I picked one song from each album (almost...). Instead of explaining why, I picked the lines that are the strongest for me personally. Translations are from
ayu.primenova (except for Heartplace, Pride and Rule which are from
lettersfromayu)
A Song for XX
I had no place to live. I couldn't find one.
I don't know if I could have any hope for the future.
//
You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people.
I thought it was the same as being rejected.
//
I was born alone. I'll go on living alone.
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate.
And Then
When was I able to believe in unseeable things?
Now I see too much and don't understand.
Only unrelated words are lined up on the paper.
I get the feeling that I wrote a poem or something
Duty
Everyone is convinced
that that "thing" they're searching
for is in the future.
But how many people have realized
that "it" is actually in the past?
I can't even guess.
//
I saw the end of an era
with my own eyes.
And in truth, I actually
do know that it's my turn next
//
You'll find me, won't you?
I'm betting that you'll find me.
SURREAL
Choosing only the things you like
isn't irresponsible.
If you can't find anything you like
then why accept the responsibility?
I take only the possibilities that I'm ready to accept
//
In a nonexistant place
I stand as I am.
Please be yourself.
I want you to be that way forever
Heartplace
Children who have just become older in years
Should they be called adults as well?
Because they cannot live perfectly yet
//
In this constrained place
Where even breathing is difficult
Memorial address
I remember I went to sleep late that night feeling uneasy
And had a very sad dream
//
I wish I could have heard from you
That I had certainly been loved by you
Only once, even if it had been a lie
INSPIRE
Whom are the words for?
What is the process for?
What does it mean to live?
If there are definate answers, don't you think it's boring?
Pride
If humans are creatures who always
Demand for too much
Ah, then just what is it that we really want?
//
-- there is nothing more frightening than giving up
talkin' 2 myself
If your brain is about to be controlled
By the things reflected in your eyes
Listen to the voice in your heart
Rule
These rules set by someone else
We don’t need such things
Because we are the rules
//
Strength into gentleness
Gentleness into strength
From the moment this change occured
There is nothing I’m afraid of
That’s how I feel
Don't Look Back
I can't go back, I won't go back, there is no place to return
However much I may look back, I can't change my footprints
Even if I repaint them beautifully
My mind alone can't be deceived
do it again
"What is sad is to give up"
That's true even now
But such cases that don't fit well
Are increasing in reality
progress
I was afraid of simple days so long ago
I know now it's complicated days that are sad
reminds me
When, with this tired body
I reach my darkened room
And realize that I need to turn on the lights
I absolutely hate that moment
Wake me up
There is everything, yet there is nothing
That is the law of this sandcastle
Anyone can enter, yet nobody can enter
That is the fate of the sandcastle