This song makes me cry so hard, I forget who I am. I wish someone would explain what it's about. Your voice is so beautiful and fits the song perfectly, thank you for making it and the cover.
I think it's a song about a couple dealing with depression. There's a lot of visuals that imply that the guy is depressed and can't speak about it to his girlfriend (who has been with him since high school). The white band around his mouth represents his reluctance to speak to her about it for her sake. And similarly the white band around her eyes either represents her willingly blinding herself to his pain or her inability to see it. The flowers that show up represents the way that she caring for him tenderly through his depression that's why as his depression worsens the flowers are subjected to worse and worse treatment being ruined and eaten. Each time though the girl shows up and tends to him again and makes it right. His depression begins to get the better of him though. It "overflows" overcoming the love for the girl in his heart (symbolized by the cup with the flowers spilling over). Right when he's about to go over the edge and kill himself while looking at a photo of her. The girl finally gains the ability to see the depths of his pain and gives him the ability to speak from his heart ("I'll give you the whole truth"). The scissors that were about to take his life instead free him and we get this remarkable scene where the girl leads him out of his depression that mirrors him leading her into it towards the beginning of the song
Alternatively if you want to read it without the depressive tones, you can think of it as a relationship falling apart then being brought back together. In this reading you can think of the guy as being bored of the relationship and wanting to end it, but he can't express himself. The girl is blind to his feelings, so when he lashes out she takes care of it always wondering why he's acting so differently than when they were together before. His silence leads them down a road of pain and right when he grows sick of it and is about to cut her out of his life (final scene), they have a come-to-jesus moment and she saves the relationship
I've Seen a lot of theories, and want to share my own ( is a bit happier though!) I think the message is conveying that they tried to grow up too fast, which made them fall into a deep depression as they didn't know what to do with themselves. Many young couples feel this way being thrown into the adult world, and often forces people to put dreams on hold. The blindfolds signifies them not wanting the truth, for the girl, she does not want to see the truth: they are struggling, and the boy refuses to admit the truth (hence why he was "never honest" @2:48" as not admitting the truth is being dishonest) They got out of school, and got married right away (notice @ 1:49, " I noticed the ill feeling of being married for life". Their relationship wasn't perfect, but they were in love and made promises and shared the same dreams as young adults. you can see small clips throughout the video of their childhood memories, and how happy they were most of the time. But being married that early, their parents did not approve so they moved out to live on their own with no support (Hence the runaway boy @ 1:53). This hurt both of them deeply, as a parent's love is priceless. "why does it have to hurt so much?" " surely because it was for someone else's sake"- they both left home for each other's sake, to start a new life together, despite their parent's disapproval. "it seemed like life that had lived dealing with too much" and the darkness in the chorus are both representations of dealing with more than they can handle, and falling into a deep depression because of it. they choose to go down together and never to let go. One day the girl has had enough, "it's crumbling, it's crumbling" (@2:36) and thinks about ending it all, her emotions overflow but instead of giving in chooses to face their problems rather then continue to ignore and let it crumble. She finally feels happy, having accepted everything that is going on and she is no longer blind (she came to this realization herself and her blindfold falls off seeing the "truth") and helps guide the boy out of the darkness ( represented by the quiet room) to go live a happy life together again. "wait for me" doesn't mean they are breaking up, but the boy is asking her to wait for him until he is also happy again and to stay by her side. by cutting off his blindfold, the she re-covers his eyes guiding him until he is ready and at the end, we see the boy in the doorway, no longer being pulled and the door closes behind him :)
Huh... People in my age should listen to this song. I think this could be a warn not to be hurry to be married. I actually thought that after I could make my own money, I can ask the one I promised, to live happily, just two of us. But this song shows it, so deep, that I was wrong, that it's not as easy as I thought.
I'm not sure if you'll read this, but your voice sounds lovely. I really like how calming it is, and there's honestly something genuinely special about it.
Your music was already great but your singing is extra fantastic! I hope we get to hear more self covers or similar in the future. I love this song even more now.
Your song somehow makes me feel safe but sad , it’s like you’re peacefully drowning in the ocean filled with starts and beautiful jellyfishes , but your lungs ( Heart ) feels heavy from the pressure of the water and running out of oxygen
this song seems to be about two people suffering together, but deciding to live together. i dunno what it’s actually about, but that’s what i take from it. this cover is so beautiful!
From my point of view, it seemed as though it was two parts of the same, like the you that is sad and depressed and is left alone into the cold nights, and the you which you present to others. Either or, I really love this song
I’m late but imo it’s about a boy who can’t speak about his feelings (hence why there’s the paper covering his mouth) and a girl who can’t see his feelings. But she eventually frees the both of them by allowing him to communicate and listening and seeing his feelings. In the end, you see her cover his eyes, shielding him from his own sorrows (just my take though!)
