Blue

well I love this song too, and yes it was perfect. But I think the whole meaning thing behind it is that Spike basically wants to die so that he can be free. Free from Vicious, the syndicate, and even free from living in a world without Julia. And that after the fight while he's laying there dying he sees it all clearly. Or at least that's what I think. I think that by then he would have realized that the whole thing between him, Vicious, and Julia was just stupid and now they were all gonna die from it. He was wondering what it was all for. And of coarse he said himself before, to Faye, that he was just living a dream.

So I guess that's my take on it and btw, I believe Spike is still alive ^_^. I mean he's been through worse, being blown out of a church window and stuff. He'd defently live through Vicious. Also, Yoko Kanno arranged, wrote, and composed the song, but did not sing it. Mai Yamane did.

Having just watched the Cowboy Bebop final episode again, it\'s hard to disconnect this song and it\'s meaning from that episode. But speaking in general terms, not directly related to the storyline or to Spike, I think this song is a metaphor for the progression of life and then on to death, and an afterlife. I see the song as four distinct parts: Appreciating your life and truly feeling alive, questioning your life and what it\'s about, progressing from being alive to realizing you are in the twilight of your life and near death, and then finally dying. Those four sections are outlined below: \n\nThe blueness of the sky is a metaphor for being fully alive and fully appreciating life, perhaps after a long time of not feeling alive at all (numbness perhaps, at past pains). And then, reflection: "Asked myself what it\'s all for..." - the author looking back on their life, wondering what was the meaning of it all, what was the meaning of those trials and pain, and not being able to answer that question and pondering that thought with an air of sadness. "Things have turned a deeper shade of blue..." Like the end of a clear, sunny day, the blue sky turns darker shades of blue as one enters twilight...the author is referring to the twilight of one\'s life. \n\nIn the third section, as death/darkness approaches there\'s a point where the author straddles both life and death. "Wanna be free...and move among the stars; You know they really aren\'t so far..." - it\'s as if the author is seeing glimpses of the afterlife, and can see that the stars, and everything around them, is connected and not so far away as they seem. It\'s a beautiful realization that they yearn for. And yet, they are conflicted - "Don\'t wake me from the dream, It\'s really everything it seemed" - the "dream" is life, their life, and it really was as wonderful as they thought - they appreciate it all now, at the end.\n\nAnd finally, the fourth section - death. "Everything is clearer now, Life is just a dream, you know; that\'s never ending; I\'m ascending." In death, clarity and appreciation, and a realization that the journey continues on.\n\nIn short, I feel this song is about a transformation from life to death. It captures the realization that one has as they reflect on their life - they realize the beauty of if all - and then they reach a sense of wonder and peace about the journey towards the afterlife. "Life is a dream" because it\'s wonderous, amazing, and something that, in the end, we all "wake up" from.

perfect for the ending of CB, I love this song. especially the last stanza

OMG YOKO KANNO LYRICS!!! Hehehe ^.^ That's awesome!!!! I take it you guys also Love CB? Have you seen the movie? I love it sooo much :)

i love this song, hence my screename. ^^;

This song is possibly one of the best songs I've ever heard. The first time of course was when I saw the final epsiode, the view titls sky ward as the song begins and actually started to cry when the first lines of it came on.

i think this song is about happiness, and i feel that "blue" is the equivalent to the meaning of "happiness". Maybe she was just dumfounded by a blue sky one day and it just made her happy. "never seen a bluer sky" meaning she's never been happier. "Yeah I can feel it reaching out" she feels her happiness reaching out to her and feels it overcome her. "and moving closer" her happiness is increasing. "There's something 'bout blue" she is talking about how a blue sky can do this to her. make her so happy. i think she is just reffering back to the blue sky that made her feel like this. "ask myself what its all for" what life is all for. "I couldnt answer" like, 'i couldnt come up with a reason.' "things have turned a deeper shade of blue" She has gotten happier or things have gotten better. "and images that might be real may be illusion" events in her life seem so good that they are almost like a dream, or illusion. "Keep flashing off and on" and those events keep happening before her eyes. "Free..." her happiness and a blue sky are like freedom from the sadness she had before. we all know what it feels like to be free. im sure you've all gotten it once, even if it was for like, getting out of school early or something. and it feels good. very good. "and move among the stars" like be among and accomplish her goals, dreams, and desires in her life that she has been striving for. "You know they really aren't so far" she is saying that dreams can come true and your goal actually can be reached. "Don't wake me from the dream" dont take her away from the things and events that make her happy in her new, better life. "It's really everything it seemed" basically she is saying that life IS what it was all cracked up to be. "No black and white in the blue" meaning that there is no discrimination in happiness. this is not only discussing discrimination as in people's ethnicity, but by there ways, choices, lifestyles, etc. "Everything is clearer now" just that. life is much clearer to her now. "Life is just a dream, you know" saying that her life is like one big dream or illusion, like its really just so incredibly great, that its like a dream, and she seems to refer to a dream as a very happy thing. "that's never ending" it is like one huge dream, and she seems to tie dreams to happiness with a very tight knot. "I'm ascending" ascending means basically 'to go up', and she is saying that her life in general, is rising and getting much much better.

I was lying in my sleeping bag at night at a friends house when this song just popped into my head. i was thinking deeply about the lyrics (while i aws laying there, i was looking out a window, seeing dark rainclouds as it was pouring, as a matter of fact) and i got this explanation as a result.

this song seems so sad to me, like it's about death and suicide. here's my explanation:

"Asked myself what it's all for You know the funny thing about it I couldn't answer No, I couldn't answer"

when you're depressed and suicidal, things don't have meaning anymore

"Things have turned a deeper shade of blue and images that might be real may be illusion Keep flashing off and on"

what's real? what's illusion?

"Free... Wanna be free, Gonna be free and move among the stars You know they really aren't so far

Feels so free... Gotta know free..."

i have to be free from this life.

"Please... Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seemed"

somehow, this seems to me like a plea not to bring her back

"Everything is clearer now Life is just a dream, you know that's never ending I'm ascending"

i'm on my way to heaven, i'm ascending, and all the illusions of the dream of life have been stripped away.

that's what i get, anyway

Oh and btw, yeah she is talking about being happy, but to her, death is the ultimate happiness (same with spike after julia dies)

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