Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
from the day my love began, I began to change
when I was just staring at you
you were always standing in that garden, looking lonely
as you stared at nothing but the scattering flowers
my unfullfilled wish made another wound in my aching heart
this reality bound up before my eyes still haunts me all the while
so that only the stifling atmosphere will
not forget me now
GARDEN wishing that someday I'll be able to meet you always
GARDEN in the midst of this passing season, forever... you will...
the sorrowfully withering flowers that have seen a thousand nights
in sepia your figure pictured
I want to forget, I don't want to forget, these contradictory feelings
subdued, I stand here all by myself
lonely, with only the snow to colour the scenery, but
still, always, so that I will not forget
I want to forget, I don't want to forget, these contradictory feelings
subdued, I stand here all by myself
time passes quickly, vanishing from reality, so that I will not forget
these memories
when I was just staring at you
you were always standing in that garden, looking lonely
as you stared at nothing but the scattering flowers
my unfullfilled wish made another wound in my aching heart
this reality bound up before my eyes still haunts me all the while
so that only the stifling atmosphere will
not forget me now
GARDEN wishing that someday I'll be able to meet you always
GARDEN in the midst of this passing season, forever... you will...
the sorrowfully withering flowers that have seen a thousand nights
in sepia your figure pictured
I want to forget, I don't want to forget, these contradictory feelings
subdued, I stand here all by myself
lonely, with only the snow to colour the scenery, but
still, always, so that I will not forget
I want to forget, I don't want to forget, these contradictory feelings
subdued, I stand here all by myself
time passes quickly, vanishing from reality, so that I will not forget
these memories
Lyrics submitted by Shinigami
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Its ironic really...when i was with my boyfriend this was 'our song' and now that we've split up it sums up exactly how i feel. "subdued, I stand here all by myself / lonely, with only the snow to colour the scenery, but / still, always, so that I will not forget" sigh i wonder what Kyo (i asume it was Kyo who wrote this) was going through when he wrote it.
You are right, it is Kyo, he writes all the lyrics. He seems to be either really disturbed, or obsessed with really disturbing things most of the time. I think it is cute, just dont tell him that.
There has to be something deeper than just whats going on in Kyo's slightly twisted mind, it leaves me with the feeling that theres some vunrability in there somewhere not just the "grrr-gjdshguhnnauraefkl!!-scaryness" we've all come to know and love.
I really love this song,To me its off lonliness and not off breaking up with someone as Aisaki was hinting at wink Probably one off my favourite Dir en grey songs ^_^
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its such and amazing song cries in the corner my anger of dir en greys disaperence of these types of songs grows :( its got a great pv too u should all watch it. .... well im gunna go cry at this song agen. i cant get over how amazingly depressing diru can make u feel. i gues its like Aisaki i shared a lot of diru moments with my bf and he broke up with me recently and i just love diru but its so sad coz it reminds me so much of him :(