A Little Help to Understand TYM LYRICS

1.You  and Me     "Kimi yori Omae wo dakitai" = I 'd rather hold Omae than Kimi     from Rainbowman.

　   Japanese has a few kinds of words for 'you ' and ' me',  just like French has ' tu' and ' vous' for 'you'.  Some of you are unfamiliar with several types of you and me.   Kazuya uses mainly three types of YOU:  anata, kimi,  omae  ,and  four types of ME: ore  boku ,watashi 1, watashi 2.   And he said in the interview, ' I am going to write lyrics making different use of Ore ,Boku ,Watashi. ( from interview book " BURN") . The combinations of 3 YOUs and 4 MEs is 12!  12 cases imply 12 different relationships.   If you master the usage of you and me in Kazuya's lyrics,   you can easily guess the gender, age, relationships between persons in the lyrics.  Let's try!

　YOU

   ANATA

　

used by both genders,  not close relationship and shows the respect

of the speaker to 'YOU'

　

 ( ANNTA: informal form for ANATA .  Kazuya seldom uses this, he  is too polite person  to use ANNTA in his songs)

 4000-tsubu no Koi no Namida

Freesia no Shonen

　
    KIMI

　

used by both for both genders , in casse of equal relationship

 

or in the case of  'you ' is younger than the speaker

　

(KISAMA); Kisama  stands for you also in military situation.  In the live performance of Kanashiki Asian Boy, Kazuya shouts ' KISAMA to Ore towa Douki no Sakura=  You are my buddy'.)

　

 I Love you Baby

Never Give UP

Suck of Life

Rock Star

Vermillion Hands
   OMAE

　

 

OMAE; used by mainly boys,  the speaker is  superior to OMAE in age or social status. ( ex. the owner calls    his/her pet OMAE )  If OMAE is used between hetero gender, the relationship is very intimate . 

　

 I would die instantly  if Kazuya could call me OMAE  softly !!!!!)   

 Murasaki no Sora

　

ME 

　

  BOKU

used by young boys

　

Oh ,Golden Boy  Tengoku Ryokou

　

  ORE

　

used by elder boys or matured man

the situation is rather private

　

Tactics     Murasaki no Sora

  WATASHI    No.1

　

used by both genders , rather formal than Ore , Boku..  Usually the speaker is adult

　

 Never Give Up

  WATASHI    No.2

　

 This is the word Kazuya speciality.  This WATASHI stands for a woman inside of him,  for he used to have  platonic womb . ( Boku no Shikyuu niwa Takaramono ga kakushite aru = I hid a treasure in my womb. from the lyric of Neurotic Celebration)   He explains why he has Watashi No.2 like this:  I had done really cruel to ladies so much ,  I sing for them as an atonement.'

　

Merry X'mas

Morality Slave (?)

　

　

2 .Puns & Word- play

Kazuya enjoys puns and word playing in his lyrics ,  using the similar sound of Japanese and English.

If you find such a world playing, please let me know.  I'll paste here.    

　

Amai Keiken  Ah, my keiken   Ah, sweet experience amai= sweet
Love Love Show  oneichan    !   Oh, nature! oneichan=lady
　  neh  neigh  neh=listen to me
Shock Hearts  shoku  shock  shoku= to touch
　  hatsu  hearts  hasty= for the first time
Rainbow man  Fan , Fan ,Huan  fan , fan, fun  huan = anxiety
    " I "  high ni natte, hai ni natte  getting high,getting ash  hai=ash   ( It is required   to be cremated in Japan)
 Kuzu Shakai no Akai Bara  So Kurai (Yononaka no)  So, cry

　

 kurai-=dark

　
 Morality Slave  Horaana  dotoku  Horror na dotoku  horanana= cave