Evergreen

The featured live performance (in the sidebar) is Hyde singing Evergreen in English at a concert in Taiwan.

I read on the ARK that when Hyde was asked about the theme of Evergreen he said that while he was writing the song an old friend (the bassist in the first band he played in) passed away. He’d been ill for a while and had been in and out of the hospital many times. Hyde said he wrote the lyrics as if from his friend’s perspective, what he might have said to his wife before he died. Because of that, Hyde said, the song is warm and filled with love.

evergreen

i lie awake beside the windowsill
like a flower in a vase
a moment caught in glass

the rays of sunlight come and beckon me
to a sleepy dreamy haze
a sense of summer days

if only i could stop the flow of time
turn the clock to yesterday
erasing all the pain

i've only memories of happiness
such pleasure we have shared
i'd do it all again

the scenery is evergreen
as buds turn into leaves, the colours live and breathe
the scenery is evergreen
your tears are falling silently

so full of joy, you are a child of spring
with a beauty that is pure
an innocence endures

you flow right through me like a medicine
bringing quiet to my soul
without you i'm not whole

this scenery is evergreen
i need you far too much, i long to feel your touch
this scenery is evergreen
you've always been so dear to me

this scenery is evergreen
it sorrows at the sight of seeing you so sad
this scenery is evergreen
i wish that i could dry your tears

the bells have rung, the time has come
i cannot find the words to say my last goodbye
this scenery is evergreen
you've always been so dear to me

Also, for those who are interested, here's Hyde talking about Evergreen on MTV Store Corner 2002.08.11.

And here’s the Music Video (Japanese lyrics).