Yoko Kanno – Blue

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  My Interpretation:"Life is just a dream you know, It's never ending" this reminds me of the last word of Julia "It's all a dream", I always wondered what this means, maybe that life is only an evanescent short dream compared to the eternity of death? I don't know. I feel like this concept is related to their love story but I don't understand how.
  
  Anyway, reading the lyrics, seems to me that the person who wrote this died and then came back to life telling us what is death. It' s totally crazy but the words sound so deep and realistic.
  
  This song is like a blue sunny sky
  
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  General Comment:the words in this song aren't really cryptic. its pretty self explanatory. luixvayo, gnosticism isn't anything new or mind blowing, man. read simulacra and simulation by baudrillard. but that's neither here nor there. Marty256, thats an interesting theory. according to her site, however, 'blue', 'green bird', and 'cats on mars' are all fan transcribed so i don't know if i can rely on the legitimacy of it. It's not that far fetched, what with bands like sigur ros doing entire albums in made up languages, but still, it sounds a lot like latin to me.

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  General Comment:Sorry, but the lyrics dosnt mean that at all (most of everithins that its writen), the bad things its that i can't tell you :P but you could find for yourselves. just put "gnosis" in google or other search engine, and read, try to UNDERSTAND. yoko kanno believe in this "way of think". also the director of cowboy bebop. sorry for my write errors im from argentina and don't know write good :P
  
  
  i hope you guys been interesed in this "way of think" its gonna open your eyes. and gonna understand also others movies IE: The Matrix.

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  General Comment:dorkamunda: it's a sample of the made-up language that Yoko uses for a lot of her songs that she credits to "Gabriela Robin". You can hear it in other songs from Cowboy Bebop; 'Green Bird' and 'Cats on Mars' for example. mostly its just gibberish but gabrielarobin.com has a translating database, and this is what the opening of 'Blue' is listed as:
  " Were shuel messaia unt
  dubie di cantus
  Were shuel messaia unt
  dubie di cantus......."

  Flagged Marty256on June 12, 2008   Link

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    Actually you're wrong... it's not gibberish, it's Latin. they're saying "Where's your Messiah ut, du me decantus. im not sure what it says yet though

    Flag Spilner21on February 04, 2011  
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  General Comment:Amazing explanations everyone! I really liked ready every single one:)
  
  And i do agree with most. It's about death, about being free. Spike wasn't afraid of death, he welcomed it. But after meeting Julia it changed..he wanted to stay alive for her..for love. This is confirmed in Cowboy Bebop the movie when he is talking to electra.
  
  Without Julia, he retreated into a dream state...what could've been. Spike left his past alone and there was still the possibility he would meet julia again. And it happened..but when Annie was shot he started to awaken and he finally awoke when julia was shot. Life is not a dream..it's cruel,hard,ugly.
  
  After the showdown with Vicious, he died. He was free, no more dreams, no more life, no more BLACK(ugly) AND WHITE(beauty).
  
  It's a song about being tired of life, and wanting the pain to end. It's one of the best song i've ever heard, she is a freaking genius. Also Cowboy Bebop,=masterpiece.
  
  Peace

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  General Comment:InSaneWeTrust--It sounds a bit like latin, but I'm not sure by any means.

  Flag dorkamundaon January 30, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:Anybody know what the first few lines of the song are?
  
  It sounds like they're saying "Where's your messiah?", but I can't figure out the rest.

  Flag InSaneWeTruston December 18, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to Osanpo Tachikoma (Tachikoma taking a walk) from the Ghost in the shell album, "Be Human"? I have looked EVERYWHERE and I still cannot find it!!!!

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  General Comment:I think of this song in a 1st-Person perspective with the possibility of being in a subconscious state ("Don't wake me from the dream. It's really everything it seemed), about freedom or balance ("I'm so free. No black and white in the blue").
  
  It's just the right song with the right lyrics for the final eps. of Cowboy Bebop, with Spike (ironically) meeting his fate and all... It's one of those songs that limns a psychological thought to people when they listen to it. ^^

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  General Comment:Great song, and yeah, perfect for the ending of Bebop. I get a lump in my throat when I watch the final sequence...but it's perfect
  
  KawaiiAyu, he's definitely dead. That's the intention of the ending, which we know at the end of the credits when Spike's 'warrior star' blinks out in the middle of the screen. Also, I've heard that in interviews the show's creators talked about the possibility of doing a prequel show, but never one set after (why? cos their main character's dead). Besides, if he isn't dead, the ending isn't half as good, and I say that as one of Spike's (if not no. 1) top ten fans...it would be a letdown if he wasn't dead

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