The song is about impossible love. It tells the tale of a young man (or woman, depending the version), who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme have a symbolic meaning. Both man and woman in this ballad invoke said powers: mildness to soothe the bitterness, spiritual strength to endure being apart from each other, faithfulness and lastly encouragement, to fulfill the impossible tasks given.
Hearing this again makes me want to buy the Gunslinger Girl series, been sitting in my wish list for about a year now. But every time I think about it, this song pops into my head. So beautiful
There are dozens (if not hundreds) of versions of this song floating around. I actually enjoy this one more then the Simon and Garfunkel version. The music has a lilt to it that the duo is missing and the instrumentation is very nice. We know music is alway a matter of personal preference so my feelings won't be the same as others. Still, this one, with the Gunslinger Girl episode story that went with it, made it better than most.
The other thing about this version I love is how relatively simple it is. For instance, Kokia's version of the song (she did some of the other songs for Gunslinger Girl) has some lovely vocal work, but feels overproduced, which really doesn't work to bring out the core nature of the song as a folk piece. Frankly, I feel even the S&G version is a bit overproduced in ways.
"Don't judge a book by it's cover." Wow, does that apply to this anime? I put off watching this for a while because I saw little girls and giant guns and thought there wasn't much to it. Boy was I wrong. Instant-classic 5/5 for me.
I did the same. I started watching the first season back in 2018 and found it pretty boring (I had just finished watching gunsmith cats and wanted more of that kind of mindless fun action) so I dropped it. Later in 2022 I had a school assignment and thought I'd put GSG in the background while I worked just to have something there but I ended up getting hooked not long after. Great anime. Makes me feel bad for the children though...
Can't hurt to start? But if you don't want to, you don't have to, and I'm not gonna force you either Well, twas nice chattin' take care now, bye bye then =D
SPOILER For anyone else who is caught up with the GSG manga, who else though WTF when Jose and Henrietta shot each other. WTH was that all about? SPOILER
9 years late but yeah i was shocked too, this and triela and hillshire's miserable death, GOD that was depressing, i could literally not eat for 2-3 days after reading the manga, at least they were happy when they died :'(
Not unfulfilled love. Impossible to attain love. The singer's suitor is being asked to perform impossible tasks to prove their love. The cyborgs are also asked to perform impossible tasks, but they are greater than human and just might attain the love of their handlers.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Without no seams nor needle work Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to find me an acre of land Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Between the salt water and the sea strands Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And gather it all in a bunch of heather Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine
This and the Simon and Garfunkel ver. are like my favorite versions and trust me there are so many other versions out there. Her voice just fits the song so well.
Oh wow, This voice be like elves in The Lord of Ring extremely who have talented! (I try hard to learn about english so maybe gammatically wrong! Hope everyone sympathized!)
@Rachael Blackwell Triela was always the ass-kicker of the five. Henrietta had a much more complex depth to her and this certain melancholy that made the first season ace. The to an extend carefree character of Triela did just not fit as the main protagonist. But good for you if you could enjoy season 2. Then you had a longer positive experience. For me, the show ended with season 1.
Yea, I reckon you have the guts to sing this song Don't be afraid to let out whatever you're keeping inside and show the world that you're moar gutsy than what most people are
I started watching the first season back in 2018 and found it pretty boring (I had just finished watching gunsmith cats and wanted more of that kind of mindless fun action) so I dropped it. Later in 2022 I had a school assignment and thought I'd put GSG in the background while I worked just to have something there but I ended up getting hooked not long after. Great anime. Makes me feel bad for the children though...
Lol yeah, the premise and name kinda seem like it'd be a wild, if not goofy action-fest. But it's way more vibey tragedy action. Agree though, it's an absolute classic.
Man, I just searched for this song, and didn't remember where did I heard it the first time, I had totally forgotten this anime Now that I found it I feel so nostalgic
I love the Japanese inflection and the angelic tone of the singers voice, this makes me want to dance in field of sunflowers and paint the color of love with my finger, whats the singers name?
@Rachael Blackwell I almost completely forgot about the ending. Then you come through like a freight train and remind me. Well... might as well go rewatch the anime. In all seriousness, it's anime like Gunslinger Girl that helped me get into writing fanfiction. That way one can get some kind of closure by reading a different ending.
