Sunset~*

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I'm whispering softly
A strong love, softly
I wonder if it will reach you
And echo in your heart

- 'Sunset ~ Love is All~' by Ayu

I have been putting this song on repeat since the day I first listened to it with my heart.
I listened to 'Sunrise ~Love is All~' before 'Sunset' and it didn't really build a rapport with me.
Well, that was until I happened to chance upon it on MTV channel and actually digested the lyrics.


'I want to send a greater love to you
In a louder voice
I want to make it echo in your heart.'

-'Sunrise ~ Love is All~' by Ayu


It's a really genki song - the kind which makes you want to jump and cheer. :)
But that was that.


'Sunset ~Love is All~', on the other hand, struck a chord in me.
Not just the lyrics, the sad, bittersweetness of the entire song, the way Ayu sang with such tenderness, but also the fact that I've always preferred sunsets to sunrises.



Sunset.

It signals the end of the day.



It is the time when workers head home to seek for the warmth from loved ones, let out a happy sigh and simply allow themselves to be enveloped in the sweet loveliness of family members.

It is the time when students rush home for the bowl of warm soup, feeling the excitement of sharing the day's events with their parents.

It is also the time when buddies meet up for dinner to catch up one one another's lives.

The time when couples feel the excitement of going on a movie/dinner date. And yearning to embrace each other and willing for time to stop.



Sunset.



The hues of pinks and golds.
When clouds catch fire, when the sky blushes.


Although such beauty merely lasts for a few minutes, the memory of it all will be deeply etched in our minds.


Beauty not just from the scenery,
but also of the person you're sharing it with.





I'm imperfect in my own ways.
Oftentimes, I get weak and doubtful of myself.
And a tear or two would fall.
I have things I'm unsure of, deeds that need to forgiven.
And I'm definitely not the best girl in the world.



But still,

are you willing to share the scenery with me?


Even after I'm stripped of my youth, my ability to speak, to think logically.
When I'm struggling to move and have become shriveled and weak?


Or even, when memories have faded?


Will I still appear in the scene, together with the sunset?




Sunset

the moment before evening changes to night.
So brief, yet so breathtakingly picturesque.

So brief, yet so picturesque...



I will admire and take in the scenery.



I will continue looking,
until the tears blur my vision.







~*

Sunrise comes before sunset, right?
Or, should it be the other way round?






Sunrise ~Love is All~

Come closer to me
Try to trust me more

You are laughing innocently
I adore your smile

But I know that tears were shining
On your cheeks until a while ago

I don't say easily, "Show me your true colors"
Or something like that
But I'm confident about accepting you
Whatever color I may see in you

* I want to send a greater love to you
In a louder voice
I want to make it echo in your heart

** If I shout out a greater love for you
In a louder voice
I wonder if it will reach you just a little

*** It's even better to take a roundabout way
I know we'll be able to understand each other

(In a louder voice)
(With a greater love)
(In a louder voice)
(With a greater love)

I can almost imagine for some reason
What you want to say

I just have a mind to face you
But actually I'm running away, don't you think so?

If I said I was not afraid
I'd be lying, to be honest
But I'm all prepared
All taken together

Hey, come closer to me
Try to trust me more
Do you hear the heartbeat
In my trembling chest?

Come closer to me
And try to trust me more, that's all I ask
Listen carefully with your heart

There's no more need to confirm our feelings
I know we are thinking of each other

We are not at all perfect
Because we are human
But I think it's OK
Because I love such a point

(In a louder voice)
(With a greater love)
(In a louder voice)
(With a greater love)

* (repeat)
** (repeat)
*** (repeat)













'Sunset ~Love is All~'

Be closer to me
Let me trust you more

You are a little insensitive, or should I say clumsy
I like that about you

But please care about my girlish mind a little
Just sometimes

Though it's not easy for me to be meek
And stop pretending to be strong
It's no one but you that I need
That alone is certain and unchangeable

I'm whispering softly
A strong love, softly
I wonder if it will reach you
And echo in your heart

* I'm whispering softly
A strong love, softly
I wonder if it will reach you clearly some day

** It's even better to take a roundabout way
I know we'll be able to understand each other

I can almost imagine for some reason
What you want to say

I always change subject at important times
Don't you think so?

I can't step forward decisively
Because it can't be that I'm not afraid
Don't you accept what I am
All taken together?

Be closer to me
Let me trust you more
Am I really
In your eyes?

Be closer to me
I want you to let me trust you more
Am I depending on you too much?

I don't have a mind to change you
And I'm still the same
But I think we are OK as we are
Don't you think so?

Be by my side forever
Trust me forever

You see? I'm whispering softly
A strong love, softly
I wonder if it will reach you
And echo in your heart

* (repeat)
** (repeat)