「LIFE」 lyrics + translation

[alternarist]

Originally Posted by taskinillusion

Wow! Thanks! To me, it sounds like she's referring to losing her hearing in her left ear... doesn't it?

i think so too.. it's so relevant to this issue..

Originally Posted by evolusean

I think she's talking about not only that, but also about losing her longtime friend to suicide, her X-year long relationship with Tomoya, and maybe even her #1 streak. The past year was really rough on Ayu; she lost a lot of long-lasting things. I can see how these lyrics can apply to any of these things, which is probably why it's called something as all-encompassing as "Life".

i can agree with this. but i thought fated was regarding Tomoya and untitled ~for her~ was for her long time friend who died?

[truehappiness]

fated was originally for the Kaidan movie [since there are lovers that end up parting ways in it or something] but it just so happened to release a month after her breakup.. D;

[panda♥]

doesn't Masa already have this translated...?


nice though. ^^

Originally Posted by alternarist

i can agree with this. but i thought fated was regarding Tomoya and untitled ~for her~ was for her long time friend who died?

There's no rule that says you can only write 1 song about a given event. Most writers talk about the same things over and over again, just from different perspectives or in different words. Ayu herself has said in the past, when talking about the trilogy, that she is one such person.

Originally Posted by MYV*izm

doesn't Masa already have this translated...?

A person who reads only one translation of a foreign text has a tenth as much understanding of it as the person who reads ten translations. This is especially true with Japanese-English translations. There is no authoritative translation.

[Jwiz]

thanks for your efforts.

[greggerz189]

lovely lyrics, not-so-original composition.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by greggerz189

lovely lyrics, not-so-original composition.

How so? I thought the composition was quite fresh and "new" for Ayu..

Certainly, there were some old sounds from other J-pop songs, but other than that... it seemed pretty original.

Forgot to say that Life kinda invokes the same feelings that the sleeperspaceborn mix of "from your letter" gives me.

[Rebirthia]

i have the feeling i have read these lyrics a hundred times....

thanks for posting, of course!

[Yoake]

thanks for lyrics
It's a beautiful song

[Ayu_no_tenshi]

thank you
i love how you translate

[BoBo]

i realy like the lyrics

[Shuyin]

Thank you, nice lyrics!

[lovelism]

thanks evolusean!

[I_you_me]

thanks 4 the lyrics..

[Neo Daydream]

i think this song is very fresh.

to anyone who is getting tired of the same lyrics from Ayu, I felt like that when BLUE BIRD came out. I was like "oh, here's another summer single with the same darn lyrics!" >.<

but i think this song... she has done nothing like it b4... i mean, the beginning of the music sounded like another song to me for a second but i really like the song (even tho it sounds like something from YUI or someone like that lol am i right?)

i think she's starting a bit of a new lyrics era... it started w/ GUILTY with songs like "untitled for her". this song kinda makes me thind of that one...

[Ryuuzaki]

thanks for the lyrics

[TITANIC]

thanks for the translation

[AyuHamasaki01]

I really like it!
thank you for the translation!

[waterballoon]

One of her most beautiful song in terms of lyrics and composition... ever.

[Chibi_Venus]

Wow, these are great lyrics! Thank you, evolusean!