I don't know all the symbolism but from the music video and lyrics my best guess on the story of this song is this The story is about two lovers who have fallen out of love with eachother. The guy refuses to mention the problems they're having, represented by the ribbon covering his mouth, because he is afraid of fighting with the girl, who refuses to acknowledge the problems entirely represented by the ribbon covering her eyes. I'd say they're been together for a while from the shots at the start of the music video showing the globe with pins in it and the fact that every plant has died over time in the opening, it's clear the first shots at the start are before and the second shots are the aftermath, showing time has passed and things have gotten worse. The part that hits this theory home for me is the lines "it tastes like nothing at all- almost like it's made out of clay." and "it only tastes bland- like a doll made out of clay." I'd say the main problem in this relationship is they had burnt themselves out on eachother, you can see them cultivate plants in some shots but at the dinner table they're eating weeds and clovers mixed with flowers, i think the flowers representative of the love they felt before the burnout and now it is mixed with weeds which only ruins the flavor but they continue eating hoping to gasp the love they desire so much The theme of pain with the man being obvious "why does it have to hurt so much" the girl replying "surely it's because it's for someone else's sake" to me this means deep down the girl knows this pain in his heart is because of her but fearing to lose him she just doesn't acknowledge it hoping that it will stop and go back to normal if she just endures I'm not sure on the details of what happened between the middle and end but it seems to me that in the end the girl breaks up with the boy for his sake, so he doesn't have to be bound to the girl that he clearly hasn't loved for a while, the guy has mixed feelings because he actually still loves her but he knows it's for the best for the both of them, there was more misery then love in that relationship so the girl took the scissors and cut the ribbons. Thats just my theory, i could be completely wrong but i have loved this song for so long and i wanted to give my take on it, thank you for reading all the way though. Edit: thinking about it more i still think it is all true what i said, it makes the most sense to me, but there is more to add- At the end when the girl cuts the ribbon she pulls the boy though memory lane so to speak, as you can see by the globe not having pins in it, to me this is the girl saying "we've been though so much and it was fun for a while but i think it is time to end this" the toys on the floor represents the happy times and the background being full of the way things were just solidifies this for me. Again thank you for reading all the way though.
I think this theory makes the most sense. this is just another observation, but near the end of the first chorus, you can see the boy reaching for the door (a representation of the ending of their relationship). Yet, it shows that he missteps which means he hesitated and decided to keep the relationship going, maybe out of fear of hurting the girl's feelings. The ribbon around the girl's eyes, as well as being led by the boy during that period of the song could also be a symbol of her putting too much blind faith in the boy. The contrast between the last and first chorus is also interesting because in the first one all of the objects are floating in the air which could represent how unorderly and messy the nature of their relationship was, yet in the last one it's back to normal which shows they've both made peace, as well as the girl taking the lead. Honestly there's so much symbolism in the music video alone separate from the lyrics which i love
lyric here ;-; koe wa dasanaide yarikirenasa ni chinmoku de sakenda kotoba nante koko ja mattaku yaku ni tatanai koto wa wakatteiru darou nani wo kuchi ni shite mo aji ga shinai na marude nendozaiku no you datta yoru no katamari oimawasarete hamaru mizu tamari nakidashita onnanoko ga itta doushite konna ni kanashii no? shita wo muita mama de kotaeta kimi mo sugu ni nareru yo azayaka ga urusai kouen de shiisou odayaka na kokoro ga kaiten shisou da namida mitai kirakira fuari terasu suzuakari awai awai yami no naka e oyoideiku kara tsuite oide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi wo tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono me wa hanasanaide nee mada irukai zenbu wasurete mo yoi no samusa ni heisoku de nageita shiawase dake kurikaeshite mo munashiku naru koto wa wakatte ita kedo yume wo kuchi ni shite mo ajikenaina marude doro ningyou no you datta kiro no hidamari soitogerarete kizuku wadakamari nigedashita otokonoko ga itta doushite konna ni kurushii no ? me wo mitsumeta mama de kotaeta kitto dareka no tame da yo nigiyaka ga sabishii souen de isso shitataka ni sugiyuku jinsei mitai datta te wo nobasu yokusou ukande ita mizu hanabi yurui yurui kaze no naka wo nagareteiku kara osanai hi ni kawashita yakusoku wa zutto wasurernaideite yo mou ii kai nagai nagai kurashi no naka yubisaki de sagasu ai ni ai ni saigo no yoru nara chano kikasete hontou no koto wa mou ikka kuzure ochiteiku kuzure ochiteiku itsuka mita keshiki mosugu asete iku nagare ochiteiku nagare ochiteiku namida no yukue wo kimi wa mita no ka hayaku hayaku hayaku kiete shimae douse mou matomo ja irarenain dakara damata mama de kaeri wo matasete awai awai yami no naka e oyoide iku kara tsuiteoide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi wo tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono me wa hanasanaide nee mada irukai
the song and your voice are both really soothing, somehow! i really like it a lot. thanks for the great content! AH, forgot to mention the video itself too! it's beautifully made and everything goes really well together.
