Song Title Meanings

[nikku76]

There are a few songs in Ayu's repertoire with titles I just don't get, or didn't get at first. I mean, it's pretty common for the name of the song to not be in the lyrics in either English or Japanese but still pertain to it in some way. Others are more ambiguous.

Ivy is the most recent one for me. My best guess on this one is the fact that it as an evergreen, very resilient and continues to grow regardless of what it goes through. Looking at it that way, it fits nicely with the overall theme of the song.

One of my all-time favorites, BRILLANTE, is another head-scratcher. I believe it is some form of brilliant in french or italian, one of those. One definition I looked up suggested shining or like a diamond. But none of those seem to fit this dark and philosophical song for me. It's all about being lost in the darkness and pursuing a path alone, paths diverging and learning to live with pain without showing it. So... maybe someone can help me out with this one.

call confused me at first, being before Letter and all; I figured it was referencing a phone call until reading the lyrics more closely. It does make me wonder if Ayu's understanding of English isn't better than I thought, since that word is a homonym and all that. But I think it's used in the sense of the name by which you refer to something... not being able to put a label on something or how to categorize it in your mind. Which makes sense. But being placed before Letter definitely made that one more puzzling.