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panda♥ 28th April 2010 06:39 AM
count down?
 
i just sat down and read the lyrics to count down, and wow. i'm blown away, i didn't think i liked the song too much at first but after really listening to it it's one of my favorites.

does anyone else think it's about her left ear and maybe how she felt at the time she found out she was going to be deaf in that ear forever?

I hear some distant sound
You see? The end will begin soon
I'll accept it as it is
On my left side

ownsarai 28th April 2010 06:44 AM
I'm pretty certain it is about her ear, judging from the lyrics. It is a pretty powerful, meaningful song.

Andrenekoi 28th April 2010 06:44 AM
Yeah, people pretty much discussed this a lot since the song first came out x,x

majrakun 28th April 2010 06:57 AM
count down is my favourite song too, tied with Last Links, and beats other popular choices like Microphone and Sexy little things for me. It's so emotional, this is the type of rock I love from Ayu. It's not as polished as Microphone, it feels more like Memorial address.

A lot of people are pretty sure that she's talking about her left ear, some even noted that there's a sound in the background that's used in ear tests.

panda♥ 28th April 2010 07:03 AM
same with me, maj. it's probably count down, Last Links and then SLT or something.

sorry if this is a repeat discussion, i didn't see a topic on it but i guess it was discussed in the album thread. :P

nikku76 28th April 2010 03:09 PM
Even before reading the lyrics, this was the first song on the album I instantly connected with. I believe the emotion she is trying to convey comes across perfectly in this song. The whole thing is just bliss to me, start to finish. Knowing it means so much to her personally just makes it all the better.

Ayumi_lover 28th April 2010 03:12 PM
hidarigawa means not only "left side" but it is used as "heart" as well. So this song is NOT about her ear problem, just put "heart" instead "left side" into translation and you'll see ^__^

rainydayumi 28th April 2010 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover (Post 2340861)
hidarigawa means not only "left side" but it is used as "heart" as well. So this song is NOT about her ear problem, just put "heart" instead "left side" into translation and you'll see ^__^
this is right.. the lyrics would sound very awkward if she actually mean it the way you put it panda.

JackieRos 28th April 2010 05:48 PM
yeah it was said it was about her left ear

I love the lyrics of this song

Ayumi_lover 28th April 2010 06:09 PM
^^ where it was said? AHS discussions is not an official thing

JackieRos 28th April 2010 06:11 PM
in the RnR threads, official or not I think it's true

panda♥ 28th April 2010 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rainydayumi (Post 2340864)
this is right.. the lyrics would sound very awkward if she actually mean it the way you put it panda.
I don't think "on my left side" sounds awkward at all. Plus your heart is on the left side of your chest, so she could still be talking about her ear.

Zeke. 29th April 2010 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by all.night.raver (Post 2326312)
The build up right before the chorus is so perfect. Right how "Atashi wa~" starts and you can really feel the emotion coming from her while singing this song.
Quote:
Atashi wa warau wake de mo naku wake de mo nai
Tada zetsubou nanka haruka ni toorisugita kara
Mu ni natte shimatta dake na no nannimo kanji nai no

I don't laugh nor cry
I experienced despair so much in the past
That I became empty, I feel nothing
Then it turns into this kind of march build-up during "Tada zetsubou nanka haruka..." that really sent me the message she was singing at that part in the song. I had read that count down was about her "left side" and breezed over the lyrics translation before listening to the song for the first time. The emotion during that part of the song really hit me. The message is so clearly portrayed without me even understanding/trying to translate her words.
Quote:
Anata wa nan no mayoi mo naku iikitta wa
Ittai are ga nani o sashita kotoba datta ka nante
Sonna koto wa daiji ja nai no motto hoka ni aru no

You said so with no hesitation
It's not important what on earth it meant
There is something more important
Again, these emotions and this part of the song really goes well with the way she is choosing to sing during this piece of the build-up.
I have begun to like count down more and more. At first I just couldn't get into the chorus, as it disappointed me. But lately it's the one song that sticks in my head, and I find myself wanting to listen to it more and more. I know most of the words even! Lol.

ohsixthirty 29th April 2010 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by majrakun (Post 2340623)
A lot of people are pretty sure that she's talking about her left ear, some even noted that there's a sound in the background that's used in ear tests.
oh no, i was going to come in here and post the same thing and think i was so cool to think about this idea.

i guess i've been beaten though, lol. :irked

truehappiness 29th April 2010 04:39 AM
I thought the beeps sounded more like alarms that signal when a "count down" has run out of time, haha.

HarukaKamiya 29th April 2010 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 2341459)
I thought the beeps sounded more like alarms that signal when a "count down" has run out of time, haha.
That's... kind of what the sounds in hearing tests sound like, though, haha. Like I said in the thread for the lyrics, the sounds stay with you FOREVER. :shakehead

ownsarai 29th April 2010 05:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover (Post 2340861)
hidarigawa means not only "left side" but it is used as "heart" as well. So this song is NOT about her ear problem, just put "heart" instead "left side" into translation and you'll see ^__^
I still think it's about her ear, nothing will change my mind about it.

HarukaKamiya 29th April 2010 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ownsarai (Post 2341514)
I still think it's about her ear, nothing will change my mind about it.
Yes. Plus, it makes the song more special to me, since I'm deaf in my right ear, so I can relate to 'count down' really well. :|

chloeM 29th April 2010 06:23 AM
yeap~ it occurred to me too... i never really liked this song first time listened to it.. but after browsing through her lyrics.. i got it~!

truehappiness 29th April 2010 06:23 AM
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That's... kind of what the sounds in hearing tests sound like, though, haha. Like I said in the thread for the lyrics, the sounds stay with you FOREVER.
I know, but some alarms are sort of like that too, haha.

Delirium-Zer0 30th April 2010 05:36 PM
Dude, ayu is a really great lyricist. You don't think she used the term "left side" on purpose? The fact that it could refer to either her ear or heart is EXACTLY why she'd say that instead of "mune" or "kokoro" or something, lol. :)

My personal reading of the lyrics is that when she says "this left side of mine" she means her ear, but when she says "that left side of yours" she means the heart of the person she's talking to.

But yeah, it means both, no point arguing about it. All good poetry has multiple interpretations.

Heldin 30th April 2010 08:14 PM
I like this song very much. I find it very powerful and philosophical. Firstly, i thought of it as if something bad's going to happen and she asks, if that person, who was by her side and shared all these good times with her will be still with her and support her anyway.
But now, when I've read your discussion I understand, that partly I was wrong. And the real sens of this song really hurts. She is very strong to discuss it in her songs and share it with her fans.
But, I have a question: we all know, that Japan has different strong-developped technologies, they have so many scientific bases. Why couldn't they preserve her sense of hearing? If she began growing deaf since 2002, why couldn't she make some diagnostics? Operation?


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