koe wa dasanaide yarikirenasa ni chinmoku de sakenda kotoba nante koko ja mattaku yaku ni tatanai koto wa wakatteiru darou nani o kuchi ni shite mo aji ga shinai na marude nendozaiku no you data yoru no katamari oimawasarete hamaru mizu tamari nakidashita onnanoko ga itta doushite konna ni kanashii no shita o muita mama de kotaeta kimi mo sugu ni nareru yo azayaka ga urusai kouen de shiisoo odayakana kokoro ga kaiten shisou da namida mitai kirakira futari terasu suzuakari awai awai yami no naka e oyoide iku kara tsuite oide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi o tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono mewa hanasanaide nee mada irukai zenbu wasurete mo yoi no samusa ni heisoku de nageita shiawase dake kurikaeshite mo munashiku naru koto wa wakatteita kedo yume o kuchi ni shite mo ajikenaina marude doro ningyou no you data kiro no hidamari soitogerarete kizuku wadakamari nigedashita otokonoko ga itta doushite konna ni kurushii no me o mitsumeta mama de kotaeta kitto dareka no tame da yo nigiyaka ga sabishii souen de isso shitataka ni sugiyuku jinsei mitai data te o nobasu yokusouukande ita mizu hanabi yurui yurui kaze no naka o nagarete iku kara osanai hi ni kawashita yakusoku wa zutto wasurenaide ite yo mou ii kai nagai nagai kurashi no naka yubisaki de sagasu ai ni ai ni saigo no yoru nara chanto kikasete hontou no koto wa mou ikka kuzure ochite iku kuzure ochite iku itsuka mita keshiki mo sugu asete iku nagare ochite iku nagare ochite iku namida no yukue o kimi wa mita no ka hayaku hayaku hayaku kiete shimae douse mou matomo ja irarenain dakara damatta mama de kaeri o matasete awai awai yami no naka e oyoide iku kara tsuiteoide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi o tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono mewa hanasanaide nee mada irukai
Romaji lyrics ._. koe wa dasanaide yarikirenasa ni chinmoku de sakenda kotoba nante koko ja mattaku yaku ni tatanai koto wa wakatteiru darou nani wo kuchi ni shite mo aji ga shinai na marude nendozaiku no you datta yoru no katamari oimawasarete hamaru mizu tamari nakidashita onnanoko ga itta "doushite konna ni kanashii no?" shita wo muita mama de kotaeta "kimi mo sugu ni nareru yo" azayaka ga urusai kouen de shiisou odayaka na kokoro ga kaiten shisou da namida mitai kirakira futari terasu suzuakari awai awai yami no naka e oyoideiku kara tsuite oide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi wo tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono me wa hanasanaide nee mada irukai zenbu wasurete mo yoi no samusa ni heisoku de nageita shiawase dake kurikaeshite mo munashiku naru koto wa wakatte ita kedo yume wo kuchi ni shite mo ajikenaina marude doro ningyou no you datta kiro no hidamari soitogerarete kizuku wadakamari nigedashita otokonoko ga itta "doushite konna ni kurushii no?" me wo mitsumeta mama de kotaeta "kitto dareka no tame da yo" nigiyaka ga sabishii souen de isso shitataka ni sugiyuku jinsei mitai datta te wo nobasu yokusou ukande ita mizu hanabi yurui yurui kaze no naka wo nagareteiku kara osanai hi ni kawashita yakusoku wa zutto wasurenaideite yo mou ii kai nagai nagai kurashi no naka yubisaki de sagasu ai ni ai ni saigo no yoru nara chanto kikasete hontou no koto wa mou ikka kuzure ochiteiku kuzure ochiteiku itsuka mita keshiki mo sugu asete iku nagare ochiteiku nagare ochiteiku namida no yukue wo kimi wa mita no ka hayaku hayaku hayaku kiete shimae douse mou matomo ja irarenain dakara damatta mama de kaeri wo matasete awai awai yami no naka e oyoide iku kara tsuiteoide kataku tsunaida te wa zutto hanasanaide nee mada irukai nagai nagai michi no hashi wo tsumasaki de aruku kutsu wa iranai saigo no toki made sono me wa hanasanaide nee mada irukai