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Originally Posted by languagehacker
I wanted to ask you, how much truth do you think there is in this song? It doesn't seem like a song that was just made up from her imagination. There are some things in it that match up with things that are known to be true about Shiina, and I heard that she cries sometimes when she sings it. Do you think that this song is about her and that none of it is made up?
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My hunch is that it is nearly 100% true. I felt this way the very first time I read the lyrics. To be something "created", it just sounds way too intense throughout and sorrowful at the end. However, if the question is if none of it is made up, that is impossible to answer. To write a song in the popular music style means writing a story that can be told in three minutes, not two or twelve. You are required to always count your syllables and such to match the musical notes. A few words might have been changed at the last minute but I just do not feel that she changed the real story to make it more appealing.