Daydream
今井美樹 Lyrics

The lyrics to 今井美樹's song Daydream depict a woman standing alone on a shining slope, looking at the distant sea wind passing through the city with a hot, burnt shoulder. The woman wonders what the person she loves is looking at, as she can't see herself in his transparent heart. The woman has been dreaming of a time when she could go back to being the honest and straightforward person she was before, before she started biting her lips and forgetting the soft memories that made her sad. The song talks about the woman's longing to return to the past, where time stands still, so she can be with her lover again in a beautiful dream world where they are always smiling and gazing at each other with tenderness, perfect and untouched by reality.

The song's theme of longing for a beautiful past is a common theme in Japanese music, particularly in J-pop ballads. The lyrics, although simple on the surface, are layered in their meaning and emotions. The song's melody is soothing and melancholic, perfectly capturing the feeling of nostalgia and longing. The use of the sea breeze and shining slope symbolizes beauty and purity, which the woman feels she has lost in reality. The line, "忘れるように唇噛んだの" (I bit my lip to forget), is particularly poignant, describing the pain of trying to move forward by erasing past memories.