LUUUUUUUUUUUUURVE this song. Toshi is an angel. Yoshiki is an archangel. X Japan is a godsend.
UMM okay onto the song. It's like he can't -won't- forget someone he had loved that died, prob. by suicide. And he refuses to cry, or even think about it, because then he'll have to face the memory and if he does, he might get over it and forget, and he doesn't want to forget because the memories are so beautiful and so painful, that all he can do is shut them out.
And the rusty nail is a metaphor for the memories themselves. The memories are old and ignored - exactly like a rusty nail that continue to stab his heart all the time. Rereading I get the sensation that perhaps the person he loved didn't love him back..? Maybe? That even if the perosn was alive he'd go through just as much suffering? just cuz of the 'tell me my life/wherever i will walk... i won't see my tomorrows'
GOSH, does anyone ELSE absolutely ADORE the part near the end when Toshi holds that note and the music kinda fades (but is still there) and you hear just his voice and then the music comes back... OOH BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
I LOVE THIS SOOOOOOOONG.
LUUUUUUUUUUUUURVE this song. Toshi is an angel. Yoshiki is an archangel. X Japan is a godsend.
UMM okay onto the song. It's like he can't -won't- forget someone he had loved that died, prob. by suicide. And he refuses to cry, or even think about it, because then he'll have to face the memory and if he does, he might get over it and forget, and he doesn't want to forget because the memories are so beautiful and so painful, that all he can do is shut them out.
And the rusty nail is a metaphor for the memories themselves. The memories are old and ignored - exactly like a rusty nail that continue to stab his heart all the time. Rereading I get the sensation that perhaps the person he loved didn't love him back..? Maybe? That even if the perosn was alive he'd go through just as much suffering? just cuz of the 'tell me my life/wherever i will walk... i won't see my tomorrows'
GOSH, does anyone ELSE absolutely ADORE the part near the end when Toshi holds that note and the music kinda fades (but is still there) and you hear just his voice and then the music comes back... OOH BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I LOVE THIS SOOOOOOOONG.