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Being oneself is a little bit unreasonable.
-In the lyrics of the song “Ryoukaeru,” there is a line that says, “It’s a little bit impossible to be oneself.
Otake: I think that “being oneself” is something that one tries one’s best to express. In this song, I call it “unreasonably being oneself,” which is more like a desire than an aspiration. Rather, I think it would be less forced if you focus on what you have gained in the passage of time that you have lived. While writing the lyrics, I wondered, “Is it okay to say so much?” I was worried about that while writing the lyrics.
-Did you feel like you had to put the brakes on?
Otake: If I lose that kind of feeling, I think I will say only really terrible things. That is why I may not write lyrics with 100% purity of what I am thinking. I think I would never write lyrics that are 100% pure. You can’t take it back now, it’s going to turn into a fight! I always think something like that. But I want the song to have some kind of punch line, so I have to come to terms with that feeling.
-Do you feel bothered by “coming to terms” with your feelings?
Otake: What I don’t say is left for later as necessary stock. I feel as if I would be satisfied if I had not left anything unsaid, and I want to avoid that. I don’t want to make a break that says, “I’m done. I guess I want to be busy with something all the time.
-Do you feel anxious about putting an emotional closure on your work?
Otake: That may be so. I was once told by a member, “You think too much, so it would be better to have at least one song that you wrote while staring at a mountain or something. I listened to their comments and sang “Let’s play and live” in “May Disease,” which was released recently.
Otake: Just when I thought, “Now I won’t be told I’m thinking too much,” I was worried that I would be asked, “Do you want to quit your job? (laughs). (Laughs) This song was written for a friend who was mentally ill because he was sick of his job, and it was a little bit of hope for him, “Don’t push yourself too hard! I wrote this song for a friend who was mentally ill because she was tired of her job, and I wrote it with a little bit of hope, “Don’t push yourself!
