Your lyrics tell the naked truth which no-one dares mentioning and that’s why they sympathize with you, I think. We can see it in songs like 20 years old, Sonzaishoumei (Here I am), and CONVINCING. In Kaimu (Nothing), you use very simple words and express clearly what everyone might think, but they won’t say because they think “If we say this thing, everything would be over”. You are so honest. I think few people can dare to say it so straightforwardly, and that’s why people sympathize with you.
— jaME, on Taka’s lyrics for Kanjou Effect (via kuro-itami)
I guess since I’m turning 20 this year, I’d have to go to “20 years old” from Kanjou Effect. When I listen to this song (despite not understanding the Japanese), I feel very contemplative. I just think of my life, what it is I’m doing at the present moment and how my choices will influence where I’ll end up.
“I don’t usually pay any mind to things like age. But, when I turned 20, I felt like I had changed inside little by little somehow. To clearify, its like, as a kid you don’t think liquor tastes good. It’s something only an adult can enjoy. Its a change in taste. I feel similarly about this; I feel a change beginning within myself.”
-Morita Takahiro
