni yasashikute
kondo wa yume ja nai to sakebimashita "ikanaide"

omoide wa kienu tomo furueyuku koto mo naku
yurusarenu kotoba wa “onegai, soba ni ite”
kitto tsuyogari dake de wa kore ijou motanai
osaekomareru dake de wa ai wa nakuse ya shinai

**koyoi no tsuki no akari wa anata no kureta michishirube
toosugite sono se ga mou mienai no “soba ni ite”

*repeat
**repeat

ima dake wa nee yurushite...

kanji
夢の途中で目が覚めた　睫毛が濡れていた
覚えていた言葉は 　　『お願い行かないで』
決して変わらないのは　募っていくこの想い
いつも揺るがないのは　敬い慕う気持ち

*今日の夕焼け空は　あなたのように優しくて
今度は夢じゃないと叫びました　　『行かないで』

思い出は消えぬとも　増えゆくこともなく
許されぬ言葉は　　『お願い、そばにいて』
きっと強がりだけでは　これ以上もたない
抑え込まれるだけでは　愛はなくせやしない

**今宵の月の明かりは　あなたのくれた道しるべ
遠すぎてその背がもう見えないの　　『そばにいて』

*repeat
**repeat

今だけはねぇ　許して…

Thanks for this! Oh, Ayu.....

[sanzo2011]

BALLAD's instrumental's very beautiful but i don't like her way of singing !
And why do many people complain about there's no Tinkerbell image in You were pv .... ~~!Come on ! This just prove that Ayu considers it as her own song , not just a theme song ! It shows her respect to what she sings .

[RPGames]

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

[Maemi]

It seems to me that BALLAD is better than You Were...

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by RPGames

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

Ya! I got the Doll's vibe from the opening too. It was creepy in a good way

[waterballoon]

BALLAD reminds me just a little of part of Me.

and oh God BALLAD is so pretty, and fragile... she sounds so vulnerable here it kinda makes me sad!

I have to say this single is gonna have to be my favorite single from Ayu, and Days/GREEN was like so close too...XD

[noidea]

Originally Posted by RPGames

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

I avctually said it sounds like Dolls + WILL today xD
But your description fits as well^^ Definitly getting a very strong Dolls vibe from it.

[kiseki89]

I should have never ever listened to the chakuuta version - it killed the song

Now that i have heard to hq version - BALLAD sounds better than intial. Together with you were, this single is very promising~

[nanakopy87]

to those who wanna order Jacket A from CDJapan,please be hurry because they left 10 more first press only

[TITANIC]

for the song I prefer BALLAD for lyric I prefer You Were...

[Jwiz]

To me, BALLAD is recent masterpiece of collaboration between ayu and DAI; soothing and flawless (well not really but still! it's much much better than you were...)

[PoetGirl]

thank you tenshi as always. lyrics of BALLAD are beautiful

[royle]

ballad>>>>>>>>> you were

[Lanz16]

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

This single is shaping up to be my favorite Ayu release since... I don't know when, everything is just working together to create a really solid release. I really can't say many negative things about it. The quality of the music in both the songs released is just so superior to what she's been recently churning out, and the emotion that is conveyed in both songs is, to me, very powerful.

I had a good laugh reading some of the posts about there being a lack of budget for this release, especially in regards to the PV for You were... at first, I admit I was just going "what the hell is going on here?" but after reading some of the interpretations (although some were just ridiculous... sometimes a teddy bear glove is just a teddy bear glove) it made more sense to me and I was able to appreciate it more. Not to mention, Ayu herself looks absolutely gorgeous although I wish different lighting was used to illuminate the crystals on her face and body instead of just making her look oily in the dim lighting. But perhaps the darkness was intentional to convey her state of mind.

To me, taking the time to create 2D trees and make sure all of them are illuminated in an indoor set would certainly be more time-consuming and expensive than to just dump a bunch of fake snow outside and film her there. I believe that this was deliberate. The pop-up storybook effect is powerful as the PV does show a story and the PV connects with the lyrics.

Anyway, this post will probably be ignored and will be followed by a bunch of comments how cheap it is, how boring the songs are, how bad her voice is, etc, but I just wanted to say something nice, and that I truly feel like this single is a job well done.

I love for everything what you said

[Ayu_Ready]

This single is very stunning I Love You were especially the PV and ballad is Magic >< Full of feelings =)

[Miltonic]

I love both songs so far especially BALLAD is so soothing to me and I can listen to it when I want to relax and enjoy. I need the 320 kbps HQ versions though to truly enjoy the music.