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Old 26th March 2009, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer View Post
I've always thought that Days was definitely about Nagase and how he is now moving on with a different girl. Love'n'Hate also seems pretty obviously about him, at least to me. It doesn't sound like this song is about a crush at all, but about a past love who she wanted to love fully but for whatever reason inside of herself she was not able to. Nagase wanted the relationship to get more serious for a long time (hence why he stuck around for 7 years), but its commonly believed that Ayu was the one holding back. I think Love'n'Hate's lyrics express her mixed feelings about that.
I thought "Days" was about Nagase until the full lyrics came out. The second verse just doesn't fit, in my opinion.

This part of "LOVE'n'HATE"
Quote:
I knew from the start
That it's really impossible
Even so ...

I only wanted to dream
That my dream would come true
Just for a moment

I took the courage to approach you
Because I wanted to be loved by you
But I stayed as far as I could from you
Because I didn't want to be disliked by you
kind of reminds me of "Together When...".
Quote:
We believed
We found out one unchanged thing
But we felt it was changing
And took a step back
Yet another step back afterwards
So as not to be hurt
I doubt that ayu was the one holding back, really. The lyrics of "CAROLS" are a good indication for it. Maybe she wasn't ready for marriage, but she seemed to have been ready to share her life with him, judging by her lyrics.
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