Did you ever notice in the PV, how most of the murderers were killing people they did, or should, love? Especially the first and last murder.
In the first one, the look on the man's fans face after he kills him... it's just a look of pure horror of what he's done. And the last one, of
course, Hyde killing Tetsu. And the little boy killing who I assume was his mother, or perhaps his grandmother. Those three also
represent different kinds of love: Not a love between lovers, but a different kind, like friendship and family.
As Hyde stares down at the dying Tetsu, he sings, "Watashino kakerayo." Which most people, including myself would just translate as "Pieces
of myself," or "My pieces." But when you (Note: I. I'm sure no one else thinks this much lol.) look deeper you think, why would Hyde choose
kakera, instead of other words also meaning pieces, like kiregire or henben? If you look in the dictionary, kakera literally means "broken
pieces," so "Watashino kakerayo" takes on a different meaning. Not just parts of himself, but broken, irreplacable pieces, that are
lost forever.
I think the PV opened up a lot of people's eyes about the song. When you first hear the song, you like to think it's just another sappy love
song. It sounds that way, especially with the violins and the kind of longing feeling that you get from Hyde's voice. But after seeing the
video and translating the lyrics, I think it takes on a completely different aspect of "love". After that, Hyde sings, "Chikara tsuyoku
habataite yuke," which literally means, "Fly into the sky with strength." But more generally, what else could that possibly mean aside from
going to Heaven?
Going back to the beginning of the song, in the first verse Hyde sings, "Daisukina sono egao kumorasete gomen ne, Inottemo tokino nagare
hayasugite tooku made". Literally translated, would mean "I'm sorry to make that beautiful smile I love so much fade, Even though I pray,
time flows too fast." Meaning, I think, that he's doing something to upset the one he loves, and he doesn't like it, but he feels that it
needs to be done. Time is just going by too fast. I think that has to do with the way Tetsu's death was portrayed also. I don't think it's
an accident that so many different people have said that his death scene was so beautiful. I think it's meant to prove one of the points
that the
song is trying to make: Death, or more generally, any kind of release, is beautiful. And also, "Aa, odayakana kagayakini irodorare... Saigetsuwa yori wo yume kaeru mitai dakara
me wo korashite saa!", meaning, "Ah, basking in the warm light... Time turns the night into dreams, so look closely...see!" Which I also
think has to do with finding your way to Heaven, as well as "Furikaeranaide hiroi umi wo koete," or, "Fly over the oceans and don't look
back." You know in near-death experiences, how people talk about warmth, flying, and "seeing the light"? There are also many other instances
in the song where Hyde mentions, "Looking up," "The light from above," and many other things signifying the Heavens.
Of course, I'm not saying that this song's meaning is, "If you love someone, you should kill them", although it very well might be. :p But
it could also be something a little more general: "If you love someone, let them go."
