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Thanks for the walking proud interpertation, that makes sense. I am still not convienced that Ayu is speaking about Joan of Arc in her pv, and the ending of the pv is so ambigious that I think it is even more difficult to say she is refering to Joan of Arc, even though the title is Free & Easy. I have always liked the Moments mv because the dark lyrics, in the beginning of the song match the mv flawlessly:
Your heart began to be scorched,
and there was a smell of it
It was the end of your dream,
and the start of everything
What you adored looked beautiful to you
It became even brighter because you couldn't reach it
The broken pieces of your dream
Pierce my heart
Leaving the pain
That I should never forget
Your heart began to be scorched,
and there was a smell of it
It was the end of your dream,
and the start of everything
If my life is transient like a flower
I'll be in full bloom by your side
And after watching your smile
I'll fall alone, quietly
How was the scenery you saw
When you were pushed into an abyss of despair
Your naked heart is wandering
Having nowhere to go
And is setting sharp thorns around
For fear of being touched
The beginning of the song is so flawless because we get an image of a women, a ghost possibly or some type of person who is not fully human and they are looking on in life. This particular individual is searching for something, yet they are guided by a light, from the candle. Maybe the children are meant to represent innoncence, like the love that Ayu, the narrator in the song, gives to the person who the song is being sung to. Also the dolls are just children's playthings yet they are something that most of us were attached to some point of another, yet the children are ripping the dolls, they are destroying that which is supposed to make them innoncent and care free. Furthermore, look at all of the flower imagery: transient like a flower, blooming, thorns. There is also bird imagery and quite a few naturalistic scenes present (I think Ayu has read Frankenstein or Victorian literature, jk lol). Ever more, we get the question of scenary while in an abyss of despair now this is alarming because abyss depending on the context means hell and to be in an abyss of despair is to be in probably one of the most hellish scences any individual can possibly be confronted with because you are hopeless, but this is hopelessness at its worst. I think that the idea of fear is something that is prevelant in this song, especially ending with the last line but fear has entrapped us all. Whether it be because we are scared to welcome people into our lives or if it is because we want something so desperately and out of fear we will do anything to keep it. Look I am sorry that I rambled on, I had two finals back to back (religious studies and history so I am a bit out of wack currently).
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