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I chose the song Sore ga Ai Deshou (I guess that’s love) by Mikuni Shimokawa. It’s a Japanese song that was used as an opening for an anime that I really enjoyed watching. When I first heard this song, it was just amazing. Even though I didn’t know Japanese and didn’t see the lyrics translated into English yet, the song just sounded so beautiful. She sings her heart out and you can tell that the lyrics talk about a serious issue of love. The song kind of starts out like she has a problem but comes to a realization at the end that solves it. I just like Japanese songs all together because they sound very inspiring and uplifting to the soul.
To be completely honest, I guess I could write a paper about this song due to the fact that it’s about love. It sounds weird but I believe that love is the most important thing in our life. Love is more important than being successful or getting that great high paying job. It’s important to find someone that you will always be happy with, someone you can depend on, someone you can have forever. These lyrics portray just that feeling of eternal togetherness. It reminds me of when I learned about love stories in Mythology. Many of the couples were turned into trees, animals, or other non human things and thus they could be together forever. There is one in particular I liked about a couple named Ceyx and Alcyone. It’s about how Ceyx had to go on a ship to see an oracle and the ship sunk. Alcyone knew he was dead so she went to find his body and she wanted to kill herself. However, the Gods turned them into birds so they could be together. So I’d really like to write about love for the paper because I think it would be interesting.