A/N: Sorry, no link for this yet.
There are two different versions of this song; one is a significantly shorter one used for the 8th Naruto opening, while the longer is the original. I'd like to talk about the lyrics of the full song before taking a glance at the opening theme version.
So, take a moment. Think about the lyrics as we go, they're good. And... all right, here we go.
"The horizon is drifting away
The sky is too blue to depict tomorrow on"
To me, this sound like a "everything just seems to be too good. Things really can't go on like this." Honestly, that's all I can really think about this line.
"A group of stagnated people struggling to breathe
Since when did I crawl under here?"
Two words. Bad crowd. Stagnated people - people who don't change, won't change.. they're struggling to breathe, they're barely continuing on. Then that question - what am i doing here? Since when did this become the sort of thing I hang around?
"I’ll spill out my sadness
Wouldn’t I be better off only looking forward?
Well then I guess I can’t take the lead"
Throw away everything that's hurting you, just be optimistic, keep going! But apparently, the traits that make good leaders lead to hurt (which could be very true). I guess I can't take the lead if i'm struggling with all of this and just trying to look to tomorrow...
"Even if I turn everything around to be my enemy,
I will still feel a dim light
If I’m going to go that far, then…"
So, this line makes me think that no matter how bad things are, there's still hope to turn it around. No matter what, you can always turn things around. There will always be that little tugging feeling in your heart, telling you which way to go. Then the third line serves to segway into the chorus, which changes a bit each verse.
"I want to breathe, it’s painful here
The night you look up at darkness
A floating diver with decompression sickness
Wanting to confirm that I'm alive
Let’s take one more breath, heading down to the bottom of the ocean"
This always hits me so hard. "I want to breathe." Think of the stagnated people. I don't want to be like that, I want to breathe! I want to live, I want to change! It hurts to be in a place like this, I want to change! I want to be better. It's like being a diver with decompression sickness. Decompression sickness occurs when divers head up to the surface too quickly, and don't properly adjust to the changing pressures that accompany different depths. In the context of this song, it'd be a metaphor for... improving your life? Getting away from a bad time in your life? I'm not sure, because that last line is talking about going back. Maybe you're going back to save one of those stagnated people? Could be, especially considering it was used as an opening for Naruto.
"I turn the map over in my head,
The night when I was all alone and frightened by the things I lack
I always thought I was strong,
Always thought I was stronger than anyone else"
So this part is more straightforward than a lot of other parts. I'm getting ready to go on a journey, maybe sitting up in bed, too anxious for the morning's journey. Journeying... for love? Acceptance? To save someone? Either/and/or, anything works. Personally, that line "I always thought I was . . . stronger than anyone else" is special. That's how it is so often. Change like this doesn't happen without humility, without stripping away all your pride.
"A lost swan was floating in the starry night sky
It started to rain lullingly"
A symbol of beauty to strive for; rainy nights with stars? Hm. A lost swan... could that be representative of the thing I'm striving to save, the person I left at the bottom of the ocean?
"Just as stars are stars, I’m just me
Can I go that far..."
Can I go that far. That is the question. I'm Just Me. For some reason, I just love these lines. They're simple, but please think about them. I don't know why, but they're significant to me.
"With a heavy anchor on my back
And a picture of prayers as a little extra
It started to rain as if giving me a cue"
The first time I looked through this, I only thought of the anchor as mistakes, something to weigh you down in a negative way. But now... maybe it's a way to stay in the same place, so you won't get lost. Maybe it's there to keep you anchored to the surface. Anyways, a picture of prayers. Motivation, memories of friends, that's all I'm getting from that. Then the reference to rain as a cue references the part earlier, with the lost swan and all.
"I want to breathe, it’s painful here
Me, looking up into the darkness, a diver without a way to float
If you want proof that you’re alive
Let’s head down to the bottom of the ocean one more time "
Looking up into the darkness can be a scary thing. In this scenario, I think that it's a "looking into darkness... trying to find my best friend" sort of thing. I am now convinced that this song is about two people.
"I want to try to breathe
If I could just sense a bit of happiness, I would never drown again"
Well, this is the place to try (kudos if You get the reference). If You can just be certain that things will get better, there won't be any doubt... If only...
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