Close to you is my least fave song :( So I am hoping it sounds either like No way to say or JEWEL + Voyage as I seriously avoid listening to Close to you XD

I don't thin Close to you is that great but I just like the feeling it has. I don't really like the song, just that it has a X'mas feel.

Maybe will be a notchristmas single.
GREEN isn't so christmas feel and the Day's pv neither so I don't think will be a xmas/winter single like Together When...

Close to you is gorgeous D:

^

Together When was a christmas single? ?_?

no, lol more winter single XD

Together When... was rather weak for a winter single. I was so disappointed. Lol.

I love these. ^^

Thank you so much, everyone!

@kosh: Ah

@night raver: Was that sarcasm? S_S If not, I agree, 'cause I didn't really like the song at all until recently.. Plus it wasn't even a physical single

^ I was being serious. I just expected more from it. I listened to the preview only a few times and only listened to the MP3 a few times as well before I got the album. I just don't think the chorus is as strong as it could be and I wanted more of a X'mas feel to it. Lol. I'm all about the X'mas sound effects. More bells, more synth, more wind. It's ok, but it could have been much better, and in cases with songs like that, I get very angry knowing at how good they COULD have been where as they stand now as just "decent".

I god, I know EXACTLY what you mean. And I'm with you on "Close to you" also.... the song has seriously grown on me over the years but I still know how close it was to being truly awesome. The chorus definitely needed more drama, I think. (Although I think they did good on the amount of bells & wintry effects. ^^)

(many people here already know how much "For My Dear..." upsets me in a similar manner. SO CLOSE TO AWESOME >_<!!)

^

More drama? You mean like an explosive chorus ala No way to say?

I'm rather glad it doesn't have that, as it makes it a very soothing song. ^^ Plus I don't think it really fits it.

another BIG thx to you Deli!

^i think this would be the crying part!

YES! A No way to say CHORUS WOULD HAVE OWNED IT! Lol. That was what I was looking for, a more "explosive" chorus!

Together When... was just a bad JEWEL by comparison. JEWEL was epic. So simple yet SUCH a MASTERPIECE. Seriously, it is just pure genius.

Lolll

Yet JEWEL has a very soft chorus ^^

I love the lyrics, it sounds like Ayu wants to love us forever! :P As we do her. :thumbsup I cannot wait to hear it and see the PV. I have a feeling I'm going to :weep

Actually, for it to be the original Japanese, you've gotta have the Kanji. One can't really do a 100% accurate translation without at least seeing the kanji first, not the romaji. From the romaji, the translations look pretty good so far, but can't know for sure until the original kanji is available here.

Aw. Days seems like a ballad.

Double Ballad A Side? lol

Thanks for the translations!
The lyrics of Days sound so cute :3

the lyrics made a huge lump in my throat. i miss my boyfriend so much now. i haven't seen him since MARCH. my heart aches... also aches to hear the song!!!!!!!!!! omg, i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks so much!!!

it's here~
I have kanji ones~
I finally understood how to use the 2 channelu.

会いたくて　会いたくて　せめて声が聴きたくて
ようもなく　電話したり

君がいる　それだけで心がとても温かくなる
僕の願いは　たった一つだけ
そうこんな風に　いつまでも
君を好きなままで　いていいですか？

切なくて　切なくて　胸がぎゅっとなる夜も
たしかにね　あるけれど・・・

君を思う　それだけで　心は生きる意味を持つから
なにかを求めてるわけじゃなくて
ただこんな風に　いつまでも
君を好きにな僕で　いていいですか？

I love ayu's lyrical style! thanks for sharing

The preview is out??..

I dun have a gd feeling for Days... im sry...as in...I don't feel as hyped as I was for GREEN some how...(i still love her duh)
Im just keeping my expectations low...there is so little about this song (music wise) known...so yea...until i hear the preview...I'll just treat this song normally...

the chorus looks veyr short from the lyrics she gave...

tada konna kaze ni, itsumade mo
kimi wo suki ni na boku de, ite ii desu ka?

Excuse me.
"kaze" is not correct. Should be "fuu".
And "suki ni na" doesn't make sense in Japanese.

The chaku-uta clip is out apparently.

And to note: Close to you was changed later to add the Xmas bells after a few revisions according to the RAINBOW liner notes on her site..

so is a ballad then??
i can't wait to hear it!!

ですよね。
but I thought "is it really that way? ２ちゃんえる is not complaining.."
At first... I could not figure ni na.. I tried so hard to understand that kind of grammar.
Maybe I have to go back to school!! lol Maybe it really is something that I don't remember..

at the end, I just suggest what should be...

edit: I tried to search for other sentences with "ni na Boku / ni na Watashi” in it, and there is nothing in google or yahoo.
and I couldn't find anything..
I'm really not sure about that grammar, delerium (sorry if I couldnt spell it right!!!)

D:

Ayu mentioned that Days will be the kakkoi song, didn't she?

I always find Close to you a nicey-nice ballad, but it can get a little boring sometimes, and lacks the magic that ayu's stronger ballads i.e. Heaven, NWTS and Carols have. And to me, Together When... shares the same standard with Close to you.

I do hope GREEN/Days will be another HEAVEN single, which has two awesome ballads.

personally to me, both GREEN lyrics and the piece we have from Days ...
If you put them together they remind me exactly of Hanabi lyrics. ahaha
I wanna meet you, why can't people live the way they want, it's too painful. etc.
I think these 2 songs are Hanabi episode 3. ahahaha.
joke~

anyways I will check 2 channel again sometime soon to get some comments, okay?~
sometimes people are dumb and compare songs to anything. -_-
Like someone in the last green one said miraworld could compare to Green.

