Song Appreciation: BEST OF THE BEST Special Edition, No. 7

[ohgacktwedidit]

We move onto another song from our very own BEST GACKT SONGS countdown!

If you have any comment, etc. that's related to how you feel about the song (and we know you do!!), please share it with the rest of the community!

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Why do you like this song

Comments

[zeldaindisguise]

I haven't been contributing to these posts. Better late than never I suppose. I'll go back and add to the last posts at some point, too.
Also, there's a small mistake in the tags. Although I love Returner, and they both have excellent Japanese instrument parts, we're on Setsugekka, right?. ;)

From the list I made when choosing my top ten:
"It's a gorgeous song. Honestly, I just love how he composed it. The Japanese elements are there, but they blend so perfectly with the Western sounds that neither overpowers the other. His voice is smooth and deep, but also emotional and so powerful as he hits the chorus. Actually, it was the first of his songs that made me shed a tear. He blends so many interesting sounds and the song has a distinct feeling. The ending is so incredibly powerful and it fades beautifully into the piano part."

The song is such a romantic song: a tale of him falling in love so deeply that it completely took over his heart, that he will continue to search for her even after he dies. The lyrics are beautiful, but when paired with the music, it becomes painful and desperate. The "yuki no hana" (flower of snow//snow flower) is so emotional-- he can't hold her. He can't hold her. How powerful is that message when told in that almost screaming plea?

There's another part that really strikes me. When he screams "mienai yo"(too hazy to see//so blurred now, I can't see your smiles) and it goes into the violin solo with accompaniment. That instrumental part sounds like the chaos of emotions, the drums feel like the crashing of thunder (which works well with the lightning images in the PV), and then it fades to reflection as GACKT sings calmly, but not peacefully. It's a moment of thought and a promise before the song returns to powerful emotions. He carries out the chorus and his voice seems to break on the last words "yo-ou niiii..." before fading-- but not in a soft manner. It's an almost croaking, dying, and breaking-apart sound. Then the piano comes as if closing a book and maybe, just maybe, I get the feeling that there's more to the story. A hint at a continuation.

Long post is long. Gomen.

Edit: fixed an italicized phrase