Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, 1987 in Fuku… Read Full Bio ↴Yoshioka Yui (吉岡唯; known/stylized as YUI (ユイ)) (born March 26, 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan), is a japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She sings and plays acoustic guitar, and writes her own songs, and apart from playing acoustic guitar, she also likes watching movies, reading books, and playing badminton. Her third single "LIFE" was the fifth ending theme for BLEACH, a popular Japanese anime series, which has brought her some international fame.

YUI began writing poems in ninth grade. At the age of 16, by recommendation of a friend, she began studying song, songwriting, and guitar at a private music school in her native Fukuoka. Aspiring to become professional, she carried her guitar around and sang at local places such as the seashore of Shingu and in the middle of the rice fields of Kaminofu.

In March 2003, at an audition hosted by Sony Music Japan, all judges evaluated her with the highest score, which caused a fierce scramble among labels. At this audition, she sang three songs - her first song "Why me", which was later coupled with her debut single, as well as "It's happy line" and "I know", which were included on her indie single - as opposed to the audition rule that a participant could only sing two songs. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, she strummed her guitar and sang. The judges and the others present claimed that "the performance created a tremendous aura from her heavenly voice, and captured the hearts of the whole audience".

Upon leaving her home of Fukuoka for Tokyo, YUI wrote the song "feel my soul". She was planning release on an indie label as a tribute to her hometown, when the song caught the ears of Fuji TV producer, Mr. Yamaguchi, who happened to see the demo video clip. He claimed YUI's voice haunted him so much that he went out of his way to visit the recording studio himself. He even made his channel's prime-time drama an extraordinary tie-in with YUI's debut track.

Although she is not the most comfortable when it comes to talking to people, she enjoys communicating with her audience at street performances in the Tenjin district of Fukuoka.

Her fifth single is "Good-bye days", which was also the theme for the film "Taiyou no Uta" ("Midnight Sun"). YUI took a role of a leading actress herself. The artist usually listed as singing "Good-bye days" is YUI for 雨音薫 (YUI for Kaoru Amane).

YUI's seventh single, "Rolling star", is the fifth opening theme of BLEACH. Selling almost 150,000 copies, it is YUI's second highest selling single to date (first being "Good-bye days" with over 200,000 copies.)

After taking a five-month long hiatus beginning in late August 2008, YUI celebrated her return by releasing the single "Again" which was chosen as the first theme song for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Instantaneously successful, the song had the highest opening week sales for a female act in 2009, selling over 110,000 copies.

More info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui_(singer)

Official site: www.YUI-net.com

Your Heaven
YUI Lyrics

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遠い昔
写真で見た
赤い屋根の続く街で
la la la la
出逢う気がしていた
それはきっと
偶然よりも
もっと強い運命よ

笑っていた
空の色彩(いろ)もどうしてかな?
初めてなのに
不思議
懐かしいの
あなたの声
聴いていたわ
辛い夜を越えてゆけば
いつかわかる
そう歌っていた
だからアタシ
信じていたの
la la la la
la la la…
どれも本当
目の前の景色だって
忘れない
憧れてた
笑顔の先どうしてだろう?
泣けてしまうのは…
ずっと
待っていたの
遠い場所で
触れた奇跡
赤い屋根の続く街は
海のそばで
子供達の
夢にあふれ
輝いていた

アタシの声
風になれ
もう言葉ならいらないから
la la la la
聴こえてくるでしょ?
あなたの歌
思い出せば
辛い夜も越えてゆける
同じ今を生きた事を
忘れないわ
来てよかった
la la la la
la la la…
um
さよなら

Thank you for power of love.
Your Heaven

Overall Meaning

In "Your Heaven" by Yui, the singer reminisces about the past and imagines herself meeting someone special in a town with red roofs. She believes in the strong fate that brought them together, and as they smile, she wonders why the sky seems so familiar to her. She finds comfort in the person's voice as they sing about getting over tough times and discovering the truth in life. Yui feels a sense of nostalgia, recognizing that everything she sees is real, and admits that she sometimes cries from the thought of the smiling faces she once admired.

The singer reveals that even though she has been waiting for a miracle at a faraway place, she has finally gotten a glimpse of it when she touched someone's hand. She describes the town with red roofs as being next to the sea and overflowing with children's dreams. Yui longs to become a part of the environment and wishes for her voice to transform into the wind so that it could reach even farther than her words.

In conclusion, "Your Heaven" expresses the longing for finding one's place in the world and the wish to make connections that would last a lifetime. It's a song that captures the nostalgic feelings of the past while promoting hope for the future.

Line by Line Meaning

遠い昔
In a far-off time

写真で見た
I saw it in a photo

赤い屋根の続く街で
In a city with red roofs lined up

la la la la
La la la la

出逢う気がしていた
I had a feeling that I would meet you

それはきっと
It was surely

偶然よりも
Stronger than coincidence

もっと強い運命よ
A fate that is stronger

笑っていた
I was laughing

空の色彩(いろ)もどうしてかな?
Why is the color of the sky so...?

初めてなのに
Even though it's the first time