Some comments from 2 channel

うわあああああああああああああああああああ
Daysつまんね
作曲誰だよ
とりあえずGREENのメイキングの方だけ買う
あとから好きになれるかもしれないけど
- uwa.
Days is boring.
Who the hell made this? (LOL my own addition.. he says "Who made this song" but feels just like "Who the hell made it."
I'll buy the one with Green making of first.
From then, maybe I can come to like this song.

"神両A面きたこれ！アンチの鬱が悪化しそうだなｗ "
- This double a side is god. The anti-fans depression seems to be getting worse. LOL

"daysってlife並に糞曲だね
まだlifeの方がマシ
これ作曲した奴センスなさすぎ
ここから盛り上げていくかな？
って思ったら下がるし
終わりかたも最低最悪
昼ドラでさえ、こんな安っぽメロディー使わないよ
これをチョイスしたあゆもあゆだよ
あゆ一体どうしちゃったんだろ
Ｂ面ていうなら納得できたんだろうけど
こんな薄い曲をＡ面だなんて無理ありすぎだよ
GREENがインパクト強めで、頭に残るメロディーなのが
唯一の救いだね "

This Days is the same **** as Life.
But still, Life is better.
The guy who made this song has no sense whatsoever.
When I think "From here, it's going to get better, gonna get a climactic song"
I am brought down.
And the way its finished is so bad too.
Even the sunday dramas won't use a thin sounding melody like this.
But the Ayumi who made this choice is still Ayumi.
Why the hell did she do something like this?
It it was a B side, then we could have understood this,
But this being a A side is too unreasonable.
The impact of Green is strong, and the melody stays in your head.
That's only salvation.

"ディズひでぇなw
あゆバラードシングル史上ワースト１決定だわ
作曲家が枯れたのか、あゆのチョイスセンスが枯れたのか、
どっちにしろこれはダメだよなぁ " (this one is funny.)

- Days is horrible.
This ballad single is the worst decision in Ayumi history.
Is it just the Composer who died? Or is it Ayumi's sense of choice which died?
Whatever it is, its crap.

This one turns the verse from Mirrorcle World into his comment:
"daysなのかって？GREENなのかって？
バラードなのかって？ロックなのかって？
To Beなのかって？LOVEなのかって？
新曲出るんだから仲良くすれば良いんじゃない"
- The say is it Days? The say is it Green?
They say is in a ballad? They say is it a Rock?
They say Is it To Be? They say Is it Love Destiny?
A new song is being released, so shouldn't we get along?

"Ｄａｙｓ超神！！！！！
間違いなく１位でしかも初動ミリオンもあるよ絶対！！！！！
でなきゃ国民の耳が腐ってる！！！！！！！"
- Days is an awesome song.
Without mistake, it's a number one, and it can be the first seller of millions, certainly!
If you don't then the entire country's ears are rotting. (LOL I dont know whats that means)

i just downloaded the ringtone...it's like Life pt 2 buuuut I LOVE Life sooo i like it...i know most people dont feel the same way about that song

I really liked Life too! But I don't think we need two of them >_<. Well I'm downloading now, I'm sure I'll like it.

Okay, so the posted lyrics are wrong.
The lyrics goes at the end..

sou konna fuu ni itsumademo
kimi wo suki na mama de ite ii desu ka?

そうこんな風にいつまでも
君を好きなままでいていいですか。

So is it okay for me to stay loving you, in that way forever?

I really love it. *-*

^

Seriously like Life?

aka. generic rock ballad with generic instrumentation?

Edit: No.. It's really nice and not generic at all. It sounds like something Kuumi would do.

Well, Life = generic rock ballad with generic instrumentation and Days seems like it will be a generic winter ballad with generic instrumentation. Even the titles seem similar to me. ^o)

thank you for this!

HAHAHA this made me laugh so hard:

"daysなのかって？GREENなのかって？
バラードなのかって？ロックなのかって？
To Beなのかって？LOVEなのかって？
新曲出るんだから仲良くすれば良いんじゃない"

anyway, i really like Life too!!! and Days sounds good so far. not as powerful as GREEN but it seems it will be moving and beautiful. ^^

Lolol XD

Well not for Ayu imo

If it was Kuu's song it'd be generic, but I haven't heard Ayu do a song like this before..

The melody does seem rather generic/flat tho

lol

Well after some listens, Days reminds me Secret and untitled ~for her~
A sweet but generic song :/ But it's stupid judgin' Days with only 45 seconds of music.
Anyway lately, Ayu should to pay attention at B-sides as she do with A-sides XD srsly.
GREEN and MW are epic songs!

Thanks to masa & maikaru for your help on the romaji, I've fixed my first post!

I can't wait to hear!!!!!!

Oh! its so beautiful Thank you Miss Hamasaki!

oh.. is Days really that bad ? I was hoping that it will be a nice ballad =)

I think the lyrics are good.. kinda seems like Ayu is in love. lolz.

I know I'm really bumping this, but I wanted to ask if since days has actually now come out, are there any differences to the lyrics in her TA message and the actual finished sung version?

I need to add them to my collection but want to make sure I've got them down right!!!

Has anyone compared them, or does anyone have a finalised, proper, "these are the exact lyrics" version?

pretty please? :)

It's not the exact version unfortunately :(
I think it's edited, I wanted to get the exact lyrics as well for recording ^^;